Mostafa Salari Rad

I'm a behavioral scientist interested in how people make decisions, cooperate, make sense of others, and support policies, across cultures and identities. I also build the tools to measure this in the real world.

I trained as a software engineer, worked as a market research consultant while getting my MBA, then earned a PhD in psychology. Since then, I've taught at Princeton and The New School, and I lead a Templeton-funded research program using Ramadan as a natural experiment in decision-making and cooperation.

I'm an Editorial Fellow at the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. I review research for journals and grant-makers, and advise on research design and data analysis.

Outside work, I like films, fiction, photography, and hanging out with Zorba.