# Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses his research on the psychology of authoritarianism and anti-immigration sentiment

1 Faculty News June 26, 2016 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/world/europe/brexit-economy-immigration-britain-european-union-democracy.html?_r=0) -- "As [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt), a social psychologist and professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, put it: 'It’s as though a button is pushed on their forehead that says, "In case of moral threat, lock down the borders, kick out those who are different and punish those who are morally deviant."'"

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