Xingyu Shirley LIU

I aspire to conduct research across disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, and literature to gain a better understanding of rational decision-making in theory and in real life. I hope my research can contribute to people's understanding of themselves and can provide useful, ethical, and culturally sensitive real life applications.

• 2021 General Institute of Practical Ethics (IPE) PhD Fellow, UCSD
• 2020 Katzin Prize Award for outstanding incoming PhD students, UCSD
• 2020 Distinction for outstanding Master thesis, University of Edinburgh
• 2019 Distinction for exceptional thesis in Psychology, Pomona College
• 2019 Distinction for exceptional thesis in French, Pomona College
• 2019 Cecil H. Short Memorial Prize in Music, Pomona College
• 2019 Sherwood Heiser Fellowship, Pomona College
• 2018 Rosen Travel Grant, Pomona College

Liu, X.S., 2021. What Motivates Us to Go on Strike? Social and Moral Norms and their Impact on Strike Participation in Individualist and Collectivist Situations in Western Cultures. Journal of European Psychology Students, 12(1), pp.1–15. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.507

Liu, X.S., & Mõttus, R. Control and Well-being Across Cultures: The Moderation of Individualism on the Relationship between Primary & Secondary Control and Affective & Cognitive SWB. In Preparation. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/c7wsd

· Testing the effectiveness of self-nudges (for the IPE PhD Grant, with Lim Leong)

· Exploring cultural differences in nudges

· Exploring the understanding/acceptance principle in framing (with Lim Leong and Craig McKenzie)

· Life outcomes prediction with personality traits (with Alice Diaz)