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Paper on Science Skepticism Across 24 Countries Out Now!
Social Psychological and Personality Science just published a paper by Bastiaan and colleagues in which they investigate science skepticism across various countries. Among other things, they find that spirituality, rather…
Insights on climate change and COVID-19 skepticism
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
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)
With the Dutch Journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Voeding & Diëtetiek, 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
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.…