With HONORLOGIC, we aim to generate transformative evidence for theories of social interaction and decision-making in psychology, economics, and evolutionary science.
Current research outputs are listed below by category.
In the meantime, a repository of material related to the study of honour is being developed in our Resources & Materials pages.
Publications
2025
Oishi, S., & Uskul, A. K. (2025). A cross-cultural method in social and personality psychology: The cultural imagination. In H. Reis, T. West, and C. Judd (Eds.). Handbook of research methods in social and personality psychology (pp. 85-111). Cambridge University Press.
Sanchez Rodriguez, A., O’Dea, C., Uskul, A. K., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Vignoles, V., Chobthamkit, P., Achmad, R. A., Andrianto, S., Kristanto, A. A., Ardi, R., Lesmana, C. B. J., Castillo, V. A., Chaleeraktrakoon, T., Zhi, A. C. H., Choompunuch, B., Cross, S., Nguyen, S. D., Fernandez, E. F., Purba, F. D., Reyes, M. E. S., Gezici Yalçın, M., Siswadi, A. G. P., Harb, C., Hashim, I. H. M., Husnu, S., Hutapea, B., Hoang, T. H. L., Ishii, K., Ismail, R., Ito, K., Suryani, L. K., Kaewyodthiwat, T., Kafetsios, K., Karamaouna, P., Kateri, E., Khan, A., Khieowan, N., Lufityanto, G., Macapagal, M. E. J., Marappan, D., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Yusoff, A. M., Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Reinhart, M., Ridfah, A., Rodriguez-Bailon, R., Ishak, M. S., Teresi, M., Tengco-Pacquing, M. C., Thongpibul, K., Tri, M. T. T., Zwagery, R. V., Wisayanti, S., Hoon, C. Y., & Uchida, Y. (accepted). Overcoming low status or maintaining high status? A multinational examination of the association between socioeconomic status and honor. British Journal of Social Psychology. Manuscript.
Uskul, A. K., Hanel, P., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Jin, S., Vignoles, V. L., Rodríguez-Bailón, R.,, Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Gezici Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Jin, S., Karamouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamaros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Teresi, M., & Uchida, Y. (accepted). Differences and similarities in psychological characteristics between cultural groups circum Mediterranean. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Vignoles, V. L., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Uskul, A. K., Cross, S. E., Na, J., Uchida, Y., Rodriguez-Bailón, R., Bossom, I. R. L., Castillo, V. A., Gezici Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamaouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na., J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Teresi, M., Uchida, Y., & Wohl, M. J. A. (accepted). Are Mediterranean societies ‘cultures of honor’? Prevalence and implications of a cultural logic of honor across three world regions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241295500
2024
Ledgerwood, A., Lawson, K. M., Kraus, M. W., Vollhardt, J. R., Remedios, J. D., Westberg, D. W., Uskul, A. K., Adetula, A., Leach, C. W., Martinez, J. E., Naumann, L. P., Reddy, G., Tate, C. C., Todd, A. R., Weltzien, K., Buchanan, N. C., González, R., Montilla Doble, L. J., Romero-Canyas, R., Westgate, E., Zou, L. X. (2024). Disrupting racism and global exclusion in academic publishing: Recommendations and resources for authors, reviewers, and editors. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1): 121394.
Open Access doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.121394
Kirchner-Häusler, A., Schönbrodt, F.D., Uskul, A.K., Vignoles, V.L., Rodriguez-Bailón, R., Castillo, V.A., Cross, S.E., Gezici-Yalçın, M., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamaouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R, Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Teresi, M., & Uchida, Y. (2024). Proximal and distal honor fit and subjective well-being in the Mediterranean region. Journal of Personality, 92(1), 38–54. Open Access https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12803
Uskul, A. K., Thalmayer, A. G., Bernardo, A. B. I., González, R., Kende, A., Laher, S., Lášticová, B., Saab, R., Salas, G., Singh, P., Zeinoun, P., Norenzayan, A., Chao, M. M., Shoda, Y., & Cooper, M. L. (2024). Challenges and opportunities for psychological research in the majority world. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1). Open Access https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.123703
2023
Kirchner-Häusler, A., De Leersnyder, J., Uskul, A. K., Mirzada, F., Vignoles, V. L., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Yalçın, M. J., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamaouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamoros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Teresi, M., & Uchida, Y. (2023). Cultural fit of emotions and subjective well-being: Replicating comparative evidence and extending it to the Mediterranean region. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology
(Special Issue), 5. ISSN 2666-6227. Open Access https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100171
Uskul, A. K., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Vignoles, V. L., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Yalçın, M.J., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Jin, S., Karamouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamaros-Lima, J., Liu, D., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., Teresi, M., & Uchida, Y. (2023). Neither Eastern nor Western: Patterns of independence and interdependence in Mediterranean societies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 471-495. (covered as research highlight in Nature Reviews Psychology, 14/06/2023). https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000342
Psaltis, C., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Uskul, A. K., Kovras, I., & Eleftheriou, A. (2023). Role of honor, dignity, and face values in transitional justice in post-conflict Cyprus. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 29(3), 294–305. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000665
Uskul, A. K., Cross, S., & Günsoy, C. (2023). The role of honour in intrapersonal, interpersonal and intergroup processes. Social Personality Psychology Compass, 17, e12719. Open Access https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12719
2022
Cross, S. E., & Uskul, A. K. (2022). The pursuit of honor: Novel contexts, varied approaches, and new developments. In: Gelfand, M. J., Chiu, C-Y., & Hong, Y-Y. (Eds.), Handbook of advances in culture and psychology (pp.189–243). Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197631669.003.0004
2021
Gul, P., Cross, S. E., & Uskul, A. K. (2021). Implications of culture of honor theory and research for practitioners and prevention researchers. American Psychologist, 76(3), 502-515. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000653
2020
Uskul, A. K., & Cross, S. E. (2020). Socio-ecological roots of cultures of honor. Current Opinion in Psychology, 32, 177–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.11.001
Uskul, A. K., & Oishi, S. (2020). What is socio-ecological psychology? Current Opinion in Psychology, 32, 181-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.01.001
Conference Presentations
2024
Jin, S (October 2024). “The Cultural logic of honor, cooperation and punishment.”
13th Conference for Chinese Psychologists – Shenzhen, China.
Jin, S. (August 2024). “Cultural logic of honor in the Mediterranean region: Implications for cognitive processes and behavioural patterns.” International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology conference on-line.
Kirchner-Häusler, A (August 2024). “The role of cultural fit in honor and emotions for wellbeing in the Mediterranean and beyond.” International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology conference on-line.
Jin, S. (July 2024). “Conducting cross-cultural research across labs with local collaborators: Experiences from the HONORLOGIC project.” Preconference on Cross-Cultural Research in Social Dilemmas and Beyond at the International Conference on Social Dilemmas – Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Jin, S. (July 2024). “The cultural logic of honor, competition and coordination.” International Conference on Social Dilemmas – Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Jin, S. (February 2024). “The cultural logic of honor, competition and coordination. Poster presentation.” Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, SanDiego, USA.
Uskul, A. K., & HONORLOGIC Team. (February 2024). “Cultural logic of honor in the Mediterranean region: Implications for self-related, relational, and cognitive processes.”
Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, SanDiego, USA.
2023
Jin, S., Romano, A., Uskul, A. K., Kirchner-Häusler & Vignoles, V. L. (June 2023). “Cultural Logic of Honor, Competition and Coordination.” Poster presentation. General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. Krakow, Poland.
Psaltis, C., Husnu, S., Uskul, A. K., & Kirchner-Häusler, A. (June 2023). “Values endorsement and preferences for transitional justice: The moderating role of apology effectiveness beliefs.” Oral Presentation. General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. Krakow, Poland.
Kirchner-Häusler, A., & HONORLOGIC Team (June 2023). “Are Mediterranean societies honor cultures? The cultural logics of honor, face and dignity in Southern-Europe and the MENA region.” Oral presentation. General meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology as part of the symposium “Novel directions in honor research.” Krakow, Poland.
Uskul A. K., & HONORLOGIC Team (June 2023). “Neither Eastern nor Western: Patterns of independence and interdependence in Mediterranean societies.” Oral presentation. General meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology as part of the symposium “Globalizing social psychology: Insights from beyond the East-West cultural binary.” Krakow, Poland.
Kirchner-Häusler, A., & HONORLOGIC Team (March 2023). “Proximal and distal honor fit and subjective well-being in the Mediterranean region.” Poster presentation. International Convention of Psychological Science. Brussels, Belgium.
Uskul, A. K., & HONORLOGIC Team (March 2023). “Neither eastern nor western: Patterns of independence and interdependence in Mediterranean societies. Oral Presentation.” International Convention of Psychological Science as part of the symposium “East, West, and the Rest: Exploring Psychological Variation across the Globe.” Brussels, Belgium.
Uskul A. K., & HONORLOGIC Team (February 2023). “Honor, face and dignity in the Mediterranean region and beyond.” Oral Presentation. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology as part of the symposium “Honor to Us All: Advances in Research on Honor Cultures.” Atlanta, USA.
2022
Kirchner-Häusler, A., & HONORLOGIC Team (July 2022). “The cultural logic of relationships in dignity, face, and honor regions.” Oral Presentation at the International Association of Relationship Research Conference. Virtual.
Uskul, A. K. & HONORLOGIC Team (July 2022). “Honor in the Mediterranean region.” Oral presentation at the Regional Cultural Differences Conference. Barcelona, Spain.
Uskul, A. K. & HONORLOGIC team (July 2022). “Regional Differences in Interdependence: The case of Mediterranean honor cultures.” Oral presentation at the 26th International Congress of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP). Virtual.
Psaltis, C., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Uskul, A. K., & Eleftheriou, A. (July 2022). “The role of honor, dignity, and face values in transitional justice preferences in post-conflict Cyprus.” Oral presentation at the International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting. Athens, Greece.
Kirchner-Häusler, A., & HONORLOGIC Team (June 2022). “The relationship between cultural fit in emotions and subjective wellbeing.” Oral presentation at the Consortium of European Research on Emotions (CERE). Granada, Spain.
Uskul, A. K. (June 2022). “Researching the self, relationality, and cognition circum Mediterranean: A comparative approach.” Invited keynote at the 2nd Annual meeting in behavioural and experimental economics at the British University of Egypt, Experimental and Behavioural Economics Lab (EBEL), Egypt.
Uskul, A. K. (February 2022). “Cultural differences in social orientation and cognitive style: New insights from circum Mediterranean.” Invited speaker at the (Virtual) SPSP Advances in cultural psychology pre-conference. San Francisco, USA.
Uskul, A. K. (February 2022). Speaker at the “How to establish international and cross-cultural research collaborations.” Professional development session at the (Virtual) Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention. San Francisco, USA.
2021
Lamoreux, T., Castillo, V. A., Cross, S. E., Uskul, A. K., Kirchner-Häusler, A., & Vignoles, V. (April 2021). “Honor values and self-construal.” Poster presented the 93rd Annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL, United States.
Uskul, A. K., & Cooper, L. (February 2021). “Conducting social psychological research in non-WEIRD settings: challenges and opportunities.” Professional development session. Annual convention of the SPSP. Virtual.