@leedewit

Associate Prof in Political Psychology, Deputy Head of Dept @CambPsych. Fellow @TrinityHallCamb.

 Cambridge, England
psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/lee-de-wit
Joined November 2011
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Why do 9 in 10 Trump supporters think American values and prosperity are “under threat”? Polling from @leedewit at Cambridge’s Political Psychology Lab and @Yougov reveals strong link between the US election result and concerns over economic and cultural instability. Learn why this data is crucial for politicians: cam.ac.uk/stories/trump-vote…
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🚨 New in @NatureComms! While many studies show that negativity drives online virality, we find that predictors of what people like and share can change over time, with ingroup solidarity showing significant viral potential during the war in Ukraine. (1/6) nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Social identity correlates of social media engagement before and after the 2022 Russian invasion of...

Nature Communications - Why people like and share content on social media is poorly understood. Here, the authors investigate social media engagement with posts mentioning identity and expressing...

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The times (in behavioural sciences) they are a-changin'. Recent contributions in cognitive science and economics show a renewed interest in going beyond 'biases' and viewing the sometimes puzzling features of human cognition as solutions to the complex problems we face.
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"[Labour’s pro-Corbyn and pro-Starmer factions] now show levels of mutual enmity that are slightly worse than between Leavers and Remainers" 🚨📊 NEW: @David_JYoung on the findings of his recent research on polarisation between factions within parties. ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-factio…
Chart showing that polarisation between 'Starmerites' and 'Corbynistas' has increased and is now worse than between Leavers and Remainers

ALT Chart showing that polarisation between 'Starmerites' and 'Corbynistas' has increased and is now worse than between Leavers and Remainers

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🚨 As trust in science faces new challenges, our new study with @walraslaw @Prashant_Garg_ explores the impact of scientists' political expression on SM. Looking at 98K US scientists on Twitter, we observe their ideological polarization and test impact on public perceptions🧵
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Six months after passing my viva, I graduated from my PhD today! Thanks to my brilliant supervisor @leedewit, my fantastic examiners @Sander_vdLinden and @mjbsp, and the many many more from @CambPsych and beyond who helped me along the way!
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Recently published by the British Journal of Social Psychology, @leedewit and I ask "Can the manner in which we visualize data impact perceptions of political polarization?" doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12787 Thanks to @Colinstrong and @Ipsos @Cambridge_Uni @BPSOfficial @socialpsychUK

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While the mechanisms underlying polarization are complex, scholars have consistently found a pervasive overestimation of perceptions of polarization to be a contributing factor. We argue that one...

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🚨New article drop in @PNASNexus, exploring the link between economic inequality and moralization – on Twitter (X) and around the globe! doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pg… Thanks to @drbrockbastian, @PaulvanLange, @DrewGorenz, @KhandisBlake and my excellent co-authors around the world!
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Now out in PNAS Nexus 🚨 People in the U.S. believe that political opponents accept blatant moral wrongs, like fraud, animal abuse, and homicide. This fuels dehumanization across party lines. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/a…

People believe political opponents accept blatant moral wrongs, fueling partisan divides

Abstract. Efforts to bridge political divides often focus on navigating complex and divisive issues, but eight studies reveal that we should also focus on

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Great read on how we also can dislike factions WITHIN our own political party quite a lot too! By @David_JYoung and @leedewit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Affective polarization within parties

Politics is increasingly a major source of social division, and party identities are theorized to be major drives of political hostility. However, parties often contain factions who are deeply...

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"Behavioral science should start by assuming people are reasonable" Nice piece in TCS. Couldn't agree more sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Thx for linking to my work w/ Jan Koenderink & Joachim Krueger @jenskoedmadsen @leedewit @Thruthal @CameronBrick @laurademoliere @carla_groom
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New paper 😃 With @CameronBrick, @leedewit and others, we argue behavioural sciences too frequently jump to conclusions of irrationality and bias - instead, we argue we should initially assume people are reasonable as a point of departure. @LSE_PBS shorturl.at/Z93O2
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🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Never mind moral universals in 60 cultures, how about moral universals in 256 cultures?! 🧵 #moralityascooperation @HRAF755 doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.20…
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Curious how much Starmer and Corbyn supporters dislike each other? Do anti-Trump republicans sometimes dislike pro-Trump republicans more than bi-partisan Democrats? Read our new paper on Within Party Affective Polarization to find out!
David Young@David_JYoung14 Mar 2024
Delighted my **first paper**, with @leedewit, has now been published in Political Psychology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… We explore the scale of affective polarization between *factions within parties* - which turns out to be pretty big! For a no-paywall version head to... (1/2)

Affective polarization within parties

Politics is increasingly a major source of social division, and party identities are theorized to be major drives of political hostility. However, parties often contain factions who are deeply...

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What can Facebook friendships tell us about geographies of social and political (dis)trust? New research with @drjennings @ProfStoker – ‘Social ties, trust and the geography of discontent’ out in @camjres (1/8) academic.oup.com/cjres/advan…

Social ties, trust and the geography of discontent

Abstract. Alongside economic factors, regional variation in trust reflects the structure of social ties available to different regions. We support this cla

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Job alert! Professor of Integrative and Systems Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43391/
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🎉Congratulations to @jenskoedmadsen & @leedewit who have been awarded a significant grant from the prestigious @TempletonWorld to study perceptions of source independence & polarisation. #research #grant #polarisation #psychology
Jens Madsen in focus with Brighton pier in the background

ALT Jens Madsen in focus with Brighton pier in the background

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**POSTDOC KLAXON** We are have *FOUR* postdoc positions. Come and work with myself, @DanAkarca, @petra_vertes and a host of great scientists. We'll be working on computational models of network formation, learning how early environments shape development. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43796/
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New paper! I tested how #populist attitudes to #science compare between #Austria, #Germany, #Switzerland, and #Taiwan 🌏 Based on surveys, I find three population segments, with non- and anti-populists being a big majority – but segment sizes and predictors differ across 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭🇹🇼
Screenshot of title and abstract of my new paper entitled “Variations of science-related populism in comparative perspective: A multilevel segmentation analysis of supporters and opponents of populist demands toward science”, published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

ALT Screenshot of title and abstract of my new paper entitled “Variations of science-related populism in comparative perspective: A multilevel segmentation analysis of supporters and opponents of populist demands toward science”, published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

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