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Recent Selected Publications (only core team)​​

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  1. Sendroiu, I, Álvarez-Benjumea, A. & Winter, F. (2025) "Time’s Up? How Temporal Maps of Climate Change Shape Climate Action". American Sociological Review, 90(2), 171-194. DOI: 10.1177/00031224251320103 

  2. Breznau, N., Rinke, E. M., Wuttke, A., Adem, M., Adriaans, J., Akdeniz, E., Álvarez-Benjumea, A., ... & Sleegers, W. (2025). "The reliability of replications: A study in computational reproductions". Royal Society Open Science, 12(3), 241038. DOI:10.1098/rsos.241038

  3. Álvarez-Benjumea, A. (2024). "Social Norms and the Expression of Prejudice: How the Norm Changes". Current Opinion in Psychology, 101974. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101974

  4. Meiske, B., Álvarez-Benjumea, A., Andrighetto, G., and Polizzi, E. (2024). "Nudging Punishment Against Sharing of Fake News". European Economic Review, 104795. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104795

  5. Álvarez-Benjumea, A., and Valentim, V. (2024). "The Enforcement of Political Norms". British Journal of Political Science, doi:10.1017/S0007123423000716.

  6. Álvarez-Benjumea, A., Winter, F., and Zhang, N. (2024). "Norms of prejudice: political identity and polarization". Phil. Trans. R. Soc., Vol. 379, Issue 1897

  7. Álvarez-Benjumea, A. (2023). "Uncovering hidden opinions: social norms and the expression of xenophobic attitudes". European Sociological Review, 39(3), 449-463.

  8. Álvarez-Benjumea, A (2022). "Uncovering hidden opinions: social norms and the expression of xenophobic attitudes". European Sociological Review, 39(3), 449-463.

  9. Álvarez-Benjumea, A. (2020). "Exposition to xenophobic content and support for right-wing populism: The asymmetric role of gender." Social Science Research, 92, 102480. DOI:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102480.

  10. Alvarez-Benjumea, A., & Winter, F. (2020). "The Breakdown of Anti-Racist Norms: A Natural Experiment on Hate Speech after Terrorist Attacks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(37), 22800-22804. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2007977117

  11. Álvarez-Benjumea, A., & Winter, F. (2018). "Normative Change and Culture of Hate: An Experiment in Online Environments". European Sociological Review, 34(3), 223-237. DOI:10.1093/esr/jcy005

  12. Jaime-Castillo, A. M., & Herreros, F. (2025). Trust and inequality of opportunities. Political Studies, 73(3), 1126-1146.

  13. Herreros, F., & Svendsen, G. T. (2024). Social trust and the stringency of public policies against the COVID-19 pandemic. European Politics and Society, 25(5), 866-885.

  14. Herreros, F., H. Criado, J. Doménech and A. Martín. (2023). “The Long Shadow of Violence: Legacies of civil wars and support for terrorism in the Basque Country”. Terrorism and Political Violence, forthcoming. 

  15. Herreros, F. 2023. “The state and trust”. Annual Review of Political Science, 26: 117-134.

  16. Kaakinen, M., Oksanen, A., Gadarian S., Herreros, F., Winsvold M., Ovynd, S., Enjolras, B. and Steen-Johnsen, K. (2021). “Online hate and Zeitgeist of fear: a five-country longitudinal analysis of hate exposure and fear of terrorism after the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015”. Political Psychology, 42 (6): 1019-1035.

  17. Herreros, F., Anna Makkonen, Atte Oksanen, Shana Gadarian, Marte Winsvold, Ovynd Solheim, Bernard Enjolras and Kari Steen-Johnsen (2020). "Social Psychological Determinants of Fear After Terrorism: Cross Country Comparison in a Terrorism News Scenario Experiment”. Personality and Individual Differences, 161.

  18. Herreros, F. y Cecilia Güemes. (2019). “Education and Trust: A Tale of Three Continents”. (2019). International Political Science Review, 40 (5): 676-693.

  19. Herreros, F., Kari Steen-Johnsen, Bernard Enjolras, Oyvind Bugge and Shana Gadarian. (2019). “Does Trust prevent fear in the aftermath of terrorist attacks?”. Perspectives on Terrorism,13 (4): 39-55.  

  20. Herreros, F., y J. Domènech. (2018). “Land Reform, Landowner Respond, and Lethal Violence in 1930s Spain. Evidence from tenancy reform in Catalonia”. 2018. The Economic History Review, 71 (4): 1322-1348.

  21. Herreros, F. y J. Domènech. (2018). “Pre-war grievances and violence against civilians in civil wars. Evidence from the Spanish Civil War in Catalonia”. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 12: 1-20. 

  22. Herreros, F., H. Criado, L. Miller y P. Ubeda. (2018). “The unintended consequences of political mobilization on trust: the case of the secessionist process in Catalonia”.  Journal of Conflict Resolution, 62 (2): 231-253.

  23. Baier, A. & Jaber-Lopez, T. (2025). "Just saying Sorry! The effect of apologies on social exclusion." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.

  24. Baier, A., Davis, B. & Jaber-Lopez, T. (2024). "Gender, choice of task, and the effect of feedback on competition: An experiment." Journal of Economic Psychology, 102743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2024.102743

  25. Baier, A., Balafoutas, L., & Jaber-Lopez, T. (2022). "Ostracism and Theft in Heterogeneous Groups." Experimental Economics, 26, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-022-09758-7

  26.  Davis, B., & Jaber-Lopez, T. (2022). "Do voluntary commitment mechanisms improve welfare? The effect of mandatory and voluntary oaths in a social dilemma." Bulletin of Economic Research, 72(2), 525-540. http://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12369

  27.  Blanco, E., Baier, A., Holzmeister, F., Jaber-Lopez, T., & Struwe, N. (2022). "Substitution of social sustainability concerns under the Covid-19 pandemic." Ecological Economics, 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107259

  28.  Balafoutas, L., García-Gallego, A., Georgantzis, N., Jaber-Lopez, T., & Mitrokostas, E. (2021). "Psychopathy and economic behavior among prison inmates: An experiment." Frontiers in Psychology, 12:732184. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.732184

  29.  Blanco, E., Baier, A., Holzmeister, F., Jaber-Lopez, T., & Struwe, N. (2021). "Long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on social concerns." Frontiers in Psychology, 12:743054. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.743054

  30.  García-Gallego, A., Georgantzis, N., Jaber-Lopez, T., & Michailidou, G. (2020). "Audience effects and other-regarding preferences against corruption: Experimental evidence." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 180, 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.025

  31.  Jaber-Lopez, T., Baier, A., & Davis, B. J. (2020). "In-group, out-group effects in distributional preferences: The case of gender." German Economic Review, 22(2), 199–214. https://doi.org/10.1515/ger-2019-0119

  32.  Balafoutas, L., García-Gallego, A., Georgantzis, N., Jaber-Lopez, T., & Mitrokostas, E. (2020). "Rehabilitation and social behavior: Experiments in prison." Games and Economic Behavior, 119, 148-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2019.10.009

  33.  Perakakis, P., Guinot-Saporta, J., Jaber-Lopez, T., García-Gallego, A., & Georgantzis, N. (2018). "A technical note on the precise timing of behavioral events in economic experiments." Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 21, 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2018.08.002

  34.  Balafoutas, L., & Jaber-Lopez, T. (2018). "Impunity under pressure: On the role of emotions as a commitment device." Economics Letters, 168, 112-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.04.027

  35. Kraft. P. W. (2024) “Women Also Know Stuff: Challenging the Gender Gap in Political Sophistication.“ American Political Science Review 188(2): 903–921. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423000539 

  36. Kraft, P. W. and Robert Klemmensen (2024) “Lexical Ambiguity in Political Rhetoric: Why Morality Doesn’t Fit in a Bag of Words.” British Journal of Political Science 54(1): 201–219. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000712342300008X 

  37. Kraft, P. W. and Benjamin J. Newman (2024) “Complaints About Police Misconduct Have Adverse Effects for Black Citizens.” Political Science Research and Methods 12(3): 251–474. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2023.49 

  38. Kraft, P. W. and Kathleen Dolan (2023) “Asking the Right Questions: A Framework for Developing Gender-Balanced Political Knowledge Batteries.” Political Research Quarterly 76(1): 393–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129221092473 

  39. Schlegel, Benjamin,  Lukas Stoetzer, and Patrick W. Kraft (2023) “When Information Is Not Enough for Strategic Voting.” Electoral Studies 86(102692): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102692 

  40. Kraft, P. W. and Kathleen Dolan (2023) “Glass Half‑Full or Half Empty: Does Optimism about Women’s Representation in Elected Office Matter?” Journal of Women Politics & Policy 44(2): 139–151. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2022.2081444 

  41. Kraft, P. W. (2023) “Change My View: Do Moral Appeals Facilitate Compromise?” In: Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie. Festschrift für Rüdiger Schmitt‑Beck. Ed.: Thorsten Faas, Sascha Huber, Mona Krewel, and Sigrid Roßteutscher, Baden‑Baden: Nomos: 169–198. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748915553

  42. Kraft, P. W., Ellen M. Key and Matthew J. Lebo (2022) “Hypothesis Testing with Error Correction Models.” Political Science Research and Methods 10(4): 870–878. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2021.41

  43. Kraft, P. W., Nicholas R. Davis, Taraleigh Davis, Amanda Heideman, Jason T. Neumeyer, and Shin Young Park (2022) “Reliable Sources? Correcting Misinformation in Polarized Media Environments.” American Politics Research 50(1): 17–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X211041570 

  44. Kraft, P. W., Yanna Krupnikov, Kerri Milita, John B. Ryan, and Stuart Soroka (2020) “Social Media and the Changing Information Environment: Sentiment Differences in Read versus Re-Circulated News Content.” Public Opinion Quarterly 84(S1): 195–215. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfaa015 

  45. Kline, Reuben, Alexa Bankert, Lindsey Levitan, and Patrick W. Kraft (2019) “Personality and Prosocial Behavior: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis.” Political Science Research and Methods 7(1): 125–142. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2017.14  

  46. Kraft, P. W. (2018) “Measuring Morality in Political Attitude Expression.” Journal of Politics 80(3): 1028–1033. https://doi.org/10.1086/696862 

  47. Spiegelman, E., & López-Pérez, R. (2022). Nil Evidence of Timing and Order Effects in Classical Preference Reversal Experiments. Available at SSRN 4188777.

  48. Leibbrandt, A., López-Pérez, R., & Spiegelman, E. (2023). "Reciprocal, but inequality averse as well? Mixed motives for punishment and reward". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 210, 91-116.

  49. Caballero, A., & López-Pérez, R. (2022). "Heterogeneous primacy and recency effects in frequency estimation". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 200, 182-203.

  50. López-Pérez, R., Pintér, Á., & Sánchez-Mangas, R. (2022). "Some conditions (not) affecting selection neglect: Evidence from the lab". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 195, 140-157.

  51. López-Pérez, R., Rodriguez-Moral, A., & Vorsatz, M. (2021). Simplified mental representations as a cause of overprecision. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 92, 101681.

  52. López-Pérez, R., & Ramirez-Zamudio, A. (2020). "An experimental test of two policies to increase donations to public projects". International Review of Law and Economics, 62, 105892.

  53. Caballero, A., & López Pérez, R. (2020). "Economic Models of Optimism: What Does the Evidence Say?". Cuadernos Económicos de ICE , 99, 49-76.

  54. López-Pérez, R., & Spiegelman, E. (2019). "Do economists lie more?". In Dishonesty in Behavioral Economics (pp. 143-162). Academic Press.

  55. Kovářík, J., Martínez-Macías, I., & Miller, L. (2025). Distributive preferences and effort provision: A two-way link?. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 102385.

  56. Lane, T., Miller, L., & Rodriguez, I. (2024). The normative permissiveness of political partyism. European Economic Review, 162, 104661.

  57. Santamaría, D., Miller, L., Ubeda, P., & Padilla-Angulo, L. (2023). "Determinants of inequality acceptability in a representative sample of the Spanish population". Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 106, 102072.

  58. Barr, A., Miller, L., & Ubeda, P. (2023). "Is the Acknowledgment of Earned Entitlement Effect Robust Across Experimental Modes and Populations?". Sociological Methods & Research, 52(1), 209-230.

  59. Rodríguez, I., Santamaría, D., & Miller, L. (2022). "Electoral competition and partisan affective polarisation in Spain". South European Society and Politics, 27(1), 27-50.

  60. Radl, J., & Miller, L. (2021). "Conceptual and methodological considerations on effort: An interdisciplinary approach". American Behavioral Scientist, 65(11), 1447-1456.

  61. Aguiar, F., Álvarez, M., & Miller, L. (2021). "Locus of Control and the Acknowledgment of Effort". American Behavioral Scientist, 65(11), 1480-1496.

  62. Brugarolas, P., & Miller, L. (2021). "The causal effect of polls on turnout intention: a local randomization regression discontinuity approach". Political Analysis, 29(4), 554-560.

  63. Barr, A., & Miller, L. (2020). "The effect of education, income inequality and merit on inequality acceptance". Journal of Economic Psychology, 80, 102276.

  64. Demel, S., Barr, A., Miller, L., & Ubeda, P. (2019). "Commitment to political ideology is a luxury only students can afford: A distributive justice experiment". Journal of Experimental Political Science, 6(1), 33-42.

  65. Pisl, V., Nefes, T., Simsa, B., Kestlerova, D., Kubíček, P., Linka, V., ... & Vevera, J. (2025). "The effect of acute stress response on conspiracy theory beliefs". Politics and the Life Sciences, 44(1), 77-87.

  66. Nefes, T. S. & Aksoy, O. (2024). "The impact of partisanship and religiosity on conspiracy-theory beliefs in Turkey". Sociology Compass.

  67. Nefes, T. S. (2023). "Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 in Turkey’, in M. Butter and P. Knight (eds.).  Conspiracy Theories and the Coronavirus Pandemic, Abingdon: Routledge: 88-97.

  68. Nefes, T. S. (2022). "Perceived group threats and right-wing political party membership as driving forces of negative descriptions of Armenians in Turkish parliamentary debates (1983–2018)". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(17): 4210-24.

  69. Nefes, T. S. (2021). "Explaining negative descriptions of Armenians in Turkish Parliamentary Speeches (1960-1980) via group position theory". Quality & Quantity, 55 (6): 2237-2252.

  70. Nefes, T. S. and Romero Reche, A. (2020). "Sociology, social theory and conspiracy theory", in M. Butter and P. Knight (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories, Abingdon: Routledge: 94-107.

  71. Gurpinar, D. and Nefes, T. S. (2020). "A survey of the scholarship on conspiracy theories in Turkey", in M. Butter and P. Knight (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories, Abingdon: Routledge: 610-623.

  72. Nefes, T. S. (2019). "Negative perceptions of Jews in Turkish politics: An analysis of parliamentary debates, 1983-2016". South European Society and Politics, 24(3): 397-419.

  73. Douglas, K., Uscinski, J., Sutton, R., Cichocka, A., Nefes, T. S., Ang, J. and Deravi, F. (2029). "Understanding belief in conspiracy theories". Advances in Political Psychology 40 (1): 3-35.

  74. Nefes, T. S. (2018). "Political roots of religious exclusion in Turkey". Parliamentary Affairs, 71(4): 804-819. 

  75. Nefes, T. S. (2018). "The conspiratorial style in Turkish politics: discussing the deep state in the parliament", in J. Uscinski (ed.) Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, New York: Oxford University Press: 385-395.

  76. Polavieja, J.G. (2025). “Neither Dry RATs nor Sticky Cultural Soup: Culture, Stratification and the Problem of Endogenous Preferences” in Markus Gangl, Lucinda Platt, Javier Polavieja and Herman van de Werfhorst (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Social Stratification (online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Apr. 2023 - ), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197539484.013.3

  77. San Millán, J., Polavieja, J., and Gamundí, T. (2025). "Rental Housing Discrimination against Chinese Minorities in Spain: A New Instant Messaging Correspondence Test". Social Forces, soaf140, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf140

  78. Polavieja, J. G., Lancee, B., Ramos, M. Veit, S. Yemane, R. (2023). “In Your Face: A Comparative Field Experiment on Racial Discrimination in Europe”. Socio-Economic Review, mwad009, https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwad009

  79. Polavieja, J. and Fischer-Souan, M. (2022). “The Boundary Within: Are Applicants of Southern European Descent Discriminated Against in Northern European Job Markets?”. Socio-Economic Review, mwac047, https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwac047.

  80. Platt, L., Polavieja, J. Radl, J. (2021). “Which Integration Policies Work? The Heterogeneous Impact of Policies and Institutions On Immigrants’ Labor Market Attainment in Europe", International Migration Review, Online First, https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211032677

  81. Birkelund, G. E. Lancee, B., Nergård Larsen, E. Polavieja, J.G. Radl, J. and Yemane, R.** (2021). “Gender Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from a Cross-National Harmonized Field Experiment” European Sociological Review,  jcab043, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab043.

  82. Finseraas, H., Kotsadam, A. and Polavieja, J. (2020). “Ancestry Culture, Assimilation, and Voter Turnout in Two Generations”. Political Behavior,42, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-020-09617-2.

  83. Strijbis, O. and Polavieja, J. (2018). “Immigrants against Immigration: Competition, Identity and

    Immigrants’ Vote on Free Movement in Switzerland”. Electoral Studies, 56:150–157.

  84. Polavieja, J. Fernández-Reino, M. and Ramos, M. (2018). “Are Migrants Selected on Motivational

    Orientations? Selectivity Patterns amongst International Migrants in Europe”. European Sociological Review, 34(5): 570–588.

  85. Vidal, G., Thiemann, A., Salazar, L., & Noguera, J. A. (2025). Bridging the wealth gap: Simulating universal inheritance in four EU countries. Journal of European Social Policy, 35(2), 173-188.

  86. Arranz Aldana, A., & Salazar, L. (2024). Racial preferences in dating apps: an experimental approach. The History of the Family, 29(4), 620-640.

  87. Goisis, A., Fallesen, P., Seiz, M., Salazar, L., Eremenko, T., & Cozzani, M. (2024). Educational gradients in the prevalence of medically assisted reproduction births in a comparative perspective. Fertility and Sterility, 122(4), 648-657.

  88. Gil-Hernández, C. J., Pañeda-Fernández, I., Salazar, L., & Muñoz, J. C. (2024). Teacher Bias in Assessments by Student Ascribed Status: A Factorial Experiment on Discrimination in Education. Sociological Science, 11, 743-776.

  89. Seiz, M., Salazar, L., Eremenko, T. (2024). “Perinatal health in Spain during and after the Great Recession: Educational selection into fertility as a protective factor in high unemployment contexts”, Social Science & Medicine, 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116439.

  90. Bennett, R., Alberti, G.,  Çibik, A., Eremenko, T.,  Formosa, S.,  Formosa-Pace, J.,  Jiménez-Buedo, M., Salazar, L., and Ubeda, P. (2022). “Bringing about the data revolution in development: What data skills do aspiring development professionals need?”. Journal of International Development, 34(7): 1381-1397. 

  91. Salazar, L., Cebolla-Boado, H. and Radl, J- (2020) “Educational Expectations in the Great Recession: Has the Impact of Social Background Become Stronger?”. Socio-Economic Review, 18(2): 465-491.

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