Some of my research projects apply insights from cultural and social psychology to make policy recommendations or design new interventions. For example, my collaborators and I recently showed that reading an out-group’s diaries could reduce prejudice and negative stereotypes, and have leveraged insights about cultural diversity to make recommendations for cross-cultural negotiators. Below I have listed some of my representative papers in this area.
COVID-19 increased World leader support
Yam, K. C.,* Jackson, J. C.,* Barnes, C., Lau, T. C., Xin, Q., Lee, Y. H. (2020). The rise of COVID-19 is associated with support for world leaders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(41), 25429-25433. *Equal Effort.
Why Inequality Persists in Democracies
Jackson, J. C., Payne, B. K. (2021). Cognitive barriers to reducing income inequality. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(5), 687-696.
The hidden cost of high-profile sports
Yam, K. C.,* Jackson, J. C.,* Lau, T. C., Xin, Q., Barnes, C., Chong, J. (2020). High-profile football matches in Europe are associated with traffic accidents in Asia. British Medical Journal, 371: m4465. *Equal Effort.
Automation May reduce prejudice
Jackson, J. C., Castelo, N., Gray, K. (2020). Could a rising robot workforce make humans less prejudiced? American Psychologist, 75(7), 969-982.
Introducing the Diary Contact TEchnique
Jackson, J. C., Gelfand, M. G., Ayub, N., Wheeler, J. (2019). Together from afar: Introducing the diary contact technique for improving intergroup relations. Behavioral Science and Policy, 5(1), 14-33.
How to negotiate across cultures
Gelfand, M. J., Jackson, J. C. (2019). The Cultural Psychology of Negotiation. In Kitayama, S., & Cohen, D. (Eds.) Handbook of Cultural Psychology. Guilford Press, New York.
How group perceptions foster radicalism
Choi, V., Jackson, J. C., Gelfand, M. J. (2019). The role of entitativity in perpetuating cycles of violence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (comment).