Dr John Kerr

Kerr, J., Daubs, M., Wilson, N., Schneider, C., Turner, N., & Baker, M. (2024). National capacity needed to monitor misinformation to protect public health and social cohesion. The Briefing, (16 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/national-capacity-needed-monitor-misinformation-protect-public-health-and-social-cohesion Journal - Research Other

Beattie, A., Kerr, J., & Taiuru, K. (2024). The demographics of digital disconnection: Prevalence, motives and barriers to disconnecting from the Internet in Aotearoa New Zealand. Communication Research & Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/22041451.2024.2370184 Journal - Research Article

Baker, M., Kerr, J., Broadbent, A., Hales, S., Rawson-Te Patu, E., Prickett, M., Edwards, R., Cleghorn, C., & Wilson, N. (2024). Communicating public health evidence: A successful first year for the PHCC. The Briefing, (9 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/communicating-public-health-evidence-successful-first-year-phcc Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Dryhurst, S., Schneider, C. R., Kerr, J., Freeman, A. L. J., Recchia, G., van der Bles, A. M., … van der Linden, S. (2023). Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world. In J. K. Wardman & R. Löfstedt (Eds.), COVID-19: Confronting a new world risk. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003316169 Chapter in Book - Other

Baker, M., Wilson, N., Hales, S., Kerr, J., Broadbent, A., & Wall, T. (2023). Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre. The Briefing, (9 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/why-aotearoa-new-zealand-needs-public-health-communication-centre Journal - Research Other

Kerr, J., Thomson, G., & Wilson, N. (2023). Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ's 'sudden mass fatality events'. The Briefing, (28 March). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/cyclone-gabrielle-joins-list-aotearoa-nzs-sudden-mass-fatality-events Journal - Research Other

Baker, M. G., Kvalsvig, A., Plank, M. J., Geoghegan, J. L., Wall, T., Tukuitonga, C., Summers, J., Bennett, J., Kerr, J., Turner, N., … Betty, B., … French, N., & Wilson, N. (2023). Continued mitigation needed to minimise the high health burden from COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1583), 67-91. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Other

Tanase, L.-M., Kerr, J., Freeman, A. L. J., & Schneider, C. R. (2022). COVID-19 risk perception and hoax beliefs in the US immediately before and after the announcement of President Trump's diagnosis. Royal Society Open Science, 9, 212013. doi: 10.1098/rsos.212013 Journal - Research Article

Dryhurst, S., Mulder, F., Dallo, I., Kerr, J. R., McBride, S. K., Fallou, L., & Becker, J. S. (2022). Fighting misinformation in seismology: Expert opinion on earthquake facts vs. fiction. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 937055. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.937055 Journal - Research Article

Marques, M. D., Ling, M., Williams, M. N., Kerr, J. R., & McLennan, J. A. (2022). Australasian public awareness and belief in conspiracy theories: Motivational correlates. Political Psychology, 43(1), 177-198. doi: 10.1111/pops.12746 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., Schneider, C. R., Freeman, A. L. J., Marteau, T., & van der Linden, S. (2022). Transparent communication of evidence does not undermine public trust in evidence. PNAS Nexus, 1(5), pgac280. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac280 Journal - Research Article

Marques, M. D., Hill, S. R., Clarke, E. J. R., Williams, M. N., Ling, M., Kerr, J. R., … Sibley, C. G. (2022). Democracy and belief in conspiracy theories in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Political Science, 57(3), 264-279. doi: 10.1080/10361146.2022.2122773 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., & van der Linden, S. (2022). Communicating expert consensus increases personal support for COVID-19 mitigation policies. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52, 15-29. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12827 Journal - Research Article

Williams, M. N., Marques, M. D., Hill, S. R., Kerr, J. R., & Ling, M. (2022). Why are beliefs in different conspiracy theories positively correlated across individuals? Testing monological network versus unidimensional factor model explanations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61(3), 1011-1031. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12518 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J., Panagopoulos, C., & van der Linden, S. (2021). Political polarization on COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States. Personality & Individual Differences, 179, 110892. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110892 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., Schneider, C. R., Recchia, G., Dryhurst, S., Sahlin, U., Dufouil, C., … van der Linden, S. (2021). Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: Results from a series of cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open, 11, e048025. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048025 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., & Wilson, M. S. (2021). Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation predict rejection of science and scientists. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(4), 550-567. doi: 10.1177/1368430221992126 Journal - Research Article

Marques, M. D., Kerr, J. R., Williams, M. N., Ling, M., & McLennan, J. A. (2021). Associations between conspiracism and the rejection of scientific innovations. Public Understanding of Science, 30(7), 854-867. doi: 10.1177/09636625211007013 Journal - Research Article

Freeman, A. L. J., Kerr, J., Recchia, G., Schneider, C. R., Lawrence, A. C. E., Finikarides, L., … Spiegelhalter, D. (2021). Communicating personalized risks from COVID-19: Guidelines from an empirical study. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 201721. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201721 Journal - Research Article

Schneider, C. R., Dryhurst, S., Kerr, J., Freeman, A. L. J., Recchia, G., Spiegelhalter, D., & van der Linden, S. (2021). COVID-19 risk perception: A longitudinal analysis of its predictors and associations with health protective behaviours in the United Kingdom. Journal of Risk Research, 24(3-4), 294-313. doi: 10.1080/13669877.2021.1890637 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., Freeman, A. L. J., Marteau, T. M., & van der Linden, S. (2021). Effect of information about COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and side effects on behavioural intentions: Two online experiments. Vaccines, 9, 379. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9040379 Journal - Research Article

Dryhurst, S., Schneider, C. R., Kerr, J., Freeman, A. L. J., Recchia, G., van der Bles, A. M., … van der Linden, S. (2020). Risk perceptions of COVID-19 around the world. Journal of Risk Research, 23(7-8), 994-1006. doi: 10.1080/13669877.2020.1758193 Journal - Research Article

Stanley, S. K., Kerr, J. R., & Wilson, M. S. (2020). The influence of politics and labelling on New Zealanders’ attitudes towards animal agriculture emissions policy. Political Science, 72(1), 24-37. doi: 10.1080/00323187.2020.1800414 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., & Wilson, M. S. (2018). Changes in perceived scientific consensus shift beliefs about climate change and gm food safety. PLoS ONE, 13(7), e0200295. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200295 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., & Wilson, M. S. (2018). Perceptions of scientific consensus do not predict later beliefs about the reality of climate change: A test of the gateway belief model using cross-lagged panel analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 59, 107-110. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.08.012 Journal - Research Article

Kerr, J. R., & Davis, L. S. (2011). Benzylpiperazine in New Zealand: Brief history and current implications. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 41(1), 155-164. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2011.557036 Journal - Research Article

Goulton, C. S., Patten, A. R., Kerr, J. R., & Kerr, D. S. (2010). Pharmacological preconditioning with GYKI 52466: A prophylactic approach to neuroprotection. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 4, 54. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00054 Journal - Research Article

Leitch, B., Shevtsova, O., & Kerr, J. R. (2009). Selective reduction in synaptic proteins involved in vesicle docking and signalling at synapses in the ataxic mutant mouse Stargazer. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 512(1), 52-73. doi: 10.1002/cne.21890 Journal - Research Article

Goulton, C. S., Patten, A. R., Kerr, J. R., & Kerr, D. (2010). Seizure protection with low-dose GYKI 52466: A metabotropic approach to neuroprotection? Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/SSResults.aspx Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kerr, J. (2023, May). Introduction to the new Public Health Communication Centre. Verbal presentation at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) New Zealand Annual General Meeting and Annual Scientific Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Beattie, A., & Kerr, J. (2023). The demographics of disconnection: Frequency, motives and barriers to disconnecting from the internet in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Conference: Ka mua, ka muri: Bridging communication pasts and futures. (pp. 50). Retrieved from https://www.anzca2023.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Marques, M. D., Kerr, J. R., Stukas, A. A., & McLennan, J. A. (2023). The effect of scientific conspiracy theories on skepticism towards biotechnologies. Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) and the Australasian Congress on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID). (pp. 125). Retrieved from https://sasp-acpid.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wilson, M., Kerr, J., & Broodryk, T. (2023). Conspiracy belief: Correlates and prospective predictors from several large scale New Zealand surveys. Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) and the Australasian Congress on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID). (pp. 133-134). Retrieved from https://sasp-acpid.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wilson, M., Kerr, J., & Stanley, S. (2022, July). Socio-political foundations of anti-science attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting on the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Athens, Greece. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Kerr, J. (2022, November). Rising to the challenge: Communicating public health research in Aotearoa. Verbal presentation at the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) Conference: Communicating through the Noise, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Kerr, J., & Wilson, M. (2019). Why do people argue about science? Tracing the ideological roots of rejection of science. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychology (SASP). (pp. 110). Retrieved from https://sasp.org.au Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kerr, J. (2018). Attitudes towards science in New Zealand: Psychological factors and implications for science communication. Proceedings of the 15th International Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference. (pp. 251). Retrieved from https://pcst.co/conferences Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kerr, J. (2017). How many scientists does it take to change a mind? Communicating scientific consensus and contentious science. Proceedings of the Science Communicators Association of New Zealand (SCANZ) Conference. (pp. 13). Retrieved from https://www.scanz.co.nz/2017-conference Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract