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Congratulations to Sakshi for Successfully Defending Her MA Thesis

Congratulations to our graduate student Sakshi Sahakari for successfully defending her MA thesis on June 18th! Sakshi’s thesis explored regional differences in cultural tightness (i.e., the strictness of social norms and the stringency with which they are enforced), as well as their ecological and socio-historical antecedents and societal implications across 31 states and union territories […]

New SSHRC Insight Grant funding awarded to PANGEA Lab

We are delighted to announce that the PANGEA Lab has been awarded a new SSHRC Insight Grant totaling CA$201,398. This prestigious grant will support our ongoing research initiatives and enable us to further our studies in the field. The SSHRC Insight Grant program is highly competitive and is designed to support and foster excellence in […]

Congratulations to All of Our Graduating Undergraduate Research Assistants

On May 24th, we had the pleasure of celebrating the achievements of our incredible undergraduate Research Assistants (RAs), Chassy Leong Ka See, Leo McHegg, and Valentina Balcazar as they graduated. Dr Götz joined the graduation ceremony on stage at UBC’s Chan Centre to honour this special occasion filled with pride and joy. We extend our […]

Photo: The PANGEA Lab at Dorman Point, one of Bowen Island’s most beautiful viewpoints looking out into Howe Sound.

PANGEA Lab End-of-Term Trip to Bowen Island

To celebrate the end of the academic year, the PANGEA lab took a day trip to Bowen Island. It was a fun day of hiking, gelato at the pier, and exploring Bowen Island. It was a great way to wrap up the school year!

“Hot Paper” Spotlight – Effect Sizes and What to Make of Them

We all care about effect sizes. Yet, traditional ways of evaluating them (P < 0.05 and generic benchmarks) are failing us. In this paper, Dr. Friedrich Götz, Dr. Samuel D. Gosling, and Dr. Jason Rentfrow proposed two paths forward: setting better, contextualized benchmarks or — more radically — letting go of benchmarks altogether. Both paths […]

PANGEA Lab 2024 Triple Feature at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention in San Diego

Dr Götz, our graduate students Sakshi Sahakari and Yang Yilin Guo traveled to San Diego, CA, to share our research at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention. Dr. Götz and Sakshi Sahakari organized a symposium where Sakshi presented her work on cultural tightness-looseness across India. Yilin presented a poster about regional […]

Congratulations to Sakshi for Successfully Defending Her MA Thesis

Congratulations to Dr Götz for Receiving the Canadian Psychological Association President’s New Researcher Award

Dr Götz has been awarded the President’s New Researcher Award at the 2024 Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention in Ottawa. This award recognizes the exceptional quality of the contribution of new researchers to psychological knowledge in Canada. Selection of award recipients is based on the examination of the applicant’s record of early career achievement. A […]

End-of-Term Hangout: PANGEA Members Channel Their Inner Artists

Back in December, the PANGEA lab got together to celebrate the end of the 2023 Fall term! Armed with ceramics, glaze and paintbrushes, the members got to unleash their inner artists and create their own unique pottery piece. Now, maybe I’m biased, but I think they came out amazing: Thank you […]