Welcome!

I’m a professor of psychology at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, and author of two books: Hope for Cynics and The War for Kindness.

“There has always been an emotional case for hope, but now there is a rational one. Jamil Zaki’s new book is beautiful, wise, and important—a sensible, scientific, and much-needed tonic for what ails us.”

Daniel Gilbert, author of the New York Times best-seller Stumbling on Happiness