Biography
Jon Roozenbeek is an Affiliate Lecturer in Psychology. He works on the psychology of intergroup conflict and (digital) media effects. Jon’s research covers topics such as understanding and countering mis- and disinformation, group identity and ideology building, war propaganda (especially in Ukraine and Russia), the psychological drivers of authoritarianism, risk assessment and mitigation, institutional trust, and digital technology use. He has recently published two books: The Psychology of Misinformation, and Propaganda and Ideology in the Russian-Ukrainian War. At Psychology, he lectures and supervises students for PBS02 (Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Individual Differences) and PBS07 (Advanced Topics in Social and Applied Psychology).
More information: Google Scholar, ResearchGate.
Publications
Kyrychenko, Y., Brik, T., van der Linden, S., & Roozenbeek, J. (2024). Social identity correlates of social media engagement before and after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52179-8
Roozenbeek, J., Remshard, M., & Kyrychenko, Y. (2024). Beyond the headlines: On the efficacy and effectiveness of misinformation interventions. Advances in Psychology, 2, e24569. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00019
Ecker, U.K.H., Roozenbeek, J., van der Linden, S., Tay, L.Q., Cook, J., Oreskes, N., & Lewandowsky, S. (2024). Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think. Nature, 630, 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01587-3
Roozenbeek, J., Culloty, E., & Suiter, J. (2023). Countering misinformation: evidence, knowledge gaps, and implications of current interventions. European Psychologist, 28(3), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000492
Roozenbeek, J., van der Linden, S., Goldberg, B., Rathje, S., & Lewandowsky, S. (2022). Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media. Science Advances, 8(34). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo6254
Roozenbeek, J., & Zollo, F. (2022). Democratize social-media research—with access and funding. Nature, 612(7940), 404. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04407-8
Roozenbeek, J., Freeman, A.L.J., & van der Linden, S. (2021). How accurate are accuracy nudges? A preregistered direct replication of Pennycook et al. (2020). Psychological Science, 32(7), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211024535
Roozenbeek, J., & van der Linden, S. (2019). Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 5(65). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0279-9
Fong, A., Roozenbeek, J., Goldwert, D., Rathje, S., & van der Linden, S. (2021). The language of conspiracy: A psychological analysis of speech used by conspiracy theorists and their followers on Twitter. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 24(4), 606-623. Doi: 10.1177/1368430220987596
Van der Linden, S., Roozenbeek, J. , & Compton, J. (2020). Inoculating against misinformation about COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychology 11(566790). Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.566790
Maertens, R., Roozenbeek, J., Basol, M., & van der Linden, S. (2020). The Long-term Effectiveness of Inoculation against Misinformation: Three Longitudinal Experiments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Doi: 10.1037/xap0000315
Van der Linden, S., Panagopoulos, K., & Roozenbeek, J. (2020). You are fake news: the emergence of political bias in perceptions of fake news. Media, Culture & Society 42(3), pp. 460-470. Doi: 10.1177/0163443720906992
Basol, M., Roozenbeek, J., & van der Linden, S. (2020). Good news about Bad News: Gamified inoculation boosts confidence and cultivates cognitive immunity against fake news. Journal of Cognition 3(1) (2), pp. 1-9. Doi: 10.5334/joc.91
Teaching and Supervisions
PBS7 : Influence and Persuasion in the Digital Age (lecturer/supervisor)
PBS3 : Social and Developmental Psychology (supervisor)
PBS02 : Social Psychology, Applied Psychology and Individual Differences
SL12 : Socialist Russia 1917-1991 (supervisor)
SL15 : Topics in Slavonic Studies: Cultural Histories of the Present (lecturer/supervisor)
