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Research interests

Broadly, I am an interdisciplinary researcher interested in how social, situational, and ecological factors shape human social competition (i.e., how, when, and why we compete), and, in-turn, how competition influences people's behaviours and decisions. I am interested in a variety of topics, including cooperation, cultural change, inequality, morality, reputation, social signals, and wise reasoning.

Biography

I am an interdisciplinary researcher broadly interested in human social competition. I'm particularly interested in how socio-ecological factors shape competitive strategies (e.g., inequality, population density, reputation), and how, in-turn, competition influences cooperation, moral behaviours, and fertility decisions.

Before joining Northumbria University as an Assistant Professor in 2022, I was a Lecturer in social and health psychology at Kingston University, London. I also worked as as postdoctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo with Dr Igor Grossmann on a variety of topics, including cultural change, forecasting, and wise reasoning. I previously completed my PhD in 2020 at the University of Guelph, advised by Dr Pat Barclay, investigating when and why people make cooperative decisions.  

Education/Academic qualification

Psychology, PhD, Who cooperates and why? Investigations of the roles of individual differences and reputation in cooperative behaviours., University of Guelph

1 Jan 201630 Mar 2020

Award Date: 30 Jun 2020

Psychology, MSc, The influence of observation on cooperative decision making, University of Guelph

30 Sept 200115 Oct 2015

Award Date: 15 Sept 2015

Biological Sciences, BSc (Hons), Brock University

May 20087 Jun 2011

Award Date: 7 Jun 2011

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  • Moral obligation, autonomous motivation, and vaccine hesitancy: Highlighting moral obligation increases reactance in hesitant individuals

    Pavey, L., Rotella, A. & Vallee-Tourangeau, G., 1 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. p. 1-19 19 p.

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  • The Wise Mind Balances the Abstract and the Concrete

    Grossmann, I., Peetz, J., Dorfman, A., Rotella, A. & Buehler, R., 28 Jun 2024, In: Open Mind. 8, p. 826-858 33 p.

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  • Insights into the accuracy of social scientists’ forecasts of societal change

    Grossmann, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C. A., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M. E. W., Achter, S., Dhami, M. K., Guo, X. E., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Mandel, D. R., Raes, L., Tay, L., Vie, A., Wagner, L., Adamkovic, M., Arami, A., Arriaga, P., Bandara, K., Banik, G., Bartoš, F., & 120 othersBaskin, E., Bergmeir, C., Bialek, M., Børsting, C. K., Browne, D. T., Caruso, E. M., Chen, R., Chie, B-T., Chopik, W. J., Collins, R. N., Cong, C. W., Conway, L. G., Davis, M., Day, M. V., Dhaliwal, N. A., Durham, J. D., Dziekan, M., Elbaek, C. T., Shuman, E., Fabrykant, M., Firat, M., Fong, G. T., Frimer, J. A., Gallegos, J. M., Goldberg, S. B., Gollwitzer, A., Goyal, J., Graf-Vlachy, L., Gronlund, S. D., Hafenbrädl, S., Hartanto, A., Hirshberg, M. J., Hornsey, M. J., Howe, P. D. L., Izadi, A., Jaeger, B., Kacmár, P., Kim, Y. J., Krenzler, R., Lannin, D. G., Lin, H-W., Lou, N. M., Lua, V. Y. Q., Lukaszewski, A. W., Ly, A. L., Madan, C. R., Maier, M., Majeed, N. M., March, D. S., Marsh, A. A., Misiak, M., Myrseth, K. O. R., Napan, J. M., Nicholas, J., Nikolopoulos, K., O, J., Otterbring, T., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pauer, S., Protzko, J., Raffaelli, Q., Ropovik, I., Ross, R. M., Roth, Y., Roysamb, E., Schnabel, L., Schütz, A., Seifert, M., Sevincer, A. T., Sherman, G. T., Simonsson, O., Sung, M-C., Tai, C-C., Talhelm, T., Teachman, B. A., Tetlock, P. E., Thomakos, D., Tse, D. C. K., Twardus, O. J., Tybur, J. M., Ungar, L., Vandermeulen, D., Williams, L. V., Vosgerichian, H. A., Wang, Q., Wang, K., Whiting, M. E., Wollbrant, C. E., Yang, T., Yogeeswaran, K., Yoon, S., Alves, V. R., Andrews-Hanna, J. R., Bloom, P. A., Boyles, A., Charis, L., Choi, M., Darling-Hammond, S., Ferguson, Z. E., Kaiser, C. R., Karg, S. T., Ortega, A. L., Mahoney, L., Marsh, M. S., Martinie, M. F. R. C., Michaels, E. K., Millroth, P., Naqvi, J. B., Ng, W., Rutledge, R. B., Slattery, P., Smiley, A. H., Strijbis, O., Sznycer, D., Tsukayama, E., Loon, A. V., Voelkel, J. G., Wienk, M. N. A., Wilkening, T. & Collaborative, T. F., 1 Apr 2023, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 7, 4, p. 484-501 18 p.

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  • On the Accuracy, Media Representation, and Public Perception of Psychological Scientists’ Judgments of Societal Change

    Hutcherson, C. A., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M. E., Rotella, A., Wormley, A. S., Tay, L. & Grossmann, I., 1 Nov 2023, In: American Psychologist. 78, 8, p. 968–981 14 p.

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  • Public engagement on childhood vaccination: Democratizing policy decision-making through public deliberation

    Chuong, K. H., Rotella, A., Cooper, E. J. & O'Doherty, K. C., 29 Apr 2023, Democratizing Risk Governance: Bridging Science, Expertise, Deliberation and Public Values. Gattinger, M. (ed.). London: Springer, p. 271-301 31 p.

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