Although having provided promising knowledge on the role of cooperation in human (un)ethical behavior, research on collaborative corruption have primarily been based on anonymized dyadic interactions in unnatural settings without communication and organizational structures. While being defined as joint unethical acts, these studies often only allow minimal conditions for joint actions and shared intentions, which pose a challenge to external validity. By introducing a cultural evolution framework, the aim of my PhD is to provide a new, more naturalistic way to study collaborative corruption. Specifically, I will study the cultural development of corrupt norms and practices within different organizational designs, as well as how newcomers are socialized into these practices.

I have a background in psychology from Aarhus BSS, where I focused on the socio-historical development of the human mind, by studying how stone tool production in the Paleolithic changed the societal relations of Homo sapiens. The last few years, I have worked as a RA at the MAPP Centre at the Department of Management, where I have been affiliated with various projects on food-related consumer behavior.