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

10/18/24: The Science of BDSM Research Team would like to thank MTTA, Inc. for their generous donation! MTTA, the Master/slave Conference, and Master Taino have been strong supporters of the team for many years, and we are very grateful for their ongoing support for our research.

10/18/24: We are excited to announce the acceptance of Hannah Tarleton, Taylor Mackenzie, and Brad Sagarin's paper, "Consent Norms in the BDSM Community: Strong But Not Inflexible," for publication in Archives on Sexual Behavior! We will upload a PDF of the paper to our Publication and Presentations page as soon as one is available.

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3/21/25 - 3/23/25: The team will be attending Kinky Kollege: Spring Break.

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MAIL TO:

Brad Sagarin

Department of Psychology

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL 60115

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