Igor Grossmann is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo, Canada, whose research focuses on the psychological and cultural foundations of wise judgment, including how social influence, social cognition, moral reasoning, and emotions shape decision-making and behavior in changing societal contexts. He is known for founding and leading major initiatives such as the Social Science Forecasting Collaborative, the International Wisdom Summit, the World after COVID project (https://worldaftercovid.info/), the Futurescape project (https://futurescape.uwaterloo.ca), and the Wise Judgment Consortium (https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca), aiming to redefine decision-making beyond Western-centric models.

Grossmann’s research has been widely published, including in Science, Nature Human Behaviour, PNAS, Science Advances, Nature Communications, JPSP, and Psychological Science. His contributions have been recognized through the Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Psychological Foundation and the SAGE Young Scholar Award, among others. As an elected member of the College of New Scholars, Scientists, and Artists at the Royal Society of Canada, he strives to influence the academic community to foster positive social change.

In addition to his research, Grossmann is the Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Inquiry and has held associate editor roles for journals such as Emotion and Social Psychological and Personality Science. He also co-hosts the “On Wisdom Podcast,” bringing scientific insights on social cognition and behavior to a broad audience. Professor Grossmann holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan.