David Hauser, Queen's University

Research

belief updating evidence search health decision-making information gathering judgment and decision making science skepticism vaccine skepticism (1) risk perception

Latest funding

How do vaccine resistors recruit evidence to support their beliefs and meta-beliefs?
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$76,000
How do vaccine resistors recruit evidence to support their beliefs and meta-beliefs?
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Mother nature's fury: How antagonistic agent metaphors impact reasoning about natural disasters
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$56,896

All 3 grants and awards

How do vaccine resistors recruit evidence to support their beliefs and meta-beliefs?

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hauser, David

Keywords: information gathering; belief updating; evidence search; judgment and decision making; vaccine skepticism; health decision-making; science skepticism

$76,000

How do vaccine resistors recruit evidence to support their beliefs and meta-beliefs?

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Hauser, David

$12,500

Mother nature's fury: How antagonistic agent metaphors impact reasoning about natural disasters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hauser, David

Keywords: (1) risk perception; (2) conceptual metaphor theory; (3) metaphoric framing; (4) risk communication; (5) disaster planning; (6) public policy; (7) media effects

$56,896

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: belief updating Dear Professor Hauser, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on belief updating connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "How do vaccine resistors recruit evidence to support their beliefs and meta-beliefs?" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]