Broadly, I conduct research in social psychology and judgment and decision-making, with a focus on how social competition impacts various social and health outcomes.

I am interested in a variety of topics, including morality, cooperation, signaling, social comparisons, and inequality. Within these topics, I investigate how individual differences interact with contextual factors. I also rearch how social competition influences cultural change, where I use historical data to investigate change over time.

My research is interdisciplinary, often exploratory, drawing on diverse fields (social/personality psychology; evolutionary psychology; organizational behaviour; behavioral economics; behavioral ecology; health psychology; cognitive science) and employs a variety of methodological approaches (behavioral experiments; experimental economics; meta-analysis; longitudinal analyses of time-series data; and survey methods).

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Transparency and Open Science

I value scientific transparency and am dedicated to open science. All my projects have been preregistered on the Open Science Framework, I make all my data and R scripts openly available, and upload preprints of my articles to make them accessible free of charge.

Collaboration and Intellectual Curiosity

I conduct interdisciplinary research, which is greatly strengthened through collaboration. Often, the most innovative and impactful research results from integrating diverse viewpoints and ideas. As such, I actively collaborate with international researchers from diverse fields on a variety of new and exciting projects.

Teaching and Mentorship

I am passionate about teaching and find working with students rewarding. I thoughtfully integrate mentorship into my research practices, in goal of helping students build skills, achieve their goals, and advance their careers.