Philip G. Zimbardo

Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo (1933–2024) was a renowned American psychologist, author, and professor emeritus at Stanford University. Holding a Ph.D. from Yale, he dedicated his career to studying human behavior and social psychology.

He is internationally celebrated as the architect of the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment and as the author of landmark books including The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil and The Time Paradox.

Zimbardo’s groundbreaking research on situational forces and systemic evil profoundly transformed modern social psychology. He was a passionate advocate for everyday heroism.