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

Biography

After obtaining his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Cologne and holding a research position at Bonn University, Tobias Wingen gained experience as a Data Scientist at Chrono24, a global tech company and online marketplace.

In his work, Tobias combines his background in psychological research with modern data science methods. For example, he combines experiments with digital traces, such as website and social media data (e.g.). He argues that these large-scale, real-world datasets can complement traditional psychological research by providing externally valid insights into human behavior (here). Moreover, he applies innovative techniques such as network analysis, machine learning, and AI to explore new ways to analyze complex psychological phenomena (e.g.).

Tobias is also engaged in open science and investigates how transparency and openness in research relate to trust in science, for example in the context of replicability (here) and preprints (here).

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, 1–14. 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 the public perception of preprints (January 2025) for the article "Preprints often make news. Many people don’t know what they are" for science.org

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 | 15.01.2025