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Welcome to The Science of BDSM, the website for the Science of BDSM Research Team based out of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
Latest News
Latest News
8/4/25: Hannah, Taylor, and Brad's paper, "Consent Norms in the BDSM Community: Strong But Not Inflexible" has been published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
11/9/25: Kevin and Brad's paper, "Authority Transfer Relationships: Illuminating a Consensual Inegalitarian Relationship Form" has been published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
11/18/25: Our second paper written in collaboration with Manuel Morrens and his research team from the University of Antwerp, "Alignment Beyond the Binaries: The Relationship Between Expansive Gender Identities and Flexible BDSM Roles in a Large-Scale International Sample" has been accepted for publication in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
2/26/26-2/28/26: Brad will present a poster titled "The Impact of Prior BDSM Activities on Post-Scene Negotiation" at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
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