Speaker: Dr Anselm Crombach, University of Konstanz
Chair: Dr Alison Brettle, King's College London
Talking to perpetrators the world over taught us that committing
violence is not only motivated by intense negative emotions, such as
feeling threatened or anger. In fact, committing violent acts can be
appealing, fascinating, exciting, and addictive, i.e., appetitive. In
Anselm's talk he will address how this appetitive perception of
aggression triggers an ongoing cycle of violence and how it develops.
Referring to memory processes affected by violent acts in individuals,
Crombach will elaborate on advantages and risks of such an adaption to
perilous environments, and how it may be addressed on individual and
community levels.
Bio:
Dr. Anselm Crombach was conferred a Doctor rerum naturalium (PhD in
natural science) studying the impact of violent experiences on
trauma-related disorders and aggressive behavior in former and current
street children in Burundi. Currently he is working as a post-doc at the
University of Konstanz, assessing the consequences of civil war and
military deployment in former combatants and active soldiers in Burundi.