Every academic year, School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow invite scientists to present their current research. Professor Harvey Whitehouse has been invited to deliver a talk to researchers from the entire institute, that is, from centres for neuroscience, methods and metascience, cognitive neuroimaging, pedagogy and education as well as cognitive, social and affective neuroscience. 

In this session, Harvey will talk on the following: 'It is well known that military groups, football supporters, religious cults, and terrorist organisations are often highly cohesive but until recently the reasons for this have been poorly understood. New research in the cognitive and evolutionary sciences is showing how cohesion is generated and how it can be used not only to deepen divisions or create more deadly forms of conflict but to solve the greatest cooperation problems facing humanity today: from preventing violent extremism and tackling crime to managing global pandemics and motivating action on the climate crisis.'