Publications

2026 Causal Beliefs and the Potential for Political Backlash Against AI Peter John Loewen · Public Opinion Quarterly · Scholar only 2 2026 Economic shock and the erosion of COVID-19 precautionary behavior in Canada during the early pandemic Peter John Loewen · PLoS ONE · Scholar only — 2026 Ethical distance and electoral accountability: voters punish politicians whose ethical views diverge from societal consensus Peter John Loewen · Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties · Scholar only — 2026 Explaining Womens Skepticism toward Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Risk Orientation and Risk Exposure Peter John Loewen · PNAS Nexus 18 2026 How Do Politicians’ Own Opinions Affect Their Information Intake? A Survey Experiment among Belgian and Canadian Elected Representatives Peter John Loewen · Representation · Scholar only — 2026 Party or Policy? The Role of Policy Partisanship in Voter Decision-Making Peter John Loewen · Political Behavior · Scholar only 1 2026 Preferences for platform regulation of online hate speech are shared internationally Peter John Loewen · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · Scholar only — 2025 Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Globalization: Common Microfoundations and Political Implications Peter John Loewen · American Journal of Political Science 39 2025 Conscientiousness of representatives and agreement with their party positions Peter John Loewen · The Journal of legislative studies · Scholar only · needs review 4 2025 Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? Peter John Loewen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 9 2025 Measuring Transgender and Non-Binary Identities in Online Surveys: Evidence from Two National Election Studies. Peter John Loewen · PS: Political Science & Politics 7 2025 Perceived technological threat and vote choice: evidence from 15 European democracies. Peter John Loewen · West European Politics 27 2025 Reassessing the Winner-Loser Gap. Peter John Loewen · PLOS ONE 9 2025 Too humble and honest to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment. Peter John Loewen · European Journal of Political Research 3 2025 What nudges you to take a vaccine? Understanding behavioural drivers of COVID-19 vaccinations using large-scale experiments in the G-7 countries. Peter John Loewen · Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 2 2025 What Personality Traits Do Citizens Want Politicians to Have? Observational and Experimental Evidence of Citizens Preferences in Three Countries Peter John Loewen · Political Psychology 3 2024 Are Politicians Democratic Realists? Peter John Loewen · European Journal of Political Research 10 2024 Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the e↵ects of information about trade-o↵s. Peter John Loewen · Political Science Research and Methods 33 2024 Citizen reflection reduces support for default vaccination appointments. Evidence from G7 countries Peter John Loewen · PNAS Nexus 4 2024 From Gender Gap to Gender Gaps: Bringing Nonbinary People into Political Behavior Research. Peter John Loewen · Perspectives on Politics 36 2024 Long-Term Policymaking and Politicians’ Beliefs about Voters: Evidence from a Three-Year Panel Study of Politicians. Peter John Loewen · Governance 36 2024 Pathways to Substantive Representation Peter John Loewen · Political Behavior 8 2024 Politicians are better at estimating public opinion when they think it matters more. Peter John Loewen · Party Politics 10 2024 Politicians’ theories of voter behavior. Peter John Loewen · American Political Science Review 37 2024 Projection in Politicians’ Perceptions of Public Opinion. Peter John Loewen · Political Psychology 47 2024 Public support for more stringent vaccine policies increases with vaccine e↵ectiveness. Peter John Loewen · Scientific Reports 7 2024 Support for Algorithmic Government. Peter John Loewen · Journal of Public Policy 17 2024 The Gender Gap in Attitudes Toward Workplace Technological Change. Peter John Loewen · Socio-Economic Review 44 2024 Thinking about default enrollment lowers vaccination intentions and public support in G7 countries Peter John Loewen · PNAS Nexus · Scholar only 18 2024 Who Can Assert Ownership Over Automation?: Workplace Technological Change, Populist and Ethno-nationalist Rhetoric, and Candidate Support. Peter John Loewen · Political Behavior 30 2023 Artificial intelligence and the work-health interface: A research agenda for a technologically transforming world of work. Peter John Loewen · American Journal of Industrial Medicine 64 2023 Canadian Election Study, 2019, Phone Survey Peter John Loewen · Borealis · Scholar only 4 2023 Conscientiousness of Representatives and Political Congruence. Peter John Loewen · Journal of Legislative Studies — 2023 Do Politicians and Citizens Have Different Theories of Elections and Voting? Peter John Loewen · Scholar only — 2023 Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries Maria IT Olsson, Sanne van Grootel, Katharina Block, Carolin Schuster, Loes Meeussen, Colette Van Laar, Toni … Peter John Loewen · Scholar only — 2023 How do Politicians Bargain? Evidence from Ultimatum Games with Legislators. Peter John Loewen · American Political Science Review 24 2023 Improving political representation through data Peter John Loewen · Democracy Affirming Technologies 0 2023 Inaccurate Politicians. Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries. Peter John Loewen · The Journal of Politics 137 2023 Monitoring disinformation & misinformation at an ecosystem level Peter John Loewen · Privy Council Office — 2023 Motivated to Forgive? Partisan Scandals and Party Supporters. Peter John Loewen · Political Psychology 23 2023 Overcoming barriers to vaccination by empowering citizens to maker deliberate choices Peter John Loewen · The British Academy · Scholar only · needs review 6 2023 The Canadian Information Ecosystem Peter John Loewen · Media Ecosystem Observatory 4 2023 The Political Reputation of Students in Upper Secondary School: Consequences for Their Collective Political Activities Four Years Later Håkan Stattin, and Silvia Russo When … Peter John Loewen · Scholar only — 2023 Too honest and humble to run for office? The impact of personality traits on citizens’ nascent political ambition and recruitment Peter John Loewen · Politicologenetmaal · Scholar only — 2022 2021 Democracy Checkup Peter John Loewen · Consortium on Electoral Democracy (C-Dem) · Scholar only 12 2022 COVID-19 Recovery: Building Future Pandemic Preparedness and Understanding Citizen Engagement in the USA and UK Peter John Loewen · The British Academy · Scholar only — 2022 Learning how others perceive COVID-19 vaccination has minimal effect on uptake intentions: Evidence from injunctive norm and contentiousness treatments in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States Peter John Loewen · PNAS Nexus 8 2022 Pandemic fatigue or enduring precautionary behaviours? Canadians’ long-term response to COVID-19 public health measures Peter John Loewen · Preventive Medicine Reports 14 2022 Revisiting Elite Perceptions as Mediator of Elite Responsiveness to Public Opinion. Peter John Loewen · Political Studies 22 2022 The correlates and dynamics of COVID-19 vaccine-specific hesitancy Peter John Loewen · Vaccine · Scholar only 46