New paper led by @makitotakei.bsky.social!
We found experimental evidence for one of the key theoretical tenets of audience cost theory - those in the challenged country understand that the challenger’s leader would face a punishment for backing down.
@makitotakei.bsky.social, Chanki Moon & @hirotakaimada.bsky.social test if target publics see audience costs. US survey (N=1,404): people infer domestic punishment for backing down; credibility is similar for democracies and autocracies.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NEW from me in @pnas.org on the risks of data sharing with qualitative research:
"Today, confidentiality risks are amplified by social media, surveillance, and AI tools, which make ample data about people publicly available, thus making deidentification less effective"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Psych Jobs
Postdoctoral Position in Social Psychology at the University of Bonn (3 years)
Research in moral psychology and related area
New working paper with @robertboehm.bsky.social: it is an early version likely needing significant revision, so feedback is very much appreciated.
We review multi-level games: a family of economic games that capture tensions within and between groups simultaneously. (1/5) doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Excited to announce the 2nd Graduate Summer School on Computational Decision Sciences (GSS-CDS) at RHUL!
📅 Sept 7–11, 2026
📍Stewart House, Central London
Fee: £480 (includes lunch, breaks & events)
Registration closes on June 15.
center-decision-sciences.com/cds-graduate...
10 days left to apply for the 4-y PhD studentship on ennvironmental behaviours and intergroup relations!
Full details in the original post below.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
New paper in press in EHS
We looked at how group membership shapes social norms (reputation assignments in IR).
💡Second-order information influenced the reputation of cooperators (not defectors) more within the group boundary than across it
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I am also hiring a PhD student (4-years, home student only to join the project, starting in September 2026🌏
Please share it widely!
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
I am also hiring a PhD student (4-years, home student only to join the project, starting in September 2026🌏
Please share it widely!
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
Audience cost theory suggests that as a country increases its audience costs, it can send a credible threat to an opponent and prevail in an international crisi...
Program Registration Schedule Directions Home 7th – 11th September, 2026 The Center for Decision Sciences will host a Graduate Summer School during the second week of September, 2026 in Senat…
center-decision-sciences.com
Research & Politics
Jess Calarco
Social norms and group-bounded indirect reciprocity
@makitotakei.bsky.social, Chanki Moon & @hirotakaimada.bsky.social test if target publics see audience costs. US survey (N=1,404): people infer domestic punishment for backing down; credibility is similar for democracies and autocracies.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I am also hiring a PhD student (4-years, home student only to join the project, starting in September 2026🌏
Please share it widely!
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
Audience cost theory suggests that as a country increases its audience costs, it can send a credible threat to an opponent and prevail in an international crisi...
I am hiring a 4y postdoc for my Leverhulme-funded project on the role of beliefs about what in/outgroup members believe/do about climate change in shaping pro-climate behaviours🌏
Start date: May 2026 at latest
Deadline: Feb 8
Please share it widely!
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
I am hiring a 4y postdoc for my Leverhulme-funded project on the role of beliefs about what in/outgroup members believe/do about climate change in shaping pro-climate behaviours🌏
Start date: May 2026 at latest
Deadline: Feb 8
Please share it widely!
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (48 months)Applications are invited for a 4-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. The successful candidate will join Dr. Hirotaka...
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (48 months)Applications are invited for a 4-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. The successful candidate will join Dr. Hirotaka...
I am hiring a 4y postdoc for my Leverhulme-funded project on the role of beliefs about what in/outgroup members believe/do about climate change in shaping pro-climate behaviours🌏
Start date: May 2026 at latest
Deadline: Feb 8
Please share it widely!
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (48 months)Applications are invited for a 4-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. The successful candidate will join Dr. Hirotaka...
