Dr. Tobias Wingen

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Email: tobias.wingen

Office hours: by appointment

Room: C1002, Building 11

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/TobiasWingen

Research Interests

Social Psychology, Data Science, Trust and Cooperation, Trust in Science, Web Scraping, Artificial Intelligence

Selected Publications

Altenmüller, M. S.*, Wingen, T*., & Schulte, A. (2024). Explaining polarized trust in scientists: A political stereotype-approach. Science Communication, 46(1). 92-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231221770 *equal contributions

Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S.A., … Wingen, T., … Van Bavel, J. J. , & Willer, R. (2024). A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioral science during COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06840-9

Wingen, T. (2022). How to start a replication crisis. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1(317). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00069-5

Wingen, T., Berkessel, J. B., & Dohle, S. (2022). Caution, preprint! Brief explanations allow nonscientists to differentiate between preprints and peer-reviewed journal articles. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459211070559

Wingen, T., Berkessel, J. B., & Englich, B. (2020). No replication, no trust? How low replicability influences trust in psychology. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(4), 454-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619877412

All Publications

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* denotes equal contributions to (shared) first authorship

[21] Wingen, S., Graczyk, T., Wingen, T., & Dohle, S. (2024). Mindsets at Work: Understanding the Positive Impact of Growth Mindsets on Workplace Coaching. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2382718

[20] Graczyk, T.*, Wingen, T*., Wingen, S., & Dohle, S. (2024). Do mindsets shape intentions to help those in need? Unravelling the paradoxical effects of mindsets of poverty on helping intentions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 114. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3039

[19] Altenmüller, M. S.*, Wingen, T*., & Schulte, A. (2024). Explaining polarized trust in scientists: A political stereotype-approach. Science Communication, 46(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231221770

[18] Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S.A., … Wingen, T., … Van Bavel, J. J. , & Willer, R. (2023). A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioral science during COVID-19. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06840-9

[17] Speckmann, F.*, & Wingen, T.* (2023). Same question, different answers? - An empirical comparison of web data and traditional data. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000515

[16] Korbmacher, M., Azevedo, F., Pennington, C.R., Hartmann, H., Pownall, M., ..., Wingen, T., ..., & Evens, T. (2023). The replication crisis has led to positive structural, procedural, and community changes. Nature Communications Psychology, 1, 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-023-00003-2

[15] Pownall, M., Azevedo, F., König, L.M., Slack, H.R., Evans, T.R., Flack, Z., ..., Wingen, T., ..., & Sadhwani, S. (2023). Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5), 221255. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221255

[14] Wingen, T. (2022). How to start a replication crisis. Journal Club Beitrag in Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00069-5

[13] Parsons, S., Azevedo, F., Elsherif, M., Guay, S., Shahim, O. N., … Wingen, T., … & Aczel, B. (2022). A community-sourced glossary of open scholarship terms. Kommentar in Nature Human Behavior, 6, 312-318. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01269-4

[12] Wingen, T., Lecuona, O., & Dohle, S. (2022). Attitudes towards science during the COVID-19 pandemic: A psychological network approach. European Journal of Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.105

[11] Wingen, T., Berkessel, J. B., & Dohle, S. (2022). Caution, preprint! Brief explanations allow nonscientists to differentiate between preprints and peer-reviewed journal articles. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459211070559

[10] Doernemann, A., Boenisch, N., Schommer, L., Winkelhorst, L., & Wingen, T. (2022). How do good and bad news impact mood during the Covid-19 pandemic? The Role of Similarity. Journal of European Psychology Students, 13(1), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.566

[9] Wingen, T., & Berkessel, J. (2022). Die Replikationskrise vermitteln, aber Vertrauen erhalten. Kommentar in Psychologische Rundschau, 73(1). https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a00057

[8] Rosman, T., Edelsbrunner, P., Hendriks, F., & Wingen, T. (2022). Call for Papers: “Psychological Perspectives on Science Communication”. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000493

[7] Dohle, S., Schreiber, M., Wingen, T., & Baumann, M. (2022). Blaming others for their illness: The role of health-related implicit theories on blame and social support. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52, 210-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12844

[6] Lecuona, O., Suero, M., Wingen, T., & de Rivas, S. (2021). Does "open" rhyme with "special"? Comparing personality, sexual satisfaction, dominance and jealousy of monogamous and non-monogamous practitioners. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 1537-1549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01865-x

[5] Wingen, T., & Dohle, S. (2021). Exploring negative beliefs about power: The role of autonomy and influence. Social Psychology, 52(4), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000453

[4] Wingen, T., Englich, B., Estal Muñoz, V., Mareva, S., & Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Exploring the relationship between social class and Quality of Life: The mediating role of power and status. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 16(5), 1983-1998. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09853-y

[3] Dohle, S.*, Wingen, T.*, & Schreiber, M. (2020). Acceptance and adoption of protective measures during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of trust in politics and trust in science. Social Psychological Bulletin, 15. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.4315

[2] Wingen, T., Berkessel, J. B., & Englich, B. (2020). No replication, no trust? How low replicability influences trust in psychology. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(4), 454-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619877412

[1] Mareva, S., Thomson, D., Marenco, P., Estal Muñoz, V., Ott, C. V., Schmidt, B., Wingen, T., & Kassianos, A. P. (2016). Study protocol on Ecological Momentary Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life using a smartphone application. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01086

Academic Distinctions

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  • 2024: Research Grant "In AI We Trust? Using AI to Depolarize Trust in Scientific Findings", Internal Research Funding Program (FernUniversität in Hagen).
  • 2024: Travel Grant to establish an international research collaboration with Dr. Oscar Lecuona (Madrid, Spain), International Office (FernUniversität in Hagen).
  • 2021: Junior Start-Up Grant (PI: Tobias Wingen). "When and why do conservatives and liberals listen to the scientists?" (together with Marlene Altenmüller & Anna Schulte), Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB, University of Cologne).
  • 2020: Travel Scholarship for the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) 2020 Conference (Krakow, canceled), Graduate School of the Faculty of Human Sciences (University of Cologne).
  • 2019: Teaching Grant for conducting interdisciplinary studies in the Experimental Practicum (with Andrea Meckel), Professionalization of Teaching in Academic Networks (University of Cologne).
  • 2019: Travel Grant for the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) 2019 (Paris), Graduate School of the Faculty of Human Sciences (University of Cologne).
  • 2018: Junior Start-Up Grant (PI: Tobias Wingen) "Influence or autonomy—Why do lay people believe that 'power corrupts'?" (together with Prof. Dr. Birte Englich), Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB, University of Cologne).
  • 2015 - 2017: Deutschlandstipendium.
  • 2016: Student Grant "Power, Moral Attitudes and Corruption" for supporting my Master's thesis, Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB, University of Cologne).

Science Communication and Outreach

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Outreach Publications

Other Outreach Activities

Member of the Social Media Team of In-Mind Magazin (2019 to 2022) https://x.com/InMindMagazin

Expert interview on trust in science (April 2022) for the book "Gefährlicher Glaube: Die radikale Gedankenwelt der Esoterik" by Pia Lamberty and Katharina Nocturn, ISBN: 9783869951119

Tobias Wingen | 20.11.2024