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Shelley McKeown Jones

@shelleymckeown.bsky.social

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Professor of Social Psychology | Co-Editor BJSP | Research on intergroup relations, peace, and conflict | From Northern Ireland

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Dr Samuel Finnerty @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social · 22d

Last week I was at the BPS Social Psych Conference @bps-social-psych.bsky.social in Oxford @ox.ac.uk The theme was Beyond Tribalism—bringing different traditions together organised by @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social
Some reflections in a thread 👇

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Shelley McKeown Jones @shelleymckeown.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you to everyone who supported and attended- it was great to have so many social psychologists hanging out in Oxford at the lovely LMH.

BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 10

That's a wrap for the 2025 BPS social section conference in Oxford🎉

Thank you to those who came to present their latest contributions to social psychology!

Another thank you to our organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social for making this conference possible!

Until next year!

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 10

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 10

Its with great pleasure that we present Chloe Bracegirdle as this year's early career award winner! 🏆

Her keynote talk explores the ties that bind and divide in terms of intergroup relations in school social networks.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Sep 9

At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social, section chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social congratulates Prof Stephen Gibson on the mid-career award @bpsofficial.bsky.social

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social

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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · Jul 4

So wonderful to connect with colleagues (and friends!) after the #ISPP2025 sessions

Thanks for bringing us all together @polpsyispp.bsky.social

@shelleymckeown.bsky.social

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 3

This weekend, we are excited to have our team presenting at #ISPP2025 ! See here for where to catch these incredible presentations by Dr. Vivian Liu and @iniccraith.bsky.social

@ispp-pops.bsky.social @polpsyispp.bsky.social

Helping Kids! at International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) 2025 Annual Meeting

Dr. Vivian Liu, postdoctoral researcher at UCD. Presentation: GENERATION PEACE: Measuring Youth Peacebuilding. When: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 8:30-9:45 AM. Where: RB 101

Isabelle Nic Craith, PhD researcher at UCD. Presentation: A systematic review of the relationship between national identity content and attitudes and behaviors towards immigrants among child, adolescents, and young adults. When: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM. Where: RB 107

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Sumedh Rao @sumedhrao.bsky.social · Jul 3

Delighted to have made it to this year's #ISPP2025 and to present this paper from our Shared Spaces project authored with @shelleymckeown.bsky.social and @pierlucdupont.bsky.social

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Finally, Chloe Bracegirdle from @ox.ac.uk ‬ looks at ethnically segregated social networks in UK schools.

🔹82% of bullying ties were same-ethnic

🔹18% were cross-ethnic

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Stefania Paolini from @durhampsych.bsky.social explains work showing that positive intergroup contact improves social cohesion, but the disproportionate effect of negative contact is larger when people feel able to self-select out of contact situations.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jun 22

@aaronltbh.bsky.social ‬ from @westernsydneyu.bsky.social‬ describes how GPS-based movement patterns may reveal who seeks or avoids outgroup spaces in Greater Sydney.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Jack Klein discusses identity-fusion - a powerful form of group alignment that can motivate extreme pro-group behaviour.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Final day of the SASP-SPSSI “Peacebuilding through Conflict Transformation” conference...

Tjitske de Groot from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social reviews the different effects of intergroup contact interventions on minority and majority groups.