Kozyreva, Anastasia

Senior Research Scientist

Adaptive Rationality
+49 30 82406-439

kozyreva@mpib-berlin.mpg.de

Main Focus

I am a senior research scientist at the Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC), where I lead the research area “Cognition in online environments”. With a background in philosophy, my work bridges disciplines, combining conceptual and empirical approaches to understand the cognitive and ethical implications of digital technologies for society. My current research focuses on misinformation policy, including public attitudes toward content moderation and cognitive interventions to counter the growing challenges of false information and online manipulation.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2023: Senior Research Scientist, head of the research area “Cognition in online environments”, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

2017-2022: Researcher, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

2016: PhD (Dr.Phil.) in Philosophy, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2012: M.Phil. (Master in Philosophy) - “Master Erasmus Mundus Europhilosophie,” incl.: Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; Université de Toulouse II-le Mirail, France; Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany

Selected publications:

Digital environments: challenges, public attitudes, and policies

Kozyreva, A., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Herzog, S., Ecker, U., Lewandowsky, S., Hertwig, R., Ali, A., Bak-Coleman, J., Barzilai, S., Basol, M., Berinsky, A. J., Betsch, C., Cook, J., Fazio, L. K., Geers, M., Guess, A. M., Haifeng, H., Larreguy, H., Maertens, R., Panizza, F., Pennycook, G., Rand, D. J., Rathje, S., Reifler, J., Schmid, P., Smith, M., Swire-Thomson, B., Szewach, P., van der Linden, S., Wineburg, S. (2024). Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01881-0
Kozyreva, A., Herzog, S. M., Lewandowsky, S., Hertwig, R., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Leiser, M., & Reifler, J. (2023). Resolving content moderation dilemmas between free speech and harmful misinformation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2210666120
Kozyreva, A., Smillie, L., & Lewandowsky, S. (2023). Incorporating Psychological Science Into Policy Making: The Case of Misinformation. European Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000493
Kozyreva, A., Wineburg, S., Lewandowsky, S., & Hertwig, R. (2022). Critical ignoring as a core competence for digital citizens. Current Directions in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221121570
Kozyreva, A., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Hertwig, R., Lewandowsky, S., & Herzog, S. M. (2021). Public attitudes towards algorithmic personalization and use of personal data online: evidence from Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00787-w
Kozyreva, A., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Lewandowsky, S., Garrett, P. M., Herzog, S. M., Pachur, T., & Hertwig, R. (2021). Psychological factors shaping public responses to COVID-19 digital contact tracing technologies in Germany. Scientific reports, 11, 18716. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98249-5
Kozyreva, A., Lewandowsky, S., & Hertwig, R. (2020). Citizens Versus the Internet: Confronting Digital Challenges with Cognitive Tools. Psychological Science in the Public Interest 3(21), 103-156, https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100620946707

Policy reports

Lewandowsky, S., Smillie, L., Garcia, D., Hertwig, R., Weatherall, J., Egidy, S., Robertson, R.E., O’Connor, C., Kozyreva, A., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Blaschke, Y. and Leiser, M. (2020). Technology and Democracy: Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making, EUR 30422 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, https://doi.org/10.2760/709177
Osborne, J., Pimentel, D., Alberts, B., Allchin, D., Barzilai, S., Bergstrom, C., Coffey, J., Donovan, B., Kivinen, K., Kozyreva. A., & Wineburg, S. (2022). Science Education in an Age of Misinformation. Stanford University, Stanford, CA. https://sciedandmisinfo.stanford.edu/

Uncertainty and bounded rationality

Hertwig, R., & Kozyreva, A. (2021). Bounded rationality: A vision of rational choice in the real world. In M. Knauff, & W. Spohn (Eds.), The Handbook of Rationality (pp. 505-515). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Kozyreva, A. & Hertwig, R. (2019) The interpretation of uncertainty in ecological rationality. Synthese, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02140-w
Kozyreva, A., Pleskac, T. J., Pachur, T., & Hertwig, R. (2019). Interpreting uncertainty: A brief history of not knowing. In R. Hertwig, T. J. Pleskac, T. Pachur, & The Center for Adaptive Rationality, Taming uncertainty. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.