The Social Psychology of the Human-Animal Bond

Laurent Bègue-Shankland is a professor of social psychology at the University of Grenoble- Alpes and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is also a visiting researcher at Stanford University and the head of the Maison des sciences de l'homme-Alpes (CNRS/UGA). His award-winnning research has appeared in many publications including Time, The Atlantic, Slate, New York Post, Harvard Business Review, and National Geographic. He was also a recipient of the 2013 Ig Nobel Prize.