Ryan Carlson
Research Scientist
I’m a Research Scientist at the Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI). At CDI, I build AI-powered tools and conduct research to help individuals and institutions communicate across differences and foster cultures of constructive dialogue. My broader research seeks to answer fundamental questions about human motivation and morality through behavioral experiments, computational modelling, and theory-driven AI models. Some of my work has been featured in outlets such as BBC, Time, and Discover.
I received my BA (Hons.) from Simon Fraser University (in Vancouver, Canada), my PhD from Yale University, and my postdoctoral training from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Before graduate school, I worked as a research coordinator for two years at the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory. In my academic training, I developed deep content expertise in social, moral, and motivational psychology, along with strong foundations in neuroscience, computational modelling, and most recently: AI.
To learn more about my work, check out my publications below or on Google Scholar.
- Morality
- Motivation
- Modelling / AI
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B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology, 2014
Simon Fraser University
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Ph.D. in Psychology, 2023
Yale University