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Dr Carlos Crivelli is a behavioral scientist interested in mapping human diversity and extending scientific knowledge beyond laboratory settings in the field of affective science and social interaction.

Dr Crivelli holds an MSc and a PhD in Methodology of Behavioral and Health Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) under the supervision of Prof. José-Miguel Fernández-Dols. During his PhD, he was a visiting scholar at Boston College (supervisor: Prof. James A. Russell) and at the University of Glasgow (supervisor: Dr. Rachael E. Jack).

Dr Crivelli’s research provides a descriptive and explanatory framework for facial displays, social influence, and emotions beyond laboratory settings and the usual Western/Eastern educated and industrialized samples. On the one hand, Dr Crivelli conducts studies in natural settings using observational methods to study social interaction and facial displays using a behavioral ecology approach (e.g., Crivelli, Carrera, & Fernández-Dols, 2015; Crivelli & Fridlund, 2018). On the other hand, Dr Crivelli overcomes ethnocentric assumptions derived from Western theories of emotion, facial displays, and social influence by studying small-scale, indigenous populations such as the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea or the Mwani of Mozambique (e.g., Crivelli, Jarillo, Russell, & Fernández-Dols, 2016; Crivelli, Russell, Jarillo, & Fernández-Dols, 2016).

• Social Sciences Institute

• Jarillo, S., & Crivelli, C. (2024). Perspectives on Indigenous well-being and climate change adaptation. WIREs Climate Change, e877. doi:
• Patterson, M. L., Fridlund, A. J., & Crivelli, C. (2023). Four misconceptions about nonverbal communication. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(6), 1388–1411.
• Jarillo, S., Darrah, A., Crivelli, C., Mkwesipu, C., Kalubaku, K., Toyagena, N., Okwala, G., & Gumwemwata, J. (2020). Believing the unbelieved: Reincarnation, cultural authority and politics in the Trobriand Islands. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 10(2), 409–419. 
• Jarillo, S., Darrah, A., Crivelli, C., Mkwesipu, C., Kalubaku, K., Toyagena, N., Okwala, G., & Gumwemwata, J. (2020). Where are our ancestors? Rethinking Trobriand cosmology. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 10(2), 367–391. 
• Fridlund, A. J., Crivelli, C., Jarillo, S., Fernández-Dols, J. M., & Russell, J. A. (2019). Facial expressions. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 
• Crivelli, C., & Fridlund, A. J. (2019). Inside-Out: From Basic Emotions Theory to the Behavioral Ecology View. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 43(2), 161–194. 
• Chen, C., Crivelli, C., Garrod, O. G. B., Schyns, P. G., Fernández-Dols, J. M., & Jack, R. E. (2018). Distinct facial expressions represent pain and pleasure across cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., 115(43), E10013–E10021.
• Gendron, M., Crivelli, C., & Barrett, L. F. (2018). Universality reconsidered: Diversity in meaning making about facial expressions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27(4), 211–219. 
• Jarillo, S., Fridlund, A. J., Crivelli, C., Fernández-Dols, J. M., & Russell, J. A. (2018). A rejoinder to Kret and Straffon. Journal of Human Evolution, 125, 198–200. 
• Crivelli, C., & Fridlund, A. J. (2018). Facial displays are tools for social influence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(5), 388–399. 
• Jack, R. E., Crivelli, C., & Wheatley, T. (2018). Data-driven methods to diversify knowledge of human psychology. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(1), 1–5. 
• Crivelli, C., Russell, J. A., Jarillo, S., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2017). Recognizing spontaneous facial expressions of emotion in a small-scale society in Papua New Guinea. Emotion, 17(2), 337–347. 
• Crivelli, C.,  Russell, J. A., Jarillo, S., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2016). The fear gasping face as a threat display in a Melanesian society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., 113(44), 12403–12407.
• Crivelli, C., Jarillo, S., & Fridlund, A. J. (2016). A multidisciplinary approach to research in small-scale societies: Studying emotions and facial expressions in the field. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1073.
• Crivelli, C., Jarillo, S., Russell, J. A., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2016). Reading emotions from faces in two indigenous societies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 830–843.
• García-Higuera, J. A., Crivelli, C., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2015). Facial expressions during an extremely intense emotional situation: Toreros’ lip funel. Social Sciences Information, 54, 349–454.
• Crivelli, C., Carrera, P., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2015). Are smiles a sign of happiness? Spontaneous expressions of judo winners. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 52–58.
• Fernández-Dols, J. M., & Crivelli, C. (2013). Emotion and expression: Naturalistic studies. Emotion Review, 5(1), 24–29.
• Fernández-Dols, J. M., Carrera, P., & Crivelli, C. (2011). Facial behavior while experiencing sexual excitement. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 35, 63–71.

Book Chapters

• Crivelli, C., & Gendron, M. (2017). Facial expressions and emotions in indigenous societies. In J. M. Fernández-Dols and J. A. Russell (Eds.), The science of facial expression (pp. 497–516). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Fernández-Dols, J. M., & Crivelli, C. (2014). Recognition of facial expressions: Past, present, and future challenges. In M. Mandal and A. Awasthi (Eds.), Understanding facial expressions in communication: Cross-cultural and multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 19–40). New Delhi, India: Springer.

Published Abstracts

• Chen, C., Crivelli, C., Garrod, O. G. B., Fernández-Dols, J. M., Schyns, P. G., & Jack, R. E. (2016). Facial expressions of pain and pleasure are highly distinct. Journal of Vision, 16(12):210. doi:10.1167/16.12.210

• Crivelli, C., & Fridlund, A. J. (2018). Facial displays are tools for social influence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(5), 388–399. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2018.02.006
• Crivelli, C., Russell, J. A., Jarillo, S., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2016). The fear gasping face as a threat display in a Melanesian society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., 113(44), 12403–12407. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611622113
• Gendron, M., Crivelli, C., & Barrett, L. F. (2018). Universality reconsidered: Diversity in meaning making about facial expressions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27(4), 211–219. doi:10.1177/0963721417746794
• Crivelli, C., Jarillo, S., Russell, J. A., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2016). Reading emotions from faces in two indigenous societies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 830–843. doi:10.1037/xge0000172
• Crivelli, C., Carrera, P., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2015). Are smiles a sign of happiness? Spontaneous expressions of judo winners. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 52–58. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.08.009

• Facial behavior
• Behavioural Ecology
• Indigenous societies
• Emotion
• Social influence
• Environmental psychology
• Methodology

• PSYC2094 (Level 5): Personality and Intelligence
• PSYC3000 (Level 6): Psychology Project
• PSYC3034 (Level 6): Conceptual Issues and Critical Debates in Psychology
• PSYC5611 (Level 7): Applied Statistics in Health Psychology

• PhD
• MSc
• PGCLTHE
• BSc

• BSc Psychology
• MSc Health Psychology

• Honorary Fellow, The Univeristy of Melbourne (School of Geography)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2020)
• Best ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and Young Promising Career Award (First Prize), Spanish Society of Motivation and Emotion, 2011 (500 €)

• International Society for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion
• The Society for Affective Science

• Future Islands: Catalysing solutions to climate change in low-lying islands 
• The behavioural ecology of human facial displays

Conference presentations

• Crivelli, C., & Jarillo, S. (June, 2022). Faces of aggression: A flexible influence system. Oral presentation at the Consortium of European ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion Conference (CERE), Granada, Spain
• Crivelli, C. (April, 2021). Beyond WEIRD affectice science. The Annual Conference of the Society for Affective Science (SAS), On-line conference.
  
• Crivelli, C., & Jarillo, S. (April, 2018). The smiling face: Is it happiness, play and affiliation, or "magic of attraction"? Oral presentation at the Consortium of European ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion Conference (CERE), Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Crivelli, C. (July, 2017). The gasping face: A signal of threat or fear? Oral presentation at the Plenary Meeting of the International Society for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion (ISRE), St. Louis, USA
• Chen, C., Crivelli, C., Garrod, O. G. B., Fernández-Dols, J. M., Schyns, P. G., & Jack, R. E. (May, 2016). Facial expressions of pain and pleasure are highly distinct. Oral presentation at the Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Florida, USA
• Crivelli, C., & Jarillo, S. (July, 2015). Conducting studies in indigenous societies: A mixed methods research approach. Oral presentation at the Plenary Meeting of the International Society for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion (ISRE), Geneva, Switzerland
• Crivelli, C., & Jarillo, S. (March, 2015). Trobrianders’ categorization of facial expressions: A language-free test. Oral presentation at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Fernández-Dols, J. M., Crivelli, C., & Jarillo, S. (August, 2013). Do Trobriand Islands’ children label prototypical facial expressions of emotion as basic emotions? Oral presentation at the Plenary Meeting of the International Society for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion (ISRE), Berkley, CA
• Crivelli, C., Terrazo, M., Martínez-Arias, R., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (May, 2012). Facial expressions’ perception of sexual enjoyment and pain: A situationist approach. Oral presentation at the Consortium of European ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion Conference (CERE), Canterbury, United Kingdom
• Fernández-Dols, J. M., Crivelli, C., & Carrera, P. (August, 2011). Spontaneous Expressions and Emotion: A Baconian Approach. Oral presentation at the Plenary Meeting of the International Society for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion (ISRE), Kyoto, Japan
• Crivelli, C., Carrera, P., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (June, 2011). Facial expression, emotion, and the myth of Sisyphus: Six years of unreal optimism. Oral presentation at the 1st Meeting of Young ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ers in Emotion and Motivation organized by the Spanish Society of Motivation and Emotion (AME), Madrid, Spain

Invited talks

• Crivelli, C. (November, 2023). Beyond WEIRD Affective Science. Event organized by Prof. Isabelle Mareschal, Psychology Department, Queen Mary–University of London, UK
• Crivelli, C. (January, 2023). Beyond WEIRD Affective and Behavioral Science. Event organized by Prof. Bridget Waller, Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• Crivelli, C. (May, 2022). Beyond WEIRD Affective Science. Keynote speaker at the conference, "Cognitive and Functional Perspectives on Emotion" (Dubrovnik, Croatia). Event organized by the Central european Cognitive Science Association (DuCog)
• Crivelli, C. (March, 2021). Beyond WEIRD Affective Science. Event organized by Dr. Erik Gustafsson, School of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, UK
• Crivelli, C. (November, 2020). Ways to adapt to the challenges that enterprises face during the pandemic. Event organized by Brewin Dolphin UK, Leicester Business Festival, Leicester, UK
• Crivelli, C. (October, 2019). The Behavioral Ecology View of Facial Displays. Event organized by Prof. Stefano Parmigiani (International School of Ethology), The Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy
• Crivelli, C. (September, 2017). On extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence: Basic Emotions Theory and the doctrine of facial expression universality. Event organized by Prof. Didier Grandjean, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Crivelli, C. (November, 2016). Controversial Issues in Cognitive Science: Replication and Narrow Sampling. Event organized by Dr. Ricardo de Pascual, Psychology Department, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain
• Crivelli, C. (February, 2014). Emotion and Facial Expressions in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. Event organized by Dr. Rachael E. Jack, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK
• Crivelli, C. (October, 2013). Emotion and Facial Expressions: The 2013 Trobriand Islands Expedition. Event organized by Prof. James A. Russell, Psychology Department, Boston College, MA, USA
• Crivelli, C. (May, 2012). Cross-cultural Psychology: Some controversial issues. Event organized by the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Group on Animal and Human Behavior, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
• Crivelli, C. (November, 2011). Spontaneous Facial Expression and Emotion: A Baconian Approach. Event organized by the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Group on Animal and Human Behavior, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

• Australian ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Council, Australia (2021–2023)–L180100040 (AU$ 3,208,274)
• BA/Leverhulme Small ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Grant, UK (2018–2019)—SRG18R1-180740, Principal Investigator (£10,000)

• International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) Travel Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2015 (200 €)
• Visiting Scholar ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Grant at University of Glasgow (UK), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2014 (3,900 €)
• Visiting Scholar ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Grant at Boston College (MA, USA), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2013 (4,700 €)
• Ph.D. Scholarship, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2012-2016 (~55,000 €)
• M.Sc. Scholarship, Methodology for Behavioral and Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2011 (4,800 €)

• Visiting Scholarship at University of California–Santa Barbara (Future ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Leaders Programme Fund), ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, UK, 2019 (£1,500)

Editorial Board:

Grants (Ad-hoc reviewer):

• 2021: National Science Foundation (NSF), USA
• 2021: US–Israel Binational Science Foundation, USA and Israel
• 2020: Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic 

Journals (Ad-hoc reviewer):

• Trends in Cognitive Sciences
• Psychological Review
• Nature Human Behavior
• Nature–Scientific Data
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
• Emotion Review
• Emotion
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Cognitive Science
• Behavior ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Methods
• Scientific Reports
• PLoS One
• Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
• Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
• Cognition and Emotion
• Evolutionary Human Sciences
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Evolutionary Psychological Science
• Journal of Individual Differences
• Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
• Frontiers in Psychology
• International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
• Schizophrenia ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

Books (Ad-hoc reviewer):

• SAGE (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Methods)

Member of Academic/Scientific Committees (conferences):

• 2024: The International Society for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion (ISRE) – Abstract Review Board, Belfast, United Kingdom
• 2021–2022: The Society for Affective Science (SAS) – Abstract Review Board, Annual Conference
• 2020: The Consortium of European ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion Conference (CERE), Granda, Spain
• 2018: The Consortium of European ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ on Emotion Conference (CERE), Glasgow, United Kingdom

Consultancy works:

• 2020: The Smile Project (Sponsor: Specsavers)

• Patterson, M. L., Fridlund, A. J., & Crivelli, C. (2023). Four misconceptions about nonverbal communication. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(6), 1388–1411.

• Crivelli, C., & Fridlund, A. J. (2019). Inside-Out: From Basic Emotions Theory to the Behavioral Ecology View. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 43(2), 161-194.

• Chen, C., Crivelli, C., Garrod, O. G. B., Schyns, P. G., Fernández-Dols, J. M., & Jack, R. E. (2018). Distinct facial expressions represent pain and pleasure across cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 115(43), E10013-E10021.

• Gendron, M., Crivelli, C., & Barrett, L. F. (2018). Universality reconsidered: Diversity in meaning making about facial expressions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27(4), 211-219.

• Crivelli, C., & Fridlund, A. J. (2018). Facial displays are tools for social influence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(5), 388-399.

• Crivelli, C.,  Russell, J. A., Jarillo, S., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2016). The fear gasping face as a threat display in a Melanesian society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 113(44), 12403-12407.

• Crivelli, C., Jarillo, S., Russell, J. A., & Fernández-Dols, J. M. (2016). Reading emotions from faces in two indigenous societies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 830-843.
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• Crivelli, C., Jarillo, S., & Fridlund, A. J. (2016). A multidisciplinary approach to research in small-scale societies: Studying emotions and facial expressions in the field. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:1073.
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