Work from @leabecher.bsky.social, Guido Mehlkop, and @sebastiansattler.bsky.social investigates the connection between status and aggression. This article is open access--read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper in Social Science Research about the emergence of aggression depending on the social status of the provocateur (w/General Aggression Model). Nice collaboration with Lea Becher @leabecher.bsky.social (from @kfnhannover.bsky.social) and Guido Mehlkop (from ipb.bsky.social). shorturl.at/qqhCz

New article in Scientific Reports on the use of psychedelics across socio-demographic groups in Germany with my great colleagues Suzanne Wood (UToronto), Margit Anne Petersen (UAarhus), Fiona @fseiffert.bsky.social (UCologne), Guido Mehlop (UErfurt& @ipb.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Global Flourishing Study was recently published in Nature Mental Health [https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00423-5] and in other publications. In Perspective Daily, Lara Malberger discusses such studies. I was also able to contribute some answers: perspective-daily.de/article/3726...

New article published in Scientific Reports on disparities in self-reported knowledge about neurotechnologies with my great colleagues Guido Mehlkop (UErfurt), Alexander Neuhaus (UBielefeld), Anna Wexler (UPennsylvania), Peter Reiner (UBritish Columbia). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Research_tv of Bielefeld University featured my research on neuroenhancement this week. aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2024/12/05/w...

Guido Mehlkop, Saskia Nagel, Dimitris Repantis, and I organize this interdisciplinary workshop on neuroenhancement with four great keynotes (to be livestreamed): Caterina Cinel, Stefan L. Sorgner, Eric Racine, and Ty Schepis. Please tune in: www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...

ProSieben (JENKE.EXPERIMENT) reported on performance-enhancing substances (lmy.de/EVATh).

We developed and validated the Self-Control Ability Scale (SCAS) to measure an individual’s self-perceived ability to withstand temptation, provocation, or social pressure when they conflict with their personal morality. Just published in Justice Quarterly (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ).

You want to measure complete wellbeing or human flourishing in a parsimonious way? Please find our scale documentation of the Flourish Index (FI) and of the Secure Flourish Index (SFI) here: zis.gesis.org/skala/Sattle.... Here is the original paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

New research by me and @franziskapradelbsky.social has been published in the Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy: "Health Consequences of a Death Threat: How Terrorist Attacks Impact Drinking". doi.org/10.1111/asap...

This is a joint work with wonderful colleagues:
sebastiansattler.bsky.social , Shannon Taflinger, and Carsten Sauer

People support and expect punishment for vaccination refusal

Using a large experiment in Germany we asked people about their preference to lay off candidates, and their expectations of it. Preferences and expectations to lay off workers who refuse 💉 are considerable

Our study showing that refusing COVID vaccination can impact job security and foster discrimination of low-status groups just came out in Nature's @SciReports.

First, it's interesting to see how vaccination became a social norm 🧐

www.nature.com/articles/s41...