Professor Florian Stoeckel, PhD

In my research I seek to unravel how citizens understand society and how they form preferences. I focus on some of the most important issues that shape the conflicts of our time: identities, the EU, tolerance, gender inequality, conspiracy theories, and vaccine hesitancy. My work is published in the European Journal of Political Research, Political Psychology, European Union Politics, the​ Journal of Common Market Studies, the International Journal of Press/Politics, the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, and the Journal of European Public Policy.

​I am the Principal Investigator of several projects. One line of my research deals with fake news and solutions to the problem of misinformation on social media (www.citizen-online.org, funded by the British Academy). Since January 2023, I am also leading a Work Package of the Horizon and UKRI funded project PushBackLash where my work focuses on attitudes towards gender equality and diversity.

My work in the domain of public health is published in Vaccine, PLOS  One, Public Understanding of Science, and the European Journal of Public Health.

​Media coverage in the German newspaper FAZ can be found here and a recent radio interview can be accessed here. 

I occasionally write for lay outlets including The Monkey Cage at The Washington Post, The European, and the LSE Europp blog. 

- my googlescholar profile & my researchgate site with full text access to some of my publications

Florian Stoeckel
Associate Professor at the University of Exeter
Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, Devon
EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom
​f.stoeckel@exeter.ac.uk
Links to Twitter / YouTube / TikTok 

​News:

11/9/2023 New article conditionally accepted. The double-edged sword of user comments: social corrections reduce the perceived accuracy of both false and real news in the UK, Germany, and Italy. At Nature's new journal Communications Psychology. With Sabrina Stöckli, Besir Ceka, Ben Lyons, Chiara Ricchi and Jason Reifler.

29/6/2023 New articled accepted at Public Understanding of Science. When Experts Matter: Variations in Consensus Messaging for Vaccine and genetically modified organism safety. With Ben Lyons, Vittorio Merola, Jason Reifler, Nina Spälti, and Christine Stednitz. Link

13/6/2023 New article accepted at European Union Politics. Public Perceptions and Misperceptions of Political Authority in the European Union. With Vitorio Merola, Jack Thompson, Ben Lyons, and Jason Reifler. Link.

2/6/2023 New article accepted at PLOS ONE. Correlates of support for international vaccine solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional survey evidence from Germany. With Jack Thompson, Sabrina Stöckli, Joseph Philips, Matt Barnfield, Ben Lyons, Vitorio Merola, and  Jason Reifler. Link.

27/01/2023 New article accepted at the European Journal of Public Health.  Vaccine attributes and vaccine uptake in Hungary: Evidence from a conjoint experiment. With Jack Thompson, Sabrina Stöckli, Nina Spälti, Joseph Philips, Matt Barnfield, Ben Lyons, Vitorio Merola, Paula Szewach, and  Jason Reifler. Link.

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