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9/27/24
Los Angeles Review of Books covers our work on moral framing of progressive policies
9/17/24
Discussed pathways out of polarization on The Depolarizers podcast
9/12/24
Our work on political polarization covered in Time
8/26/24
Our research on gossip covered in the New York Times
8/21/24
Our work on masculine overcompensation and politics cited by the New York Times
8/19/24
Vox covers our research on moral framing of progressive candidates
Strengthening Democracy Challenge cited in The Atlantic’s profile of Governor Cox
8/16/24
Derek Thompson cited our work on moral reframing on the Plain English podcast
Adam Grant discussed the Strengthening Democracy Challenge with Trevor Noah on "What Now? With Trevor Noah
8/11/24
Our work on gender and electability covered in The Atlantic
7/17/24
Our field study evaluating the National Governor's Association's bipartisan messaging featured by Yahoo News
7/2/24
Discussed out-partisan misperceptions in Time Magazine
6/4/24
Quoted in the New York Times regarding our work on protest tactics
4/24/24
Strengthening Democracy Challenge discussed in New York Times
4/16/24
Quoted in Washington Post on our work regarding protest tactics
3/23/24
Quoted in Rolling Stone regarding our work on protest tactics
2/7/24
Discussed political persuasion, empathy, and moral reframing on Hidden Brain
8/26/23
Wall Street Journal references Strengthening Democracy Challenge
8/13/23
Our work addressing threats of political violence referenced in AP News
7/31/23
Our research on antiracism covered in the Washington Post
7/19/23
Our research on opposition to antiracism covered in the New York Times
7/13/23
The Strengthening Democracy Challenge cited by Governor Spencer Cox in the Washington Post
5/31/23
Willer featured on PBS Newshour
Willer quoted on polarization in the New York Times
3/29/23
Our research on moral and neural underpinnings of polarization discussed in the New York Times
3/1/23
Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered in Nature
Our work on AI political persuasion covered by Stanford HAI
2/8/23
Strengthening Democracy Challenge discussed in the New York Times
1/7/23
Our work on extreme protest tactics covered by CNN
11/22/22
LA Times article discusses the Strengthening Democracy Challenge
11/12/22
The Guardian discusses our research on activist tactics
11/2/22
Quoted on addressing political polarization by Stanford Business Insights
10/31/22
Our work on democracy discussed in Scientific American
10/21/22
Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered in The Atlantic
10/19/22
Interviewed by Stanford Business Insights on polarization
10/17/22
Our work on dehumanization covered in Insights by Stanford Business
9/23/22
Fast Company discusses a top intervention from the Strengthening Democracy Challenge
9/6/22
Interviewed on Here & Now about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge
9/4/22
Interviewed on The Next Revolution about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge
8/30/22
Willer profiled in Marin Living Magazine
8/29/22
The Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered by the Stanford Report
8/25/22
Interviewed on C-SPAN about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge
8/23/22
Strengthening Democracy Challenge covered by Fast Company
8/18/22
Discussed the Strengthening Democracy Challenge on Morning Joe
7/21/22
Stanford Social Innovation Review covers our work on gender and electability
5/6/22
Our research on encouraging COVID vaccination referenced in the New York Times
4/28/22
Our research on politicians' rising incivility on Twitter covered by the LA Times
3/29/22
Our research on support for partisan violence covered in The Washington Post
2/23/22
Our work studying the effects of elite cues on COVID vaccine intentions covered by Vox
2/18/22
Our research on gender and electability concerns covered by Greater Good Magazine
11/28/22
Interviewed about political persuasion on The Great Battlefield
11/8/22
Discussed Democracy on The Gist
11/7/22
Interviewed about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge on The Gist
10/27/22
Discussed Democracy Interventions on Politicology
9/25/22
Interviewed on Opinion Science about the Strengthening Democracy Challenge
Discussed false meta-perceptions on the Stanford Psychology Podcast
3/30/22
Interviewed on the “progressive paradox” by Third Way
12/14/20
Interviewed about the benefits of gossip on You are Not So Smart
9/9/20
Discussed COVID-19 research on Two Psychologists Four Beers
2/19/20
Discussed the replication crisis on Two Psychologists Four Beers
7/2/19
Interviewed about pluralistic ignorance on You Are Not So Smart
4/8/19
Our research on extreme protest tactics featured on Hidden Brain
10/17/17
Discussed political persuasion on TED Radio Hour
6/15/17
Interviewed about political persuasion on The Gist
4/18/17
1/3/17
Mike Pesca and Ralph Nader discuss our moral reframing research on Slate's The Gist
11/4/16
Interviewed on the You are Not So Smart podcast
11/28/10
Global warming skepticism research in Scientific American