About
Lau Lilleholt Harpviken is Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University and affiliated with the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) at the University of Copenhagen. He earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Copenhagen in 2021. His research focuses on personality, decision-making, social behaviour, and organisational outcomes, with a particular emphasis on integrating psychological theory with computational and data-driven approaches. His methodological expertise spans survey research, experimental methods, psychometrics, causal inference, machine learning, and the analysis of large-scale administrative and behavioural data.
His work has received international recognition and has been published in leading journals, including Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, Nature Computational Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Malfilâtre, Anna Louise Z.; Mazzini, Rachele;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Zettler, Ingo; Power, Séamus A.
(2026).
Honesty in Difficult Conversations: Insights From Healthcare Professionals.
European Journal of Social Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70096
Lilleholt, Lau
; Hilbig, Benjamin E.; Moshagen, Morten; Zettler, Ingo
(2026).
The Core of Aversive Personality and Crime.
Zeitschrift für Psychologie.
Vol. 234.
https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000621
Böhm, Robert; Schneider, Alina; Betsch, Cornelia;
Lilleholt, Lau
(2026).
CDC communication undermines trust in vaccines.
Science.
Vol. 392.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aef5320
Malfilâtre, Anna Louise Zheng; Mazzini, Rachele;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Zettler, Ingo; Power, Séamus A.
(2026).
Conceptualizing brutal honesty.
Qualitative Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000357
Hesselle, Lea C. de; Einsiedler, Johanna; Teutloff, Ole;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Hilbig, Benjamin E.; Moshagen, Morten; Zettler, Ingo
(2026).
Aversive Personality and RIASEC Dimensions: Findings Across Self-Reports, Registered Jobs, and Three Countries.
Journal of Personnel Psychology.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000382
Schild, Christoph;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Böhm, Robert; Zettler, Ingo
(2025).
Testing the effectiveness and endorsement of collective punishment.
European Journal of Personality.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251395857
Mazzini, Rachele; Malfilâtre, Anna Louise;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Power, Séamus A.; Zettler, Ingo
(2025).
Dishonesty in Romantic Relationships: A Framework of Forms, Content, Dominant Motives, and Consequences.
Personal Relationships.
Vol. 32.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.70028
Zettler, Ingo;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Bader, Martina; Hilbig, Benjamin E.; Moshagen, Morten
(2025).
Aversive societal conditions explain differences in “dark” personality across countries and US states.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
Vol. 122.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2500830122
Bader, Martina;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Schild, Christoph; Hilbig, Benjamin E.; Moshagen, Morten; Zettler, Ingo
(2025).
Basic personality and actual criminal convictions.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Vol. 128.
https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000537
Einsiedler, Johanna;
Lilleholt, Lau
; Mortensen, Laust Hvas; Schild, Christoph; Zettler, Ingo
(2025).
Nonresponse at three stages in personality research: Insights based on (Danish) register data of a representative potential participant pool.
European Journal of Personality.
Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251319818
