Research
Peer reviewed publications
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 | 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 | 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., Kerzreho, L., & Mercier, H. (2024). Quasi-universal acceptance of basic science in the US. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/qc43v (submitted)
- 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
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.
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.