Frederic R. Hopp
@fhopp.bsky.social
Jun.-Prof. Big Data in Psychology | Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) & Trier University | PI Moral Computing Lab | https://fhopp.github.io
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Interdisciplinary research is great and necessary, and also
has consistently lower funding success
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#academiclabourmarket #academia #research
has consistently lower funding success
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#academiclabourmarket #academia #research
September 21, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Interdisciplinary research is great and necessary, and also
has consistently lower funding success
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#academiclabourmarket #academia #research
has consistently lower funding success
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#academiclabourmarket #academia #research
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Reference limits can exacerbate biased citation behavior!
In my current commentary article on the work of @kaileylawson.bsky.social, @brettmurpsych.bsky.social, et al. (2025), I provide empirical support for this thesis.
Now published #OA @collabrapsychology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1525/coll...
In my current commentary article on the work of @kaileylawson.bsky.social, @brettmurpsych.bsky.social, et al. (2025), I provide empirical support for this thesis.
Now published #OA @collabrapsychology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1525/coll...
September 15, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Reference limits can exacerbate biased citation behavior!
In my current commentary article on the work of @kaileylawson.bsky.social, @brettmurpsych.bsky.social, et al. (2025), I provide empirical support for this thesis.
Now published #OA @collabrapsychology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1525/coll...
In my current commentary article on the work of @kaileylawson.bsky.social, @brettmurpsych.bsky.social, et al. (2025), I provide empirical support for this thesis.
Now published #OA @collabrapsychology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1525/coll...
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I’m hiring a PhD student to work with me on metascience in psychology at @zpid.bsky.social! The position is very open - could cover a wide range of topics/themes 🤸🏻♀️✨
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
PhD in Psychological Meta-Science (m/f/d)
Become part of the open science movement The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) in Trier (Germany) is an internationally recognized research-based psychology service center located in...
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs
August 21, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I’m hiring a PhD student to work with me on metascience in psychology at @zpid.bsky.social! The position is very open - could cover a wide range of topics/themes 🤸🏻♀️✨
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...
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.
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.
🎉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...
🔗 Pressemitteilung: t1p.de/NeueMitglied...
June 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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.
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.
Reposted by Frederic R. Hopp
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
www.psycharchives.org/en
Home | PsychArchives
PsychArchives is a disciplinary repository for psychological science and neighboring disciplines.
www.psycharchives.org
May 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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
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. 🔬🧬🥼🧑🔬
April 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
@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 ⚖️ 💻
Validation of the moral foundations questionnaire-2 (MFQ-2) in Germany: Psychometric properties and associations with political ideology, religiosity, and personality
Cross-cultural moral psychology requires robust, validated measures. The Moral Foundations Questionnaire-2 (MFQ-2) is a recent revision of the original MFQ that offers improved assessment of moral int...
journals.plos.org
March 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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 ⚖️ 💻
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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
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.
scim.ag
February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r0Rxga
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 👇
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...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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 👇
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.
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.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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.
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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.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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.
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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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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...
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 🚀
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.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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 🚀
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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...
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...
OSF
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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...
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...
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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...
Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
www.cambridge.org
August 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🚨 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.
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.
@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.
August 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
@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!
August 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🧠❤️🤖⚖️ 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!
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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...
“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...
July 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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...
“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!
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!!
June 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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!
🚀 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!
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
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚀 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!
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...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hpf...
#108: Characters Matter with Matt Grizzard
Opinion Science · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hpf...
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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...
May 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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...
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
github.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
⚖️❤️ 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...
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...
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 📕
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.....
The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform
What is the prevalence of moral themes in textual corpora? Most previous moral mining research has been informed by Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). Here, we develop and evaluate an alternative mora...
www.tandfonline.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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 📕