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Insights on climate change and COVID-19 skepticism

Insights on climate change and COVID-19 skepticism

Mar 16, 20211 min read

The University of Amsterdam issued a press release covering recent work by Rutjens, van der Linden, and van der Lee (2021) on how existing research on climate change and vaccine…

New paper on COVID-19 related science skepticism

New paper on COVID-19 related science skepticism

Mar 9, 20211 min read

How can research on climate and vaccine skepticism inform understanding COVID-19 related science skepticism? A new paper by Rutjens, van der Linden, and van der Lee (2021) investigates this question.…

New interview on faith in science (NL)

New interview on faith in science (NL)

Sep 7, 20201 min read

With the Dutch Journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Voeding & DiĆ«tetiek, Bastiaan discusses public distrust in science and ways to deal with intuition, skepticism, and friction. You can find the full…

Project V: Theory development and scale construction

Project V: Theory development and scale construction

Aug 31, 20201 min read

Description will follow soon. Martens, J. P., & Rutjens. B. T. SMaRT: Synthesizing threat-compensation research using Sense Motivation and Response Theory. Under review. Van Elk, M., Maij, D., & Rutjens, B.…

Project IV: Stereotypes about scientists

Project IV: Stereotypes about scientists

Aug 31, 20201 min read

Do people think that scientists are bad people? The psychology of science is concerned with evaluations of science, and so also with evaluations of scientists. Our research shows that attitudes…