Azim Shariff

Why you should listen

Azim Shariff is a Canada 150 Research Chair and professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia. He has conducted research on religion, climate change, economic mobility, free will and punishment, privacy and driverless cars. His work investigates how our often-ancient moral intuitions shape and respond to the cultural institutions and technologies of the modern world. A graduate of the universities of Toronto and British Columbia, Shariff taught in Oregon, California and Abu Dhabi before returning to Canada.