Will Gervais

I'm a cultural and evolutionary psychologist who studies why people believe what they believe about the world. I'm really interested in atheists, and what they can teach us about religion, morality, and the human experience.

My research has garnered various awards, including the SAGE Young Scholar Award for early career contributions to social.personality psychology, the Rising Star award from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Margaret Gorman award for early career contributions to the psychology of religion and spirituality.

Check out my recent book Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species (Prometheus Press): https://www.prometheusbooks.com/9781633889248/disbelief/