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Michał Bilewicz

Michał Bilewicz

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Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
6840
World Ranking
7309
National Ranking
5

Overview

Michał Bilewicz is affiliated with the University of Warsaw in Poland. Their research primarily spans social sciences and psychology, with a substantial body of work in sociology and political science, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and political science and international relations.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Media and Politics

They have contributed to a number of papers, including:

  • "Hate Speech Epidemic. The Dynamic Effects of Derogatory Language on Intergroup Relations and Political Radicalization," 2020, Political Psychology
  • "Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries," 2022, Nature Human Behaviour (authored by Roland Imhoff)
  • "A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change," 2020, Nature Human Behaviour (authored by Tabea Häßler)
  • "What breeds conspiracy antisemitism? The role of political uncontrollability and uncertainty in the belief in Jewish conspiracy," 2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (authored by Mirosław Kofta)
  • "Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use," 2021, Political Psychology (authored by Silvia Mari)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Wiktor Soral
  • Steve Loughnan
  • Victoria Wai Lan Yeung
  • Hema Preya Selvanathan
  • Malte Friese

Michał Bilewicz publishes frequently in several academic venues, notably:

  • Political Psychology
  • Conflict Resolution Quarterly
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • British Journal of Social Psychology
  • Scientific Reports

They have also authored a book titled O mądrości, which is scheduled to be published in 2025 by Polish Scientific Publishers PWN.

Best Publications

  • Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the world

    Paul G. Bain;Paul G. Bain;Taciano L. Milfont;Yoshihisa Kashima;Michał Bilewicz

  • Exposure to hate speech increases prejudice through desensitization.

    Wiktor Soral;Michał Bilewicz;Mikołaj Winiewski

  • The humanity of what we eat: Conceptions of human uniqueness among vegetarians and omnivores†

    Michal Bilewicz;Roland Imhoff;Marek Drogosz

  • The paradox of in-group love: Differentiating collective narcissism advances understanding of the relationship between in-group and out-group attitudes

    Agnieszka Golec de Zavala;Aleksandra Cichocka;Michał Bilewicz

  • Hate Speech Epidemic. The Dynamic Effects of Derogatory Language on Intergroup Relations and Political Radicalization

    Michał Bilewicz;Wiktor Soral

  • Harmful Ideas, The Structure and Consequences of Anti-Semitic Beliefs in Poland

    Michal Bilewicz;Mikołaj Winiewski;Mirosław Kofta;Adrian Wójcik

  • What breeds conspiracy antisemitism? The role of political uncontrollability and uncertainty in the belief in Jewish conspiracy.

    Mirosław Kofta;Wiktor Soral;Michał Bilewicz

  • A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change.

    Tabea Hässler;Johannes Ullrich;Michelle Bernardino;Nurit Shnabel

  • Personal control decreases narcissistic but increases non-narcissistic in-group positivity.

    Aleksandra Cichocka;Agnieszka Golec de Zavala;Agnieszka Golec de Zavala;Agnieszka Golec de Zavala;Marta Marchlewska;Michał Bilewicz

  • Anti-Semitism in Poland and Ukraine: The Belief in Jewish Control as a Mechanism of Scapegoating

    Michal Bilewicz;Ireneusz Krzeminski

  • The merits of teaching local history: Increased place attachment enhances civic engagement and social trust

    Anna Stefaniak;Michał Bilewicz;Maria Lewicka

  • Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use

    Silvia Mari;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Homero Gil de Zúñiga;Ahmet Suerdem;Katja Hanke

  • After the Genocide: Psychological Perspectives on Victim, Bystander, and Perpetrator Groups

    Johanna Ray Vollhardt;Michal Bilewicz

  • When Authoritarians Confront Prejudice. Differential Effects of SDO and RWA on Support for Hate-Speech Prohibition

    Michal Bilewicz;Wiktor Soral;Marta Marchlewska;Mikołaj Winiewski

  • Collective regret versus collective guilt: Different emotional reactions to historical atrocities

    Roland Imhoff;Michał Bilewicz;Hans-Peter Erb

  • Does identification predict community involvement? Exploring consequences of social identification among the Jewish minority in Poland

    Michał Bilewicz;Adrian Wójcik

  • On the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and Environmentalism: A 25-Nation Study

    Taciano l. Milfont;Paul Bain;Yoshihisa Kashima;Victor Corral-Verdugo

  • Reconciliation through the Righteous: The Narratives of Heroic Helpers as a Fulfillment of Emotional Needs in Polish−Jewish Intergroup Contact

    Michal Bilewicz;Manana Jaworska

  • How do we get people into contact? Predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking

    Mathias Kauff;Marta Beneda;Stefania Paolini;Michał Bilewicz

  • Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty.

    Marta Marchlewska;Aleksandra Cichocka;Aleksandra Cichocka;Manana Jaworska;Agnieszka Golec de Zavala

  • History as an Obstacle: Impact of Temporal-Based Social Categorizations on Polish-Jewish Intergroup Contact

    Michal Bilewicz

  • On the Grammar of Politics—or Why Conservatives Prefer Nouns

    Aleksandra Cichocka;Michał Bilewicz;John T. Jost;Natasza Marrouch

  • A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change

    Tabea Hässler;Johannes Ullrich;Michelle Bernardino;Nurit Shnabel

Frequent Co-Authors

James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Paul G. Bain
Paul G. Bain University of Bath
Olivier Klein
Olivier Klein Université Libre de Bruxelles
Roland Imhoff
Roland Imhoff Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ángel Gómez
Ángel Gómez National University of Distance Education
Steve Loughnan
Steve Loughnan University of Edinburgh
Malte Friese
Malte Friese Saarland University
William B. Swann
William B. Swann The University of Texas at Austin
Brock Bastian
Brock Bastian University of Melbourne
Yanjun Guan
Yanjun Guan Durham University

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