Frederic R. Hopp
Jun. Professor for Big Data in Psychology at Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) and U of Trier | PI Moral Computing Lab | https://fhopp.github.io
- Do character networks predict story telling success? In a new study led by the amazing @gongxuanjun.bsky.social we pursue this question. Preprint is available 👇
- Enjoying Stranger Things during the holiday season? Have you thought about why some stories are more successful than others? Our new preprint investigates this question by studying the character networks in the narratives: osf.io/preprints/ps...
- It’s been a pleasure presenting our recent work on neural biomarkers of morality at #ICANDay2025. Hopefully, shifting from brain maps to neural models will help us to develop a more precise and reliable moral neuroscience.
- Very inspiring keynote by @fhopp.bsky.social at #ICANDay2025: “From Maps to Models: A Paradigm Shift for Moral Neuroscience.” A fascinating case for moving beyond brain mapping toward predictive modeling and multivariate neural decoding to better understand morality in the brain.
- Really excited to see this work out! In her *first* dissertation chapter, Anna combined NLP and semantic network analysis to examine #moralization of populist rhetoric in the multiparty system of the Netherlands. Follow-up studies are currently on their way 🚀
- My first publication :) in Social Media + Society with @fhopp.bsky.social, Michael Hameleers & @lindabos.bsky.social: “Moral Foundations of Populist Communication.” We found populists lean more on Care/Authority plus they shift moral tone across platforms more than mainstreamers. shorturl.at/ip9i4
- 🚨 Be aware of the tool pile for measuring moral foundations 🚨 In a new multiverse analysis led by @marvins.bsky.social , we report that existing moral foundation measurements (surprisingly?) fail to converge on multilingual party manifestos, with implications for substantial research questions.
- New publication, out in Political Analysis: There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually? I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.
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- Congrats Ale!
- @t-1m.bsky.social doing an excellent job presenting our work on MoralNet at #CCN2025 where we explore the alignment between brains and machines during moral perception.
- 🧠❤️🤖⚖️ We had an inspiring and fun satellite event at #CCN2025 forging new research ideas at the intersection of emotion, morality, and brains. Excited for next steps!
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- Wonderful news Josh, congratulations!
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- Thank you so much and for all the continuing support!
- I am truly grateful and honored to receive the rising star award by the wonderful @icacsab.bsky.social A huge thank you to everyone for their support along this wonderful journey. Science is a team sport that would not be possible without you!
- We want to congratulate @fhopp.bsky.social at the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) for receiving the Rising Star in Communication Science Award 💫 for his excellent work in moralized messages and how large language models align with humans’ moral judgements. Watch out for this rising star!!
- 🚀 Very happy (and proud!) that rockstar @michelleschimmel.bsky.social received a top student paper for her MSc thesis, which I had the pleasure to supervise. Excited to see this work out soon!
- Congratulations to @michelleschimmel.bsky.social and @fhopp.bsky.social on receiving a Top Student Paper Award for their work “Engage and divide: The role of moral language for cross-ideological interactions on social media” #ICA25
- Do you enjoy good stories? Tune into the latest episode of Opinion Science, where @mattgrizz.bsky.social talks about how and why we enjoy character-driven narratives. Shoutout to @andyluttrell.bsky.social for another great episode! open.spotify.com/episode/3Hpf...
- ⚖️❤️ Please share widely 🧠🤖 If you are attending #CCN25 and are interested in #emotion and #morality, @pkragel.bsky.social and I are organizing a collaborative, hands-on satellite event @cogcompneuro.bsky.social. More info, including sign-up link below: github.com/Moral-Comput...
- If you are interested in extracting moral values from text corpora, check out our latest resource, the extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD). Led by the brilliant @musamalik.bsky.social, we show that eMACD surpasses the (predictive) validity of previous moral foundations dictionaries 📕
- Finally, it is published 😀 open access: The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
- Are we allowed to lie to protect someone? And how would an #AI decide? 🤖⚖ Frederic Hopp is part of #BookaScientist and answers your questions about human and artificial #morality!🧠💬 📅Book your time slot now: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne... #psychology #ZPID @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
- Are LLMs impartial moral judges? @sarahmlr.bsky.social doing an excellent job sharing our first results at #MoralMedia25, highlighting that LLMs rate moral violations from ingroup members less severely than the same actions committed by outgroup members.
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- Congrats Steve!
- In a new study led by @delaneypeterson.bsky.social , we show how loneliness correlates with support for the populist radical right. Short summary and paper link in the thread below.
- Does loneliness correlate with support for the populist radical right? In the Netherlands, yes-lonelier individuals were more likely to support the PRR across 15 years of data (2008-2023), with effect sizes comparable to health correlates of loneliness. (1/9) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Truly excited to be a keynote speaker at this year's Moral Media conference! If you are interested in ⚖️ and 📺 in a 🌎 context, please consider applying!
- Thrilled to announce keynote speakers for #moralmedia25 - Drs. Helena Bilandzic (U Augsburg), @mdehghani.bsky.social (U Southern California), @aeden.bsky.social (Michigan State U), & @fhopp.bsky.social (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). Submissions are due Feb 2!
- Busy bookworm or targeted hunter? Check out this amazing work on using computational modeling for exploring #curiosity in book selection!
- In Jan 2022, over 🌮s, Jason & I kicked off a project on sequential media selection. A theory article (doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...) laid the foundation. Now, a new preprint using real-world data, careful experimentation, & computational modeling shows how curiosity modulates exploration. Way to go Jason!
- We checked all boxes for a great research retreat! ✅ Exchanged interests and expertise ✅ Forged new collaborations ✅ Stayed in an old castle in the middle of nowhere :)
- Excited for the research retreat from @zpid.bsky.social with @kaisassenberg.bsky.social @svenjabfrenzel.bsky.social @claudiaaraya.bsky.social @cspetrule.bsky.social @abitter.bsky.social @fhopp.bsky.social @marlephie.bsky.social and many more :)
- We have lift off! 🚀Super excited to be working with these brilliant researchers on integrating #sciencereception, #metascience, and #computation in #psychology.
- How marvelous! 😍 @marlephie.bsky.social, Kinga Bierwiaczonek und @fhopp.bsky.social hold joint junior professorships at the @zpid.bsky.social and @unitrier.bsky.social. ➡️https://leibniz-psychology.org/en/news/detail/three-junior-professorships-for-research-at-zpid #psychology #research
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- Thanks Bine! Let’s catch up soon :)
- In view of the recent discussions concerning the Nobel price, a gentle reminder from Feynman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61K...
- 1/3: Big Personal News: I am thrilled to be joining the Leibniz Institute for Psychology @zpid.bsky.social as Juniorprofessor for Big Data in Psychology! 🤖⚖️🧠
- 2/3: Together with two emerging teams on meta-science and science reception, you will be joining an interdisciplinary research hub in Germany’s oldest city of Trier, have access to cutting-edge compute power, and the amazing @unitrier.bsky.social Come join us...
- 3/3 Starting in October, I am looking for a PhD student (75% TV-L E13, 3+1 years) interested in moral psychology, machine/deep learning, and data science. Please RETWEET: leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/90o408mf
- 🇳🇱 New Paper ⚖️ We provide an adapted stimulus database of moral vignettes and socio-moral images for studying moral judgment in Dutch populations. We also report similarities and differences in moral judgment between US/Australian and Dutch samples: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Exciting to see our work on the neuroscience of moral foundations featured on the cover of NHB: www.nature.com/nathumbehav/...
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- Have fun and let’s catch up soon!
