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Professor Emilie A. Caspar’s “Just Following Orders: Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience”

Investigating the link between brain science and atrocities.

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October 16, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM (US Eastern)

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Professor Emilie A. Caspar of the University of Ghent, Belgium will walk us through the key findings of her fascinating recent book. Tim Phillips, the founder and CEO of Beyond Conflict, a non-profit organization that works with civic, non-profit and community leaders to address conflict and promote social change, and Professor Jim Waller, Director of the Dodd Human Rights Impact Program at the University of Connecticut, have agreed to serve as commentators.

Presenters

  • Emilie A. Caspar, University of Ghent
  • Tim Phillips, Beyond Conflict
  • Jim Waller, University of Connecticut

Moderator

  • Jim Finkel, Stimson Center Nonresident Fellow

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