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Personality and organisational psychologist, psychometrician Facet MAP: https://facetmap.org Handbook of Psychometrics: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118489772 Profile: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/david.hughes-4 .. more

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Aug 6

Michael Grosz has just released a pre-print on this question/issue for the Big Five, that might be of interest: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Aug 4

Fantastic opportunity for mid-career researchers who would like to relocate their lab to the UK

Faraday Discovery fellowships

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Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...

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Maike Luhmann @maikeluhmann.bsky.social · Jul 19

As research continues to be attacked (destroyed) elsewhere, European countries are installing new programs to attract researchers from around the world. Here is one from Ireland (deadline in October):
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Apr 24

Tenure-track Lectureship (Assistant Professor) in Organisational Psychology at The University of Manchester. Come work with us!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Organisational Psychology/Organisational Behaviour (Teaching & Research):Oxford Road

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Elise Kalokerinos @elisekalo.bsky.social · Apr 9

We're hiring a postdoc in the FEEL lab at the University of Melbourne. Deadline May 12: get in touch if you have questions! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...

Details : Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FEEL Lab) : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

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Reposted by Lusine Grigoryan, David J. Hughes, Martin Kreidl , and 1 more Lusine Grigoryan, David J. Hughes, Martin Kreidl, Johannes Breuer

Maike Luhmann @maikeluhmann.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨 Job alert - please share!

I'm looking for a doctoral researcher (3 years, 75%) to join my #ERC project #Loneliness across time and space (LOTIS) at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, starting June 1 or later.

Details in thread 👇

#PsychSciSky

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René Mõttus @renemottus.bsky.social · Apr 5

What is the most creative and inspiring personality research paper from the last few years that I could recommend to students to show how breakthroughs happen?

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Apr 3

A chapter I wrote a while back might be useful. Has been for colleagues and a good overview for students:
pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...

I review the history of validity theory and present a 2-stage process (along with evidence-types) to ensure psychometric Accuracy and Appropriateness

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School of PPLS at The University of Edinburgh @schoolofppls.bsky.social · Apr 2

Congratulations to @renemottus.bsky.social on receiving the National Science Prize in Social Sciences for his research on personality psychology. Well-deserved recognition for impactful research! Read more here: edin.ac/3E0xN9s
#psychology #research #impact #researchimpact #personalitypsychology

Psychology Professor ‘Honoured’ to Receive Prestigious Award

Congratulations to Professor of Personality and Social Psychology René Mõttus who was awarded the National Science Prize in the Field of Social Sciences by the Government of Estonia.

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Michelle Luciano @drmluciano.bsky.social · Mar 8

Can’t say I disagree academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities

You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Feb 23

Along with time keeping, yes. Easy solution: Get the slides beforehand and make a single ppt file. Unless everyone uses different software there is no change

David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Feb 6

Fantastic René and thoroughly deserved!

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Rob Nash @drrobnash.bsky.social · Feb 5

Students whose universities demand quicker feedback-turnaround by staff are barely (if any) more satisfied with their feedback. Who would guess it? My new paper 🙃 doi.org/10.1080/0260...

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Steve Stewart-Williams @stevestuwill.bsky.social · Feb 3

Self-Control as a Performance-Enhancing Drug

Self-control is an all-purpose good like IQ: It predicts health, wealth, and all things good.

www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/self-contr...

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Jan 29

Teaching days are not researching days!

David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Jan 22

Wanna do a post doc in the U.K.? Look no further than the below

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jan 21

Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

International Fellowships 2025

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Jan 22

Our Facet MAP might be useful for future cohorts: facetmap.org
And we’ll soon be surveying the field for suggestions of important missing traits, sounds like you might have unique insight via your students!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jan 21

International Fellowships 2025

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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David Hughes @david-j-hughes.bsky.social · Jan 18

This paper is definitely not short, but there are short sections of relevance and Tables 1 and 2 that might do the job www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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