Qinyu Xiao

Qinyu Xiao is a University Assistant (Praedoc) and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vienna, within the Faculty of Psychology and Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology. He joined the university in August 2022 after completing his B.A. and M.Phil. in Hong Kong.

• Education:
  • B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy
  • M.Phil. in Social Psychology
• Research Interests:
  • Cooperation in social dilemmas
  • Intergroup conflicts and social institutions
  • Methodologies: surveys, behavioral experiments, and modeling
  • Disciplinary insights: behavioral economics, social psychology, and evolutionary anthropology
  • Advocacy: transparent, replicable, and generalizable science
• Publications & Research Trends:
  • 2024: Focus on cross-cultural replication studies in psychology.
  • 2023: Explored intergroup altruism, open science community building, and pandemic data sharing.
  • 2022: Addressed pandemic-related behavioral interventions and emotional regulation.
• Team Affiliation:
  • Collaborates with Robert Böhm, Lau Lilleholt, and others in the Social and Economic Psychology Group.