dr. Bastian Jaeger

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at Tilburg University.

My research focuses on three topics:

• Altruism & Morality: How can we motivate people to do good? Why do we care about the suffering of some individuals, but not others?
• First impressions & Social biases: How accurate are our first impressions? How do they influence our behavior?
• Meta-science & Methodology: How can we improve research practices in the behavioral sciences?

I use a variety of methods to study these questions, including lab experiments, meta-analysis, multi-country surveys, and data scraping. More information on my research can be found here.

Courses

• The Psychology of Economics

Top publications

1. Psychological barriers to effective altruism - An evolutionary perspe…

   Jaeger, B., & van Vugt, M. (2022). Psychological barriers to effective altruism: An evolutionary perspective. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 130-134.

2. The relative importance of target and judge characteristics in shapin…

   Jaeger, B., & Wilks, M. (2023). The relative importance of target and judge characteristics in shaping the moral circle. Cognitive Science, 47(10), Article e13362.

3. Which facial features are central in impression formation?

   Jaeger, B., & Jones, A. L. (2022). Which facial features are central in impression formation? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(2), 553-561.

4. Can people detect the trustworthiness of strangers based on their fac…

   Jaeger, B., Oud, B., Williams, T., Krumhuber, E. G., Fehr, E., & Engelmann, J. B. (2022). Can people detect the trustworthiness of strangers based on their facial appearance? Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(4), 296-303.

5. Reduce by how much? Calibrating meat reduction appeals to maximize th…

   Cameron, S., Wilks, M., & Jaeger, B. (2023). Reduce by how much? Calibrating meat reduction appeals to maximize their effectiveness. Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations. https://phair.psychopen.eu/index.php/phair/article/view/9511/9511.pdf