PROFILE

Brady Wagoner is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Psychological Research at the Sigmund Freud University Berlin. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge on a Gates Cambridge scholarship, where he was co-creator of the F.C. Bartlett Internet Archive and became associate editor of the journal Culture & Psychology, a position he continues to this day. His research focuses on how people construct meaning in their lives in communication with others within cultural frameworks. In particular, he has explored this in relation to memory, learning, development, social change and public engagement with science. Together with Eric Jensen, he has also worked with zoos around the world to improve institutional communication, including formal and informal learning programs, particularly with regards to environmental issues. His most recent books include The Constructive Mind: Bartlett’s Psychology in Reconstruction (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Handbook of Culture and Memory (Oxford University Press, 2018), The Psychology of Radical Social Change with Fathali Moghaddam and Jaan Valsiner (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Remembering as a Cultural Process with Ignacio Bresco and Sarah H. Awad (Springer, 2019). He has received several major awards, including the Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association in 2017, the Sigmund Koch Award from the American Psychological Association in 2018 and the Lucienne Domergue Award from the Casa de Velazquez in 2019. He has held senior research fellowships in Brazil, France and Spain.

Brady Wagoner

Prof. Dr. Brady Wagoner

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Psychological Research at the Sigmund Freud University Berlin