Dr John Kerr, Department of Public Health

Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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. (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

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., 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

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

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

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

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

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

Roozenbeek, J., Schneider, C. R., Dryhurst, S., Kerr, J., Freeman, A. L. J., Recchia, G., … van der Linden, S. (2020). Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world. Royal Society Open Science, 7, 201199. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201199 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., & 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. 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. (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

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

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

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

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