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Atran, Scott |
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Artis International |
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Anthropology |
| Secondary Field
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Psychological and Cognitive Sciences |
 Election Citation
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Atran studies how cognitive constraints and biases and cultural preferences and values, shape social structures and political systems. |
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Research Interests
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Atran's research focuses on causes and solutions to intergroup conflict, environmental disputes and management, malign influence operations, and Great Power competition. He has done fieldwork with terrorists and other violent actors, as well as with political leaders and Native American peoples. He has helped to set up indigenously managed forest reserves and has worked with, and addressed, the UN Security Council on problems of "Youth, Peace, and Security." |
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