Publications

About Our Publications

On this page you will find a list of publications by ISPS Affiliates, including peer-reviewed journal articles, policy briefs, and working papers.

When possible, Publications are linked to Projects and Data via the ISPS KnowledgeBase.

Title Author(s) Discipline Publicationsort descending Year
U.S. Regional Differences in Physical Distancing: Evaluating Racial and Socioeconomic Divides During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Emma Zang, Jessica West, Nathan Kim & Christina Pao

 

Interdisciplinary PLOS ONE 2021
Does Product Placement Change Television Viewers' Social Behavior?

Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Paul Lagunes, Donald P. Green, Lynn Vavreck, Limor Peer, Robin Gomila

Interdisciplinary PLOS ONE 2015
Testing Persuasive Messaging to Encourage COVID-19 Risk Reduction

Scott E. Bokemper, Gregory A. Huber, Erin K. James, Alan S. Gerber, Saad B. Omer

 

Interdisciplinary PLOS ONE 2022
Editorial Bias in Crowd-Sourced Political Information

Joshua L. Kalla, Peter M. Aronow

Political Science PLOS ONE 2015
Experimental Evidence That Changing Beliefs About Mask Efficacy and Social Norms Increase Mask Wearing for COVID-19 Risk Reduction: Results From the United States and Italy

Scott E. Bokemper, Maria Cucciniello, Tiziano Rotesi, Paolo Pin, Amyn A. Malik, Kathryn Willebrand, Elliott E. Paintsil, Saad B. Omer, Gregory A. Huber and Alessia Melegaro

 

Interdisciplinary PLOS ONE 2021
Scientists’ Political Behaviors are not Driven by Individual-level Government Benefits

Baobao Zhang & Matto Mildenberger

Political Science PLOS ONE 2020
The Effect of Images of Michelle Obama’s Face on Trick-or-Treaters’ Dietary Choices: A Randomized Control Trial

Peter M. Aronow, Dean Karlan, and Lauren E. Pinson

Interdisciplinary PLOS ONE 2018
The Effect on Turnout of Campaign Mobilization Messages Addressing Ballot Secrecy Concerns: A Replication Experiment

Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber, Albert H. Fang, Catlan E. Reardon

Political Science PLOS ONE 2017
Trajectories of Relapse in Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trials of Treatment Discontinuation in Major Depressive Disorder: An Individual Patient-Level Data Meta-Analysis

Ralitza Gueorguieva, Adam M. Chekroud, John H. Krystal

Medicine The Lancet 2017
Policy Misperceptions and Support for Gun Control Legislation

Peter M. Aronow and Benjamin T. Miller

Political Science The Lancet 2016
Changing Environments by Changing Individuals: The Emergent Effects of Psychological Intervention

Joseph T. Powers, Jonathan E. Cook, Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Julio Garcia, Nancy Apfel, and Geoffrey L. Cohen

Psychology Psychological Science 2015
Evaluating the Effect of Project Longevity on Group-Involved Shootings and Homicides in New Haven, Connecticut

Michael Sierra-Arévalo, Yanick Charette, Andrew V. Papachristos

Interdisciplinary Criminal Justice 2016
Race and State in City Police Spending Growth 1980 to 2010

Robert Vargas and Philip McHarris

Sociology Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2016
Racial Profiling and Use of Force in Police Stops: How Local Events Trigger Periods of Increased Discrimination

Joscha Legewie

Sociology American Journal of Sociology 2016
Gender, Fear, and Public Places: How Negative Encounters with Strangers Harm Women
Sara Bastomski and Philip Smith
Sociology Sex Roles 2016
Legal Cynicism and Protective Gun Ownership Among Active Offenders in Chicago

Michael Sierra-Arévalo

Sociology Cogent Social Sciences 2016
Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community

Matthew Desmond, Andrew V. Papachristos and David S. Kirk

Sociology American Sociological Review 2016
No Cost for Extremism: Why the GOP Hasn't (Yet) Paid For Its March to the Right

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

Political Science American Prospect Magazine 2015
Stronger Policy, Stronger Politics

Jacob S. Hacker

Political Science American Prospect Magazine 2016
Combining List Experiment and Direct Question Estimates of Sensitive Behavior Prevalence

Peter M. Aronow, Alexander Coppock, Forrest W. Crawford and Donald P. Green

Political Science Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 2015

ISPS Working Paper Series

ISPS advances interdisciplinary research in the social sciences that aims to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation. The ISPS network includes scholars and students from many departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and from Yale’s graduate and professional schools as well as select experts from other institutions. The ISPS Working Paper Series provides a platform for ISPS affiliates to make their work available for public consumption and discussion.

ISPS Working Paper Series

Featured Books by ISPS Faculty

ISPS Sponsored Publications

ISPS Politics & Policy Book Series: A series striving to place policy- and law-making in historical and comparative perspective, reflecting the broad, multidisciplinary character of ISPS.

ISPS journals

ISPS Journal: A biannual publication that serves to highlight ISPS scholars’ publications and as a development piece for foundations and interested donors.

GOTV website: A website compiling results from a wide array of voter mobilization field experiments. Findings from these scientifically measured studies of various Get-Out-the-Vote methods offer valuable insight into which methods are most effective in mobilizing voter turnout (Note: the website indexes GOTV experiments published before 2006).

The Bulletin of Yale University includes several issues devoted to ISPS (PDF): 2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2004-2006, and 2006-2008.