LEVYNA conducted field research in Mauritius
The Department for Development annually announces a grant competition as part of the Development Fund. The aim is to support projects that, in some way, seek to innovate teaching.
This year, our doctoral team succeeded with a project aiming to create an innovative course “Religion and Morality”, in which students will have an opportunity to learn about the latest findings concerning the evolution of cooperation and the role that religion played in this process.
In a new study published in Human Nature, LEVYNA was part of a team lead by A.K. Willard, studying how witchcraft beliefs affect social norms and behaviors. Specifically, researchers investigated whether witchcraft is regarded to be motivated by envy and how this notion influences community interactions. The findings show that, while witchcraft accusations were common, they were mostly directed at persons suspected of acting out of envy.