Vaccine Hesitancy

COVID Suggests that Fear Itself Not Sufficient for Health Messaging
Communication
February 16, 2022

COVID Suggests that Fear Itself Not Sufficient for Health Messaging

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Why Social Science? Because Vaccination is a Human—Not Technical—Process
Impact
October 19, 2021

Why Social Science? Because Vaccination is a Human—Not Technical—Process

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Should We Tell Stories of Vaccine Sceptics Who Die of COVID?
Insights
August 13, 2021

Should We Tell Stories of Vaccine Sceptics Who Die of COVID?

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The Irrationality of Risk Calculations
Public Policy
March 22, 2021

The Irrationality of Risk Calculations

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Creating ‘Psychological Vaccine’ to Protect Against Fake COVID News

Creating ‘Psychological Vaccine’ to Protect Against Fake COVID News

Our work in recent years has focused on how to prevent people from falling for misinformation in the first place, building on a framework from social psychology known as inoculation theory.

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Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Behavior

Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic Hinges on Behavior

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary devastation, claiming millions of lives and disrupting the economy and daily life across the globe. From […]

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Heidi Larson on Vaccine Skepticism

Heidi Larson on Vaccine Skepticism

As the toll from the COVID-19 pandemic increased, polling suggests counter-intuitively that resistance to a future vaccine has also risen. Anthropologist Heidi J. Larson identified several likely drivers of this, including scientists themselves.

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