Thomson, R., Yuki, M., Talhelm, T., Schug, J., Kito, M., Ayanian, A., Becker, J., Becker, M., Chiu, C. Y., Choi, H., Ferreira, C. M., Fülöp, M., Gul, P., Houghton-Illera, A. M., Jaosoo, M., Jong, J., Kavanagh, C., Khutkyy, D., Manzi, C., Marcinkowska, U. M., Milfont, T. L., Neto, F., von Oertzen, T., Pliskin, R., San Martin, A., Singh, P., Visserman, M. L. (2018). Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713191115
Thomson, R., Ito, N. (2012). Social responsibility and sharing behaviors online: The Twitter-sphere’s response to the Fukushima disaster. Proceedings of the 2012 International Symposium on Cyber Behavior (CB2012). Taipei, Taiwan.
Academic Presentations
Thomson, R. (2016). Culture as Science (in Japanese). Hokusei Gakuen University Assembly Class, November 2016, Sapporo, Japan.
Thomson, R., Manago, A., Melton, C. (2016). Societal differences in bridging social capital on social network
sites: Relational mobility as an explanatory factor (in Japanese). Japan Society for Social Psychology, September 2016, Osaka, Japan. (Extended abstract)
Thomson, R., Manago, A., Melton, C. (2016). Societal differences in bridging social capital on social network
sites: Relational mobility as an explanatory factor. IACCP International Congress, July 2016, Nagoya, Japan.
Yuki, M., Thomson, R., Kito, M., Schug, J., Kavanagh, C. (2016). Relational mobility and interpersonal relationships: A 39 nation cross-societal study. IACCP International Congress, July 2016, Nagoya, Japan.
Thomson, R., Yuki, M. (2016). Facebook advertisements for cross-cultural survey recruitment: Insights from the 46-country World Relationships Survey. 3MC International Conference, July 2016, Chicago, USA. (slides).
Thomson, R., Yuki, M. (2015). Relational mobility: A socio-ecological approach to cross-societal differences in interpersonal behavior. Victoria University of Wellington School of Psychology Colloquium Series, March 2015, Wellington, New Zealand (slides).
Thomson, R., Yuki, M. (2014). Internet privacy concern in a global age: The role of relational mobility.International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) 22nd International Congress, 15-19 July 2014, Reims, France (slides).
Thomson, R., Yuki, M. (2013). “Look at me! Cross-cultural differences in the pursuit of self-promotion on SNS.”Cyberspace 2013. Brno, Czech Republic. (slides).
Thomson, R., Ito, N. (2013). “Facebook advertisements for survey participant recruitment: Considerations from a multi-national study.” International Conference on Internet Studies (NETS2013). Hong Kong, China.
Thomson, R., Ito, N. (2012). “Socio-ecological structure and privacy concern on Facebook: The role of relational mobility.” Cyberspace 2012. Brno, Czech Republic. (slides)
Thomson, R., Ito, N. (2012). Social responsibility and sharing behaviors online: The Twitter-sphere’s response to the Fukushima disaster. International Symposium on Cyber Behavior (CB2012). Taipei, Taiwan.
Thomson, R., Ito, N. (2011). The effect of relational mobility on SNS user behavior: A study of Japanese dual-users of Mixi and Facebook (in Japanese). 8th Japan Information-Culturology Society Meeting (Hokkaido Branch). Sapporo, Japan.
Thomson, R. (2011). A socio-ecological investigation of user behavior on social network sites (in Japanese).27th Weblab Meeting. Tokyo, Japan.
Thomson, R., Suda, H., Lin, F., Isochi, R., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., Hayasaka, R., Ito, N. (2011). Twitter information reliability in a large-scale disaster: An analysis of Twitter use during the Fukushima nuclear crisis. International Symposium on East-Asian Media and the Tohoku Earthquake Disaster. Sapporo, Japan.
Poster Presentations
Kavanagh, C., Thomson, R., Yuki, M. (2016). A critical survey of online users of a popular Japanese crowdsourcing website. Poster presented at the IACCP 2016 International Congress, Nagoya, Japan, July 7 2016.
Yuki, M., Thomson, R. (2016). The Relational Mobility Scale: A 39-country cross-societal validation. Poster presented at the SPSP 2016 Conference, San Diego, USA, Jan 2016.
Thomson, R. (2010). “Why am I being ignored?” Tasting Japanese Culture: Through Diverse Interpretations. Yasmine S. Mostafa ed, Nagoya University, p. 53-58.
Other Papers and/or writings
Thomson R. (2013). A Socio-ecological Approach to Privacy Concern on Facebook: The Role of Relational Mobility (summary | original Japanese manuscript). Unpublished Masters thesis. Hokkaido University, Japan.
Thomson, R. (2012). “Spares and repairs.” How to Get to the North Pole…and other Iconic Adventures. Tim Moss ed. How To Books, UK, p. 165-166.
June 2014 – Interviewed by Hokkaido Newspaper about my travels and research (article here).
17th December 2013 – Coverage by Hokkaido Newspaper about a media art installation in the underground walkway in Sapporo, Japan. The installation is a 2 minute timelapse piece created by me, displayed on high resolution digital signage operated by Sapporo City Council. Newspaper clipping here.