Dr. Jocelyn J. Bélanger
Dr. Jocelyn Bélanger is an Associate Teaching Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. He earned his master's degree and doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is the author of The Three Pillars of Radicalization: Needs, Narratives, and Networks (Oxford University Press).
As Director of the CMUQ Violent Extremism & Environmental Sustainability Lab, he has authored over 130 publications on the psychology of terrorism, (de)radicalization, self-sacrifice, motivated reasoning, and environmental psychology — work cited more than 10,000 times. His honors include the 2025 Robert B. Cialdini Prize (Society for Personality and Social Psychology), a 2024 Behavioral Science & Policy Association award, a 2024 Early-Career Award from the Society for the Science of Motivation, and the APS "Rising Star" Early-Career Award.
In March 2015 he was appointed by the City of Montréal to create the first deradicalization center in North America to tackle homegrown terrorism: the Center for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence. He has written about his research for the public in Scientific American and World Politics Review, and his work has been featured in 600+ international media appearances.