A $3.5 million research initiative supported with funding from the John Templeton Foundation and support from the University of Virginia. The program is led by Eric Turkheimer. We are now accepting letters of intent proposing research in areas relevant to the application of modern genomics to complex human behavior related to values and character development.
UPDATE: The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia
Online applications for the Genetics and Behavior Journalism Fellowships are due on September 17, 2018. Awardees will pursue long-form journalism on subjects at the interface of genetics and complex human behavior.
Participating Projects
Fortune's Favor: Implications of Behavioral Genetic Research for Distributive and Retributive Justice
Genetic Influences on Behavior, Agency, and Agent Responsibility A New Theory Integrating Science, Philosophy, and Basis for Public Action
Post genomic genetics: methods and human responses to the gene environment interplay of human Agency
Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human Agency
GHA Project Activities
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May 14, 2018
Genetics & Human Agency Second Annual Meeting
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human AgencyGenetics & Human Agency held its second annual meeting at the University of Virginia from May 2-4, 2018.
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August 25, 2017
Genetics & Human Agency Annual Meeting
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human AgencyGenetics & Human Agency held its annual meeting at the University of Virginia on May 11 and 12, 2017.
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February 7, 2017
Genetics and Human Agency
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human AgencyWe manage the Genetics and Human Agency project, supported by the John Templeton Foundation, which funds teams of scientists and philosophers working to understand the role of genetics in complex human behavior.
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GHA Project Blog Posts
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January 29, 2020
More on Murray: What is Biological Determinism?
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human AgencyReactions to my post yesterday about Human Diversity mostly involved my invocation of the idea of genetic determinism, henceforth GD. https://twitter.com/RealYeyoZa/status/1222430602319880192?s=20 https://twitter.com/hbdchick/status/1222221445557817345?s=20 I know that GD is sometimes used as an all-purpose tool to attack any assertion of a role for genetics in human behavior,...
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January 28, 2020
Charles Murray's "Human Diversity"
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human AgencyCharles Murray's new book, Human Diversity, is out today. I will write a few blog posts about it over the next few weeks. First, a general note about how I am going to approach the book. It will come as no surprise to anyone who...
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August 23, 2019
The Genetics of Aphasia
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Turkheimer's Projects: Genetics and Human AgencyCharles Murray and I were going back and forth yesterday about the future of polygenic scores, especially as they might be applied in the schools. Murray, as always, looks to a future (now moved back to 2030) in which all behavior is highly predictable from...
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