How a Harry Potter Quiz Gave Back to Science

For all his triumphs, Harry Potter was seldom more than a "reasonably talented" student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So I'm pleased to report that he can now pad his curriculum vitae with a contribution to new, original research in the peer-reviewed Journal of Personality.

This feather in Mr. Potter’s cap is the result of a partnership between TIME and social scientists at the University of Cambridge that shows a new way academics and journalists can work together.

For all his triumphs, Harry Potter was seldom more than a "reasonably talented" student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So I'm pleased to report that he can now pad his curriculum vitae with a contribution to new, original research in the peer-reviewed Journal of Personality. This feather in Mr. Potter’s cap is the result of a partnership between TIME and social scientists at the University of Cambridge that shows a new way academics and journalists can work together.