Author Catharina Borchgrevink

Catharina Borchgrevink

Catharina Borchgrevink has studied human rights and politics at Kingston University and Latin American studies at Cambridge University. She has volunteered and worked for several NGOs in England, Norway, and Singapore. Her work on women’s rights is featured in blogs and magazines, including for the NGO We Can Singapore and in a Norwegian publication.

Understanding the “Innocent” Bystander Effect

Catharina Borchgrevink

History, Society & Culture

In a world where “bad” things happen daily, why do “good” people stand witness without interfering? These psychological and historical studies attempt an answer.

With Teen Mental Health Deteriorating Over Five Years, There's a Likely Culprit

Racism and the Scourge of Insecurity

Why We’re in Such a Frenzy About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

I Run ‘Facial Recognition’ on Buildings to Unlock Architectural Secrets

The Weight of the Presidency

Four Crises Facing the President and How History Can Help

Gullibility and the Triumph of the Con-Artists

Is the Era of In-Class Education Coming to an End?

Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars – And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

Jonathan Franzen, Climate Change and the Need for Imagination

UC Berkeley’s David A. Patterson Sees the Future After Moore’s Law

Some Renewable Energy Types Promise a Bright Future. Others are Merely Sci-Fi Fantasy

Author Catharina Borchgrevink

Catharina Borchgrevink

Understanding the “Innocent” Bystander Effect