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Tidings from @WinnifredLouis.bsky.social, colleagues, and students - Brisbane Australia UQ - Social Psychology of system change, peace, conflict, extremism, democracy and human rights, a sustainable world, violence, allyship, collective action...
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Exciting to see Italian and German translations of our handbook!
In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Exciting to see Italian and German translations of our handbook!
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Congrats to Lucy De Souza on winning the SPSP Student Publication Prize! Her research with Toni Schmader provides a framework for understanding allyship, organizing actions as reactive or proactive, and ranging from individual to institutional.
Read more: ow.ly/jAJK50XkA0a
Read more: ow.ly/jAJK50XkA0a
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congrats to Lucy De Souza on winning the SPSP Student Publication Prize! Her research with Toni Schmader provides a framework for understanding allyship, organizing actions as reactive or proactive, and ranging from individual to institutional.
Read more: ow.ly/jAJK50XkA0a
Read more: ow.ly/jAJK50XkA0a
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Powerful editorial statement from the soon-to-be-launched @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org
equator
A new world is emerging from the ruins of the liberal order. But the West’s prestigious publications are ill-equipped to comprehend its challenges – and its possibilities. Enter Equator, an internatio...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Powerful editorial statement from the soon-to-be-launched @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org
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Join the Methods in Social Change and Inertia series on Oct 20 at 2pm UK time for a workshop on the Social Change Algorithm by Roxane de la Sablonniere, Diana Cardenas, and Jean-Marc Lina! Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/25bb20...
#psychology #socialsciences #socialpsych #socialchange
#psychology #socialsciences #socialpsych #socialchange
October 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Join the Methods in Social Change and Inertia series on Oct 20 at 2pm UK time for a workshop on the Social Change Algorithm by Roxane de la Sablonniere, Diana Cardenas, and Jean-Marc Lina! Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/25bb20...
#psychology #socialsciences #socialpsych #socialchange
#psychology #socialsciences #socialpsych #socialchange
Our new book [Psych of System Change & Resistance to Change] is out! Woot! @winnifredlouis.bsky.social @susilowibisono.bsky.social Kiara Minto & Gi Chonu doi.org/10.1017/9781...
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Our new book [Psych of System Change & Resistance to Change] is out! Woot! @winnifredlouis.bsky.social @susilowibisono.bsky.social Kiara Minto & Gi Chonu doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Why do people fight for or against climate action?
Led by Prof. Matthew J. Hornsey, our new review article published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences delves into the moral arguments of collective climate action—on both sides of the debate: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Led by Prof. Matthew J. Hornsey, our new review article published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences delves into the moral arguments of collective climate action—on both sides of the debate: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
May 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Why do people fight for or against climate action?
Led by Prof. Matthew J. Hornsey, our new review article published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences delves into the moral arguments of collective climate action—on both sides of the debate: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Led by Prof. Matthew J. Hornsey, our new review article published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences delves into the moral arguments of collective climate action—on both sides of the debate: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
New initiative led by @lewan.bsky.social - SCL members Susilo Wibisono and @winnifredlouis.bsky.social contributed - all feedback welcome!
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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June 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
New initiative led by @lewan.bsky.social - SCL members Susilo Wibisono and @winnifredlouis.bsky.social contributed - all feedback welcome!
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JPR 7.2 is out! Complicit Testimonies by Ivan Stacy (ed.). Articles by Eunike Mutiara Himawan, Annie Pohlman & @winnifredlouis.bsky.social; @drjpersian.bsky.social; Michelle E. Anderson; Sofía Forchieri; Juliane Prade-Weiss; Sue Vice; Guido Bartolini jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/14/volume/7/...
Special Issue: Complicit Testimonies | Journal of Perpetrator Research
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May 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
JPR 7.2 is out! Complicit Testimonies by Ivan Stacy (ed.). Articles by Eunike Mutiara Himawan, Annie Pohlman & @winnifredlouis.bsky.social; @drjpersian.bsky.social; Michelle E. Anderson; Sofía Forchieri; Juliane Prade-Weiss; Sue Vice; Guido Bartolini jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/14/volume/7/...
We are excited about next week's #afdhr Australian Festival of Democracy and Human Rights! www.socialchangelab.net/democracy202... (June 1 to 8) This one week period aims to bring together scholars, students, advocates and community groups to celebrate, interogate, and challenge conditions today.
Australian Democracy and Human Rights Festival 2025 (#AFDHR, ADHRF25)
Australian Democracy and Human Rights Festival - A program of events from June 1 to June 8 2025
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May 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We are excited about next week's #afdhr Australian Festival of Democracy and Human Rights! www.socialchangelab.net/democracy202... (June 1 to 8) This one week period aims to bring together scholars, students, advocates and community groups to celebrate, interogate, and challenge conditions today.
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'Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change'
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change - Nature Reviews Psychology
Social norms are the formal and informal rules that define acceptable and desirable group member behaviour. In this Review, Gonzalez et al. explain how tensions between societal and group norms, betwe...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
'Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change'
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A new paper led by Matthew Hornsey, w George Marshall, Kelly Fielding & @winnifredlouis.bsky.social on intergroup conflict and climate change
Hornsey et al. (2025): "Intergroup conflict over climate change: Problems and solutions"
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... -Solns: "maintaining climate justice, reducing disinfo[] and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, ...trusted messengers, and empathic communication."
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... -Solns: "maintaining climate justice, reducing disinfo[] and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, ...trusted messengers, and empathic communication."
April 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A new paper led by Matthew Hornsey, w George Marshall, Kelly Fielding & @winnifredlouis.bsky.social on intergroup conflict and climate change
Hornsey et al. (2025): "Intergroup conflict over climate change: Problems and solutions"
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... -Solns: "maintaining climate justice, reducing disinfo[] and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, ...trusted messengers, and empathic communication."
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... -Solns: "maintaining climate justice, reducing disinfo[] and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, ...trusted messengers, and empathic communication."
April 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hornsey et al. (2025): "Intergroup conflict over climate change: Problems and solutions"
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... -Solns: "maintaining climate justice, reducing disinfo[] and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, ...trusted messengers, and empathic communication."
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... -Solns: "maintaining climate justice, reducing disinfo[] and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, ...trusted messengers, and empathic communication."
A paper led by Janquel Acevedo from their PhD on the gridlock grant. Climate leaders' focus = movement internal changes re growing diversity & resilience, and external chs to state capture, econ/social systems, and alignment w nature.
Acevedo et al. 2025: "Overcoming Climate Gridlock: Perspectives of Climate Leaders on How to Achieve Social Change During Persistent Failure"
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
Overcoming Climate Gridlock: Perspectives of Climate Leaders on How to Achieve Social Change During Persistent Failure in Australia
Despite sustained efforts of social movements worldwide, there has been a lack of progress on mitigating climate change. Recent research examined the psychological consequences of one-off collective ...
doi.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A paper led by Janquel Acevedo from their PhD on the gridlock grant. Climate leaders' focus = movement internal changes re growing diversity & resilience, and external chs to state capture, econ/social systems, and alignment w nature.
Acevedo et al. 2025: "Overcoming Climate Gridlock: Perspectives of Climate Leaders on How to Achieve Social Change During Persistent Failure"
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
Overcoming Climate Gridlock: Perspectives of Climate Leaders on How to Achieve Social Change During Persistent Failure in Australia
Despite sustained efforts of social movements worldwide, there has been a lack of progress on mitigating climate change. Recent research examined the psychological consequences of one-off collective ...
doi.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Acevedo et al. 2025: "Overcoming Climate Gridlock: Perspectives of Climate Leaders on How to Achieve Social Change During Persistent Failure"
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
A paper led by Léïla Eisner from her post doc w the lab, studying the inter-connections between legislative changes, norm changes, and well-being in two large scale longitudinal surveys
Eisner et al 2025 in PP: Does majority support for minority rights impact perceived norms and psychological well-being? An application to the LGBTIQ+ context onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
April 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A paper led by Léïla Eisner from her post doc w the lab, studying the inter-connections between legislative changes, norm changes, and well-being in two large scale longitudinal surveys
Eisner et al 2025 in PP: Does majority support for minority rights impact perceived norms and psychological well-being? An application to the LGBTIQ+ context onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
April 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Eisner et al 2025 in PP: Does majority support for minority rights impact perceived norms and psychological well-being? An application to the LGBTIQ+ context onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
A paper from our assisted dying project, led by Susilo Wibisono: supportive professional norms & favourable attitudes mitigate practitioners' distress at providing services
Full article: “More support, less distress?”: Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners’ psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“More support, less distress?”: Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners’ psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services
This study explores how providing assisted dying services affects the psychological distress of practitioners. It investigates the influence of professional norms that endorse such services within ...
www.tandfonline.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A paper from our assisted dying project, led by Susilo Wibisono: supportive professional norms & favourable attitudes mitigate practitioners' distress at providing services
Full article: “More support, less distress?”: Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners’ psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“More support, less distress?”: Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners’ psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services
This study explores how providing assisted dying services affects the psychological distress of practitioners. It investigates the influence of professional norms that endorse such services within ...
www.tandfonline.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Full article: “More support, less distress?”: Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners’ psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New research from our unconventional advocates project: non-traditional voices grow the envt movt
February 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New research from our unconventional advocates project: non-traditional voices grow the envt movt