I’m currently spearheading a special issue of Political Psychology called “Crowdsourcing the Next Generation of Ideas in Political Psychology”, along with Ruthie Plisken (Leiden University), Leor Zmigrod (Cambridge), and Manos Tsakiris (Royal Holloway).

In this special issue, we’ve inverted the usual “top-down” editorial model, instead adopting a novel, community-driven approach in which the field at large selects the best ideas in a registered report-style format.

Researchers proposed their ideas first—before running the studies. The broader community of political psychologists then voted on which ideas should move forward.

This process helped democratize the publishing pipeline, ensuring that researchers at every career stage had the opportunity to have their best ideas selected based on merit alone. By advancing these ideas—and for the top-rated proposals, also providing funding—we allowed the most promising and innovative concepts to rise to the top, showing that academic collaboration and innovation can flourish in a more democratic environment.

If you’re curious to learn more about our approach—see the website here: https://www.next-gen-ideas.com/