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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

mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe I’m missing your point, but the paper you link isn’t about rats/vermin rhetoric (blatant dehumanization), it’s about the work underlying possibly more subtle forms of dehumanization.

Reposted by Simon Hix, Mark J. Brandt, Federica Genovese

Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social · 1d

🌍🇺🇸 Published Today in PNAS Nexus 🌍🇺🇸

How can we foster collective climate action?

- led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social & @madalina.bsky.social
- 17 behavioral interventions, designed by 50 experts
- tested on >30000 US participants

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 🧵 1/11

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 1d

What divides the fans who intend to boycott major sports events from the ones who follow through? Bertin & Grippa investigate calls to boycott the 2022 World Cup, finding that those who more strongly identified with fan culture tended to renege on intentions to tune out. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Difference between boycott intentions and behaviors in France, Belgium, and Canada.

Difference between boycott intentions and behaviors at different levels of minority awareness among French participants.

Difference between boycott intentions and behaviors at different levels of environmental awareness among French participants.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 1d

How do national identities become politically activated? From our December issue, Antonia C. May finds that the salience of immigration-related coverage in the media is connected to the activation of national identity in electoral/political cognition. Read open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Voting preferences by conceptions of nationhood. Bars represent the vote share of all parties by Conceptions of Nationhood across all panel waves and respondents in the main models.

mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not sure what the threshold is, but soccer is America's third favorite sport. It's ahead of baseball and hockey.

I also think boycotting a prestigious international event could send a different signal than boycotting single matches against the USA team, for example.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 2d

If girls run the world (Beyoncé, 2011), why are women still underrepresented in governmental bodies? Hanna Kim proposes that meritocratic ideology plays a role in the denial of a gendered imbalance in her article from our December issue. Read more online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social · 3d

We are pleased to announce the 10th volume of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (JREP) is free to read until the end of January 2026.

You can find the browse the 10th volume here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

All issues | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core

All issues of Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, Christopher Towler

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen, Mark J. Brandt, Victor Asal , and 2 more Carl Henrik Knutsen, Mark J. Brandt, Victor Asal, Nazita Lajevardi, Jens Rydgren

Ashok Swain @ashoswai.bsky.social · 3d

We are hiring a Professor!
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, the world’s leading research environments in the field, is now recruiting a Professor. We welcome applications from internationally recognized scholars. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Professor of Peace and Conflict Research

Uppsala University announces a vacancy for a permanent position as Professor of Peace and Conflict Research At the Department of Peace and Conflict Research The Department is one of the

uu.varbi.com

Reposted by Stuart Soroka, Mark J. Brandt, Stefan Müller , and 11 more Stuart Soroka, Mark J. Brandt, Stefan Müller, Jürgen Maier, Nils B. Weidmann, Lucas Leemann, Christian E. Weller, Robert Huber, Manuela Boatcă, Simon Weschle, Marta Kołczyńska, Christina Felfe, Sebastian Königs, Roman Senninger

Christian Breunig @breunig.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

stellen.uni-konstanz.de

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 7d

What can over a million tweets about COVID-19 teach us about echo (echo echo) chambers (chambers chambers)? Durrheim & Schuld's piece finds that our understanding of opinion formation and expression on social media is much more complex than the accounts we follow. Read open-access: buff.ly/Wyfe9kf

Polarization on social media: Comparing the dynamics of interaction networks and language-based distributions.

Retweet network of five communities of Twitter authors: Antivaxxers (black), public health actors (yellow), republicans (red), democrats (blue) and unorthodox (green). Reproduced with permission from Ojea Quintana et al. (2022). (A) PRE‐pandemic declaration (B) POST‐pandemic declaration.

Speaker landscapes for the tweets before and after declaration of the COVID‐19 pandemic, marking the speakers of the communities found by Ojea Quintana et al. (2022): Antivaxxers (black), public health (yellow), republicans (red), democrats (blue), and unorthodox (green).(A) PRE‐pandemic declaration (B) Post‐pandemic declaration.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, David Darmofal

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 8d

OMG! What can we learn about political attitudes from how individuals think of God? In our December issue, Wagoner et al. discuss how different conceptualizations of God can be a powerful predictor of political ideologies such as religious nationalism. Read the full piece online: buff.ly/XqDbdB3

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 8d

What impact does ideological misalignment have on individuals' wellbeing? Cotan Utomo et al. explore in our December issue. They find that perceived difference in views on multiculturalism between an individual and society can have negative effects on wellbeing. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 9d

How can we rebuild trust and support for democracy in a period of decreasing confidence and backsliding globally? In the final special issue article of our December issue, Figueirêdo Sales discusses Brazil's collective candidacies as one potential solution. Available online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Reposted by David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook, Mark J. Brandt

Tom Costello @tomcostello.bsky.social · 9d

If you tell an AI to convince someone of a true vs. false claim, does truth win? In our *new* working paper, we find...

‘LLMs can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies’

But telling the AI not to lie might help.

Details in thread

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Matti Wilks @mattiwilks.bsky.social · 9d

Our recent paper discussing why children might care more about animals. A joy to write with @lmcguire.bsky.social @nadirafaber.bsky.social Jared Piazza and Katja Liebal.

academic.oup.com/cdpers/advan...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

julia kamin @juliakamin.bsky.social · 11d

What might make difficult conversations across division more fruitful? This study, using data from StoryCorps' One Small Step project, suggests pairing partners across generations:

Generational Strengths Help Bridge Political Divides: An Analysis of Cross-Partisan Conversations

Older adults’ socioemotional strengths, such as emotional stability and positivity, could be a valuable resource for navigating political discussions. When combined with younger adults’ curiosity and open-mindedness, these intergenerational ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Mark J. Brandt, Martin Kreidl , and 2 more Dave O’Brien, Mark J. Brandt, Martin Kreidl, Jens Rydgren, Jani Erola

RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 12d

CRIS at the Sciences Po, Paris is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join the Research Team led by Prof. Mirna Safi working on “The Discrimination-Inequality Cycle: Bridging Unequal Treatment and Unequal Outcomes across Countries, Regions and Workplaces” Apply:
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/J...

www.sciencespo.fr

mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 13d

Looks useful

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 13d

How can political psychology help address issues like the housing crisis? Ribeiro, Poeschl, & Santos present an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the perspectives on the crises and propose a path forward to make meaningful & collaborative solutions possible. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social · 13d

Does #PoliticalTrust foster or hinder #volunteering?

💡 We took a closer look at this, distinguishing between trust in local / national government

📊 RI-CLPM with 3 waves, N = 5,039 UK respondents

Now published #openaccess in @spspnews.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1177/1948...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Victor Asal

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 14d

What does everyday peacebuilding look like? Rincón-Unigarro et al. examine a Colombian city's annual mixed-race festival as a large-scale collective action to build trust and social cohesion through shared cultural expression and communion. Read the full piece online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Mark J. Brandt, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Anna O. Law, Mark J. Brandt, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 15d

To mark 10 years of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics we are pleased to offer access to all issues from 2025 -

https://cup.org/3Ld06Fl

Where not #OpenAccess the articles in these issues are free to read until the end of January 2026.

cc @journalrep.bsky.social

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, David Darmofal

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 15d

Peacebuilding at center stage & in the spotlight. Action! Montiel et al redefine "political theater" via performance exercises w/ leaders of 2 groups in territorial conflict, finding bringing it to the stage can help avoid taking it to the mat by building trust & bridging differences buff.ly/ojNULYK

mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 15d

This is where we've tried to draw the line at Political Psychology. Obviously very difficult to actually police, but we think it makes sense.

mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 16d

just be normal, challenge level impossible (apparently)

mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 16d

Not sure about “inverting”, but strikes me as similar to work on value violations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 16d

What decreases interreligious tensions in a multicultural polity? Köbrich et al. investigate in our December issue & find that knowledge of outgroup practices is one condition of weaker coreligionist preferences. Read for more on the increases/decreases exclusive preferences: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Reposted by Gordon Hodson, Mark J. Brandt

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 18d

Psychology Jobs

Three assistant professor positions in health, clinical, or social psychology at the University of Southampton, UK.

Closing date: 30 Jan 2026

BSky Contacts: @timwildschut.bsky.social & @denisdrieghe.bsky.social

#PsychJobs #SocialPsyc #ClinPsyc #HealthPsyc #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Lecturers in Health/Clinical (mental health)/Social Psychology x 3

The School of Psychology, University of Southampton, is seeking to appoint three permanent lecturers in health, clinical or social psychology to grow our research and contribute to delivery of our und...

jobs.soton.ac.uk

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Ingo Rohlfing

Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 18d

Concerns about the z-curve method
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/10/c...

Concerns about the z-curve method | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, David R. Miller

Liz Suhay @lizsuhay.bsky.social · 21d

I recently recorded a podcast with the New Books Network on my book Debating the American Dream. If you prefer to listen instead of read sometimes (as I increasingly do!), consider checking it out:

newbooksnetwork.com/debating-the...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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