Obaidi, M., Gulnaz A., Bierwiaczonek, K., Dovidio, J. F., Ozer, S., & Kunst, J.R. (2023). Cultural threat perceptions predict violent extremism via need for cognitive closure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2213874120

Ozer, S., Obaidi, M., & Anjum, G. (2023). Extreme Reactions to Globalization: Investigating Indirect, Longitudinal, and Experimental Effects of the Globalization–Radicalization Nexus. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231167694

Varmann, A. H., Kruse, L., Bierwiaczonek, K., Gómez, A., Vázquez, A., & Kunst, J. R. (2023). How identity fusion predicts extreme pro-group orientations: A meta-analysis. European Review of Social Psychology, 1-36.

Anjum, G., Aziz, M., & Hamid, H. K. (2023). Life and mental health in limbo of the Ukraine war: How can helpers assist civilians, asylum seekers and refugees affected by the war? Front. Psychol, 14(1129299).

Bierwiaczonek, K., Cheung, M. W.-L., & Kunst, J. R. (2023). Revisiting the integration hypothesis again: High heterogeneity complicates the interpretation of cross-sectional evidence. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 93(101780), 0147-1767.

Kunst, J. R., Ozer, S., Lefringhausen, K., Bierwiaczonek, K., Obaidi, M., & Sam,. D. L. (2023). How ‘should’ the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 93(101779), 0147-1767.

Lindström, J., Bergh, R., Akrami, N., Obaidi, M., & Lindholm Öymyr, T. (2023). Who endorses group-based violence? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0).

Fluit, A. M., Kunst, J. R., Bierwiaczonek, K., & Soest, T. V. (2022). Self-esteem trajectories over three decades predict opposition to social equality in midlife. PNAS, 120(1).

Hornsey, M.J., Bierwiaczonek, K., Sassenberg, K. et al. (2022). Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief in conspiracy theories. Nat Rev Psychol

Eldor, D. S., Lindholm, K., Chavez, M. H., Vassanyi, S., Badiane, M. O. I., Yaldizli, K., Frøysa, P., Haugestad, C. A. P. & Kunst, J. R. (2022). Resilience against radicalization and extremism in schools: Development of a psychometric scale. Front. Psychol. 13(980180).

Piksa, M., Noworyta, K., Piasecki, J., Gwiazdzinski, P., Gundersen, A. B., Kunst, J. R., & Rygula, R. (2022). Cognitive Processes and Personality Traits Underlying Four Phenotypes of Susceptibility to (Mis)Information. Front. Psychiatry 13(912397).

Varmann, A. H., Kruse, L., Bierwiaczonek, K., Gomez, A., Vázquez, A. .., Ms, & Kunst, J. R. (2022). How Identity Fusion Predicts Extreme Pro-Group Orientations: A Meta-Analysis. PsyArXiv

Bierwiaczonek, K., Gundersen, A. B., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis. Current Opinion in Psychology, 46.

Lefringhausen, K., Marshall, T. C., Ferenczi, N., Zagefka, H., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). Majority members’ acculturation: How proximal-acculturation relates to expectations of immigrants and intergroup ideologies over time. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Legate, N., Ngyuen, T., …Kunst, J. R., …Anjum, G. et al. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. PNAS, 119(22).

Dorison, C. A., Lerner, J. S., Heller, B. H., Rothman, A. J., Kawachi, I. I., Wang, K., …Kunst, J. R. et al. (2022). In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: Experimental evidence from 84 countries. Affective Science

Dovidio, J. F., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). Delight in Disorder: Inclusively Defining and Operationalizing Implicit Bias. Psychological Inquiry 33(3), 177-180.

Kleppestø, T. H., Czajkowski, N. O. et al. (2022). The genetic underpinnings of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation explains prejudice beyond big five personality. PsyArXiv

Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C.A. et al. (2022). Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1318–1319.

Anjum, G., Obaidi, M., Sohail, S., & Madni, R. (2022). Threatening or Marginalized: Muslim Identity and Perceived Inequality among Minority Muslim Populations. In The Psychology of Inequity: Global Issues and Perspectives. ABC-CLIO, LLC.

Ozer, S., Obaidi, M., & Schwartz, S. J. (2022). Radicalized Identity Styles: Investigating Sociocultural Challenges, Identity Styles, and Extremism. Self and Identity

Kunst, J. R., Onyeador, I. N., & Dovidio, J. F. (2022). Knowledge About Individuals’ Interracial Friendships Is Systematically Associated With Mental Representations of Race, Traits, and Group Solidarity. Personality & social psychology bulletin, 48(5), 718–734.

Ozer, S., & Obaidi, M. (2022). Globalization and Radicalization: The Rise of Extreme Reactions to Intercultural Contact, Sociocultural Disruption, and Identity Threat. Globalized Identities (pp. 107-130). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Obaidi, M., Skaar, S. W., Ozer, S., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). Measuring extremist archetypes: Scale development and validation. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0270225.

Ottersen, I. S., Benningstad, N., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). Daily reminders about the animal-welfare, environmental and health consequences of meat and their main and moderated effects on meat consumption. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 5, 100068.

Kunst, J. R., Kirkøen, J., & Mohamdain, O. (2022). Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beautifying photo-filters.

Kunst, J. R., Dovidio, J. F., Bailey, A., & Obaidi, M. (2022). The Way They Look: Phenotypic Prototypicality Shapes the Perceived Intergroup Attitudes of In- and Out-group Members. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 100, 104303.

Eskelinen, V., Mähönen, T., Pauha, T., Jetten, J., Kunst, J. R., Van der Noll, J., Rohmann, A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2021). Disentangling national and religious identification as predictors of support for religious minority rights among Christian majority groups. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61(1).

Gwiaździński, P., Kunst, J. R., Gundersen, A. B., Noworyta, K., Olejniuk, A., & Piasecki, J. (2021). Psychological interventions countering misinformation in social media : a scoping review : research protocol. In Figshare (pp. 1–9).

Petsko, C. D., Lei, R. F., Kunst, J. R., Bruneau, E., & Kteily, N. (2021). Blatant dehumanization in the mind’s eye: Prevalent even among those who explicitly reject it? Journal of Experimental Psychology, 150(6), 1115–1131.

Kunst, J. R. (2021). Are we facing a “causality crisis” in acculturation research? The need for a methodological (r)evolution. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, V (85), A4-A8.

Bierwiaczonek, K., Waldzus, S., & van der Zee, K. (2021). The Neglected C of Intercultural Relations. Cross-Cultural Adaptation Shapes Sojourner Representations of Locals. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 611630.

Bierwiaczonek, K., & Kunst, J. R. (2021). Revisiting the Integration Hypothesis: Correlational and Longitudinal Meta-Analyses Demonstrate the Limited Role of Acculturation for Cross-Cultural Adaptation. Association for Psychological Science, 1-18.

Kunst, J. R., Obaidi, M., Coenen, A., Vasseljen, V. D., & Gill, P. (2021). What makes a terrorist? Muslims’ and non-Muslims’ lay perceptions of risk factors and their consequences for counter-terrorism policy support. Terrorism and Political Violence.

Obaidi, M., Kunst, J. R., Ozer, S., & Kimel, S. (2021). The Great Replacement Conspiracy: How the Perceived Ousting of Whites Can Evoke Violent Extremism and Islamophobia. Journal of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Kunst, J. R., Lefringhausen, K., W. Skaar, S., & Obaidi, M. (2021). Who adopts the culture of ethnic minority groups? A personality perspective on majority-group members’ acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 81.

Ozer, S., Kunst, J. R., Schwartz, S. J. (2021). Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Research, 84.

Kunst, J. R., Lefringhausen, K., Sam, D. L. Berry, J., & Dovidio, J. D. (2021). The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures. Current Directions in Psychological Science

Haugestad, C. A. P., Skauge, A. D., Kunst, J. R., & Power S. A. (2021). Why do youth participate in climate activism? A mixed-methods investigation of the #FridaysForFuture climate protests. Journal of Environmental Psychology

Kunst, J.R., Onyeador, I., & Dovidio, J. (2021). Knowledge About Individuals’ Interracial Friendships is Systematically Associated with Mental Representations of Race, Traits, and Group Solidarity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Eskelinen, V,. Pauha, T., Kunst, J. R., Räsänen, A., & Jasinskaja L. I. (2021). Exploring religiosity and attitudes towards Christians and non-believers among recent Muslim refugees to Finland. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80.

Lefringhausen, K., Ferenczi, N., Marshall, T. C., & Kunst, J. R. (2021). A new route towards more harmonious intergroup relationships in England? Majority members’ proximal-acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Kunst, J. R., Lefringhausen, K., &  Obaidi, M. (2021). Who adopts the culture of ethnic minority groups? A personality perspective on majority-group members’ acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 81, 20-28.

Coenen, A-C., & Kunst, J. R. (2021). Ethnic diversity and extremist attitudes in soccer teams: A multi-level investigation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80.

Benningstad, N., & Kunst, J. R. (2020). Dissociating meat from its animal origins: A systematic literature review. Appetite, 147, 104554.

Golec de Zavala, A., Bierwiaczonek, K., Baran, T., Keenan, O., & Hase, A. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic, Authoritarianism, and Rejection of Sexual Dissenters in Poland. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

Golec de Zavala, A., & Bierwiaczonek, K. (2020). Three Types of Collective Narcissism—Male, Religious, and National—Predict Sexism in Poland. Sex Roles

Wyszynski, M., Guerra, R. & Bierwiaczonek, K. (2020). Good refugees, bad migrants? Intergroup helping orientations towards refugees, migrants and economic migrants in Germany. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1-12.

Bierwiaczonek, K., Kunst, J.R., & Pich, A. (2020). Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Reduces Social Distancing over Time. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Guerra, R., Bierwiaczonek, K., Ferreira, F., Golec de Zavala, A., Abakoumkin, G., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2020). An intergroup approach to collective narcissism: Intergroup threats and hostility in four European Union countries. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(2), 415–433.

Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Akrami, N., & Dovidio, J. (2020). The Personality of Extremists: Examining Violent and Non-Violent Defense of Muslims

Obaidi, M., Anjum, G., Lindström, J., Bergh, R., Celebi, E., & Baykal, M. (2020). The role of Muslim identity in predicting violent behavioural intentions to defend Muslims. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1–16.

Ozer, S., Obaidi, M., & Pfattheicher, S. (2020). Group membership and radicalization: A cross-national investigation of collective self-esteem underlying extremism. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1–19.

Kunst, J. R., & Obaidi, M. (2020). Understanding violent extremism in the 21st century: the (re)emerging role of relative deprivation. Current opinion in psychology, 35, 55–59.

Woelfert, F. S., & Kunst J. R. (2020). How Political and Social Trust Can Impact Social Distancing Practices During COVID-19 in Unexpected Ways. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 35-52.

Pauha, T., Tuuli, A. R., Eskelinen, V., Jetten, J., van der Noll, J., Kunst, J. R., Rohmann, A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2020). The Attitudes of Deconverted and Lifelong Atheists Towards Religious Groups: The Role of Religious and Spiritual Identity. The international journal for the psychology of religion, 30, 246-264.

Obaidi, M., Anjum, G., Lindström, J., Bergh, R., Celebi, E., & Baykal, M. (2020). The Role of Muslim Identity in Predicting Violent Behavioural Intentions to Defend Muslims. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1-16.

Ozer, S., Obaidi, M., & Pfattheicher, S. (2020). Group membership and radicalization: A cross-national investigation of collective self-esteem underlying extremism. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1-19.

Bierwiaczonek, K. M., Kunst, J. R. & Pich, O. (2020). Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Reduces Social Distancing over Time. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Uenal, F., Bergh, R., Sidanius, J., Zick, A., Y. Kimel, S., & Kunst, J. R. (2020). The Nature of Islamophobia: A Test of a Tripartite View in Five Countries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-18.

Kende, A., Hadarics, M., Bigazzi, S., Boza, M., Kunst, J. R., Lantos, N. A., Lášticová, B., Minescu, A., Pivetti, M., & Urbiola, A. (2020). The last acceptable prejudice in Europe? Anti-Gypsyism as the obstacle to Roma inclusion. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1-35.

Kunst, J. R., Onyeador, I. N., & Dovidio, J. (2019). Knowledge About Individuals’ Interracial Friendships is Systematically Associated with Mental Representations of Race, Traits, and Group Solidarity. PsyArXiv

Tahir, H. Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2019). Threat, Anti-Western Hostility and Violence among European Muslims: The Mediating Role of Acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 73, 74-88.

Kunst, J. R., Dovidio, J. F., & Thomsen, L. (2019). Fusion with political leaders predicts willingness to persecute immigrants and political opponents. Nat Hum Behav 3, 1180–1189.

English, A. S., Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2019). Climatic effects on the sociocultural and psychological adaptation of migrants within China: A longitudinal test of two competing perspectives. Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Akrami, N., & Anjum, G. (2019). Group-Based Relative Deprivation Explains Endorsement of Extremism Among Western-Born Muslims. Psychological Science, 30(4), 596-605.

Kunst, J. R.; Thomsen, L., & Dovidio, J. F. (2019). Divided Loyalties: Perceptions of Disloyalty Underpin Bias Toward Dually-Identified Minority-Group Members. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(4), 807.

Kunst, J. R., Bailey, A., Prendergast, C., Gundersen, A. (2019). Sexism, rape myths and feminist identification explain gender differences in attitudes toward the #metoo social media campaign in two countries. Media Psychology, 22(5), 818-843.

Kunst, J. R., Kimel, S. Y., Shani, M., Alayan, R., & Thomsen, L. (2019). Can Abraham bring peace? The relationship between acknowledging shared religious roots and intergroup conflict. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 11(4), 417–432.

Gundersen, A. B., & Kunst, J. R. (2019). Feminist ≠ Feminine? Feminist Women Are Visually Masculinized Whereas Feminist Men Are Feminized. Sex Roles, 80(5-6), 291-309.

Kunst, J. R., Kteily, N., & Thomsen, L. (2019). “You Little Creep” Evidence of Blatant Dehumanization of Short Groups. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(2), 160-171.

Obaidi, M., Thomsen, L., & Bergh, R. (2018). “They Think We Are a Threat to Their Culture”: Meta-Cultural Threat Fuels Willingness and Endorsement of Extremist Violence against the Cultural Outgroup. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 12.

Obaidi, M., Bergh, R., Sidanius, J., & Thomsen, L. (2018). The mistreatment of my people: Victimization by proxy and behavioral intentions to commit violence among Muslims in Denmark. Political Psychology, 39(3), 577-593.

Kunst, J. R., & Esther N. P. (2018). Skin-tone discrimination by Whites and Africans is associated with the acculturation of African immigrants in Norway. PLoS ONE 13(12), e0209084.

Shrestha, A., Kaati, L., Akrami, N., Cohen, K., Berggren, M., & Obaidi, M. (2018).  Assessment of risk in written communication: Introducing the Profile Risk Assessment Tool (PRAT). Europol Public Information

Kunst, J. R., Myhren, L. S., & Onyeador, I. N. (2018). Simply Insane? Attributing Terrorism to Mental Illness (Versus Ideology) Affects Mental Representations of Race. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 12, 1888-1902.

Obaidi, M., Kunst, J. R., Kteily, N., Thomsen, L., &  Sidanius, J. (2018). Living Under Threat: Mutual Threat Perception Drives Anti-Muslim and Anti-Western Hostility in the Age of Terrorism. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48(5), 567-584.

Kunst, J. R., Boos, B., Kimel, S. ,Obaidi, M., Shani, M., & Thomsen, L. (2018). Engaging in extreme activism in support of others’ political struggles: The role of politically motivated fusion with out-groups. PLoS ONE 13(1), e0190639.

Kunst, J. R., Dovidio, J. F., & Dotsch, R. (2018). White Look-Alikes: Mainstream Culture Adoption Makes Immigrants “Look” Phenotypically White. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(2), 265-282.

Kunst, J. R., & Haugestad, C. A. P. (2018). The effects of dissociation on willingness to eat meat are moderated by exposure to unprocessed meat: A cross-cultural demonstration. Appetite, 120, 356-366.

Zickfeld, J. H., Kunst, J. R., & Hohle, S. M. (2018). Too sweet to eat: Exploring the effects of cuteness on meat consumption. Appetite, 120, 181-195.

Kunst, J. R., Fischer, R., Sidanius, J., & Thomsen, L. (2017). Preferences for group dominance track and mediate the effects of macro-level social inequality and violence across societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(21), 5407-5412.

Haugen, I., & Kunst, J. R. (2017). A two-way process? A qualitative and quantitative investigation of majority members’ acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 60, 67-82.

Johansson, O. J., & Kunst J. R. (2017). Explaining prejudice toward the mentally ill: A test of sociopolitical, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 47(12), 682-695.

Sidanius, J., Kteily, N., Levin, S., Pratto, F., & Obaidi, M. (2016). Support for asymmetric violence among Arab populations: The clash of cultures, social identity, or counterdominance? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(3), 343-359.

Kimel, S., Huesmann, R., Kunst, J. R., & Halperin, E. (2016). Living in a Genetic World: How Learning About Interethnic Genetic Similarities and Differences affects Peace and Conflict. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(5), 688-700.

Kunst, J. R., & Hohle, S. M. (2016). Meat eaters by dissociation: How we present, prepare and talk about meat increases positivity to eating meat by reducing empathy and disgust. Appetite, 105, 758-774.

Kunst, J. R., Sadeghi, T., Tajamal, H., Sam, D. L., & Thomsen, L. (2016). The vicious circle of religious prejudice: Islamophobia makes the acculturation attitudes of majority and minority members clash. European Journal of Social Pschology, 46(2), 249-259.

Kunst, J. R., Thomsen, L., Sam, D. L., & Berry, J. W. (2015). “We are in this together”: Common group identity predicts majority members’ active acculturation efforts to integrate immigrants. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(10), 1438-1453.

Dalsklev, M. M., & Kunst, J. R. (2015). The effect of disgust-eliciting media portrayals on outgroup dehumanization and support of deportation in a Norwegian sample. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 47, 28-40.

Kunst, J. R. & Thomsen, L. (2015). Prodigal sons: Dual Abrahamic categorization mediates the detrimental effects of religious fundamentalism on Christian-Muslim relations. The international journal for the psychology of religion, 25(4), 293-306.

Thomsen, L., Obaidi, M., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Kteily, N., & Sidanius, J. (2014). Individual differences in relational motives interact with the political context to produce terrorism and terrorism-support. The Behavioral and brain sciences, 37(4), 377–378.

Kunst, J. R., Thomsen, L., & Sam, D. L. (2014). Late abrahamic reunion? Dual identity mediates the effect of religious fundamentalism on intergroup bias among Christians and Muslims. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44(4), 337-348.

Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2014). “It’s on Time That They Assimilate” – Differential Acculturation Expectations towards First and Second Generation Immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 39, 188-195.

Kunst, J. R., Løset, G. K., Hosøy, D., Bjorvatn, B., Moen, B. E., Magerøy, N., & Pallesen, S. (2014). The relationship between shift work schedules and spillover in a sample of nurses. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 20(1), 3-11.

Kunst, J. R., Sam, D. L., & Ulleberg, P. (2013). Perceived Islamophobia: Scale development and validation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 37(2), 225-237.

Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2013). Expanding the margins of identity: A critique of marginalization in a globalized world. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 2(4), 225-241.

Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2013). Relationship between perceived acculturation expectations and Muslim minority youth’s acculturation and adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 37(4), 477 – 490.

Kunst, J. R., Tajamal, H., Sam, D. L., & Ulleberg, P. (2012). Coping with Islamophobia: The effects of religious stigma on Muslim minorities’ identity formation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(4), 518-532.