Academic Work

Kunst, J. R., Besta, T., & Obaidi, M. (2026). Reply to Romano and De Dreu: Why violent extremism cannot be reduced to laboratory games. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(22), e2613434123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2613434123

Kunst, J. R., Besta, T., & Obaidi, M. (2026). Reply to Zadegan et al.: Spatial dependence is real, but not every correction travels well. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(21), e2613518123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2613518123

Kunst, J. R., Besta, T., Jaśkiewicz, M., Gajda, A. N., Sanden, M., Flatebø, M. M., Adebayo, S. O., Adonis, M., Agyemang, C. B., Boateng, R. A., Akfirat, S. A., Al-adawi, S., Ambrosio, C., Anjum, G., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Austers, I., Barry, O., Bastian, B., Becker, M.,…Obaidi, M. (2026). The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(13), e2535665123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535665123

Kunst, J. R., Obaidi, M., Gollwitzer, A., Brandtzæg, P. B., Hinrichs, Y., Saini, N., & Schroeder, D. T. (2026). Intelligent Systems, Vulnerable Minds: A Framework for Radicalization to Violence in the Age of AI. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10888683261430089

Kimel, S. Y., Kunst, J. R., Uenal, F., & Kim, V. (2026). ‘They're eating our pets!’: When disgust and perceived cruelty combine to heighten prejudice. British Journal of Social Psychology, 65, e70063. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.70063

Schroeder, D. T., Cha, M., Baronchelli, A., Bostrom, N., Christakis, N. A., Garcia, D., Goldenberg, A., Kyrychenko, Y., Leyton-Brown, K., Lutz, N., Marcus, G., Menczer, F., Pennycook, G., Rand, D. G., Ressa, M., Schweitzer, F., Song, D., Summerfield, C., Tang, A.,…& Kunst, J. R. (2026). How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy. Science, 391(6783), 354–357. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz1697

Sam, D.L. & Kunst, J.R. (2026). Acculturation Reimagined—Charting new directions in a pluralistic world. advances.in/psychology, 1, e172075. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00052

Bierwiaczonek, K., Vu, D. H., Tong, R., Cheung, M. W. L., Benningstad, N. C. G., van Duin, E., Lindholm, K., Ward, C., & Kunst, J. R. (2025). A Meta-Analysis of Social and Contextual Correlates of Migrant Adaptation to Living in Receiving Societies. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67468-z

Gundersen, A. B., Biddlestone, M., & Kunst, J. R. (2025). The Dual Impact of Believing and Spreading Conspiracy Theories: Independent and Interactive Effects on Social Perceptions and Orientations. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 0(ja). https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218251396952

Renvik, T. A., Eskelinen, V., Pauha, T., Jetten, J., Kunst, J., van der Noll, J., … Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2025). The Role of (Non)religious Worldviews and Morality in Explaining Attitudes Towards Outgroups. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2025.2568774

Coenen, A.-C., Feist, F. J., Imhoff, R., Obaidi, M., & Kunst, J. R. (2025). The psychology of Querfront tactics: How protesters perceive and navigate conflicting ideologies to mobilise collectively. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e70015. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.70015

Harris, S. M., Bye, H. H., & Kunst, J. R. (2025). The role of norms and acculturation in migrants’ willingness to seek mental health care: Results from a large preregistered study. Social Science and Medicine, 384, 118598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118598

Piksa, M., Zaniewska, M., Cieslik-Starkiewicz, A., Kunst, J.R., Morzy, M., Piasecki, J., Rygula, R. (2025). The link between tobacco smoking and susceptibility to misinformation. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2025 May 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-025-06802-1

Black, S., & Kunst, J. R. (2025). Individual and community post-traumatic growth: A data-driven examination of person, process, and contextual factors. British Journal of Psychology, 00, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70021

Phills, C. E., Miller, J. K., Buchanan, E. M., Williams, A., Meyers, C., Brown, E. R., Zickfeld, J., Volsa, S., Stieger, S., Oberzaucher, E., Mlakic, V., Vasilev, M., Dalgar, İ., Çoksan, S., Söylemez, S., Solak, Ç., Özdoğru, A. A., Çoktok, B., Kung, C.-C., …Kunst, J.R., …Kekecs, Z. (2025). Multi-region investigation of ‘man’ as default in attitudes. PloS One, 20(6), e0323938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323938

Allegretta, S., Gavrilova, M., Kartushina, N., Mayor, J., Roch, M., & Kunst, J. R. (2025). Parental Attitudes and Children’s Language Development: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of the Early Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.130882

Zhou, X., English, A. S., Wei, L., Yudiarso, A., Dash, A., Tipandjan, A., Biddle, A., Nam, B. H., Boonroungrut, C., Chettiar, C., Daniele, P., Dubrov, D., Grigoryev, D., Šakan, D., Oliver, E., Medosevic - Korjenic, E., Fabricio Licoa Campos, A., Novaes, F., Maricchiolo, F.,…Kunst, J.R., …Zhang, X. (2025). Understanding perceived COVID-19 changes, collectivism, and social exclusion: A cross-cultural study in 32 countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 107, 102198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102198

Ackerman, J. M., Samore, T., Fessler, D. M. T., Kupfer, T. R., Choi, S., Merrell, W. N., Aarøe, L., Aavik, T., Acabado, S., Akello, G., Alfian, I. N., Al-Shawaf, L., Alvarez, M. M., Ammann, J., Arikan, G., Asha, S. A., Astobiza, A. M., Barclay, P., Barlow, F. K.,…Kunst, J.R.,… Žeželj, I. (2025). I see sick people: Beliefs about sensory detection of infectious disease are largely consistent across cultures. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.020

Kunst, J.R. (2025). Redefining the Mainstream: A Review and Meta-Analysis of the Evolving Dynamics of Majority-Group Acculturation. European Review of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2492506

Ozer, S., Obaidi, M., & Kunst, J.R. (2025). Globalization, Immigrant Acculturation Expectations, and Extremism. Migration Studies, 13(1), mnaf009. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaf009

Gundersen, A. B., van der Linden, S., Piasecki, J., Ryguła, R., Noworyta, K., & Kunst, J. R. (2024). Predicting Misinformation Beliefs Across Four Countries: The Role of Narcissism, Conspiracy Mentality, Social Trust, and Perceptions of Unsafe Neighborhoods. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 12(2), 265-283. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.13385

Kunst, J. R., & Bierwiaczonek, K. (2024). Towards a parsimonious framework for understanding emotional reactions to conspiracy theories across cultures. Psychological Inquiry. 35(3–4), 229–232. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2024.2442938

Kunst, J.R. (2024). Vulnerability to vigilance – Cultivating psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs: Introduction to the special issue. advances.in/psychology, 2, e1112231. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00033

Kunst, J. R., Bierwiaczonek, K., Obaidi, M., Fluit*, S., von Soest, T., Sam, D. L., & Dovidio, J. (2024). Selective Cultural Adoption: The Roles of Warmth, Competence, Morality, and Perceived Indispensability in Majority-Group Acculturation. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12801

Kunst, J. R., Gundersen*, A. B., Krysińska*, I., Piasecki, J., Wójtowicz*, T., Rygula, R., van der Linden, S., & Morzy, M. (2024). Leveraging artificial intelligence to identify the psychological factors associated with conspiracy theory beliefs online. Nature Communications, 15(1), 7497. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51740-9

Ikizer, E., Fischer, R., Kunst, J.R., & Dovidio, J. F. (2024). Cultural tightness-looseness and individual differences in non-normativeness predict stigmatization of out-groups: A multilevel cross-cultural study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/014616722412732

Benningstad, N.C.G.*, Rothgerber, J., & Kunst, J.R. (2024). Development of the Passive and Active Meat-Animal Dissociation Scale (MADS). Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations, 3. https://doi.org/10.5964/phair.12975

Black, S.*, Horenczyk, G., & Kunst, J. R. (2024). Beyond singular perspectives: Minority-group members’ acculturation expectations and tightness. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 100, 101976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101976

Kunst, J.R.#, & Mesoudi, A.# (2024). Decoding the dynamics of cultural change: A cultural evolution approach to the psychology of acculturation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/10888683241258406

Kunst, J.R.#, & Lefringhausen, K. # (2024). Investigating the forgotten side of acculturation: Introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 101956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.101956

Kleppesto, T. H., Czajkowski, N. O., Vassend, O., Roysamb, E., Eftedal, N. H., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Ystrom, E., Kunst, J. R., Gjerde, L. C., & Thomsen, L. (2024). Attachment and Political Personality are Heritable and Distinct Systems, and Both Share Genetics with Interpersonal Trust and Altruism. Behavior Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-024-10185-y

Bierwiaczonek, K., Fluit, S.*, von Soest, T., Hornsey, M., & Kunst, J.R. (2024). Loneliness trajectories over three decades are associated with conspiracist worldviews in midlife. Nature Communications. 15, 3629 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47113-x

Piksa, M., Noworyta, K., Piasecki, J., Gundersen, A., Kunst, J.R., Morzy, M., & Rygula, R. (2024). Research Report: A Link between Sertraline Treatment and Susceptibility to (Mis)information. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00825

Kimel, S.Y., Bierwiaczonek*, K., Obaidi, M., Foeman, A., Lawton, B., Sidanius, J., & Kunst, J.R., (2024). Finding Your Roots: Do DNA Ancestry Tests Increase Racial (In)tolerance? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 30(1), 120–134. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/xap0000488

Kleppesto, T. H., Czajkowski, N. O., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Vassend, O., Roysamb, E., Eftedal, N. H., Kunst, J. R., Ystrom, E., & Thomsen, L. (2024). The genetic underpinnings of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation explain political attitudes beyond Big Five personality. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12921

Coenen, A.-C.*, Jüttemeier, M.*, Obaidi, M., Power, S., & Kunst, J. R. (2024). The Role of Temporal Analogies in Collective Movements. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12938

Varmann, A.H.*, Kruse, L.*#, Bierwiaczonek, K.*#, Gómez, Á., Vázquez, A., & Kunst, J.R. (2024). How identity fusion predicts extreme pro-group orientations: A meta-analysis. European Review of Social Psychology, 35(1), 162-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2023.2190267

Shani#, M., Kunst#, J. R., Anjum, G., Obaidi, M., Leshem, O. A., Antonovsky, R., van Zalk, M., & Halperin, E. (2024). Between victory and peace: Unraveling the paradox of hope in intractable conflicts. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(3), 1357-1384. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12722

Kunst, J.R., Kirkøen, J.*, & Mohamdain, O.* (2023). Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beautifying photo-filters. Management Decision, 61(4), 924-943. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2021-0747

Treider*, J. M., Kunst, J. R., & Vuoskoski, J. K. (2023). The influence of musical parameters and subjective musical ratings on perceptions of culture. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 20682. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45805-w

Kunst, J. R., Lefringhausen#, K., & Zagefka#, H. (2023). Delineating the boundaries between genuine cultural change and cultural appropriation in majority-group acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 98, 101911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101911

Gundersen*, A. B., van der Linden, S., Piksa*, M., Morzy, M., Piasecki, J., Rygula, R., Gwiazdzinski, P., Noworyta, K. & Kunst, J. R. (2023). The role of perceived minority-group status in the conspiracy beliefs of factual majority groups. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 221036. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221036

Kunst, J.R.#, Juettemeier, M.#*, Bailey, A.H.#, Anjum, G., English, A., Obaidi, M., Sam, D.L., Yaşın-Tekizoğlu, F., & Agyemang, C.B. (2023). Investigation of gender bias in the mental imagery of faces. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231200168

Obaidi, M., Anjum, G.#, 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, 120 (20), e2213874120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2213874120

Kunst, J. R., & Bierwiaczonek, K. (2023). Utilizing AI questionnaire translations in cross-cultural and intercultural research: Insights and recommendations. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 97, 101888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101888

Dandy, J., Doidge, A., Lefringhausen, K., Kunst, J. R., & Kenin, A. (2023). How do Australian majority-group members acculturate? A person-centred approach. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 97, 101876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101876

Piksa, M., Noworyta, K., Gundersen, A. B., Kunst, J., Morzy, M., Piasecki, J., & Rygula, R. (2023). Are we willing to share what we believe is true? Factors influencing susceptibility to fake news. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1165103

Kunst, J.R., Coenen*, A.-C., Gundersen*, A., & Obaidi, M. (2023). How are acculturation orientations associated among majority-group members? The moderating role of ideology and levels of identity. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 96, 101857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101857

Renvik, T. A., Eskelinen*, V., Kunst, J.R., Jetten, J., van der Noll, J., Rohmann, A., & Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2023). Support for religious minorities' rights among (non)religious national majority group members: A motivational approach to worldviews. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 33(5), 1198-1210. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2711

Gwiaździński, P., Gundersen*, A. B., Piksa, M., Krysińska, I., Kunst, J. R., Noworyta, K., Olejniuk, A., Morzy, M., Rygula, R., Wójtowicz, T., & Piasecki, J. (2023). Psychological interventions countering misinformation in social media: A scoping review [Systematic Review]. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.974782

Fluit, S.*, Kunst, J.R., Bierwiaczonek, K.*, & von Soest, T. (2023). Self-esteem trajectories over three decades predict opposition to social equality in midlife. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (1), e2212906120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2212906120

Lefringhausen, K., Marshall, T., Ferenczi, N., Zagefka, H., & Kunst, J. R. (2023). Majority members’ acculturation: How proximal-acculturation relates to expectations of immigrants and intergroup ideologies over time. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 26(5), 953-984. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221096324

Kunst, J.R., Ozer, S., Lefringhausen, K., Bierwiaczonek, K.*, Obaidi, M., & Sam, D. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101779

Bierwiaczonek, K.*, Cheung, M., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101780

Piksa, M., Noworyta, K., Piasecki, J., Gwiazdzinski, P., Gundersen, A., Kunst, J., & Rygula, R. (2023). A study of the cognitive mechanisms and personality traits related to different phenotypes of susceptibility to true and false information. IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 15, S889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1861

Tahir, H.*, Kunst, J.R., & Sam, D.L. (2023). Acculturation Preferences and Perceived (dis)loyalty of Muslims in the U.K.: Two Vignette-Based Experimental Studies. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 93, 101759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101759

Kunst, J. R., Obaidi, M., Coenen, A. C.*, Vasseljen, V. D.**, & Gill, P. (2023). 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, 35, 634-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2021.1967149

Eldor, D.*, 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. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.980180

Kunst J.R. (2022). Reinventing academic publishing. advances.in/psychology 1(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.56296/aip00001

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 3, 577-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3

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, 101346.

Ottersen, I.*, 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2022.100068

Obaidi, M., Kunst J.R., Ozer. S., Kimel, S.Y., & Akrami N. (2022). The “great replacement”: How the perceived ousting of White Europeans can evoke extreme anti-immigrant sentiment. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(7), 1675-1695. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/b25r3

Obaidi, M., Skaar, S.*, Ozer, S., & Kunst, J.R. (2022). Measuring Extremist Archetypes: Scale Development and Validation. PLOS ONE 17(7), e0270225. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270225

Piksa, M., Noworyta, K., Piasecki, J., Gwiazdzinski, P., Gundersen, A. B.*, Kunst, J.R., & Rygula1, R. (2022) Cognitive Processes and Personality Traits Underlying Four Phenotypes of Susceptibility to (Mis)Information. Frontiers in Psychiatry 13, 912397. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.912397

Dovidio, J.F. & Kunst, J.R. (2022). Delight in Disorder: Inclusively Defining and Operationalizing Implicit Bias. Psychological Inquiry 33(3), 177. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2022.2106756

Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, 22. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111091119

Kunst, J. R., Dovidio, J., 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, 104304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104303

Kunst, J.R., Onyeador, I.N., & Dovidio, J. (2022). Knowledge about individuals’ interracial friendships is systematically associated with mental representations of race, traits, and group solidarity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(5), 718-734. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211024118

Eskelinen, V.*, Renvik, T.A., 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(2), 550-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12496

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 85, A4-A8.

Wang K., Goldenberg A., Dorison, C.A., Miller, J.K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J.S., Gross, J.J., Agesin, B.B., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Eudave, L., Grzech, K., Ozery, D.H., Jackson, E.A., Luis Garcia, E.O., Drexler, S.M., Jurković, A.P., Rana, K., Wilson, J.P., … Kunst, J. R., Moshontz, H. (2021) A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behavior 5, 1089-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

Skauge, A. D.*, Palacios, C.*, Kunst, J. R., & Power, S. (2021). Motivation to participate in the #FridaysForFuture movement: A mixed-methods socio-cultural psychological investigation. Journal of Environmental Psychology 76, 101647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101647

Ozer, S., Kunst, J.R., Schwartz S.J., (2021). Investigating direct and indirect globalization-based acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 84, 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.07.012

Kunst, J.R., Lefringhausen, L., Sam, D., Berry, J. W., & Dovidio J.F. (2021). The missing side of acculturation: How immigrants and other minority groups influence majority-group culture. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30(6), 485-494.

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. Psychological Science 32(9), 1476-1493. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211006432

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, 82, 56-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.03.006

Eskelinen, V.*, Pauha, T., Kunst, J.R., Räsänen, A., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I. (2021). Exploring religiosity and attitudes towards Christians and non-believers among recent Muslim refugees to Finland. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80, 206-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.10.007

Kunst, J.R., Lefringhausen, K., 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, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.01.001

Woelfert, F.* & Kunst, J. R. (2020). How political and social trust can impact social distancing practices during COVID-19 in unexpected ways. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572966

Coenen, A.C.*, & Kunst, J.R. (2020). Ethnic diversity and extremist attitudes in soccer teams: A multilevel investigation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 80, 285-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.07.003

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 12(4), 1270-1285. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12223

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(4), 246/264. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2020.1774206

Petsko, C., Lei, R., Kunst, J. R., Bruneau, E. & Kteily, N. (2020). Blatant dehumanization in the mind's eye: Prevalent even among those who explicitly reject it? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 150(6), 1115-1131. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000961

Uenal, F., Bergh, R., Sidanius, J., Zick, A., Kimel, S., & Kunst, J. R. (2020). The nature of Islamophobia: A test of a tripartite view in five countries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(2), 275-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220922643

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 24(3), 388-410. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220907701

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.03.010 *Shared first authors.

Benningstad, N. C. G.** & Kunst, J.R. (2020). Dissociating meat from its animal origins: A systematic literature review. Appetite 147, 104554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104554

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.08.001

Kunst, J.R., Dovidio, J.F., & Thomsen, L. (2019). Fusion with political leaders predicts willingness to persecute immigrants and political opponents. Nature Human Behaviour 3, 1180-1189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0708-1

Kleppestø, T.H., Czajkowski, N.O., Vassend, O., Røysamb, E., Eftedal, N.H., Sheehy-Skeffington, J., Kunst, J.R., & Thomsen, L. (2019). Correlations between social dominance orientation and political attitudes reflect common genetic underpinnings: a twin study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(36), 17741-17746. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818711116

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), 807–838. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000168

English, A., 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, 22(3), 244 - 255. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12363

Kunst, J.R.; Kimel, S.; 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. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000192

Kunst, J.R., Bailey, A., Prendergast, C.* & Gundersen, A.* (2019) Sexism explains gender differences in perceived harm and benefits of the #metoo social media campaign in two countries. Media Psychology, 22(5), 818-843. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2018.1532300

Gundersen, A.* & Kunst, J.R. (2019). Feminist ≠ feminine? Feminist women are visually masculinized, whereas feminist men are feminized. Sex Roles, 80, 291-309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0931-7

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617740613

Kunst, J. R.# & Esther N., Phillibert#* (2018). Skin-tone discrimination by Whites and Africans is associated with the acculturation of African immigrants in Norway. PLoS ONE, 13(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209084 *Shared first authors.

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, 45(12), 1888-1902. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818794742

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2362

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217739279

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, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190639

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.09.016

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.038

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. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616572114

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.07.004

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12483

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216642196

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.07.009

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 Psychology, 46(2), 249-259. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2174

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167215599349

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.03.028

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2014.937965

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2014

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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2014.11077030

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.10.007

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. https://doi.org/10.1037/ipp0000008

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.04.007

Kunst, J. R., Sam, D. L., & Ulleberg, P. (2013). Perceived Islamophobia: Scale development and validation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 37(2), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.11.001

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.014