Prof Piers Howe
Professor, Psychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
104 Scholarly works
16 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
Truth over falsehood: Experimental evidence on what persuades and spreads
DOI: 10.1037/pspa00004672025
Journal article
Did he or didn't he? Mixed evidence for the continued influence of retracted misinformation on person impressions
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.03220452025
Journal article
An Actionability Assessment Tool for Enhancing Algorithmic Recourse in Explainable AI
DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2025.35822852025
Report
Submission to the Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy, Parliament of Australia
2020
Research Contracts
A Predictive Model for Forecasting and Explaining the Emergence of Internal Violent Conflict in Nation-States
2019
Research Grant
Explanation in Artificial Intelligence: A Human-Centred Approach
2018
Research Contracts
Modelling and Studying Information and Influence in Human Populations
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
Journal article
Self-certification: A novel method for increasing sharing discernment on social media
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.03030252024
Journal article
Does Mud Really Stick? No Evidence for Continued Influence of Misinformation on Newly Formed Person Impressions
DOI: 10.1525/collabra.923322024
Journal article
Structured expert elicitation on disinformation, misinformation, and malign influence: Barriers, strategies, and opportunities
DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-1692024
Journal article
Using Cross-Domain Expertise to Aggregate Forecasts When Within-Domain Expertise Is Unknown
DOI: 10.1037/dec00002122023
Journal article
Directive Explanations for Actionable Explainability in Machine Learning Applications
DOI: 10.1145/35793632023
Journal article
Evaluating the effectiveness of different perceptual training methods in a difficult visual discrimination task with ultrasound images
DOI: 10.1186/s41235-023-00467-0
RECENT PROJECTS
2026
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
An Interventionist Approach to Explainable Artificial Intelligence
2024
Research contracts (non-grants)
Societal Resilience to DMMI in a Technology-Enabled Future Literature Review on Mis- And Disinformation in a Commissioned by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet