Ervin Staub

I was born in Hungary, received my Ph.D. in psychology at Stanford, taught at Harvard and I am a Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the doctoral program in the Psychology of Peace and Violence at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I was President of the International Society for Political Psychology and of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence. My books include The roots of evil: The origins of genocide and other group violence, the award winning Overcoming Evil: Genocide, Violent Conflict and Terrorism, 2011, and The roots of goodness and resistance to evil: inclusive caring, moral courage, altruism born of suffering, active bystandership and heroism, 2015. I worked with  teachers and parents to promote altruism in children, trained students to be active bystanders in schools, studied the origins of genocide and other group violence and conducted seminars/trainings and developed educational radio projects in Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo to promote reconciliation. I received awards such as life-long contributions to peace psychology, distinguished scientific, and distinguished professional (e.g. applied)  contributions to political psychology, distinguished scholarly and practical contributions to social justice.  For other awards and downloads of articles, see www.ervinstaub.com