I'm a postdoc at Princeton SPIA's Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy. Before that, I did my PhD at CMU SDS; before that, I worked at ideas42. danieljconnolly.com
Daniel J. Connolly
In the paper, we discuss three psychological phenomena that help sustain inequality: local attention, group identities, and what we call an 'i-frame bias' in reasoning about inequality. We also discuss how the wealthy exploit public psychology to increase inequality, and how we might fix it.
Daniel J. Connolly
Today's SJDM Featured Paper is: Connolly, D. J., & Loewenstein, G. (2026). How Memory Crystallizes the Past: Memories Become More Consistent Over Time Due to Differential, Nonconstant Change. SSRN. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Our new pub is out! We argue that any future scholarship on the politics of inequality should center the people. We call this the PUBLIC framework (Pluralistic methods, UnBiased perspectives, Local dynamics, Intersectional understanding, & Critical of power).
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Hello, I just got here! I have a few things coming up/out this spring and will post about them here.
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Excited to share that I've got a new paper out, co-written with Nick Chater and George Loewenstein! It's a pretty big review of the interactions between individual minds and large-scale economic inequality. Take a look - I'm happy to share the paper if needed!
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Daniel J. Connolly
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Read the latest Psychological Science in the Public Interest: The Political #Psychology of Economic Inequality
@danieljconnolly.bsky.social, APS Fellow Nick Chater, APS Fellow George Loewenstein
The latest PSPI issue examines the political psychology of economic inequality and highlights the cognitive processes that sustain high levels of inequality across nations.
