I’m honored and excited to share that I’ve been elected into the Junge Akademie. Beyond the privilege of joining such an inspiring group of people, I’m looking forward to the projects and collaborations ahead — and to working together on questions that matter, both scientifically and for society.

Die Junge Akademie@jungeakademie.bsky.social · last mo.

🎉Zehn neue Mitglieder erweitern das Profil der Jungen Akademie in zentralen Zukunftsfeldern. Wir freuen uns, dass ihr dabei seid und heißen euch herzlich willkommen! In den nächsten Tagen stellen wir hier die zehn exzellenten Wissenschaftler*innen vor. 🔗 Pressemitteilung: t1p.de/NeueMitglied...

Fellow Europeans, did you know about this alternative to COS/OSF? They have upload templates for the usual academic formats, but also data and even Bachelor's /Master's theses. www.psycharchives.org/en

@marlephie.bsky.social kicking off the Monday lectures with a very inspiring talk about trust in science/scientists, stereotypes of scientific disciplines, and science communication. 🔬🧬🥼🧑‍🔬

Moral psychology flourishes because of our variation in moral values both within and across cultures. I'm happy to see that our registered report protocol for developing and validating the MFQ-2 in German populations is out now! Next up: Data collection and analysis ⚖️ 💻

No matter where they live, kids cooperate according to their community’s social norms by middle childhood. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r0Rxga

The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies

Children’s cooperative behaviors and norms develop along distinct cultural pathways shaped by local norms.

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Do character networks predict story telling success? In a new study led by the amazing @gongxuanjun.bsky.social we pursue this question. Preprint is available 👇

Xuanjun (Jason) Gong@gongxuanjun.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Enjoying Stranger Things during the holiday season? Have you thought about why some stories are more successful than others? Our new preprint investigates this question by studying the character networks in the narratives: osf.io/preprints/ps...

It’s been a pleasure presenting our recent work on neural biomarkers of morality at #ICANDay2025. Hopefully, shifting from brain maps to neural models will help us to develop a more precise and reliable moral neuroscience.

Tim Lauer@t-1m.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Very inspiring keynote by @fhopp.bsky.social at #ICANDay2025: “From Maps to Models: A Paradigm Shift for Moral Neuroscience.” A fascinating case for moving beyond brain mapping toward predictive modeling and multivariate neural decoding to better understand morality in the brain.

At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.

Researchers are often advised to "reveal the person behind the science" in #scicomm to appear more approachable and trustworthy to their audiences. But does this really work? 🤔 In this short piece for Current Opinion in Psych, I review the recent literature... 👇 1/3 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Really excited to see this work out! In her *first* dissertation chapter, Anna combined NLP and semantic network analysis to examine #moralization of populist rhetoric in the multiparty system of the Netherlands. Follow-up studies are currently on their way 🚀

@annawickenkamp.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My first publication :) in Social Media + Society with @fhopp.bsky.social, Michael Hameleers & @lindabos.bsky.social: “Moral Foundations of Populist Communication.” We found populists lean more on Care/Authority plus they shift moral tone across platforms more than mainstreamers. shorturl.at/ip9i4

New pre-print! Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Would you let AI cheat for you? Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Be aware of the tool pile for measuring moral foundations 🚨 In a new multiverse analysis led by @marvins.bsky.social , we report that existing moral foundation measurements (surprisingly?) fail to converge on multilingual party manifestos, with implications for substantial research questions.

Marvin Stecker@marvins.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New publication, out in Political Analysis: There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually? I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.

@t-1m.bsky.social doing an excellent job presenting our work on MoralNet at #CCN2025 where we explore the alignment between brains and machines during moral perception.

🧠❤️🤖⚖️ We had an inspiring and fun satellite event at #CCN2025 forging new research ideas at the intersection of emotion, morality, and brains. Excited for next steps!

I’m excited to share my first first-authored paper with @abitter.bsky.social in the Journal of Happiness Studies: “The Emotional Climate of Academia: Exploring Social Media Data as an Indicator of Well‑Being.” 📖 Read it here (OA): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I am truly grateful and honored to receive the rising star award by the wonderful @icacsab.bsky.social A huge thank you to everyone for their support along this wonderful journey. Science is a team sport that would not be possible without you!

Comm Sci Bio@icacsab.bsky.social · last yr.

We want to congratulate @fhopp.bsky.social at the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) for receiving the Rising Star in Communication Science Award 💫 for his excellent work in moralized messages and how large language models align with humans’ moral judgements. Watch out for this rising star!!

🚀 Very happy (and proud!) that rockstar @michelleschimmel.bsky.social received a top student paper for her MSc thesis, which I had the pleasure to supervise. Excited to see this work out soon!

Computational Methods Division of ICA@icacm.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to @michelleschimmel.bsky.social and @fhopp.bsky.social on receiving a Top Student Paper Award for their work “Engage and divide: The role of moral language for cross-ideological interactions on social media” #ICA25

Do you enjoy good stories? Tune into the latest episode of Opinion Science, where @mattgrizz.bsky.social talks about how and why we enjoy character-driven narratives. Shoutout to @andyluttrell.bsky.social for another great episode! open.spotify.com/episode/3Hpf...

#108: Characters Matter with Matt Grizzard

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Reddit’s AITA? board is a goldmine of data on how real people conceptualize and solve moral dilemmas. A study of posts on the board finds that the nature of the relationships between people in a dilemma is central to moral decision making. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

⚖️❤️ Please share widely 🧠🤖 If you are attending #CCN25 and are interested in #emotion and #morality, @pkragel.bsky.social and I are organizing a collaborative, hands-on satellite event @cogcompneuro.bsky.social. More info, including sign-up link below: github.com/Moral-Comput...

GitHub - Moral-Computing-Lab/ccn25_emorality: This official repo for the CCN 2025 workshop: Modelling Emotion and Morality in Brain and Machine

This official repo for the CCN 2025 workshop: Modelling Emotion and Morality in Brain and Machine - Moral-Computing-Lab/ccn25_emorality

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If you are interested in extracting moral values from text corpora, check out our latest resource, the extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD). Led by the brilliant @musamalik.bsky.social, we show that eMACD surpasses the (predictive) validity of previous moral foundations dictionaries 📕

Media Neuroscience Lab@medianeuro.bsky.social · last yr.

Finally, it is published 😀 open access: The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

I’m looking forward to my first #BookaScientist and interesting questions on #AI and #morality.

Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID)@zpid.bsky.social · last yr.

Are we allowed to lie to protect someone? And how would an #AI decide? 🤖⚖ Frederic Hopp is part of #BookaScientist and answers your questions about human and artificial #morality!🧠💬 📅Book your time slot now: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne... #psychology #ZPID @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

Are LLMs impartial moral judges? @sarahmlr.bsky.social doing an excellent job sharing our first results at #MoralMedia25, highlighting that LLMs rate moral violations from ingroup members less severely than the same actions committed by outgroup members.

@curtispuryear.bsky.social a study of a decade of twitter posts shows and new measure of moralization shows that moralization has substantially increased over time (d = .45!). Driven by both self selection and within-user increase over time! #comppsych #spsp2025 (also stay tuned for this paper😎)

Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language? 🐋🎶 My latest study in Science Advances (@science.org) suggests they do—following linguistic laws seen in human speech. 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Language-like efficiency in whale communication

Whale vocalizations follow efficiency rules seen in human language, revealing striking similarities in communication systems.

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👉 Vertrauen in Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler ist moderat hoch 👈 @marlephie.bsky.social aus dem ZPID ist an 68-Länder-Befragung beteiligt Infos, DOI u. Links zu @naturehumbehav.bsky.social & zum Beitrag mit @lauramkoenig.bsky.social bei InMind: ➡️ leibniz-psychology.org/news/detail/...

In a new study led by @delaneypeterson.bsky.social , we show how loneliness correlates with support for the populist radical right. Short summary and paper link in the thread below.

Delaney Peterson@delaneypeterson.bsky.social · 2y ago

Does loneliness correlate with support for the populist radical right? In the Netherlands, yes-lonelier individuals were more likely to support the PRR across 15 years of data (2008-2023), with effect sizes comparable to health correlates of loneliness. (1/9) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

(1/4) Our new JEP:G paper dives into how moral values and misinformation spread on social media: media.mola-lab.org/file/1737039...

Truly excited to be a keynote speaker at this year's Moral Media conference! If you are interested in ⚖️ and 📺 in a 🌎 context, please consider applying!

Lindsay Hahn@lindsayhahn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to announce keynote speakers for #moralmedia25 - Drs. Helena Bilandzic (U Augsburg), @mdehghani.bsky.social (U Southern California), @aeden.bsky.social (Michigan State U), & @fhopp.bsky.social (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). Submissions are due Feb 2!