Jonas R. Kunst

Jonas R. Kunst is Professor of Communication at BI Norwegian Business School (Department of Communication and Culture) and Professor II of Cultural and Community Psychology at the University of Oslo. His academic journey includes a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Oslo (2016), postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University, and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar position at Harvard University. He rapidly advanced from Associate Professor (2019) to Full Professor of Psychology at the University of Oslo (2020).

His research spans acculturation dynamics, misinformation, violent extremism, and environmental psychology, with growing emphasis on artificial intelligence implications. Kunst examines how majority-group members relate to immigrant cultures, the psychological roots of extremism, and organizational strategies for combating misinformation. His work features innovative methodologies including machine learning analyses of 34,000+ extremism articles.

As Editor-in-Chief of advances.in/psychology and Consulting Editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Kunst significantly shapes academic discourse. He serves on editorial boards of Personality and Social Psychology Review, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the International Journal of Intercultural Relations.

• Rising Star Designation (Association for Psychological Science)
• Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions
• Early Career Award (International Academy of Intercultural Research)
• Fellowships in Society of Experimental Social Psychology and Association of Psychological Science

Kunst's leadership extends to major collaborative projects including the Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Violent Extremism and cross-cultural studies across 32 countries examining pandemic responses. His research demonstrates consistent methodological rigor with frequent use of multi-national datasets and longitudinal designs.