Persons

Matthew Baldwin

Publications (selection)

(2025)

Lammers, J., Alaukik, A., & Baldwin, M. (2025).

"When Longing Goes Wrong: Nostalgia Can Cause a Preference for Harmful Aspects of the Past." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 25(1), e70000.
(2024)

Baldwin, M., Alves, H., & Unkelbach, C. (2024).

"A Cognitive–Ecological Approach to Temporal Self-Appraisals." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(5), 779–803.

García Ferrés, E. A., Van Berkel, L., Baldwin, M., & Lammers, J. (2024).

"Temporal Comparisons Shape System Justification Processes." Political Psychology, pops.13030. Advance online publication.

Schulte, A., Baldwin, M., & Lammers, J. (2024).

"Highlighting the Old in the “New Normal”: Appealing to Conservatives’ Focus on the Past Decreases Opposition to COVID-19 Measures." Social Psychology, 55(2), 88–100.
(2023)

Lammers, J., Schulte, A., & Baldwin, M. (2023).

"Does Framing Climate Change Policies to Fit with Epistemic Needs for Predictability Reduce Conservatives’ Opposition?" Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. Advance online publication.

Unkelbach, C., Alves, H., Baldwin, M., Crusius, J., Diel, K., Galinsky, A. D., Gast, A., Hofmann, W., Imhoff, R., Genschow, O., Lammers, J., Pauels, E., Schneider, I., Topolinski, S., Westfal, M., & Mussweiler, T. (2023).

"Relativity in Social Cognition: Basic Processes and Novel Applications of Social Comparisons." European Review of Social Psychology, 34(2), 387–440.
(2022)

Lammers, J., & Baldwin, M. (2022).

"Two Sides of the Same Coin: A New Look at Differences and Similarities Across Political Ideology." In C. G. Sibley & D. Osborne (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology (pp. 674–686). Cambridge University Press.
(2020)

Lammers, J., & Baldwin, M. (2020).

"Make America Gracious Again: Collective Nostalgia Can Increase and Decrease Support for Right‐Wing Populist Rhetoric." European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(5), 943–954.
(2019)

Gravelin, C. R., Biernat, M., & Baldwin, M. (2019).

"The Impact of Power and Powerlessness on Blaming the Victim of Sexual Assault." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 22(1), 98–115.
(2018)

Lammers, J., & Baldwin, M. (2018).

"Past-Focused Temporal Communication Overcomes Conservatives’ Resistance to Liberal Political Ideas." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(4), 599–619.

Baldwin, M., White, M. H., & Sullivan, D. (2018).

"Nostalgia for America’s Past Can Buffer Collective Guilt." European Journal of Social Psychology, 48(4), 433–446.
(2016)

Baldwin, M., & Lammers, J. (2016).

"Past-Focused Environmental Comparisons Promote Proenvironmental Outcomes for Conservatives." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(52), 14953–14957.
(2015)

Baldwin, M., Biernat, M., & Landau, M. J. (2015).

"Remembering the Real Me: Nostalgia Offers a Window to the Intrinsic Self." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108(1), 128–147.

In the media

Los Angeles Times, 12.12.2016 | Melissa Healy

“But to conservative ears, says a study published Monday in the journal PNAS, policy recommendations on the environment might sound more appealing if they’re aimed at restoring a known and beloved past than if they’re required to forestall disasters in an uncertain future.[…] Baldwin and Lammers write, the message of climate change has been framed in many ways — from fatalistic predictions about the future to calls for social progress[…].”

Link to article: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-environmental-messaging-conservative-20161212-story.html

Quirks & Quarks, 17.12.2016 | Bob McDonald

“Psychologist Dr. Matthew Baldwin and colleagues at the University of Cologne, in Germany, have considered how re-framing language around climate change increases its appeal for specific parts of the population. In a new study, Baldwin has found that Americans who are politically conservative and tend to be skeptical about climate change, are more likely to be persuaded by statements that connect climate change with a cherished, idyllic past. In contrast, liberals, or progressives, respond to both ‘past-focused’ messages and to appeals that talk about the future.”

Link to article: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/head-transplants-weed-research-flaws-fake-news-1.3897675/how-to-convince-a-conservative-climate-change-skeptic-1.3897742

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