Robb Willer
Professor | Stanford University
Research
Clayton, K. & Willer, R. Endorsements from Republican Politicians Can Increase Confidence in U.S. Elections.
Voelkel, J. G., Chu, J., Stagnaro, M., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Pink, S. L., … Willer, R. Interventions Reducing Affective Polarization Do Not Improve Anti-Democratic Attitudes.
Voelkel, J. G., Mernyk, J. S., & Willer, R. Resolving the Progressive Paradox: The Effects of Moral Reframing on Support for Economically Progressive Candidates.

Santos, L., Voelkel, J. G., Willer, R., & Zaki, J. (In Press). Belief in the Utility of Cross-Partisan Empathy Reduces Partisan Animosity and Facilitates Political Persuasion. Psychological Science.
Pink, S., Stagnaro, M., Chu, J., Mernyk, J., Voelkel, J.G., & Willer, R. Using short messages to encourage COVID-19 prevention behaviors.

Frimer, J., Aujla, H., Feinberg, M., Skitka, L., Eichstaedt, J., & Willer, R. (In Press). Incivility is rising among American politicians on Twitter. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Press Release.
Pink, S., Stagnaro, M., Chu, J., Mernyk, J., Voelkel, J.G., & Willer, R. Using short messages to encourage COVID-19 prevention behaviors.

Voelkel, J. G., Malik, M., Redekopp, C., & Willer, R. (In Press). Changing Americans’ Attitudes about Immigration: Using Moral Framing to Bolster Factual Arguments. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Landry, A., Schooler, J., Willer, R., & Seli, P. (In Press). Reducing Explicit Blatant Dehumanization by Correcting Exaggerated Meta-Perceptions. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Mernyk, J. S., Pink, S. L., Druckman, J., & Willer, R. (2022). Correcting Inaccurate Metaperceptions Reduces Americans’ Support for Partisan Violence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Lang, D., Esbenshade, L., Willer, R. (2022). Did Ohio's Vaccine Lottery Increase Vaccination Rates? A Pre-Registered, Synthetic Control Study. Journal of Experimental Political Science.
Yu, S & Willer, R. The Wages of Deference: Compensating differentials motivate acceptance of low status in local hierarchies.

Corbett, C.*, Voelkel, J.*, Cooper, M., Willer, R. (2022). Pragmatic Bias Impedes Women's Access to Political Leadership. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Chu, J., Pink, S. L., & Willer, R. (2021). Religious Identity Cues Increase Vaccination Intentions and Trust in Medical Experts among American Christians. 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.

Pink, S., Chu, J., Druckman, J., Rand, D., & Willer, R. (2021). Elite party cues increase vaccination intentions among Republicans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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, 117(44), 27731-27739. Press Release.

Van Bavel, J. J., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., ... & Willer, R. (2020). Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(5), 460-471.