Mohamed A. Hussein
@mhusseinlab.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Columbia. I study the psychology of persuasion, politics, and the intersection of the two. Ph.D. Stanford.
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🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!
We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.
Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!
We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.
Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!
We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.
Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!
We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.
Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!
Very astute piece by @anniekarni.bsky.social on how Democrats are embracing working-class candidates.
My research lab has multiple ongoing projects on this very idea, so stay tuned for some empirical data coming soon!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
My research lab has multiple ongoing projects on this very idea, so stay tuned for some empirical data coming soon!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitch
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very astute piece by @anniekarni.bsky.social on how Democrats are embracing working-class candidates.
My research lab has multiple ongoing projects on this very idea, so stay tuned for some empirical data coming soon!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
My research lab has multiple ongoing projects on this very idea, so stay tuned for some empirical data coming soon!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...
🚨New Paper🚨
Elected officials are increasingly extreme.
E.g., a recent analysis of 84,000 state-level candidates found that extreme candidates are now winning at the highest rates in 30 years.
Why are people increasingly drawn to extreme candidates?
Elected officials are increasingly extreme.
E.g., a recent analysis of 84,000 state-level candidates found that extreme candidates are now winning at the highest rates in 30 years.
Why are people increasingly drawn to extreme candidates?
September 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨New Paper🚨
Elected officials are increasingly extreme.
E.g., a recent analysis of 84,000 state-level candidates found that extreme candidates are now winning at the highest rates in 30 years.
Why are people increasingly drawn to extreme candidates?
Elected officials are increasingly extreme.
E.g., a recent analysis of 84,000 state-level candidates found that extreme candidates are now winning at the highest rates in 30 years.
Why are people increasingly drawn to extreme candidates?
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August 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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🚨Free data alert!! 🚨 Please share.
Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*.
I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*.
I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
July 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🚨Free data alert!! 🚨 Please share.
Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*.
I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*.
I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
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A big obstacle of studying fake reviews is that the ground truth is missing. Which review is fake and which is organic?
Brett and coauthors provide a dataset that contains the ground truth for individual reviews using a novel method developed over several papers. A really valuable resource!
Brett and coauthors provide a dataset that contains the ground truth for individual reviews using a novel method developed over several papers. A really valuable resource!
🚨Free data alert!! 🚨 Please share.
Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*.
I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*.
I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind.
github.com/bretthollenb...
July 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A big obstacle of studying fake reviews is that the ground truth is missing. Which review is fake and which is organic?
Brett and coauthors provide a dataset that contains the ground truth for individual reviews using a novel method developed over several papers. A really valuable resource!
Brett and coauthors provide a dataset that contains the ground truth for individual reviews using a novel method developed over several papers. A really valuable resource!
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I am looking to recruit a postdoc to join my lab next fall, & work on 2 projects focused on online mobilization with social media datasets. If anyone knows of someone with computational skills (network analysis, NLP, etc.) who is looking for a postdoc- have them reach out to me.
April 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I am looking to recruit a postdoc to join my lab next fall, & work on 2 projects focused on online mobilization with social media datasets. If anyone knows of someone with computational skills (network analysis, NLP, etc.) who is looking for a postdoc- have them reach out to me.
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🚨Preprint alert🚨
How does affective polarization change democracy? Lots of pubs study how AP affects trust, democratic norms, inter-partisan attitudes, and participation.
We (w/ @polpsychjoe.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social) examine a vital assumption this research seems to rely on:
1/6🧵
How does affective polarization change democracy? Lots of pubs study how AP affects trust, democratic norms, inter-partisan attitudes, and participation.
We (w/ @polpsychjoe.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social) examine a vital assumption this research seems to rely on:
1/6🧵
June 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨Preprint alert🚨
How does affective polarization change democracy? Lots of pubs study how AP affects trust, democratic norms, inter-partisan attitudes, and participation.
We (w/ @polpsychjoe.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social) examine a vital assumption this research seems to rely on:
1/6🧵
How does affective polarization change democracy? Lots of pubs study how AP affects trust, democratic norms, inter-partisan attitudes, and participation.
We (w/ @polpsychjoe.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social) examine a vital assumption this research seems to rely on:
1/6🧵
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In TIME today, Jake Teeny and I share our take on AI-driven persuasion that uses your personal data to craft messages built just for you.
time.com/7296719/ai-p...
time.com/7296719/ai-p...
The Dangers of AI Personalization
If AI can master what we call “deep tailoring,” it can begin to slip unnoticed into our online worlds.
time.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In TIME today, Jake Teeny and I share our take on AI-driven persuasion that uses your personal data to craft messages built just for you.
time.com/7296719/ai-p...
time.com/7296719/ai-p...
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🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
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At the CredibilityLab (currently hosting Aspredicted and Researchbox) we have a new platform in the works, AsCollected, that will help with this. We welcome input from experienced parties.
Signup for alpha or beta testing or announcement of release at AsCollected.Org
Signup for alpha or beta testing or announcement of release at AsCollected.Org
AsCollected - Coming Soon
AsCollected.Org
May 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
At the CredibilityLab (currently hosting Aspredicted and Researchbox) we have a new platform in the works, AsCollected, that will help with this. We welcome input from experienced parties.
Signup for alpha or beta testing or announcement of release at AsCollected.Org
Signup for alpha or beta testing or announcement of release at AsCollected.Org
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A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
May 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
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🛎️New WP with @morganlcj.bsky.social @timallinger.bsky.social and @danbischof.bsky.social
Against the surge of conjoints and other hypothetical experiments in relation to democratic backsliding, we study the consequences of using hypotheticals versus real-world scenarios.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Against the surge of conjoints and other hypothetical experiments in relation to democratic backsliding, we study the consequences of using hypotheticals versus real-world scenarios.
osf.io/preprints/os...
May 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🛎️New WP with @morganlcj.bsky.social @timallinger.bsky.social and @danbischof.bsky.social
Against the surge of conjoints and other hypothetical experiments in relation to democratic backsliding, we study the consequences of using hypotheticals versus real-world scenarios.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Against the surge of conjoints and other hypothetical experiments in relation to democratic backsliding, we study the consequences of using hypotheticals versus real-world scenarios.
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Ep 107! @mhusseinlab.bsky.social shares his research on the cues that signal open-mindedness and whether people like it when others listen to opposing political views.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0B6L...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/rece...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0B6L...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/rece...
May 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ep 107! @mhusseinlab.bsky.social shares his research on the cues that signal open-mindedness and whether people like it when others listen to opposing political views.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0B6L...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/rece...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0B6L...
Web: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/rece...
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A new and fresh paper calls for a fresh start on a new platform. Hi y'all! 👋
Check out my paper with @spillersas.bsky.social and @krajbichlab.bsky.social - we look at the multi-faceted role of attention in opportunity cost neglect, using eye-tracking + computational modeling. Read more at the link!
Check out my paper with @spillersas.bsky.social and @krajbichlab.bsky.social - we look at the multi-faceted role of attention in opportunity cost neglect, using eye-tracking + computational modeling. Read more at the link!
New article on the role of attention in opportunity-cost neglect, with the fabulous Steph Smith and @spillersas.bsky.social. Outside options that are explicit (Keep Money) vs implicit (Don't Buy), attract more attention, both gaze and gaze effect on choice. 1/n authors.elsevier.com/c/1kycc_Ebvv...
authors.elsevier.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A new and fresh paper calls for a fresh start on a new platform. Hi y'all! 👋
Check out my paper with @spillersas.bsky.social and @krajbichlab.bsky.social - we look at the multi-faceted role of attention in opportunity cost neglect, using eye-tracking + computational modeling. Read more at the link!
Check out my paper with @spillersas.bsky.social and @krajbichlab.bsky.social - we look at the multi-faceted role of attention in opportunity cost neglect, using eye-tracking + computational modeling. Read more at the link!
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🚨🚨 I’m looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my lab at Harvard's Psychology Department starting Fall 2025 🚨📣
Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵
🗓 Application review begins April 30
Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)
Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵
🗓 Application review begins April 30
Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Fall 2025. The lab conducts research related to i...
rb.gy
April 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🚨🚨 I’m looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my lab at Harvard's Psychology Department starting Fall 2025 🚨📣
Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵
🗓 Application review begins April 30
Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)
Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵
🗓 Application review begins April 30
Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)
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In a quasi-experimental survey with 59,508 participants across 63 countries, we tested 11 behavioral interventions designed to promote climate change mitigation. Our goal was to understand which interventions were most effective at encouraging climate-friendly behaviors—on a country-by-country basis
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In a quasi-experimental survey with 59,508 participants across 63 countries, we tested 11 behavioral interventions designed to promote climate change mitigation. Our goal was to understand which interventions were most effective at encouraging climate-friendly behaviors—on a country-by-country basis
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Excited to see this in print! It speaks to a number of social science literatures—protest effectiveness, repression, propaganda, stereotypes & morality, gender & politics, and disparate treatment between & within identity categories.
From our new issue: "The Effect of Protesters’ Gender on Public Reactions to Protests and Protest Repression" by Martin Naunov. #ASPRNewIssue https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/effect-of-protesters-gender-on-public-reactions-to-protests-and-protest-rep…
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Excited to see this in print! It speaks to a number of social science literatures—protest effectiveness, repression, propaganda, stereotypes & morality, gender & politics, and disparate treatment between & within identity categories.
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✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes:
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes:
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
A field experiment w/ 13M federal student loan borrowers at risk of delinquency shows we can meaningfully reduce delinquencies with well-designed reminders. Work led by Rob Kuan (of Wharton). Read paper in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
What reminder ingredients matter?🧵
A field experiment w/ 13M federal student loan borrowers at risk of delinquency shows we can meaningfully reduce delinquencies with well-designed reminders. Work led by Rob Kuan (of Wharton). Read paper in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
What reminder ingredients matter?🧵
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
A field experiment w/ 13M federal student loan borrowers at risk of delinquency shows we can meaningfully reduce delinquencies with well-designed reminders. Work led by Rob Kuan (of Wharton). Read paper in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
What reminder ingredients matter?🧵
A field experiment w/ 13M federal student loan borrowers at risk of delinquency shows we can meaningfully reduce delinquencies with well-designed reminders. Work led by Rob Kuan (of Wharton). Read paper in @pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
What reminder ingredients matter?🧵
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(1/4) Our new JEP:G paper dives into how moral values and misinformation spread on social media: media.mola-lab.org/file/1737039...
media.mola-lab.org
January 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
(1/4) Our new JEP:G paper dives into how moral values and misinformation spread on social media: media.mola-lab.org/file/1737039...
Check out this exciting new paper on receptivity to AI!
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 The explosion of consumer-facing AI raise questions about who is more likely to adopt it. We examined how people’s knowledge of AI impact AI receptivity. Against most people’s expectations, it's not tech experts! And not for the reason you may be thinking🧵
January 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Check out this exciting new paper on receptivity to AI!
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what counts as breaking a rule? you might think this q is easy, but people actually integrate signals from morality, legality, punishability, and normativity to figure it out, new preprint w/ @jowylie.bsky.social & dries bostyn osf.io/preprints/ps... #psychscisky #cognition #socpsyc #philsky
January 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
what counts as breaking a rule? you might think this q is easy, but people actually integrate signals from morality, legality, punishability, and normativity to figure it out, new preprint w/ @jowylie.bsky.social & dries bostyn osf.io/preprints/ps... #psychscisky #cognition #socpsyc #philsky
Check out this very exciting paper!
New work out in JEP:Gen with @erikakirgios.bsky.social and Edward Chang!
How do historically marginalized job applicants respond to concrete, quantified diversity commitments in job ads?
We conducted a large, preregistered field experiment to find out…
How do historically marginalized job applicants respond to concrete, quantified diversity commitments in job ads?
We conducted a large, preregistered field experiment to find out…
How do job seekers react when orgs quantify their diversity commitments? In a 🚨new paper🚨 with @ikesilver.bsky.social & Edward Chang, we explore competing predictions about how women and racial minorities react to measurable goals vs. vague, values-focused commitments.
January 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Check out this very exciting paper!