Research

DISSINET

15 Aug 2021

Model the source first! Towards source modelling and source criticism 2.0

The project of computational historiography needs not only to adopt the modelling for representing the target phenomena but also to achieve a complex representation of the textual sources and its interpretive layers. To do the latter, we have developed an approach that we call “source modelling”.

LEVYNA

23 Jul 2021

Outgroup threat and group cohesion

Martin Lang et al. published an article studying the effects of outgroup threat on intragroup cohesion in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

LEVYNA

13 Jul 2021

Missing gods or data?

In their new piece in Nature, Beheim et al. (including LEVYNA’s Martin Lang) discuss factors influencing our ability to detect the presence of beliefs in moralizing gods in past societies.

LEVYNA

7 Jul 2021

Ritualization increases the perceived efficacy of actions

Peter Maňo, together with D. Xygalatas and G. Baranowski Pinto, published an article in Cognition.

LEVYNA

1 Jul 2021

Awe and prosociality

LEVYNA published an article on the influence of the awe emotion on prosocial behavior in Religion, Brain & Behavior.

1 May 2021

The journal Sacra has a new website

The Journal Sacra has a new website. Readers will find not only a new design and detailed information for authors but also news from the field of religious studies.

DISSINET

20 Mar 2021

Interview with dr David Zbíral in Magazine M

Dr David Zbíral on religious dissidence, computational interdisciplinary history, and the award of an ERC Consolidator Grant.

DISSINET

1 Mar 2021

Historical Geocoding Assistant in SoftwareX

Historical Geocoding Assistant gains visibility through a publication in SoftwareX.