Research

Peer reviewed publications

• Pfänder, J., Kerzreho, L., & Mercier, H. (2025). Quasi-universal acceptance of basic science in the United States. Public Understanding of Science, 09636625251364407. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625251364407 ( preprint | published version | code & data)

• Pfänder, J., & Altay, S. (2025). Spotting false news and doubting true news: a systematic review and meta-analysis of news judgements. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02086-1 ( preprint | published version | code & data)

• Pfänder, J., De Courson, B., & Mercier, H. (2025). How wise is the crowd: Can we infer people are accurate and competent merely because they agree with each other? Cognition, 255, 106005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.106005 ( preprint | published version | code & data)

Large Collaborations

• Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., Linden, S. van der, Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N. A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., Alfano, M., … Zwaan, R. A. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5 ( preprint)

• Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., Van Der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N. A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., Alfano, M., … Zwaan, R. A. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries the TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7 ( preprint)

Conference Proceedings

• Pfänder, J., Courson, B. de, & Mercier, H. (2024). How wise is the crowd: Can we infer people are accurate and competent merely because they agree with each other? Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46(0). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4ms2n8wd( pdf | poster | code & data)

Working papers

• Pfänder, J., Rouilhan, S. D., & Mercier, H. (2025). Trusting but forgetting impressive science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/argq5_v1 (submitted)
• Pfänder, J., & Mercier, H. (2025). The french trust more the sciences they perceive as precise and consensual. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/k9m6e_v1

Talks

2025

• Pfänder, J., & Altay, S. (2025, June). Belief in & interventions against misinformation. 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Madrid. (slides)

• Pfänder, J., & Mercier, H. (2025, May). The rational impression account of trust in science. Explaining culture: an interdisciplinary approach, Paris.

• Pfänder, J., & Mercier, H. (2025, March). Trust in science. Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po), Paris.

• Pfänder, J., & Altay, S. (2025, March). Spotting False News and Doubting True News. A Meta-Analysis of News Judgments. Infox sur seine, Paris.

2024

• Pfänder, J. (2024, July). How wise is the crowd: Can we infer people are accurate and competent merely because they agree with each other? 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Rotterdam.

• Pfänder, J. (2024, June). Processus sous-tendant la confiance dans la science. 5ème édition des Rencontres Jeunes Chercheur·euse·s, Grenoble.

• Pfänder, J., & Altay, S. (2024, February). Spotting False News and Doubting True News: A Meta-Analysis of News Judgments. EDMO Scientific Conference on Disinformation, Amsterdam.