Papers by Topic
In Progress
Hewitt, L.*, Ashokkumar, A*., Ghezae, I., & Willer, R. Predicting Results of Social Science Experiments Using Large Language Models. Supplementary Materials. Working Paper.
Park, J. S., Zou, C. Q., Shaw, A., Hill, B. M., Cai, C., Morris, M. R., Willer, R., Liang, P., & Bernstein, M. S. Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People. Working Paper.
Schöne , J. P., Salecha, A., Lyubomirsky, S., Eichstaedt, J., & Willer, R. Structured AI Dialogues Can Increase Happiness and Meaning in Life. Working Paper.
Bluesky Thread: AI Dialogues; X Thread: Chatbots
Costello, T.H., Pennycook, G., Willer, R., & Rand, D. Deep Canvassing Using AI. Working Paper.
Jackson, M. O., Mei, Q., Wang, S., Xie, Y., Yuan, W., Benzell, S. G., Brynjolfsson, E., Camerer, C. F., Evans, J. A., Jabarian, B., Kleinberg, J., Meng, J., Mullainathan, S., Ozdaglar, A. E., Pfeiffer, T., Tennenholtz, M., Willer, R., Yang, D., & Ye, T. AI Behavioral Science. Working Paper.
Geng, J., Chen, H., Ribeiro, M. H., Willer, R., Neubig, G., & Griffiths, T. L. Accumulating Context Changes the Beliefs of Language Models. Working Paper.
Weiss, C. M., Green, D. P., & Willer, R. Can Politicians Bridge Partisan Divides? A Field Experiment with the U.S. National Governors Association. Working Paper.
Media Coverage: New York Times on bipartisan civility and elite cues; Washington Post on "Disagree Better"
Received 2025 Expy “Bridge Builder” Award from the Analyst Institute
Garton, C., Willer, R., Zaki J. Partisans Overstimate Their Side's Intolerance. Working Paper.
Clayton, K., Nyhan, B., Offer-Westort, M., Kinder, B., & Willer, R. The Structural Democratic Reforms Project. In Progress.
Wetts, R., & Willer, R. Antiracism and its Discontents: The Prevalence and Political Influence of Opposition to Antiracism among White Americans. Working Paper.
Fuller, K., Ferrali, R., Damesin, L. F., Gainsburg, I., Simpson, B., & Willer, R. Extreme Protest Tactics Reduce Support for the Climate Movement and Climate Mitigation Policies. Working Paper.
Stagnaro, M. N., Druckman, J., Berinsky, A., Arechar, A. A., Willer, R., & Rand, D. G. Representativeness Versus Attentiveness: A Comparison Across Nine Online Survey Samples. Working Paper.
Mason, K. A., Okst, K., Green, D. P., Willer, R., Druckman, J. N., Voelkel, J. G., Patel, Y., Robertson, C., Choi, W., Sanchez, J. I., Goldwert, D., Rogers, T., Weisz, E., Schneider-Mayerson, M., Birnbaum, H. J., Bogard, J. E., Brimhall, C. I., Cosme, D., De La Rosa, W., Dittman, A. G., Falk, E., Fox, C. R., Garg, R., Goldstein, N. J., Goncharova, E. Y., Jost, J. T., Knowles, E. D., Laskey, N. M., Lee, S. W. S., Lu, J. G., Pons, V., Rai, A., Reiff, J. S., Waldfogel, H. B., Weber, M. E., Constantino, S. M., Vlasceanu, M. A Megastudy of Behavioral Interventions to Increase Voter Registration Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Working Paper.
Broska, D., Santos, L., & Willer, R. The Effects of Belief in the American Dream on Empathic Concern for the Poor and Welfare Program Support. Working Paper.
2026 / In Press
Voelkel, J. G., Ashokkumar, A., Abeles, A. T... [18 Authors] ... Willenbring, J. K., Malhotra, N., & Willer, R. 2026. A Registered Report Megastudy on the Persuasiveness of the Most-Cited Climate Messages. Nature Climate Change.
Gallegos, I. O., Shani, C., Shi, W., Bianchi, F., Gainsburg, I., Jurafsky, D., & Willer, R. In Press. Labeling Messages as AI-Generated Does Not Reduce Their Persuasive Effects. PNAS Nexus.
Policy Brief (07/25), Thread (04/25)
Frederiksen, K., Willer, R., Petersen, M. In Press. The Way Back After Backsliding: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy. Comparative Political Studies.
2025
Hall, M. E. K., Solomon, B. C., Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J., & Willer, R. 2025. Durably Reducing Partisan Animosity through Multiple Scalable Treatments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Bai, H., Voelkel, J. G., Muldowney, S., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Willer, R. 2025. LLM-Generated Messages Can Persuade Humans on Policy Issues. Nature Communications.
Press Release (02/23), Thread (02/23)
Media Coverage: Stanford Report (11/25)
Grayson, S., Feinberg, M., Willer, R., & Zaki, J. 2025. Ironic Effects of Negative Gossip in Driving Inaccurate Social Perceptions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Forbes, R., Willer, R., & Stellar, J. E. 2025. Power as a Moral Magnifier: Moral Outrage is Amplified when the Powerful Transgress. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Chang, H. C. H., Druckman, J. N., Ferrara, E., & Willer, R. 2025. Liberals and Conservatives Share Information Differently on Social Media. PNAS Nexus.
Thread (08/25)
2024
Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J. Y... [79 Authors] ... Druckman, J. N., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. 2024. Megastudy Testing 25 Treatments to Reduce Anti-Democratic Attitudes and Partisan Animosity. Science.
Press Release (10/24), Stanford Press Release (08/22), Strengthening Democracy Challenge Website, Thread (08/22)
Media Coverage: PBS Newshour (05/23), Washington Post op-ed (09/22), New York Times (02/23), New York Times (04/24), The Atlantic (10/22), The Atlantic (08/24), Washington Post (07/23), Nature (03/23), LA Times (11/22), Wall Street Journal (08/23), Fast Company (08/22), Fast Company (09/22), Fox News Interview (09/22), Morning Joe Interview (08/22), C-SPAN Interview (08/22), NPR Here and Now Interview (09/22), The Gist Interview (11/22), Politicology Interview (10/22)
Named one of the Top 10 Experiments of 2023 (“Expy”), Analyst Institute
Named one of the Top 10 Insights of 2024, Greater Good Magazine
Kamphorst, J., & Willer, R. 2024. Correcting Misperceptions of the Material Benefits Associated with Union Membership Increases Americans’ Interest in Joining Unions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Press Release (04/24), Thread (05/24)
Chu, J. Y., Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Kang, S., Druckman, J. N., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. 2024. Academics Are More Specific, and Practitioners More Sensitive, in Forecasting Interventions to Strengthen Democratic Attitudes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Voelkel, J. G., Chu, J. Y., Stagnaro, M. N., Druckman, J. N., & Willer, R. 2024. How to Design and Conduct a Megastudy. Nature Human Behavior.
Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S.A., Capraro, V., Boggio, P., Ellemers, N., Cichocka, A., Douglas, K. M., Rand, D. G., van der Linden, S., Cikara, M., Finkel, E. J., Druckman, J. N., Wohl, M. J. A., Petty, R. E., Tucker, J. A., Shariff, A., Gelfand, M., Packer, D., Jetten, J., Van Lange, P. A. M., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Baicker, K., Crum, A., Weeden, K. A., Napper, L. E., Tabri, N., Zaki, J., Skitka, L., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Sunstein, C., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Todsen, A. L., Hajian, A., Verra, S. E., Buehler, V., Friedemann, M., Hecht, M., Mobarak, R. S., Karakasheva, R., Tünte, M., T., Yeung, S. K., Rosenbaum, R. S., Lep, Ž., Yamada, Y., Hudson, S. T. J., Macchia, L., Soboleva, I., Dimant, E., Geiger, S. J., Jarke, H., Wingen, T., Berkessel, J. B., Mareva, S., McGill, L., Papa, F., Većkalov, B., Afif, Z., Buabang, E. K., Landman, M., Tavera, F., Andrews, J. L., Bursalıoğlu, A., Zupan, Z., Wagner, L., Navajas, J., Vranka, M., Kasdan, D. O., Chen, P., Hudson, K. R., Novak, L. M., Teas, P. E., Rachev, N. R., Galizzi, M.M., Milkman, K. L., Petrović, M.B., Van Bavel, J. J., & Willer, R. 2024. A Synthesis of Evidence for Policy from Behavioural Science During COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134–147.
Landry, A., Druckman, J. N., & Willer, R. 2024. Need for Chaos and Dehumanization Are Robustly Associated with Support for Partisan Violence. Political Behavior.
Santos, L., Voelkel, J. G., Willer, R., & Zaki, J. 2024. Positive Beliefs About Cross-Partisan Empathy Can Strengthen Americans’ Support for Democracy. PNAS Nexus.
Thread (10/24)
Zimmerman, F., Bailey, D., Muric, G., Ferrara, E., Schöne, J., Willer, R., Halperin, E., Navajas, J., Gross, J., & Goldenberg, A. 2024. Attraction to Politically Extreme Users on Social Media. PNAS Nexus.
Ghezae, I., Jordan, J., Gainsburg, I., Mosleh, M., Pennycook, G., Willer, R., & Rand, D. G. 2024. Partisans Neither Expect nor Receive Reputational Rewards for Sharing Falsehoods Over Truth Online. PNAS Nexus.
Stade, E. C., Stirman, S. W., Ungar, L. H., Boland, C. L., Schwartz, H. A., Yaden, D. B., Sedoc, J., DeRubeis, R. J., Willer, R. & Eichstaedt, J. C. 2024. Large Language Models Could Change the Future of Behavioral Healthcare: A Proposal for Responsible Development and Evaluation. NPJ Mental Health Research.
2023
Hasan-Aslih, S., Idan, O., Willer, R., & Halperin, E. 2023. Disadvantaged Group Members Are Prouder of Their Group When Using the Language of the Dominant Group Compared to Their Native Language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Druckman, J. N., Kang, S., Chu, J. Y., Stagnaro, M. N., Voelkel, J. G., Mernyk, J., Pink, S., Redekopp, C., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. 2023. Correcting Misperceptions of Out-Partisans Decreases American Legislators’ Support for Undemocratic Practices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Press Release (05/23), Thread (06/23)
Goldenberg, A. & Willer, R. 2023. Amplification of Emotion on Social Media. Nature Human Behaviour.
Voelkel, J. G., Mernyk, J. S., & Willer, R. 2023. Moral Reframing Increases Support for Economically Progressive Candidates. PNAS Nexus.
New York Times Op-Ed (11/19), Press Release (05/19)
Media Coverage: Slate (07/20), Salon (06/19); Third Way Interview (03/22)
Clayton, K. & Willer, R. 2023. Endorsements from Republican Politicians Can Increase Confidence in U.S. Elections. Research and Politics.
CNN Op-Ed (07/22)
Lang, D., Esbenshade, L., & Willer, R. 2023. Did Ohio's Vaccine Lottery Increase Vaccination Rates? A Pre-Registered, Synthetic Control Study. Journal of Experimental Political Science.
Media Coverage: Science (08/21)
Stagnaro, M. N., Pink, S., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. 2023. Increasing Accuracy Motivations Using Moral Reframing Does Not Reduce Republicans’ Belief in False News. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review.
Baumgartner, H. A., Alessandroni, N., Byers-Heinlein, K., Frank, M. C., Hamlin, K., Soderstrom, M., Voelkel, J. G., Willer, R., Yuen, F., Coles, N. A. 2023. How to Build up Big Team Science: A Practical Guide for Large-Scale Collaborations. Royal Society Open Science.
Thread (07/23), Press Release (09/23)
Koenecke, A., Giannella, E., Willer, R., & Goel, S. 2023. Popular Support for Balancing Equity and Efficiency in Resource Allocation: A Case Study in Online Advertising to Increase Welfare Program Awareness. In Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media.
Thread (06/23)
2022
Mernyk, J. S., Pink, S. L., Druckman, J. N., & Willer, R. 2022. Correcting Inaccurate Metaperceptions Reduces Americans’ Support for Partisan Violence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Washington Post Op-Ed (11/22)
Media Coverage: New York Times (05/23), Washington Post (03/22), AP News (08/23)
Corbett, C.*, Voelkel, J. G.*, Cooper, M., Willer, R. 2022. Pragmatic Bias Impedes Women's Access to Political Leadership. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Press Release (02/22), LA Times Op-Ed (03/20), Thread (02/22)
Media Coverage: The Atlantic (08/24), Stanford Social Innovation Review (06/22), Greater Good Magazine (02/22)
Goldenberg, A., Abruzzo, J., Willer, R., Halperin, E., & Gross, J. 2022. Homophily and Acrophily as Drivers of Political Segregation. Nature Human Behaviour.
Voelkel, J. G., Chu, J. Y., Stagnaro, M. N., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Pink, S., Druckman, J. N., Rand, D. G., Willer, R. 2022. Interventions Reducing Affective Polarization Do Not Necessarily Improve Anti-Democratic Attitudes. Nature Human Behaviour.
Media Coverage: New York Times (09/21), New York Times (05/23)
Hartman, R., Blakey, W., Womick, J., Bail, C. A., Finkel, E., Han, H., Sarrouf, J., Schroeder, J., Sheeran, P., Van Bavel, J. J., Willer, R., Gray, K. 2022. Interventions to Reduce Partisan Animosity. Nature Human Behaviour.
Santos, L. A., Voelkel, J. G., Willer, R., & Zaki, J. 2022. Belief in the Utility of Cross-Partisan Empathy Reduces Partisan Animosity and Facilitates Political Persuasion. Psychological Science.
Washington Post Op-Ed (12/20)
Frimer, J., Aujla, H., Feinberg, M., Skitka, L., Eichstaedt, J., & Willer, R. 2022. Incivility is Rising Among American Politicians on Twitter. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Press Release (04/22), Video Explainer (08/22), Thread (09/22)
Media Coverage in the New York Times (08/23), LA Times (04/22)
Landry, A., Schooler, J., Willer, R., & Seli, P. 2022. Reducing Explicit Blatant Dehumanization by Correcting Exaggerated Meta-Perceptions. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Press Release (10/22)
van Loon, A., Giorgi, S., Willer, R., & Eichstaedt, J. 2022. Negative Associations in Word Embeddings Predict Anti-Black Bias across Regions–but Only via Name Frequency. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media.
Simpson, B., Willer, R., & Feinberg, M. 2022. Radical Flanks of Social Movements Can Increase Support for Moderate Factions. PNAS Nexus.
Media Coverage: The Guardian (11/22)
Voelkel, J. G., Malik, M., Redekopp, C., & Willer, R. 2022. Changing Americans’ Attitudes about Immigration: Using Moral Framing to Bolster Factual Arguments. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
2021
Chu, J. Y., Pink, S., & Willer, R. 2021. Religious Identity Cues Increase Vaccination Intentions and Trust in Medical Experts among American Christians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Thread (08/21)
Pink, S., Chu, J. Y., Druckman, J. N., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. 2021. Elite Party Cues Increase Vaccination Intentions Among Republicans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Washington Post Op-Ed (08/21), LA Times Op-Ed (04/21), Thread (04/21)
Media Coverage: New York Times (05/22), US News & World Report (07/21), Salon (05/21)
Stewart, S., & Willer, R. 2021. The Effects of Racial Status Threat on White Americans’ Support for Donald Trump: Results of Five Experimental Tests. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
2020
Leong, Y. C., Chen, J., Willer, R., & Zaki, J. 2020. Conservative and Liberal Attitudes Drive Polarized Neural Responses to Political Content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Press Release (10/20)
Media Coverage: New York Times (03/23)
Van Bavel, J. J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M. J., Crum, A. J., Douglas, K. M., Druckman, J. N., Drury, J., Dube, O., Ellemers, N., Finkel, E. J., Fowler, J. H., Gelfand, M., Han, S., Haslam S. A., Jetten, J., Kitayama, S., Mobbs, D., Napper, L. E., Packer, D. J., Pennycook, G., Peters, E., Petty, R. E., Rand, D. G., Reicher, S. D., Schnall, S., Shariff, A., Skitka, L. J., Smith, S. S., Sunstein, C. R., Tabri, N., Tucker, J. A., van der Linden, S., van Lange, P., Weeden , K. A., Wohl, M. J. A., Zaki, J., Zion, S. R., & Willer, R. 2020. Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support Covid-19 Pandemic Response. Nature Human Behaviour.
Media Coverage: Science (04/20), Wired (07/21), Two Psychologists, Four Beers Interview (09/20)
Feinberg, M., Willer, R., & Kovacheff, C. 2020. The Activist’s Dilemma: Extreme Protest Actions Reduce Popular Support for Social Movements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Washington Post Op-Ed (02/17)
Media Coverage: New York Times (02/17), Washington Pos (11/19), Washington Post (01/19), The Atlantic (02/17), Hidden Brain (04/17)
Côté, S., Stellar, J. E., Willer, R., Forbes, R. C., Martin, S. R., & Bianchi, E. C. 2020. The Psychology of Entrenched Privilege: High Socioeconomic Status Individuals From Affluent Backgrounds Are Uniquely High in Entitlement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Washington Post Op-Ed (12/17)
Heiserman, N., Simpson, B., & Willer, R. 2020. Judgments of Economic Fairness Are Based More on Perceived Economic Mobility Than Perceived Inequality. Socius.
2019
Feinberg, M., & Willer, R. 2019. Moral Reframing: A Technique for Effective and Persuasive Communication Across Political Divides. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Media Coverage: The Atlantic (06/17), The Atlantic (02/17)
Wetts, R., & Willer, R. 2019. Who is Called by the Dog Whistle? Experimental Evidence That Racial Resentment and Political Ideology Condition Responses to Racially Encoded Messages. Socius.
Media Coverage: Washington Post (12/15)
Niemiec, R. M., Willer, R., Ardoin, N. M., & Brewer, F. K. 2019. Motivating Landowners to Recruit Neighbors for Private Land Conservation. Conservation Biology.
Penner, A. M., & Willer, R. 2019. Men’s Over-Persistence and the Gender Gap in Science and Mathematics. Socius.
2018
Wetts, R., & Willer, R. 2018. Privilege on the Precipice: Perceived Racial Status Threats Lead White Americans to Oppose Welfare Programs. Social Forces.
Press Release (05/18), UC Berkeley Press Release (06/18), New York Times Op-Ed (11/16)
Media Coverage: The Atlantic (06/18), The Atlantic (05/16), Washington Post (02/21), Washington Post (05/18), New York Magazine (06/18), Salon (08/18)
Stellar, J. E., & Willer, R. 2018. Unethical and Inept? The Influence of Moral Information on Perceptions of Competence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Simpson, B., Willer, R., & Feinberg, M. 2018. Does Violent Protest Backfire? Testing a Theory of Public Reactions to Activist Violence. Socius.
Press Release (10/18)
van Loon, A., Bailenson, J., Zaki, J., Bostick, J., & Willer, R. 2018. Virtual Reality Perspective-Taking Increases Cognitive Empathy for Specific Others. PloS One.
2017
Simpson, B., Willer, R., & Harrell, A. 2017. The Enforcement of Moral Boundaries Promotes Cooperation and Prosocial Behavior in Groups. Scientific Reports.
Scientific American Op-Ed (04/17)
2016
Boutyline, A., & Willer, R. 2017. The Social Structure of Political Echo Chambers: Variation in Ideological Homophily in Online Networks. Political Psychology.
Kilduff, G. J., Willer, R., & Anderson, C. 2016. Hierarchy and Its Discontents: Status Disagreement Leads to Withdrawal of Contribution and Lower Group Performance. Organization Science.
Van De Rijt, A., Akin, I. A., Willer, R., & Feinberg, M. 2016. Success-Breeds-Success in Collective Political Behavior: Evidence From a Field Experiment. Sociological Science.
2015
Feinberg, M., & Willer, R. 2015. From Gulf to Bridge: When Do Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Supplementary Material.
TED Talk (02/17), Press Release (10/15), New York Times Op-Ed (11/15)
Media Coverage: New York Times (03/23), The Atlantic (06/17), The Atlantic (02/17), Vox (11/19), The Gist (01/17), The Guardian (07/17), New York Magazine (05/14), New York Magazine (10/15), Salon (10/19), TED Radio Hour Interview (04/19), You Are not So Smart Podcast Interview (11/16)
Côté, S., House, J., & Willer, R. 2015. High Economic Inequality Leads Higher-Income Individuals to be Less Generous. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Simpson, B., & Willer, R. 2015. Beyond Altruism: Sociological Foundations of Cooperation and Prosocial Behavior. Annual Review of Sociology.
Interviewed on 20/20 and Nightline
Willer, R., Wimer, C., & Owens, L. A. 2015. What Drives the Gender Gap in Charitable Giving? Lower Empathy Leads Men to Give Less to Poverty Relief. Social Science Research.
Van der Toorn, J., Feinberg, M., Jost, J. T., Kay, A. C., Tyler, T. R., Willer, R., & Wilmuth, C. 2015. A Sense of Powerlessness Fosters System Justification: Implications for the Legitimation of Authority, Hierarchy, and Government. Political Psychology.
2014
Feinberg, M., Willer, R., & Schultz, M. 2014. Gossip and Ostracism Promote Cooperation in Groups. Psychological Science.
Media Coverage: in The Atlantic: Gossip is Good, You Are Not So Smart Podcast Interview: Gossip
Stellar, J. E., & Willer, R. 2014. The Corruption of Value: Negative Moral Associations Diminish the Value of Money. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Anderson, C., & Willer, R. 2014. Do Status Hierarchies Benefit Groups? A Bounded Functionalist Account of Status. In The Psychology of Social Status, edited by J. T. Cheng, J. L. Tracy, and C. Anderson. Springer.
2013
Feinberg, M., Antonenko, O., Willer, R., Horberg, E. J., & John, O. P. 2014. Gut Check: Reappraisal of Disgust Helps Explain Liberal–Conservative Differences on Issues of Purity. Emotion.
Willer, R., Rogalin, C. L., Conlon, B., & Wojnowicz, M. T. 2013. Overdoing Gender: A Test of the Masculine Overcompensation Thesis. American Journal of Sociology.
Feinberg, M., & Willer, R. 2013. The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes. Psychological Science. Supplementary Material.
Côté, S., Piff, P. K., & Willer, R. 2013. For Whom Do the Ends Justify the Means? Social Class and Utilitarian Moral Judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Simpson, B., Harrell, A., & Willer, R. 2013. Hidden Paths From Morality to Cooperation: Moral Judgments Promote Trust and Trustworthiness. Social Forces.
Saslow, L. R., Willer, R., Feinberg, M., Piff, P. K., Clark, K., Keltner, D., & Saturn, S. R. 2013. My Brother’s Keeper? Compassion Predicts Generosity More Among Less Religious Individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
2012
Willer, R., Flynn, F. J., & Zak, S. 2012. Structure, Identity, and Solidarity: A Comparative Field Study of Generalized and Direct Exchange. Administrative Science Quarterly.
Simpson, B., Willer, R., & Ridgeway, C. L. 2012. Status Hierarchies and the Organization of Collective Action. Sociological Theory.
Feinberg, M., Willer, R., Stellar, J., & Keltner, D. 2012. The Virtues of Gossip: Reputational Information Sharing as Prosocial Behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Anderson, C., Willer, R., Kilduff, G. J., & Brown, C. E. 2012. The Origins of Deference: When Do People Prefer Lower Status? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Feinberg, M., Willer, R., Antonenko, O., & John, O. P. 2012. Liberating Reason From the Passions: Overriding Intuitionist Moral Judgments Through Emotion Reappraisal. Psychological Science.
Feinberg, M., Willer, R., & Keltner, D. 2012. Flustered and Faithful: Embarrassment as a Signal of Prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Willer, R., Youngreen, R., Troyer, L., & Lovaglia, M. J. 2012. How Do the Powerful Attain Status? The Roots of Legitimate Power Inequalities. Managerial and Decision Economics.
Willer, R., Sharkey, A., & Frey, S. 2012. Reciprocity on the Hardwood: Passing Patterns Among Professional Basketball Players. PloS One.
Munsch, C. L., & Willer, R. 2012. The Role of Gender Identity Threat in Perceptions of Date Rape and Sexual Coercion. Violence Against Women.
Feinberg, M., Cheng, J. T., & Willer, R. 2012. Gossip as an Effective and Low Cost Form of Punishment. Brain and Behavioral Sciences.
2011
Feinberg, M., & Willer, R. 2011. Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just-World Beliefs. Psychological Science.
Penner, A. M., & Willer, R. 2011. Stigma and Glucose Levels: Testing Ego Depletion and Arousal Explanations of Stereotype Threat Effects. Current Research in Social Psychology.
2010
Willer, R., Feinberg, M., Irwin, K., Schultz, M., & Simpson, B. 2010. The Trouble With Invisible Men: How Reputational Concerns Motivate Generosity. In The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality, edited by S. Hitlin and S. Vaisey. Springer.
2009
Willer, R., Kuwabara, K., & Macy, M. W. 2009. The False Enforcement of Unpopular Norms. American Journal of Sociology.
Willer, R. 2009. Groups Reward Individual Sacrifice: The Status Solution to the Collective Action Problem. American Sociological Review.
Willer, R. 2009. A Status Theory of Collective Action. In Advances in Group Processes (Vol. 26), edited by S. R. Thye and E. J. Lawler. Emerald.
Willer, R. 2009. No Atheists in Foxholes: Motivated Reasoning and Religious Ideology. In Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification, edited by J. T. Jost, A. C. Kay, and H. Thorisdottir. Oxford University Press.
2008
Willer, R., & Adams, N. 2008. The Threat of Terrorism and Support for the 2008 Presidential Candidates: Results of a National Field Experiment. Current Research in Social Psychology.
Simpson, B., & Willer, R. 2008. Altruism and Indirect Reciprocity: The Interaction of Person and Situation in Prosocial Behavior. Social Psychology Quarterly.
Kalkhoff, W., & Willer, R. 2008. Deterring Deviance: Rationality and Self-Control. In Experiments in Criminology and Law, edited by C. Horne and M. J. Lovaglia. Rowan and Littlefield.
2007
Barclay, P., & Willer, R. 2007. Partner Choice Creates Competitive Altruism in Humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Kuwabara, K., Willer, R., Macy, M. W., Mashima, R., Terai, S., & Yamagishi, T. 2007. Culture, Identity, and Structure in Social Exchange: A Web-Based Trust Experiment in the United States and Japan. Social Psychology Quarterly.
Willer, R. 2007. The Role of Metanetworks in Network Evolution. Mathematical Sociology.
Benard, S., & Willer, R. 2007. A Wealth and Status-Based Model of Residential Segregation. Mathematical Sociology.
2005
Centola, D., Willer, R., & Macy, M. 2005. The Emperor’s Dilemma: A Computational Model of Self-Enforcing Norms. American Journal of Sociology.
Media Coverage: Washington Post: Democracy Protest
Willer, R., Troyer, L., & Lovaglia, M. J. 2005. Influence Over Observers of Structural Power: An Experimental Investigation. The Sociological Quarterly.
2004
Willer, R. 2004. The Effects of Government-Issued Terror Warnings on Presidential Approval Ratings. Current Research in Social Psychology.
Media Coverage: USA Today: Terror Warnings
2003
Lovaglia, M. J., Willer, R., & Troyer, L. 2003. Power, Status, and Collective Action: Developing Fundamental Theories to Address a Substantive Problem. In Advances in Group Processes (Vol. 20), edited by S. R. Thye and J. Skvoretz. Elsevier.
2002
Macy, M. W., & Willer, R. 2002. From Factors to Actors: Computational Sociology and Agent-Based Modeling. Annual Review of Sociology.
Lovaglia, M. J., & Willer, R. 2002. Theory, Simulation and Research: The New Synthesis. In The Growth of Social Knowledge: Theory, Simulation and Empirical Research in Group Processes, edited by J. Szmatka, M. Lovaglia, and K. Wysienska. Praeger.
Willer, D., Markovsky, B., Walker, H., Willer, R., Simpson, B., Lovaglia, M., & Thye, S. 2002. Network Exchange Theory. In Joe Berger and Morris E. Zelditch (Eds.), New directions in sociological theory: The growth of contemporary theories. Rowan and Littlefield.
2000
Willer, R., & Willer, D. 2000. Exploring Dynamic Networks: Hypotheses and Conjectures. Social Networks.