Dr. Shuxian Jin is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management (Capital University of Economics and Business, China), and a master’s degree in Applied Psychology (Nankai University, China). She received her PhD in Social Psychology from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in 2023. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sussex (UK) from 2022 and 2026. She joined the Department of Managerial and Social Psychology at Peking University in March 2026.
Her research interests concern how different cultural settings, socio-ecological conditions, and patterns of interdependence (e.g., conflict of interests) shape cooperation, social norms and institutional preferences, and how institutional solutions can foster cooperation. She applies meta-analysis, online and lab-based behavioral experiments, and cross-societal surveys to test theories of cooperation.
Dr. Jin’s lab invites applications for Postdoctoral and PhD positions from candidates interested in social decision-making and cross-cultural psychology. Prospective applicants are welcome to contact Dr. Jin for further information.
Publications
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Jin, S.#, Romano, A., Vignoles, V. L., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Rodríguez-Bailón, R., Cross, S. E., Yalçın, M.J., Harb, C., Husnu, S., Ishii, K., Karamouna, P., Kafetsios, K., Kateri, E., Matamaros-Lima, J., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Pagliaro, S., Psaltis, C., Rabie, D., … Uskul, A. K.# (2026). Honour, competition and cooperation across 13 societies. Nature Human Behaviour,10, 255–267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02308-0
Jin, S.#, Spadaro, G., & Balliet, D. (2025). Institutions and cooperation: A meta-analysis of structural features in social dilemmas. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129(2), 286–312. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000474
Wu, J.#, Balliet, D., Yuan, M., Li, W., Chen, Y., Jin, S., Luan, S.#, & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2025). Social class and prosociality: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 151(3), 285–321. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000469
Uskul, A. K.#, Hanel, P. H. P., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Vignoles, V. L., Jin, S., 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., . . . Uchida, Y. (2025). Differences and similarities in psychological characteristics between cultural groups circum Mediterranean. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000434
Jin, S.#, Columbus, S., Van Lange, P. A. M., & Balliet, D. (2024). Conflict, cooperation, and institutional choice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 111, 104566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104566
Spadaro, G.#, Jin, S., & Balliet, D. (2023). Gender differences in cooperation across 20 societies: a meta-analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1868), 20210438. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0438
Jin, H.*, Wang, Q.*, Yang, Y. F.*, Zhang, H.*, Gao, M.*, Jin, S.*, Chen, Y., Xu, T., Zheng, Y. R., Chen, J., Xiao, Q., Yang, J., Wang, X., Geng, H., Ge, J., Wang, W., Chen, X., Zhang, L., Zuo, X., & Hu, C. P.# (2023). The Chinese Open Science Network (COSN): Building an Open Science community from scratch. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(1), 25152459221144986. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221144986
Uskul, A. K.#, Kirchner-Häusler, A., 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., Liu, D., Miniesy, R., Na, J., Özkan, Z., ... Uchida, Y. (2023). Neither Eastern nor Western: Patterns of independence and interdependence in Mediterranean societies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(3), 471–495. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000342
Yuan, M.*, Spadaro, G.*, Jin, S., Wu, J., Kou, Y.#, Van Lange, P. A. M., & Balliet, D. (2022). Did cooperation among strangers decline in the United States? A cross-temporal meta-analysis of social dilemmas (1956–2017). Psychological Bulletin, 148(3-4), 129–157. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000363
Spadaro, G.#, Graf, C., Jin, S., Arai, S., Inoue, Y., Lieberman, E., Rinderu, M. I., Yuan, M., Van Lissa, C. J., & Balliet, D. (2022). Cross-cultural variation in cooperation: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(5), 1024–1088. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000389
Spadaro, G.#, Tiddi, I., Columbus, S., Jin, S., ten Teije, A., & Balliet, D. (2022). The Cooperation Databank: Machine-readable science accelerates research synthesis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(5), 1472–1489. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916211053319
Ye, Y., Li, Y., Jin, S., Huang, J., Ma, R., Wang, X., & Zhou, X.# (2022). Family function and post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(5), 3151–3169. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221126182
Guo, Y., Lin, S.#, Acar, S., Jin, S., Xu, X., Feng, Y., & Zeng, Y. (2022). Divergent thinking and evaluative skill: A meta‐analysis. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 56(3), 432–448. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.539
Romano, A.#*, Spadaro, G.*, Balliet, D., Joireman, J., Van Lissa, C., Jin, S., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., PsyCorona Collaboration, & Leander, N. P. (2021). Cooperation, trust, and behavioral responses across societies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(7), 622–642. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022120988913
Jin, S.#, Balliet, D., Romano, A., Spadaro, G., van Lissa, C. J., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., Gützkow, B., Kreienkamp, J., PsyCorona Collaboration, & Leander, N. P. (2021). Intergenerational conflicts of interest and prosocial behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110535