Publications
2025 / In Press
Bai, H., Voelkel, J. G., Muldowney, S., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Willer, R. 2025. LLM-Generated Messages Can Persuade Humans on Policy Issues. Nature Communications.
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.
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.
2024
Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J. Y., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L., Allis, V., Baleria, G., Ballantyne, N., Van Bavel, J. J., Blunden, H., Braley, A., Bryan, C., Celniker, J., Cikara, M., Clapper, M. V., Clayton, K., Collins, H., DeFilippis, E., Dieffenbach, M., Doell, K. C., Dorison, C., Duong, M., Felsman, P., Fiorella, M., Francis, D., Franz, M., Gallardo, R., Gifford, S., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Gray, K., Green, J., Greene, J., Güngör, M., Hall, M., Hecht, C., Javeed, A., Jost, J. T., Kay, A., Kay, N. R., Keating, B., Kelly, J. M., Kirk, J., Kopell, M., Kteily, N., Kubin, E., Lees, J., Lenz, G., Levendusky, M., Littman, R., Luo, K., Lyles, A., Lyons, B., Marsh, W., Martherus, J., Maurer, L. A., Mehl, C., Minson, J., Moore, M., Moore-Berg, S. L., Pasek, M. H., Pentland, A., Puryear, C., Rahnama, H., Rathje, S., Rosato, J., Saar-Tsechansky, M., Santos, L. A., Seifert, C., Shariff, A., Simonsson, O., Siddiqi, S. S., Stone, D. F., Strand, P., Tomz, M., Yeager, D., Yoeli, E., Zaki, J., Druckman, J. N., Rand, D. G., & Willer, R. 2024. Megastudy Testing 25 Treatments to Reduce Anti-Democratic Attitudes and Partisan Animosity. Science.
Press Release: Strengthening Democracy, Stanford Press Release, Strengthening Democracy Challenge Website, Washington Post Op-Ed: Democracy over Party, Thread: Strengthening Democracy
Media Coverage: PBS Newshour: Partisan Divide, Washington Post op-ed: Democracy Over Party, New York Times: Reducing Partisan Animosity, New York Times: Partisan Hostility, The Atlantic: Saving Democracy, The Atlantic: Partisan Violence, Washington Post: Healthy Conflict, Nature: Reducing Polarization, LA Times: Cross-Party-Dialogue, Wall Street Journal: Tribalism, Fast Company: Strengthening Democracy, Fast Company: Partisan Animosity, Fox News Interview, Morning Joe Interview, C-SPAN Interview, NPR Here and Now Interview, The Gist Interview, Politicology Interview
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clayton, K. & Willer, R. 2023. Endorsements from Republican Politicians Can Increase Confidence in U.S. Elections. Research and Politics.
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: Vaccination Rates
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: Reducing Hate, New York Times: Politics of Delusion
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.
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.
Landry, A., Schooler, J., Willer, R., & Seli, P. 2022. Reducing Explicit Blatant Dehumanization by Correcting Exaggerated Meta-Perceptions. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
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: Protest Tactics
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: Values-Based Messaging, The Atlantic: Political Persuasion
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: Dog Whistle Politics
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: Welfare Opposition, UC Berkeley Press Release: Welfare Backlash, New York Times Op-Ed: Status Threat
Media Coverage: The Atlantic: Racial Resentment, The Atlantic: Status Anxiety, Washington Post: Group Threat Response, Washington Post: Demographic Threat & Redistribution, New York Magazine: Racial Threat & Welfare, Salon: Selective Welfare Support
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.
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.
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: Political Conversations, Press Release: Effective Arguments, New York Times Op-Ed: Political Persuasion
Media Coverage: New York Times: Moral Divides, The Atlantic: Moral Reframing, The Atlantic: Political Persuasion, Vox: Persuasive Conversations, The Gist: Framing & Animal Rights, The Guardian: Power of Framing, New York Magazine: Political Arguments, New York Magazine: Moral Framing, Salon: Moral Reframing & Populism, TED Radio Hour Interview: Shifting Attitudes, You Are not So Smart Podcast Interview: Bridging Divides
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.