My research falls broadly into two areas: (a) cooperation, norms, and institutional preferences and (b) personality and situation perception.
Cooperation, norms, and institutional preferences
I am profoundly interested in cooperation — how humans (and other agents) resolve social dilemmas and distribute resources. Having become more and more convinced that large-scale social dilemmas, such as climate change, require institutional solutions, in recent years I have become interested in the interplay between institutions and individual behaviour. I am particularly interested in institutional preferences (when and why do individual favour institutional solutions to social dilemmas?) and institutional legitimacy (when do individuals comply with institutional rules?).
Personality and situation perception
I have worked extensively on the psychometrics of perceived situation characteristics, often using models from latent state-trait theory. This has raised interesting questions about how to best assess psychological variables that reflect states rather than traits. I am now extending this work to other constructs, in particular personality states.
Data, code, and materials for my research can be found on the OSF. I have an ORCID and a Github profile. Please reach out if you have any questions about my work or would be interested in collaboration.