Willer, Robb

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

Bavel, J. J. V., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M. J., Crum, A. J., Douglas, K. M., Druckman, J. N., et al. (2020) · Nature Human Behaviour

COVID-19 Prevention and ImpactCommunication and COVID-19 Impact

Cited by 4,964

The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes

Feinberg, M., & Willer, R. (2013) · Psychological Science

Pro-Environmental Behavior and AttitudesPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Cited by 928

The Social Structure of Political Echo Chambers: Variation in Ideological Homophily in Online Networks

Boutyline, A., & Willer, R. (2017) · Political Psychology

Social Media and PoliticsElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Cited by 491

Partner choice creates competitive altruism in humans

Barclay, P., & Willer, R. (2007) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 485

Large language models could change the future of behavioral healthcare: a proposal for responsible development and evaluation

Stade, E. C., Stirman, S. W., Ungar, L. H., Boland, C. L., Schwartz, H. A., Yaden, D. B., Sedoc, J., DeRubeis, R. J., Willer, R., & Eichstaedt, J. C. (2024) · npj Mental Health Research

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationDigital Mental Health Interventions

Cited by 391

Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis

Willer, R., Rogalin, C. L., Conlon, B., & Wojnowicz, M. T. (2013) · American Journal of Sociology

Gender Roles and Identity StudiesGender and Feminist Studies

Cited by 366

Moral reframing: A technique for effective and persuasive communication across political divides

Feinberg, M., & Willer, R. (2019) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 302

High economic inequality leads higher-income individuals to be less generous

Côté, S., House, J., & Willer, R. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesIncome, Poverty, and Inequality

Cited by 295

A Sense of Powerlessness Fosters System Justification: Implications for the Legitimation of Authority, Hierarchy, and Government

van der Toorn, J., Feinberg, M., Jost, J. T., Kay, A. C., Tyler, T. R., Willer, R., & Wilmuth, C. (2015) · Political Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Power and Status Dynamics

Cited by 259

Interventions Reducing Affective Polarization Do Not Necessarily Improve Anti-Democratic Attitudes

Voelkel, J. G., Chu, J., Stagnaro, M., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Pink, S. L., Druckman, J., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. (2021) · Nature Human Behaviour

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 247

Does Violent Protest Backfire? Testing a Theory of Public Reactions to Activist Violence

Simpson, B., Willer, R., & Feinberg, M. (2018) · Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

Social and Intergroup PsychologyPolitical Conflict and Governance

Cited by 224

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M., Chu, J., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L., et al. (2023) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 174

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J. Y., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L. G., et al. (2024) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 174

Interventions to reduce partisan animosity

Hartman, R., Blakey, W., Womick, J., Bail, C., Finkel, E. J., Han, H., Sarrouf, J., Schroeder, J., Sheeran, P., Van Bavel, J. J., et al. (2022) · Nature Human Behaviour

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 171

Flustered and faithful: Embarrassment as a signal of prosociality.

Feinberg, M., Willer, R., & Keltner, D. (2012) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Emotions and Moral BehaviorForgiveness and Related Behaviors

Cited by 167

Correcting inaccurate metaperceptions reduces Americans’ support for partisan violence

Mernyk, J. S., Pink, S. L., Druckman, J. N., & Willer, R. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Cited by 146

Incivility is rising among American politicians on twitter

Frimer, J. A., Aujla, H., Feinberg, M., Skitka, L. J., Aquino, K., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Willer, R. (2023) · Social Psychological and Personality Science

Social Media and PoliticsHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Cited by 110

LLM-generated messages can persuade humans on policy issues

Bai, H., Voelkel, J. G., Muldowney, S., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Willer, R. (2025) · Nature Communications

Psychology of Social InfluenceOpinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Cited by 110

Representativeness and Response Validity Across Nine Opt-In Online Samples

Stagnaro, M. N., Druckman, J., Berinsky, A. J., Arechar, A. A., Willer, R., & Rand, D. G. (2024)

Survey Methodology and NonresponseMobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing

Cited by 68

Homophily and acrophily as drivers of political segregation

Goldenberg, A., Abruzzo, J. M., Huang, Z., Schöne, J., Bailey, D., Willer, R., Halperin, E., & Gross, J. J. (2022) · Nature Human Behaviour

Opinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 65

LLM Agents Grounded in Self-Reports Enable General-Purpose Simulation of Individuals

Park, J. S., Zou, C. Q., Kamphorst, J., Egan, N., Shaw, A., Hill, B. M., Cai, C., Morris, M. R., Liang, P., Willer, R., et al. (2024) · arXiv

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIComputational and Text Analysis Methods

Cited by 49

Did Ohio’s Vaccine Lottery Increase Vaccination Rates? A Pre-Registered, Synthetic Control Study

Lang, D., Esbenshade, L., & Willer, R. (2023) · Journal of Experimental Political Science

Vaccine Coverage and HesitancySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Cited by 31

Evaluating expectations from social and behavioral science about COVID-19 and lessons for the next pandemic

Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S. A., Capraro, V., Boggio, P., Ellemers, N., Cichocka, A., Douglas, K., Rand, D. G., Cikara, M., et al. (2022)

Communication and COVID-19 ImpactCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact

Cited by 19

Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models

Geng, J., Chen, H., Liu, R., Ribeiro, M. H., Willer, R., Neubig, G., & Griffiths, T. L. (2025) · arXiv

Ethics and Social Impacts of AITopic Modeling

Cited by 1