These are some recent research questions I have been interested in:

How can we model people's judgments of comparative risk?  What is the optimal way to measure people's perceptions of vulnerability/risk (e.g., comparative, absolute verbal, absolute numeric)?

When and why do we care more about our social comparative vs. our absolute standing on various dimensions (e.g., exam performance, driving speed, risk for cancer, intelligence, depressiveness)?

Which types of social norms are more influential for promoting health behavioral change: injunctive  norms (i.e., what others should ideally do) or descriptive  norms (what others actually do)?

Do we compare our emotional experiences to our peers?  If so, how do we think we compare and what impact might this perceived comparison have on well-being?

Are there asymmetries in the extent to which people from interdependent (e.g., East Asia) and independent (e.g., North America) cultures report experiencing more or less positive/negative affect as compared to their peers?  What is the impact of injunctive and descriptive norms on such reports?

How do approach-avoidance dispositions and actions relate to optimism?

How can we reduce egocentrism in competitive and group decision-making settings?  What moderates egocentrism in such cases?