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Sofia Stathi
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Professor of Social Psychology | Research: intergroup relations, prejudice, collective action | Director of Social Psychology Lab - Uni of Greenwich | #FirstGen #Immigrant Born 🇬🇷🇪🇺 Living 🇬🇧

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 3d
I couldn’t believe this was a real post from him when I saw it in the news… what a disgrace of a leader.

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 3d
Last week I had the pleasure to speak at the 2nd International Symposium on Social Legacies of the Games. I presented a social psychological perspective on how to tackle the stigma of disability (and beyond). The discussions with academics, stakeholders and Paralympic athletes were fascinating! 🇮🇹

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to become UK’s first ‘super-university’
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to become UK’s first ‘super-university’
Formal approval given for new university group to operate from August, with both institutions keeping their names The universities of Greenwich and Kent have confirmed they have been given formal approval to merge into the UK’s first “super-university”. The merged entity will be the third-largest higher education institution in the UK, the universities said, and is consulting on being named the London and South East University Group. Continue reading...
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 6d
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?

These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.

So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...

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Mete Sefa Uysal @metesefauysal.bsky.social · 7d
UK Culture and Psychology Meeting 2026: Indigenous Knowledges from the Majority World

The meeting will be held on 18-19 June 2026 at the University of Exeter. There is no participation fee. Submission deadline is March 15. More information in the submission link!

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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 12d
Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election.
Changing Norms Following the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: The Trump Effect on Prejudice Redux Samuel E. Arnold, Jenniffer Wong Chavez, Kelly S. Swanson, and Christian S. Crandall Abstract Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential election of Donald Trump, prejudice toward groups targeted during his campaign (e.g., Asian Americans, Mexicans) become more acceptable. By contrast, both Trump and Clinton voters reported less prejudice of their own. We conducted a 2024 conceptual replication, measuring perceived norms of prejudice and own-prejudice toward 128 groups, both before (N = 362) and after (N = 261) the U.S. election. We separately measured the negativity of Trump's campaign rhetoric toward these groups (N = 188). Levels of prejudice and perceived norms of prejudice acceptability were mostly stable pre-/post-election, but Trump's negative rhetoric predicted an increase in perceived acceptability of prejudice among targeted groups (replicating the 2016 results), and a rise in selt-reported prejudice in the same groups post-election (reversing the 2016 results). Despite changes in the sociopolitical context between elections, the election of a leading politician who campaigned on prejudice was again associated with increases in the acceptability of prejudice.

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Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · 13d
The paper @florianstoeckel.bsky.social and I wrote showing that Brexit prejudice is a) alive and well and b) manifests in a variety of ways now has a volume and issue number! Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The limits of Brexit prejudice
Since the Brexit referendum, two novel political identities, Leaver and Remainer, have gained political salience in the United Kingdom. Some work contends that Leavers and Remainers display great ani....
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Larissa Knöchelmann @lknochelmann.bsky.social · 17d
You wrote a BA, MA, or PhD thesis in peace psychology, conflict studies, or related fields? Or you know someone who just did?

Consider applying for Gert-Sommer-Preis, an award by the German Peace Psychology association!

Deadline: 31st January, 2026

Details:
www.friedenspsychologie.de?p=1584

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Sofia Stathi

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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 18d
Coming up! iRISE (improving Reproducibility In SciencE) is hosting 3 free virtual train-the-trainer workshops:

2/4: Intro to Reproducibility
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2/18: Preregistration
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3/4: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Research
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Reposted by Gordon Hodson, Andrew Livingstone, Sofia Stathi

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 19d
'The Psychology of Crowd Behavior', Annual Review of Psychology

Final, peer-reviewed version now available open access.

Please share.

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The Psychology of Crowd Behavior
This review describes the social identity approach to crowd behavior. Research based on the social identity approach to crowds has grown significantly in the last 20 years, both quantitatively and qua...
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canan coskan @canancoskan.bsky.social · 21d
📢Fresh article out:

Comparing the White racial contract (Mills) in the U.S. and the Turkishness contract (Ünlü) in Turkey through mixed-methods, Ekin, Ludwin and I exposed how "peace" is used to maintain the status quo rather than achieve justice.

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TITLE: Privileged representations of peace: Perpetuating systemic violence AUTHORS: Ekin Birdir, Ludwin Molina, canan coşkan ABSTRACT: Privileged representations of peace: Perpetuating systemic violenceEkin Birdir, Ludwin Molina, canan coşkanAbstractSocial psychological research typically focuses on promoting peace between groups in conflict by fostering intergroup harmony through prejudice reduction or advancing social justice through collective action. Unfortunately, these investigations rarely consider the mainstream discursive structures and epistemic engagement that normalize collective ethnic/racial violence. We addressed this gap with two mixed-method (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) studies in two contexts (Turkey and the United States), utilizing decolonial frameworks informed by liberation psychology, critical race theory and privileged ethnic/racial (Turkishness and White racial) contracts. Comparative analysis of meta-representations of peace among Turks (Study 1; N = 116) and White Americans (Study 2; N = 151) exposed the overlapping (i.e., negative peace and reliance on the nation-state order) and divergent (i.e., assimilative inclusion and neoliberal individuality) elements of privileged epistemic engagement with peace that align with Turkishness and White racial contracts, perpetuating collective violence. Furthermore, both Turks' and White Americans' ethnic/racial identity endorsement predicted higher perceptions of the state/military contribution to peace, suggesting the role of racial privilege in maintaining systemic violence. To our knowledge, this work is the first social psychological investigation of the Turkishness contract and the comparative analysis of privileged meta-representations of peace.

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Andrei Cimpian @andreicimpian.bsky.social · 24d
🧵Women are underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. Why? One contributor: gender gaps in political ambition that emerge in childhood

In new paper, we ask: What predicts kids' political ambition? We studied 367 children (ages 5-11) in the US & China. 1/8

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 24d
“There is a word for this. It is, in my view, fascism.“

Rutger Bregman on Trump and his administration: “It’s really important to understand what this is. Because then we’ll stop being shocked all the time, and we can prepare.”

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 27d
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Why are Iranian Women Not Being Seen: When Western Feminist Solidarity Becomes Symbolic Silence
I am not Iranian. I write from outside the revolution, not over it.
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Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social · 28d
How does information on public opinion on environmental issues shape citizens' opinions? Out and open access with @mbarnfield.bsky.social, @florianstoeckel.bsky.social, @benlyons.bsky.social, @vittoriomerola.bsky.social, and @jasonreifler.bsky.social + others! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Information on public opinion has lasting effects on second-order climate beliefs, but minimal and ephemeral effects on first-order beliefs
Across western democracies, pro-climate beliefs are widespread. Yet, vocal minorities contest scientific consensus about global warming. Perhaps as a …
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jan 9
Please help Bori by participating in her research if you can! Bori needs *British* participants who are 18+, and identify as *non-religious* or *Christian*. Full details on the LinkedIn info below and direct link to the survey 👉 gre.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... www.linkedin.com/posts/borbal...
Research participants wanted (UK 🇬🇧) I’m recruiting participants for a short online study on perceptions of hate speech, as part of my PhD. ⏱️ Takes around 10 minutes 🎁 Optional prize draw to… | Bor...
Research participants wanted (UK 🇬🇧) I’m recruiting participants for a short online study on perceptions of hate speech, as part of my PhD. ⏱️ Takes around 10 minutes 🎁 Optional prize draw to win on...
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · Jan 6
According to a new report, 33 of the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned on his first day in office have since been charged, arrested, or convicted of new crimes.

Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.
Ahead of 5-year anniversary of Jan. 6, report examines aftermath following Trump's return to office
Ahead of the five-year anniversary of Jan. 6, House Democrats are examining the aftermath of the Capitol attack during the first year of President Trump's second term.
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · Dec 22
This Christmas Day join us for #JoinIn on Bluesky. Just use or look for the #JoinIn hashtag. Lovely people coming together for chat and cheer - especially for those who may be alone or troubled at Christmas, or just looking for a bit of fellowship. See you there!
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Sabrina Norwood @sabrinanorwood.bsky.social · Dec 16
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Text reads: About synthetic panels Recruiting the right participants for a study can be difficult. You may not get the exact demographics you need, and the shorter the deadline, the less sure you can be that everyone will answer on time. One possible solution can be to use synthetic panels. Synthetic panels are powered by a first party proprietary AI model developed here at Qualtrics. Our synthetic panel is trained on thousands of responses from a variety of demographic backgrounds in order to more accurately predict how certain populations would respond to a survey. Our synthetic panel is based on the United States General Population, and is only available in English. This panel comes with ready-made quotas and target breakouts in order to represent your chosen population and make it easy to launch your survey right away. Text reads: Question-writing best practices To get the most reliable and actionable results from synthetic audiences, consider these question-writing best practices: Ask forward-looking and attitudinal questions. Synthetic panels perform best with perceptions, preferences, and intent-based questions. For example, “How likely are you to try…?” Synthetic panels are less applicable for studies on past behaviors, detailed recall, brand recall, or awareness questions. For example, “When did you last visit…?” Text reads: Discussion The current study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the TPB when applied to health behaviours which addressed the limitations of previous reviews by including only prospective tests of behaviour, applying RE meta-analytic procedures, correcting correlations for sampling and measurement error, and hierarchically analysing the effect of behaviour type and sample and methodological moderators. Some 237 tests were identified which examined relations amongst model components. Overall the analysis indicated that the TPB could explain 19.3% of the variance in behaviour and 44.3% of the variance in intention across studies. This level of prediction of behaviour is slightly lower than that of previous meta-analytic reviews which have found between 27% (Armitage & Conner, 2001; Hagger et al., 2002) and 36% (Trafimow et al., 2002) of the variance in behaviour to be explained by intention and PBC.

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Dec 9
As a social psychologist working on intergroup relations, I am very grateful to have the opportunity to explore issues related to (tackling) poverty disadvantage and hostility toward people who are poor. More information about our interdisciplinary EU-funded project 👉 www.gre.ac.uk/articles/pub...
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Dec 9
Wow, congratulations Laura!!! What a fantastic achievement!

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Dec 7
So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers.

Here's what happened:

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The Impact of Social Media on Adolescent Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis | Scientia Psychiatrica
Introduction: The proliferation of social media has raised significant concerns about its potential effects on the mental health of adolescents. This meta-analysis aims to provide a comprehensive asse...
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Sara Vestergren @swedishprotests.bsky.social · Dec 1
The last session in the collective action series hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social and @merveozturkey.bsky.social is this Thursday 4th Dec 1-3pm GMT.

The webinar is free to attend but registration needed www.bps.org.uk/event/precar...
Precarious Solidarities: Collective Action during and after disasters Under Authoritarianism or repression | BPS
The final instalment of this series, gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field. Time may be subject to change.
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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · Nov 27
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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Emma Pierson @emmapierson.bsky.social · Nov 24
We have a new paper in Science Advances proposing a simple test for bias:

Is the same person treated differently when their race is perceived differently?

Specifically, we study: is the same driver likelier to be searched by police when they are perceived as Hispanic rather than white?

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Nov 17
What a kick off meeting for our Horizon project! 🇪🇺 Funded by the European Commission, in the next three years we will be exploring how to build trust across communities and reduce poverty-related hostility. Follow us on Linkedin! www.linkedin.com/posts/btl-co...
#trust #leadership #crime #communities #europe #ncp #btlcop #trustandleadership #safercommunities #horizoneurope | BTL-COP Project
On 13–14 Nov 2025, our consortium gathered in Zagreb, Croatia, to kick off the Horizon Europe BTL-COP project. Two days of partners’ presentations, inspiring discussions, and shared ideas marked the...
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Nov 16
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#btlcop #zagreb #trust #leadership #innovation #europe #croatia #uk | Rafael Popper
👮#BTLCOP Takes Off in #Zagreb! 🇭🇷 The BTL-COP consortium gathered in Zagreb this week for an energising kick-off that set a clear and ambitious course for strengthening #trust, #leadership, and #inno...
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Nadira Faber @nadirafaber.bsky.social · Nov 11
In our new paper (open access in PSPB), we asked where children’s greater moral concern for animals stems from. We find that children place less moral weight on species membership alone (i.e. are less speciesist) than adults. #socialpsyc #devpsy #philsky journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZMRUM...

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Nov 6
Awesome! Well done to everyone for putting this series of events together 🙌

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Nov 6
Unfortunately I cannot attend today but it’ll be a great event!! I look forward to hearing about it!