Portrait of Sander van der Linden

University of Cambridge

Sander van der Linden

  • 2026

Sander van der Linden, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge. He is ranked among the top 1% of highly cited social scientists worldwide and has published over 200 research papers. He is frequently featured in outlets such as the New York Times, BBC, Time Magazine, and Rolling Stone. He is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and author of the award-winning book Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity.