Dr. Tage Rai

Biography

Tage S. Rai is an Assistant Professor at the Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego. His research primarily focuses on ethics, culture, and violence from a psychological perspective, employing qualitative experimental methods to investigate the social-relational nature of morality and its origins and consequences. His recent findings indicate that perpetrators motivated by moral sentiments are more likely to humanize their victims, suggesting that experiencing greater self-control fosters self-reflection rather than irrational reactions to costs and benefits of harm. Rai's work emphasizes the development of psychological approaches to studying organizational and institutional violence. He has authored several articles in prominent journals across psychology, anthropology, and management. Prior to his tenure at UCSD, he served as an editor at Science Magazine and was a lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management. Rai completed his doctorate in cognitive psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also studied cultural anthropology and interpersonal violence. His notable publications include works on moralistic punishment, self-control and aggression, and the dehumanization process in violence.

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