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Brady Wagoner

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Brady Wagoner
Born (1980-09-19) September 19, 1980 (age 44)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Clark University
Scientific career
FieldsCultural psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Copenhagen
Aalborg University

Brady Wagoner (born September 19, 1980) is an American-Danish professor of psychology at the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University (Denmark), where he is currently co-director of the Centre for Cultural Psychology.[1] He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge on a Gates Cambridge scholarship,[2] where he also co-created the F. C. Bartlett internet archive.[3] His research has mainly focused on cultural psychology, memory, social change and the history of psychology. One of his key contributions has been to study remembering as a cultural and constructive process, further developing the legacy of Frederic Bartlett. He was honored with the Alexander von Humboldt Prize in 2021, the Lucienne Domergue Award[4] in 2019, and the Sigmund Koch Award[5] in 2018.

Education and career

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Brady Wagoner holds a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Clark University and an MPhil in Social and Developmental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. He also received his PhD in Social and Political Science at the University of Cambridge in 2010.[6]

He has subsequently been employed at Aalborg University, where he became a professor 3 years later, in 2013. He is also currently co-director of The Centre for Cultural Psychology[1] and the Master program in Cultural Psychology and Educational Practice at Aalborg University.

His research has developed a social and culturally sensitive psychology that focuses on unfolding processes rather than static outcomes, particularly with regards to constructive remembering. This involves studying change in individuals, societies, and the relationship between them. In addition to his work on culture and memory, he has recently been studying people's understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic (including vaccination decision making) and has started a project exploring the 'romantic roots' of developmental psychology in holistic German thought.

In 2012, he received a 20 million DKK grant from the Danish Basic Research Fund, which started the "Niels Bohr Centre for Cultural Psychology". In 2016 he received a grant of 12.6 million DKK by the Obelske Familiefond for the project "The Culture of Grief" (led by Svend Brinkmann). Finally, he was a senior researcher on the "viral communication" project, investigating people's understanding and adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[7]

Wagoner has held a visiting professorship in Brazil, Chile, France, Spain and the Netherlands, and is a recipient of a number of research awards.

He has also held numerous editorial positions, including associate editor of the journal Culture and Psychology (London: SAGE Publications, 2009–present),[8] co-editor of the book series Creativity and Culture (Palgrave, UK, 2014–present), and co-editor of the book series Niels Bohr Professorship Lectures in Cultural Psychology (Information Age, US, 2013-2020).

Awards

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Selected books

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  • Wagoner, B. (2017). The Constructive Mind: Bartlett's Psychology in Reconstruction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Wagoner, B. (Ed.) (2018). Handbook of Culture and Memory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Wagoner, B., Moghaddam, F. & Valsiner, J. (Eds.) (2018). The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Wagoner, B., Bresco, I., & Awad, S.H. (2019). Remembering as a Cultural Process. New York: Springer.
  • Wagoner, B., Christensen, B., & Demuth, C. (Eds.) (2021). Culture as Process: A tribute to Jaan Valsiner. New York: Springer.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Centre for Cultural Psychology". www.ccp.aau.dk. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  2. ^ "Biography | Gates Cambridge". Gates Cambridge -. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  3. ^ "Sir Fredric Bartlett Internet Archive". www.bartlett.psychol.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  4. ^ "Alumni - Fellows | Madrid Institute for Advanced Study". www.madrid-ias.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  5. ^ a b "Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  6. ^ "Brady Wagoner". Methods For Change. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  7. ^ "Viral Communication – Revealing public perceptions of Ethical, Legal, and Socio-Economic Dimensions of the COVID-19 outbreak". Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  8. ^ "Brady Wagoner | Aalborg University - Academia.edu". aalborg.academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  9. ^ "News". NIAS. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  10. ^ Colovray, Florent. "COLLEGIUM-LYON - COLLEGIUM". COLLEGIUM-LYON (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  11. ^ "Current Fellows - Fellows | Madrid Institute for Advanced Study". www.madrid-ias.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  12. ^ "Div 26: Society for the History of Psychology". historyofpsych.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  13. ^ "Directory of Gates Cambridge Scholars | Gates Cambridge - Part 99". Gates Cambridge -. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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