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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · Dec 14

Two political psych starter packs!

Both have been around, but 2 has had a lot more people added.

Check them out if you haven’t already

1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx
2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Efrén O. Pérez, Mirya R. Holman , and 2 more Mark J. Brandt, Efrén O. Pérez, Mirya R. Holman, Peter K. Enns, Frank C. Thames

Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 10h

Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle.

Deadline Oct. 22.

www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant

Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants

Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.

www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · 12h

It is often assumed that conformity is higher in collectivist cultures. In our new study that just came out in JCCP, we show that emotional conformity is actually higher in individualistic cultures, replicating earlier findings across 28 nations journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Which Cultural Dimensions Predict Variations in Emotional Conformity? An Extension of Vishkin et al. (2023) Across 28 Nations - Peter B. Smith, Alexander Kirchner-Häusler, Lusine Grigoryan, Vivian Miu...

Despite being a classic social psychology topic, cultural variability in conformity has only been examined systematically in the last few decades. Vishkin et al...

journals.sagepub.com

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 2d

McGill psych is hosting a panel for under rep minority folks possibly interested in attending grad school on Oct 20.

Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/246051...

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Laura K. Taylor

Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 2d

📣Calling undergrad and early grad students studying psychology: Want to connect with advanced grad students who can share advice and help you navigate academia? Apply to join the SPSP Peer Advising Program!

Apply here before October 28: ow.ly/Nb0W50X7L9s

SPSP
Get Advised by Grad Students and Postdocs: Apply as an Advisee in SPSP's Peer Advising Program
Application Deadline: October 28

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Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Mark J. Brandt

Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Reposted by Gordon Hodson, Mark J. Brandt, Nazita Lajevardi

Nour Kteily @nourkteily.bsky.social · 3d

@elijfinkel.bsky.social
& I are recruiting a postdoc in the #LitowitzCenter for Enlightened Disagreement at Northwestern University. We seek research excellence regarding navigating conflict.

Application deadline: Nov. 17.

Salary: ~$80k.

facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MjQzNw==

Northwestern Faculty Search -

facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Jill A. Jacobson

Ruben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 3d

We're looking for an experimental psychologist in Witten. Contact me if you have questions about the job (I'm not on the commission, so can talk freely :-)
uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/59638545...

Universitätsprofessur für Experimentelle Psychologie (W2-analog) bei Universität Witten/Herdecke

Wir suchen: Universitätsprofessur für Experimentelle Psychologie (W2-analog) (Vollzeit) • Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50, 58455 Witten, Deutschland

uni-wh.softgarden.io

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 6d

The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is what these people want

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Felix M. Simon @felixsimon.bsky.social · 6d

🗞️ 🤖 Weekend reading anyone? For the launch of @transformernews.ai as a standalone publication, they invited me to contribute a piece on what persuasive AI might mean for democracy and elections.

Here’s the result…

buff.ly/OJsNmpK

AI is persuasive, but that’s not the real problem for democracy

Opinion: Felix M Simon argues that AI is unlikely to significantly shape election results in the near future, but warns that it could damage democracy through a steady erosion of institutional trust.

www.transformernews.ai

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Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 6d

October is here and so is the latest issue of Political Psychology! This issue is jam-packed with 25 original articles. Check it out online here: buff.ly/cxAMGba

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 7d

Who else do I know here who is working on LLM coding of open ends and is interested in working on a panel on the topic for AAPOR 2026?

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Ian Hussey, Jill A. Jacobson

Rich Lucas @richlucas.bsky.social · 7d

We already know that lagged effects in CLPMs are likely to be upwardly biased, but just how easy is it to find significant effects? Way too easy. I tested CLPMS in 100 randomly selected pairs of correlated variables and found significant effects in 98 of them. New preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 8d

Does anyone use #RedCap for child participant database management? If so, would you be willing to share screenshots etc. of what your user interface looks like or share the template, whichever is easier.

#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky #cogsci

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Aleksandra Cichocka

ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 8d

ISPP Small Grants are back for 2026! 💡 $50k total available; request up to $5k for research or network/workshop projects. Open to current ISPP members. Proposals due Dec 1, 2025. Selection uses a lottery among proposals that meet all criteria. Apply: ispp.org/funding/smal...

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Tyler T Reny @tylerreny.bsky.social · 8d

📢 New paper w @mfroman.bsky.social and Ben Newman: Why do some conservative White Americans support abortion? It's not gender or religion. They want to slow the growth of disliked out-groups. bit.ly/4mFYYXd

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 8d

Two open positions on COS's research team!

Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Please share w/colleagues

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber , and 1 more Mark J. Brandt, Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber, Markus Wagner

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 8d

🤝 @jochemvanagt.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik, @luanarusso.bsky.social, and @markuswagner.bsky.social show that when the mainstream right signals openness to govern with the far right, it eases tensions on the right but amplifies antipathy on the left 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right

Mainstream political actors in many countries face the challenging decision of how to engage with radical-right parties. While some systematically exclude them from power, others accept them as coa...

www.tandfonline.com

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Reposted by David Lazer, Mark J. Brandt, Miranda J. Lubbers

Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · 8d

Want to promote transparency and clarity in network research by helping develop 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 (𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃)?

Sign up to get involved here: tinyurl.com/help-with-GR...

▪️ All career stages welcome
▪️ All fields welcome
▪️ Be compensated for your time

GRAND Recruitment

Complete this short questionnaire to help develop Guidelines for Reporting About Network Data (GRAND).

tinyurl.com

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Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Mark J. Brandt, David Darmofal

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 9d

My department is hiring a PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI.

This is part of WASP-HS, an interdisciplinary research cluster on AI’s impact on people and society.

Come and be my colleague!

Submission date: 15 Nov. 2025

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI

The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an

su.varbi.com

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 10d

@abbycassario.bsky.social has empirical data getting at this idea being drafted as we speak

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 10d

Helpful review of four types of interventions targeting misinformation at the individual level (boosting, nudging, debunking, and automated content labeling). No magic solutions, here. I suspect a combination of individual- and system-level efforts are necessary. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Countering Misinformation: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Implications of Current Interventions: European Psychologist: Vol 28, No 3

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doi.org

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 11d

Something similar from this ought to work, www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Selling Ourselves Short? How Abbreviated Measures of Personality Change the Way We Think about Personality and Politics | The Journal of Politics: Vol 80, No 4

Political scientists who study the interplay between personality and politics overwhelmingly rely on short personality scales. We explore whether the length of the employed personality scales affects ...

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Mark J. Brandt, Jon Green , and 6 more Scott L. Greer, Mark J. Brandt, Jon Green, Laia Balcells, Efrén O. Pérez, Mirya R. Holman, David R. Miller, Julia Lynch, Nazita Lajevardi

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 13d

Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...

What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans

doi.org

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t know. Seems like the cars running stop signs, failing to use turn signals, passing too close, and going well above the speed limit have some responsibility.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Jennifer A. Richeson, Mark J. Brandt

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 14d

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

(P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

Family friendly waiting room for participants

Family friendly waiting room, picture shows children's play area

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, David R. Miller

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 14d

🌊🦈 WE'RE BACK!!! 🌊🦈

Update your calendars bc JAWS is back for Fall 2025 📅 And our first session is next week, Wed 10/1!

Also: NEW TIME! We've heard our old time was difficult for those with school pickups, so our new time is 1-2:30PM ET / 10-11:30AM PT 💫

More info below ⬇️

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Justin H. Kirkland, David L. Anderson

Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 14d

The University of Utah Department of Political Science is hiring a department chair at the rank of Full Professor! This job is open to any subfield.

Let me know if you have questions about the search, including (as you likely are wondering) why we are hiring an external chair.

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ana gantman @anagantman.bsky.social · 14d

We propose that the everyday psychology of rules and 3rd party punishment is at the core of authoritarianism

Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state

See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...

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osf.io

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 14d

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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