Levi Spectre has given academic talks twice in December, at both Arizona and Northwestern, presenting ideas from his ongoing joint work with Kathrin Glüer. Their research concerns the nature of… Read More »Spectre at Arizona and Northwestern
Kathrin Glüer-Pagin recently participated in Lund’s Filosofiska Föreningens last research seminar for the semester. Her talk was titled Reflections on Knowledge Resistance, Fact Polarization, and Motivated Reasoning. From the abstract:… Read More »Kathrin Glüer-Pagin in Lund
This interview with Roderik Rekker was conducted online on the 7th of October, 2021. Roderik discusses many topics, including his research career across two subjects, and the possibly self-reinforcing nature… Read More »Interview with Roderik Rekker
Ã…sa Wikforss recently gave a talk in Peritia’s lecture series [Un]Truths: Trust in an Age of Disinformation, on the topic of knowledge resistance. Among other things, the talk focused on… Read More »Wikforss on Knowledge Resistance at Peritia
Knowledge Resistance’s Jesper Strömbäck has authored a report (“Policy Paper”) for the European Liberal Forum. The report contains detailed information about levels and trends in the public’s media trust, and… Read More »Media Trust Is Down, Up, and Stable
On October 22:nd, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences organized a one-day workshop for Swedish high school teachers (page in Swedish). KR is a co-organizer of this event. The aim… Read More »Teacher Training on Knowledge
In a new publication on social media platform effects on conspiracy beliefs, Knowledge Resistances‘s Jesper Strömbäck and his co-authors has found that: Twitter has a negative effect on conspiracy beliefs—as… Read More »Different Platforms Have Different Effects on Conspiracy Beliefs
In a just-published paper, KR researchers have studied the look of fake news, by reviewing earlier studies on this topic. This includes studies on the style of fake news writing,… Read More »The Look of Fake News
Ã…sa Wikforss will participate as one of several distinguished speakers at the 2021 Nobel Prize Teacher Summit, organized by the Nobel Museum. The theme of the Summit is the “Flood… Read More »Teaching in a Flood of Facts
This interview with MaÅ‚gorzata Kossowska was conducted on the 28th of May, 2021. It deals with many topics, including Kossowska’s branching out from pure cognitive psychology to a broader interdisciplinary… Read More »Interview with MaÅ‚gorzata Kossowska
Ã…sa Wikforss has given a keynote speech for the National Science Centre of Poland on the 9th of September. The talk is titled “Science Denial in the Post-Truth Era”, and… Read More »Keynote on Science Denial and more
Knowledge Resistance PI:s Jesper Strömbäck and Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson have co-authored a report on climate denial in Sweden. For those who don’t read Swedish, and those who want a very… Read More »Swedish Climate Deniers
