Ullrich K. H. Ecker

Ullrich K. H. Ecker is a Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, where he is also affiliated with the Public Policy Institute. Ecker's research centres on memory and misinformation, including the continued influence of false information after correction, the spread of misinformation through social networks, and the epistemic consequences of strategic deception. Additional research interests include metacognition, intellectual humility, causal inference, and conspiracy beliefs, as well as applied questions about fact-checking, inoculation strategies, and the role of artificial intelligence in both generating and countering false information.