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The Psychology of Doom and Gloom

5 September 2017

Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Anne Marthe van der Bles writes about her important research on the development of a new psychological measure to capture the Zeitgeist of our time: Factor Z and the Psychology of Doom and Gloom. Read the full article at Scientific American Mind here :

UK Parliament Fake News Report Cites Inoculation Research

13 July 2017

The UK Government recently launched a parliamentary investigation into the ways in which fake news may be undermining democracy. We were pleased to see that the UK Parliament's Office of Science and Technology (POST) Report on Fake News cites our inoculation research when discussing potential ways of addressing the issue...

Why We Disagree About Facts

26 June 2017

Dr. van der Linden was invited to speak at TEDx Oxbridge about the status of "facts" and the psychology of "fake news". Why We Disagree about Facts

Dr. van der Linden joins editorial board of Journal of Risk Research

31 May 2017

Dr. van der Linden is very pleased to join the editorial board of the J ournal of Risk Research , an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA, Europe).

Dr. van der Linden Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

23 May 2017

Dr. Sander van der Linden has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) for prominent contributions to social change research. The RSA, founded in 1754 is a politically independent organisation which invites experts from a broad range of industries and fields to help find innovative and practical solutions...

Lab Research Featured in Science Cover Story on Vaccines

28 April 2017

This week's key cover story in Science Magazine is on vaccine hesitancy and the " S cience of Persuasion ". In reviewing several recent promising studies on how to correct influential misperceptions about vaccine risks, Dr. van der Linden and colleagues' work in BMC Public Health is cited on how highlighting normative...

Social Decision-Making Lab Collaborates with The Economist

28 April 2017

Churchill Fellow and Director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab, Dr Sander van der Linden has collaborated with The Economist Educational Foundation to develop an online course for young people in UK primary and secondary schools to help teach them how to spot 'fake news.' The project hopes to teach young people...

Prof. van der Linden and Dr Roozenbeek Awarded Frank Prize in Public Interest Research

27 April 2017

Prof. van der Linden and Dr Roozenbeek have been awarded the 2020 grand Frank Prize in Public Interest Communications from the University of Florida for their 2019 research paper on the fake news game . Jon Roozenbeek was in attendance to receive the award. The award is named after social change pioneer Frank Karel and...

How Altruism Goes Viral on Social Media

12 April 2017

What makes some social causes go viral but not others? Online social media platforms now offer the ability to connect and mobilize millions of people to action on important societal issues. In our latest research, published in Nature Human Behaviour , we evaluate how people engage with a number of popular social causes...

Psychological Vaccine Against Fake News