Jan G. Voelkel

About

Jan G. Voelkel is an incoming Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at Cornell University. Currently, Jan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University.

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Jan's research examines under what conditions people support leaders who promise moral change. ​​​Jan’s research has been published in journals, such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Human Behaviour. His research has been covered by media outlets, such as The New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Die Zeit, and Der Tagesspiegel.​ Jan has won the Open Science Innovator Award, the Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Best Paper in Social Psychology, and the Centennial Teaching Assistant Award.

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Before his dissertation work, Jan earned a Phd and a MA in Sociology from Stanford University, a MS in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Tilburg University, and a BS in Social Sciences from the University of Cologne. In his spare time, Jan enjoys moral dilemmas, plays racket sports, and plans political murder mystery parties.