Do we change what we say to fit the room?
Using AI-simulated group chats, this study examines how people adjust their political expression in response to the people around them.
Political psychology · Culture · Human-AI interaction
What we say
and don’t say
about politics.
I’m Cleone (klee-OH-nee). I study how people express political views, interpret others’ positions, and respond to social influence across cultural contexts.
Academic profiles
PhD student in psychology
JSPS Research Fellow (DC)
Osaka Metropolitan University
Questions behind the research
Politics, between people.
What does not taking a side communicate?
This study explores how the context of a moral or political disagreement shapes perceptions of someone who does not take a side.
Can a politician really avoid answering?
A question about political communication: what do voters infer when a politician leaves their position unstated?
A little background
A less linear
route to research.
Before research, I spent more than a decade working across broadcasting, technology, recruitment, and education. Having lived in 7 countries and speaking 5 languages, I bring a cross-cultural perspective to questions about how people understand one another.
I’m completing my PhD research in social psychology at Osaka Metropolitan University, under the guidance of Yuta Kawamura.
Away from research: competitive badminton, writing music, painting, and being indefinitely outpaced by my two sons. You can find my photography on Instagram ↗.
The longer version: my CV →Conversation and ideas welcome
I'm listening.
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