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Sander van der Linden

Researcher at University of Cambridge

Publications -  165
Citations -  13642

Sander van der Linden is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Misinformation & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 138 publications receiving 7088 citations. Previous affiliations of Sander van der Linden include London School of Economics and Political Science & Yale University.

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Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

Jay J. Van Bavel, +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
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Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world

TL;DR: It is found that although levels of concern are relatively high, they are highest in the UK compared to all other sampled countries, and risk perception correlated significantly with reported adoption of preventative health behaviors in all ten countries.
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Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

TL;DR: A clear link between susceptibility to misinformation and both vaccine hesitancy and a reduced likelihood to comply with health guidance measures is demonstrated, and interventions which aim to improve critical thinking and trust in science may be a promising avenue for future research.
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The social-psychological determinants of climate change risk perceptions: Towards a comprehensive model

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed social-psychological model of climate change risk perceptions by combining and integrating cognitive, experiential, and socio-cultural factors was proposed, which was tested empirically on a national sample (N = ǫ808) of the UK population.
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Inoculating the Public against Misinformation about Climate Change

TL;DR: The current research bridges the divide by exploring how people evaluate and process consensus cues in a polarized information environment and evidence is provided that it is possible to pre‐emptively protect public attitudes about climate change against real‐world misinformation.