The most recent scientific publications from In the LEAD are available through the links below.

• The relevance of personality traits for urban economic growth: making space for psychological factors

• You Can Leave Your Glasses on: Glasses Can Increase Electoral Success
  
• Brexit and the relevance of regional personality traits: more psychological Openness could have swung the regional vote - see also this Vox article

• The Facial Appearance of CEOs: Faces Signal Selection but Not Performance (PLOS ONE)

• Simply a Matter of Luck & Looks? Predicting Elections When Both the World Economy and the Psychology of Faces Count

• Tightening the leash after a threat: A multi-level event study on leadership behavior following the financial crisis