Andrew Livingstone
@andrewlivingstone.bsky.social
Husband, dad, and social psychologist at Uni. of Exeter. Intergroup relations, conflict, emotion, collective action. Student evaluation: 'like an idiot savant'
https://worldmakingthings.org/
https://worldmakingthings.org/
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Some thoughts (bletherings?) from me in today’s The Scotsman (Scotland on Sunday) on the social/organisational consequences of Scotland’s World Cup Qualification.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
How World Cup joy for Scotland can make us a happier healthier nation
Dr Fergus Neville can see the psychological benefit to Scotland of qualifying for the World Cup
www.scotsman.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Some thoughts (bletherings?) from me in today’s The Scotsman (Scotland on Sunday) on the social/organisational consequences of Scotland’s World Cup Qualification.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
This sort of position seems so at odds with what Allport himself actually wrote. This seems to fall into the more general category of straw-manning original sources in order to create 'space' and contrast for new findings (see also: social identity theory/Tajfel & Turner 1979)
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This sort of position seems so at odds with what Allport himself actually wrote. This seems to fall into the more general category of straw-manning original sources in order to create 'space' and contrast for new findings (see also: social identity theory/Tajfel & Turner 1979)
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This itself, however, is a feature of contemporary white supremacy, including and especially its liberal wing: humming and hawing, both-sidesing, 'debating', 'pondering', 'complexity' trolling, 'nuance' mongering.
The evidence from Farage and the people that surround him screams that there is really no two sides to this story or slipper definitions - not that you’d be able to tell with just how much smoke is being blown around this.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This itself, however, is a feature of contemporary white supremacy, including and especially its liberal wing: humming and hawing, both-sidesing, 'debating', 'pondering', 'complexity' trolling, 'nuance' mongering.
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This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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I've been taking this approach for some while now and training people how to do pen and paper or computer assisted surveys are increasingly popular.
There's a whole generation of staff and students who never learned this skill.
On or offline we need to improve how we teach research and survey use
There's a whole generation of staff and students who never learned this skill.
On or offline we need to improve how we teach research and survey use
It looks like in the face of LLMs, just as professors have to go back to in-person and oral assessments to preserve the integrity of teaching, survey researchers have to go back to in-person interviews to preserve the integrity of polling. A lot of change is coming, folks! phys.org/news/2025-11...
Fake survey answers from AI could quietly sway election predictions
Public opinion polls and other surveys rely on data to understand human behavior. New research from Dartmouth reveals that artificial intelligence can now corrupt public opinion surveys at scale—passi...
phys.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I've been taking this approach for some while now and training people how to do pen and paper or computer assisted surveys are increasingly popular.
There's a whole generation of staff and students who never learned this skill.
On or offline we need to improve how we teach research and survey use
There's a whole generation of staff and students who never learned this skill.
On or offline we need to improve how we teach research and survey use
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Luckily, you don't need to choose b/c you can use them both! The framing of "p value bad"/"CI good" means that some people never really get that they're based on the same information & the same basic stat. philosophy (some of these points are made here: richarddmorey.medium.com/power-and-pr...)
Power and precision
Why the push for replacing “power” with “precision” is misguided
richarddmorey.medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Luckily, you don't need to choose b/c you can use them both! The framing of "p value bad"/"CI good" means that some people never really get that they're based on the same information & the same basic stat. philosophy (some of these points are made here: richarddmorey.medium.com/power-and-pr...)
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
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“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
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'These group processes are much more in play at night…'
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
'These group processes are much more in play at night' | BPS
Our journalist, Ella Rhodes, meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
'These group processes are much more in play at night…'
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Horrific, but I try to remind myself that a lot of these aren't even people, and many will be the same person sock-puppeting for money. The big issue is the amplification machine that warps our perception of norms. Let's not take that poison and remember that people are actually good overall
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Horrific, but I try to remind myself that a lot of these aren't even people, and many will be the same person sock-puppeting for money. The big issue is the amplification machine that warps our perception of norms. Let's not take that poison and remember that people are actually good overall
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Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans
Unpacking Broad Racial Labels: The Disaggregation of Data on Race and Ethnicity: https://osf.io/eyv7b
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
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Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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Are victimhood claims in political party manifestos and election programs on the rise? Yes, they are! Check out a brand new paper authored by @marlenevoit.bsky.social , @lucaskohler.bsky.social et al. -- published yesterday in @polpsyispp.bsky.social. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/pops....
Victimhood claims in German political manifestos
Political campaigns often work with victimhood claims—stories construed around an (alleged) injustice that needs to be redressed or retaliated against. Notably, scholars have argued that victimhood c...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Are victimhood claims in political party manifestos and election programs on the rise? Yes, they are! Check out a brand new paper authored by @marlenevoit.bsky.social , @lucaskohler.bsky.social et al. -- published yesterday in @polpsyispp.bsky.social. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/pops....
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While headlines focus on how many people claim asylum in the UK, there's one number that's not even officially counted:
The number of people who die while trying to seek sanctuary here.
We know our policies kill people. Their deaths must not be ignored.
#KnowTheirNames
The number of people who die while trying to seek sanctuary here.
We know our policies kill people. Their deaths must not be ignored.
#KnowTheirNames
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
While headlines focus on how many people claim asylum in the UK, there's one number that's not even officially counted:
The number of people who die while trying to seek sanctuary here.
We know our policies kill people. Their deaths must not be ignored.
#KnowTheirNames
The number of people who die while trying to seek sanctuary here.
We know our policies kill people. Their deaths must not be ignored.
#KnowTheirNames
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When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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What are the psychological and behavioural dynamics that come to play at the negotiation table?
At our #EUCoP2025 side event on integrating psychology in peacemaking with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we asked experts in both fields how this collaboration can benefit #mediation processes.
At our #EUCoP2025 side event on integrating psychology in peacemaking with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we asked experts in both fields how this collaboration can benefit #mediation processes.
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What are the psychological and behavioural dynamics that come to play at the negotiation table?
At our #EUCoP2025 side event on integrating psychology in peacemaking with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we asked experts in both fields how this collaboration can benefit #mediation processes.
At our #EUCoP2025 side event on integrating psychology in peacemaking with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we asked experts in both fields how this collaboration can benefit #mediation processes.
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These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child
and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base
and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base
🚨This is not what I expect from a Labour government
THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child
and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base
and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base
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A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
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🎃 carving is for light weights. I tell my kid this every year when he is happily scooping out a pumpkin. I have strong (and painful!) childhood memories of the literal hours it took to get anything like a face on a turnip. But it was worth it 👻 #HappyHalloween
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎃 carving is for light weights. I tell my kid this every year when he is happily scooping out a pumpkin. I have strong (and painful!) childhood memories of the literal hours it took to get anything like a face on a turnip. But it was worth it 👻 #HappyHalloween
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🚨These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child
and even worse - these changes were introduced without warning, consultation and no evidence base
and even worse - these changes were introduced without warning, consultation and no evidence base
🚨This is not what I expect from a Labour government
THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
THESE SHOCKING cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child - the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🚨These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child
and even worse - these changes were introduced without warning, consultation and no evidence base
and even worse - these changes were introduced without warning, consultation and no evidence base
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Important, painful, and still timely!
How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation?
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess
www.tandfonline.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Important, painful, and still timely!
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October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM