Estimated Costs and Benefits of Extreme Rituals in Mauritius
Why do people willingly engage in painful or exhausting rituals with no obvious material reward?
Our team collected data from over 600 people across three studies exploring the relationship between religiosity and charitable giving, learning how to help, as well as how religiosity affects decision-making in the health domain. Huge thanks to our dedicated research assistants who supported data collection and generously shared cultural insights, making our work better contextualized.
Members of our team were also happy to take part in a summer school organized by the Department of Anthropology from University of Connecticut, either as students or lecturers. Last but not least, we also had a chance to visit several awe-inspiring extreme rituals.
We look forward to analyzing the collected data and writing research reports from this year's expedition. Watch this space for news about those publications.
