PhD Supervision

(Also useful for prospective Master or Bachelors students)

What I supervise?

  • Political psychology with emphasis on ideology and belief systems (ideological structure, motivated reasoning, psychological asymmetries, political attitudes, support for social movements and social justice and DEIA).

  • Projects on open science, metascience, social & epistemic justice (see FORRT, which I founded & direct).

Data accesS

  • Large-scale survey resources (e.g., ANES, GSS, ESS, LISS, VOTER, (C)CES, etc.). Also, tailored data to Political Psychology like PPBS, 2016–present) & allied datasets across countries (e.g., PaWaKs). Data access is not a bottleneck.

Methods & tools

  • R, R Markdown (& Quarto), GitHub and reproducible reports

  • Meta-analysis, multiverse, and advanced/ML when justified

Supervision style

  • Structured meeting notes; clear milestones; documented decisions.

  • Version control for statistical analyses; pre-registration and open materials where feasible.

  • Communication preferences: concise emails; code + Issues/PRs for technical discussions.

  • I value clear structures, written summaries, and reproducible workflows: these supports benefit everyone.

Eligibility & routes

  • External/self-funded and scholarship routes may be possible, contingent on UU policies, supervisory capacity, and fit.

How to inquire

  • 1–2 page concept: aims, RQs, contribution,

  • Proposal that build on or jives with my scholarship on Political Psychology (e.g., 1, 2, 3) or Open Science/Metascience (e.g., FORRT).

  • Methods sketch: data sources + initial analytic approach.

  • CV + links (Google Scholar, ORCID, OSF/GitHub).

  • Funding route (self-funded/scholarship/other) and timeline (start date; FT/PT).

  • Optional: one writing sample and (if available) a short code sample in R.