William Jiménez Leal, Ph.D

William Jiménez Leal, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Warwick, followed by postdoctoral fellowships at Brown University and University College London.

Dr. Jiménez Leal leads the Cognition and Learning Practices Laboratory and co-directs the Laboratory of Emotions and Moral Judgments. His research explores causal and counterfactual reasoning, moral and emotional decision-making, language and cognition, prosocial behavior, and the advancement of open science methodologies. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications, including recent contributions on moral outrage, cross-cultural structures of loyalty, and the Spanish validation of the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale.

His work frequently adopts cross-cultural and collaborative approaches, emphasizing transparency, replication, and rigorous statistical methods. A prominent voice in moral psychology and cognitive science, Dr. Jiménez Leal actively collaborates with researchers across Latin America, North America, and Europe, and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals.

As department head, he is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, supporting methodological innovation, and strengthening the department’s impact on both academic and societal fronts.