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Cecilie Traberg, PhD

@cecilietraberg.bsky.social
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Cambridge-trained psychologist AI, influence & digital threats Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Mum x 3, advocating for a parent-friendly academia

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Psychologist @cecilietraberg.bsky.social describes the power of storytelling in science communication and education. If you want people to remember scientific ideas or boost their media literacy, you can’t just present data, you need to make them feel the story behind it.
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It was such a pleasure to be on the Misguided podcast talking about the hidden social forces of misinformation with @matthewfacciani.bsky.social ! open.spotify.com/episode/42rz...
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The Hidden Social Forces Behind Misinformation
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨 AI is turning research into a scientific monoculture — and as a scientist, I worry about the long-term resilience of our research ecosystem. Our new piece in @commspsychol.nature.com with @profsanderlinden.bsky.social and Jon Roozenbeek: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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AI is turning research into a scientific monoculture
Communications Psychology - The rush to study generative AI is producing a feedback loop of topical and methodological convergence, flattening scientific imagination and crowding out the pluralism...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/01/2026
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area? Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more. disinfoinstitute.org
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Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sharing this feels vulnerable but meaningful. 💛 In this piece for @natureportfolio.bsky.social, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I had three children during my PhD: here’s what I learnt
Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg worried that choosing to have children during her graduate studies might signal a lack of career dedication.
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Søren Torbjørn Svendsen @sorentsvendsen.eurosky.social · 22/12/2025
Og vi er påvirkelige "Hvis jeg tror, at mange andre mener noget, øges sandsynligheden for, at jeg selv accepterer det. Det gælder både misinformation og sand information. Det gælder også ekstreme holdninger, normative forventninger og politiske positioner."
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Søren Torbjørn Svendsen @sorentsvendsen.eurosky.social · 22/12/2025
Spændende indlæg af @cecilietraberg.bsky.social om manipulationens muligheder via platformene - prisen på manipulation er faldet pga. teknologisk fremskridt. Til gengæld stiger prisen ifbm. valg pga. stigende efterspørgsel efter falske påvirkningsagenter. #dkpol #dkmedier #dksome
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
As part of our recent report on digital platforms, we asked people in eight countries whether they trusted different types of digital platforms for news about politics. Here's a thread with four findings from the report Read it in full here buff.ly/3VykaDY
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🛡️ This week, I had the privilege of being invited by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence to participate in the first workshop for the "Computational Narrative Ontology" project in Riga.
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Advances.in @advances.in · 09/12/2024
🌟We are thrilled to announce the publication of our Special Issue: From Vulnerability to Vigilance. This issue brings together 11 impactful articles on psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs. advances.in/psychology/1...
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Vulnerability to vigilance – Cultivating psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs: Introduction to the special issue
Explore psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs with insights on interventions, mechanisms, and methodological advances.
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sharing this feels vulnerable but meaningful. 💛 In this piece for @natureportfolio.bsky.social, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I had three children during my PhD: here’s what I learnt
Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg worried that choosing to have children during her graduate studies might signal a lack of career dedication.
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Starter pack for those working on misinfo, disinfo, information integrity, digital authoritarianism, propaganda etc. Definitely a work in progress, reply if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/V4Po9wB
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New #preprint! We surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries to find out: Where do they come across information about #science? How do they #communicate about it? We also tested country factors like #AcademicFreedom and #PressFreedom and identified interesting patterns 🔎 ➡️ osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵 1/10
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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
New computational analyses on algorithmic bias from @timothyjgraham.bsky.social suggest that the X algorithm substantially boosted Republican accounts right after Elon Musk's endorsement of Donald Trump. Full report eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/1/A_c...
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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
famous moments in psychology / cog-sci as lego sets, a thread. 1. Pavlov's dogs.
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
👋 Hi, Bluesky! I’m Cecilie, a PhD candidate at Cambridge University studying how we influence each other’s judgments, attitudes, and beliefs - currently focused on misinformation. Feeling cautiously optimistic about this platform. Get to know me better here: www.cecilietraberg.com
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Home | Cecilie Traberg
A PhD Candidate at Cambridge University and socio-cognitive psychologist interested in how people influence each other.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
In a new paper in Nature Medicine we argue that polarization is a serious—and overlooked—determinant of health. #Polarization is analogous to a preexisting medical condition because it creates a population susceptible to negative influences. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ullrich Ecker @ulliecker.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Feels like weird timing, but still glad to see this out: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
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Fact‐checking election‐campaign misinformation: Impacts on noncommitted voters' feelings and behavior
Making misleading statements may benefit a politician, for example, during an election campaign. However, there are potentially also negative consequences; political misinformation can taint democrat...
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Cecilie Traberg, PhD @cecilietraberg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
✨ Full Circle Moment ✨ This week, I gave a talk at Cambridge’s Social Psychology Seminar - where I began my grad journey in 2018! Sharing my PhD work on misinformation in that historic room was truly meaningful. Now, back to finishing my thesis - fueled by ☕️ caffeine and 😅 mild panic.
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Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
When search engines "lead" people to misinformation websites, it's largely because people are explicitly searching for these sites, finds Greene et al. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Current engagement with unreliable sites from web search driven by navigational searchFigure 1Figure 2Figure 3
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Sciences @sciences.skyfleet.blue · 06/11/2024
Misinformation Really Does Spread like a Virus, Epidemiology Shows
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Misinformation Really Does Spread like a Virus, Epidemiology Shows
“Going viral” appears to be more than just a catchphrase when it comes to the rampant spread of misinformation
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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Just a reminder amidst the floodings in Spain that misinformation is prevalent and has costly consequences. False hoaxes claiming hundreds of bodies trapped in parking lots leads authorities astray and potentially endangers life-saving help for others. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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‘It can lead to chaos’: false claims and hoaxes surge as Spain’s floods recede
People urged to stop flow of misinformation as fire department says it is hindering work to save citizens
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Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
Exciting *three-year postdoc* job opportunity, working in @cast-centre.bsky.social at University of Bath!
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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Paper out led by the brilliant @cecilietraberg.bsky.social! We test (1) a new inoculation against emotionally manipulative news & find #prebunking improves veracity discernment & (2) show how social cues make misinfo more persuasive but don't undermine inoculation. advances.in/psychology/1...
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
We know way too little about mis- and disinformation from the Global South. Our studies are too US and Europe focused. Big shout out to @sumitra.bsky.social and @simonchauchard.bsky.social for this piece 👏 ⬇️ commsky polcomm polisky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Researching and Countering Misinformation in the Global South
Scholarly literature on misinformation has insufficiently captured the experience of the majority of the world’s population: those in the Global South…
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Pessimus Prime @pessimusprime.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board? Me: I am a Dr Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701
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Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Affective polarization (dislike of opposing partisans) is driven more by substantive policy disagreements, not necessarily partisan identity or loyalty, finds Orr, Fowler & Huber. Interesting results given the rise in the study of identity in politics. doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Is Affective Polarization Driven by Identity, Loyalty, or Substance? Lilla V. Orr University of Richmond Anthony Fowler University of Chicago Gregory A. Huber Yale UniversityEffects of Treatment Conditions on Subjects’ Perceptions

Notes: Regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals estimated using robust standard errors. The omitted category is the baseline out-partisan with no additional information about strength of partisanship or political activity. Outcomes are scaled from 0–1.Effects of Branded and Unbranded Policy Positions on Other Perceptions

Notes: Regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals estimated using robust standard errors show the effects of different types of vignette policy positions (rows) on different perceptions (facets).Table 1. Policy Agreement versus Party Loyalty
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David Rand @dgrand.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
🚨New WP🚨 How can more Republicans be convinced re climate change? We show that tweets from Elon Musk (a fav of the right, but still pro-climate) sig increase climate concern/action among Reps - with no effect on his reputation Musk can be a powerful climate messenger! osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Happy Halloween! 👻
A ghost stands behind a Stick Figure man and says boo. The man doesn’t react. The man continues not reacting and the fourth frame the ghost says you should be writing the man screams and runs away.
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Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
People believe that social media algorithms do amplify divisive content, such as misinformation, but they don't think such content ~*should*~ go viral finds @steverathje.bsky.social, Robertson, @williambrady.bsky.social @jayvanbavel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1745... ALT
People think that social media platforms do (but should not) amplify divisive contentFigure 1. perceptions of what does (vs. should) go viralFigure 2. what people think goes viral versus what people think should go viral
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Bojana Većkalov @bojanaveckalov.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Analytic thinking is related to lower belief in conspiracies. So can analytic thinking decrease belief in conspiracy theories? We don’t really know, as the one set of studies in support of this does not seem to replicate. With @marijapetrovic.bsky.social, @vukasin.bsky.social #socialpsyc #PsychSci
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No evidence that priming analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories: A Registered Repor...
Analytic thinking is reliably associated with lower belief in conspiracy theories. However, evidence for whether increasing analytic thinking can redu…
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in the "Global North". Scholars who are geographically located in the "Global South" will be given priority. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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BlueSky Invites for "Global South" scholars form
This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for Blue Sky which do not seem to be reaching "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in th...
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Thread, scroll down. The Bluesky migration is yet another reminder that, without intentional efforts to prevent it from doing so, inequality will resurface in new spaces.
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