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Welcome to the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab
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How do we build trust and communicate evidence in a "post-truth" society?
A Psychological Vaccine for Fake News
How do social norms emerge, spread, and influence human behavior?
What drives human cooperation in real-world social dilemmas, such as sustainability?
We are located in The Old Cavendish Laboratory

Read more at: How Altruism Goes Viral on Social Media

How Altruism Goes Viral on Social Media

Read more about our lastest research on the short "half-life" of viral altruism in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.

Read more at: Psychological Vaccine Against Fake News

Psychological Vaccine Against Fake News

Read about our work on developing a psychological vaccine against fake news, which received worldwide attention.

Read more at: Prof van der Linden and Dr Roozenbeek Awarded Frank Prize

Prof van der Linden and Dr Roozenbeek Awarded Frank Prize

Prof van der Linden and Dr Roozenbeek have been awarded the 2020 Frank Prize in Public Interest Research.

Latest news

Lab research featured in New York Times

24 August 2022

Congratulations to Melisa Basol (30 under 30) and Rakoen Maertens (CSAR Award)

13 June 2022

Prof van der Linden @ Royal Television Society

9 October 2021

Current job vacancies

Research Associate Psychology (Fixed Term)

Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge

As part of an international research project on developing effective interventions to counter false information in India, the Cambridge...