Emil Ole William Kirkegaard
Scientist etc.
I am a 27 year old sciency person with diverse interests and a can-do attitude. I'm currently mostly interested in differential psychology, psychological sociology, behavioral genetics, genomics and reproductive genetics. Earlier I studied linguistics and philosophy and have a bachelor in the first (you can read my thesis).
I write stuff on my English and Danish-language blogs. Writings of a more political nature can be found at Teknologipartiet, a Danish evidence-based policy grey tribe think-tank. More formal publications can be found further down this page but many original analyses can be found only on the blogs.
Along with Davide Piffer I started an open science publisher, OpenPsych, which offers free to publish, open peer review, open access, open data etc.
I can be found many places, but am mostly active on Twitter. I can also be found on Goodreads, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, LastFM, and probably some other places.
You can contact me at emil@emilkirkegaard.dk, and on riot.im at "@emilowk:matrix.org".
My wake time / interests ratio is too small.
Due to my diverse interests I have many on-going projects in various stages of completion and seriousness. The list below mentions some of the larger ones.
An open access, free-to-publish, data-sharing, open peer review metajournal right now convering differential psychology, behavioral genetics, sociology and political science.
In numerous analyses of diverse datasets of socioeconomic data I have found that essentially everything good tends to be positively related to everything else good. This forms the bases of what I call the general socioeconomic factor (by analogy general cognitive factor). An on-going research project into the general factor of socioeconomic inequality at various levels of analysis: countries, administrative divisions within countries, immigrants classified by country of origin, persons classified by first or last names, and so on.
An on-going research project in collaboration with John Fuerst into the psychological traits of immigrants and socioeconomic outcomes in relationship to their countries of origin. Studies of numerous datasets show that immigrant performance is very predictable from country of origin variables, and quite consistent between host countries.
An on-going series of interactive visualizations made with Shiny that explain and illustrate statistical concepts.
Along with Helmuth Nyborg, I am working on releasing a fully coded version of the Vietnam Experience Study for others to use.
A grey tribe-ish Think Tank for Denmark related science and policy.
The list below contains my more formal publications and is sortable in various ways. To be notified in case of new publications, follow me on Twitter, ResearchGate or Google Scholar.
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Outlet | Pre-publication review | Date | Sole author | First author | Last author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyddansk | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Book | None | 0 | 2010-10-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Omtale af ekstremisme i danske medier i årene 2003-2013: En kvatitativ analyse | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | None | 0 | 2013-10-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Predicting Immigrant IQ from their Countries of Origin, and Lynn's National IQs: A Case Study from Denmark | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2013-12-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminality and fertility among Danish immigrant populations | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminality among Norwegian immigrant populations | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-04-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Do National IQs Predict U.S. Immigrant Cognitive Ability and Outcomes? An Analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshman | John Fuerst, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-04-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The genetic correlation between educational attainment, intracranial volume and IQ is due to recent polygenic selection on general cognitive ability | Davide Piffer, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Behavioral Genetics | 1 | 2014-04-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Semantic discussions of intelligence and the (un)importance of the study of race and g: A comment on Hunt and Jaeggi (2013) | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Commentary | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-04-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Educational attainment, income, use of social benefits, crime rate and the general socioeconomic factor among 70 immigrant groups in Denmark. | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, John Fuerst | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-05-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Are Headstart gains on the g factor?: A meta-analysis | Jan te Nijenhuis, Birthe Jongeneel-Grimen and Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Intelligence | 1 | 2014-07-01 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The international general socioeconomic factor: Factor analyzing international rankings | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-09-08 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crime, income, educational attainment and employment among immigrant groups in Norway and Finland | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-10-09 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The personal Jensen coefficient does not predict grades beyond its association with g | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-10-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Increasing inequality in general intelligence and socioeconomic status as a result of immigration in Denmark 1980-2014 | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Bo Tranberg | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2015-03-04 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S and G in Italian regions: Re-analysis of Lynn's data and new data | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-05 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Examining the S factor in US states | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The S factor in China | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-05 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian states: G and S factors | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Strong negative relationship between population-level general intelligence and ADHD genetic factors inferred from allele frequencies | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| International differences in intelligence can be confusing: A commentary on Harrison et al (2015) | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spearman's hypothesis on item-level data from Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices: A replication and extension | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The S factor in the British Isles: A reanalysis of Lynn (1979) | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Automatic testing of all possible multiple regression models given a set of predictors | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opinions about nuclear energy and global warming, and wordsum intelligence | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-03-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Examining the S factor in Mexican states | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-04-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Finding mixed cases in exploratory factor analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-04-29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The S factor in Brazilian states | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-04-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Admixture in the Americas: Can racial ancestry predict cognitive ability and socioeconomic outcomes? | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, John Fuerst | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2015 | 1 | 2015-05-09 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Immigration in Denmark and Norway | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2014 | 1 | 2014-04-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| An S factor among census tracts of Boston | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-05-29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Why do persons from higher mean IQ populations do better even after selection? | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Commentary | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-05-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| What is a good name? The S factor in Denmark at the name-level | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Bo Tranberg | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-06-03 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Immigrant GPA in Danish primary school is predictable from country-level variables | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2015-06-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A replication of the S factor among US states | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-06-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| IQ and socioeconomic development across Regions of the UK: a reanalysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-06-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Validating a Danish translation of the International Cognitive Ability Resource sample test and Cognitive Reflection Test in a student sample | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard Oliver Nordbjerg | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2015-07-31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Polygenic scores, genetic engineering, validity of GWAS results across major racial groups and the Piffer method | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Commentary | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-09-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crime among Dutch immigrant groups is predictable from country-level variables | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2015-10-03 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Some methods for measuring and correcting for spatial autocorrelation | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2015-10-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| IQ and Socioeconomic Variables in French Departements: Reanalysis and New Data | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2015-12-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Inequality among 32 London Boroughs: An S factor analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2016-01-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Admixture in the Americas: Regional and National Differences | John Fuerst, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2016-03-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The Genealogy of Differences in the Americas | John Fuerst, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2016-03-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Inequality across prefectures in Japan: An S factor analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2016-04-06 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Country of origin and use of social benefits: A pilot study of stereotype accuracy in Denmark | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Julius D. Bjerrekær | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2016-04-18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Biogeographic Ancestry and Socioeconomic Outcomes in the Americas: a Meta-analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Mingrui Wang, John Fuerst | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2016 | 1 | 2016-05-14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Inequality across US counties: an S factor analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2016-05-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Inequality in the United States: Ethnicity, Racial Admixtureand Environmental Causes | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, John Fuerst | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2016-06-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ICAR5: design and validation of a 5-item public domain cognitive ability test | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Julius D. Bjerrekær | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2016-07-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| The OKCupid dataset: a very large open dataset of dating site users | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Julius D. Bjerrekær | Conference presentation | ISIR conference 2016 (Saint Petersburg) | 1 | 2016-07-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Does sub-European genomic ancestry predict outcomes for US states? | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2016-09-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The OKCupid dataset: A very large public dataset of dating site users | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Julius D. Bjerrekær | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2016-11-03 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Some new methods for exploratory factor analysis of socioeconomic data | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2016-11-07 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The general socioeconomic factor among Colombian departments | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | The Winnower | 0 | 2016-06-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Country of origin and use of social benefits: A large, preregistered study of stereotype accuracy in Denmark | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Julius D. Bjerrekær | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2016-11-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Immigrant crime in Germany 2012-2015 | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, David Becker | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2017-02-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cognitive ability and political preferences in Denmark | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Julius D. Bjerrekær, Noah Carl | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2017-02-22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Biogeographic Ancestry and Socioeconomic Outcomes in the Americas: A Meta-Analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Mingrui Wang, John Fuerst | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2017-04-08 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Differential immigrant group performance: A matter of intelligence? | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2017 | 1 | 2017-05-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Net fiscal contributions of immigrant groups in Denmark and Finland are highly predictable from country of origin IQ and Muslim% | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Quantitative Sociology & Political Science | 1 | 2017-05-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Admixture in Argentina | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, John Fuerst | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2017-06-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Genomic ancestry, cognitive ability, and socioeconomic status | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, John Fuerst | Conference presentation | ISIR conference 2017 (Montreal) | 1 | 2017-07-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sex Distribution, Life Expectancy and Educational Attainment of Comedians | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2017-10-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-reported criminal and anti-social behavior on a dating site: the importance of cognitive ability | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2018-01-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Employment Rates for 11 Country of Origin Groups in Scandinavia | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2017-12-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional differences in intelligence in 22 countries and their economic, social and demographic correlates: A review | Richard Lynn, John Fuerst, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Intelligence | 1 | 2018-04-23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| The left-liberal skew of Western media | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Noah Carl et al | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2018 | 1 | 2018-05-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Understanding admixture analysis | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, John Fuerst | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2018 | 1 | 2018-05-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Are immigration policy preferences based on accurate stereotypes? | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Noah Carl, Julius Daugbjerg Bjerrekær | Conference presentation | London Conference of Intelligence 2018 | 1 | 2018-05-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| An S Factor Analysis on the Provinces of Vietnam: Relationships with Cognitive Ability, Ethnicity, and Latitude | Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Bryan J. Pesta | Research paper | Mankind Quarterly | 1 | 2018-06-10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fluid g in Scandinavia and Finland: Comparing results from PISA Creative Problem Solving and the WAIS IV matrices subtest | Edward Dutton, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard | Research paper | Open Differential Psychology | 1 | 2014-11-18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |