Robb Willer
Professor | Stanford University
Research

Clayton, K. & Willer, R. 2023. Endorsements from Republican Politicians Can Increase Confidence in U.S. Elections. Research and Politics.

Druckman, J., Kang, S., Chu, J., Stagnaro, M.N., Voelkel, J. G., Mernyk, J., Pink, S., Redekopp, C., Rand, D., & Willer, R. In Press. Correcting Misperceptions of Out-partisans Decreases American Legislators’ Support for Undemocratic Practices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Goldenberg, A. & Willer, R. In Press. Amplification of emotion on social media. Nature Human Behaviour.

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.

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.

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., Stagnaro, M. N., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Pink, S., Druckman, J., Rand, D., Willer, R. 2022. Interventions reducing affective polarization do not necessarily improve anti-democratic attitudes. Nature Human Behaviour.

Hartman, R., Blakey, W., Womick, J., Bail, C. A., Finkel, E., Han, H., Sarrouf, J., Schroeder, J., Sheeran, P., Van Bavel, 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. Press Release. Short Video.

Landry, A., Schooler, J., Willer, R., & Seli, P. 2022. Reducing Explicit Blatant Dehumanization by Correcting Exaggerated Meta-Perceptions. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.