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Sofia Stathi

@drsofiastathi.bsky.social

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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 · 1d

Thank you for all your efforts, Laura ❤️ your work teaches children and grown-ups alike 😁

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 1d

So lucky that the brilliant @laurahallain.bsky.social visited my daughter’s school today! Little one came home excited and inspired 💫 📕

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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 1d

Lost science series is documenting the research that is being cut in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c... 🧪

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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Reposted by Serge Guimond, Justin H. Kirkland, Robert C. Richards , and 1 more Serge Guimond, Justin H. Kirkland, Robert C. Richards, Sofia Stathi

Take Sipma @takesipma.bsky.social · 8d

Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial?

In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries

www.cambridge.org

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 10d

<3 I feel I have so much catching up to do, Gordon! Any cool research you uncover, please carry on sharing!

Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 10d

Sabbatical mode on. What I most look forward to? Reading!

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · 12d

Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online!

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 13d

“Democrats think 45% of Republicans support partisan murder, 20 times larger than what data show. Similarly, Republicans think 42% of Democrats support partisan murder, which is 25 times larger than reality. Americans have a fundamentally incorrect understanding of support for partisan violence.”

Study: Most Americans Do Not Support Partisan Violence | Dartmouth

home.dartmouth.edu

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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 15d

ISPP’s Scholars Under Threat Committee call for proposals:

Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Sofia Stathi, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Efrén O. Pérez, Sofia Stathi, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 19d

Republicans perceive more discrimination against people who are: White, evangelical, men & religious.

Democrats are much more likely to perceive discrimination against people who are: gay or lesbian, Black, immigrants in US legally, Hispanic, & women.

Republicans and Democrats continue to have very different views of how much discrimination many groups face in the U.S. While there have been some shifts since last year, the partisan patterns are consistent. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say most of the groups asked about face at least some discrimination. But there are exceptions among certain groups. Groups that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say experience a lot of or some discrimination: White people (55% of Republicans vs. 21% of Democrats) Evangelical Christians (57% vs. 31%) Men (42% vs. 27%) People who are religious (63% vs. 51%) Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say that 15 of 20 groups included in the survey face a lot of or some discrimination. These are the widest differences: People who are gay or lesbian (90% of Democrats vs. 50% of Republicans) Black people (94% vs. 54%) Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally (84% vs. 45%) Hispanic people (90% vs. 54%) Women (80% vs. 47%)

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Reposted by Siniša Malešević, Adam Crawford, Geoff Pearson , and 1 more Siniša Malešević, Adam Crawford, Geoff Pearson, Sofia Stathi

Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

We're looking for an ambitious, impact-focused Research Fellow to join @vp-centre.bsky.social.

The role is full-time and fixed-term until 30 April 2027.

Salary: £41,064-£48,822
Based at: @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Deadline: 13 October 2025

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow, Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

Are you an ambitious, impact-focussed researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in policing and vulnerable groups, the interactions between them and other service pro...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 22d

Interested in state-of-the-art methodologies to study social change? My brilliant colleague @drfbzen.bsky.social is hosting Dr. Agnieszka Rychwalska next week, funded by British Academy! 👉 resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/methods-in... Come and learn all things functional connectivity analysis! 🧐

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 24d

“What has happened is not that capital income trickled down, but that labour income ‘trickled up’” – @brankomilan.bsky.social on how income from capital remains a privilege of the few in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Read the post here: buff.ly/BEs46q0

New Capitalism in America, Part III - LSE Inequalities

Why is capital so concentrated and why do so few have it? Under the "new" capitalism, why do 85% of the world’s population remain capital-income destitute?

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8

In the session Decolonization and status quo Leyla De Amicis is presenting her project Decolonizing ourselves - funded by the BPS Social Psychology Section through pump-priming (this is an annual funding opportunity for our members to help them with starting up, pilot study etc)

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bye bye out-of-office message… you were so needed! Hello September 👩🏼‍💻 #AcademicSky

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Mete Sefa Uysal @metesefauysal.bsky.social · Aug 31

Not only their anti-immigrant rhetoric but obvious incompetence of politicians in power emboldens right-wing populist beliefs (e.g., ”Politicians talk too much and do too little," "An ordinary citizen would represent my interests better than a professional politician").

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Aug 29

New article on park inequities nationwide. This is the first U.S. analysis of disparities in park access using individual-level data. We find that White and Native American residents have more park space available, while Asian, Black, and Latino/a/x residents generally have less access to park space

Paper titled, "Park inequities between and within racial/ethnic groups in the conterminous United States: A micro-scale, individual-level analysis"

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Frank Eckerle @fmsmallfield.bsky.social · Aug 20

New pub! 📝
Solidarity with refugees depends on refugee‘s origin and gender. Partly explained through a similarity->threat link. We discuss this as a psychological expression of neocolonial geopolitics.
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This paper investigates social psychological mechanisms underlying selective solidarity with refugees in two experimental studies conducted in Germany. We hypothesized, in line with the geopolitics o...

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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Two experiments find that reminding U.S participants that the U.S. is disproportionately responsible for climate change leads conservatives (but not liberals) to show *reduced* preferences for environmentally friendly consumption
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Climate Privilege: Defensive disbelief in climate change science

Two studies investigated climate privilege--an idea derived from existing research on racial and economic privilege. U.S. citizens consume a larger th…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Delighted to announce we received Horizon funding for our BTL-COP project (Trust and Leadership to challenge global aporophobic crime in a police Community of Practice). Led by Prof @jilljameson.bsky.social the next 3 years will bring fascinating research + practice!! 👉 www.gre.ac.uk/articles/pub...

University of Greenwich secures new €3M EU Project to build trust between communities and police across seven countries | Articles

BTL-COP aims to protect vulnerable people and build safer, more inclusive communities across Europe, enhancing social learning, trust, and leadership.

www.gre.ac.uk

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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · Feb 18

📢 ISPP’s Open Research Lab Initiative is Live!🌍🔬

We are excited to launch this initiative, connecting Early Career Researchers (ECRs) with 17 labs worldwide to foster collaboration and academic exchange. Stay tuned for more updates and opportunities to get involved!

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 27

Yes, very true 😁

Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 27

What a team, what team spirit! #Lionesses 🥳

Simon @hantsravens.bsky.social · Jul 27

Chloe Kelly with the winning penalty!!!

#Euro2025 #England

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Simon @hantsravens.bsky.social · Jul 27

Chloe Kelly with the winning penalty!!!

#Euro2025 #England

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 26

How fantastic, congratulations!

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Reposted by Laura K. Taylor, Efrén O. Pérez, Madeleine Pownall , and 1 more Laura K. Taylor, Efrén O. Pérez, Madeleine Pownall, Sofia Stathi

Amanda Kay Montoya @akmontoya.bsky.social · Jul 25

If you just got an email from APA encouraging you to come to this session, YOU SHOULD! Because the "Open Science and Methodology panel member" is ME! Come say hi! Learn about registered reports, and other awesome open science things at APA!

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Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, David M. Amodio, Laura K. Taylor , and 3 more Linda J. Skitka, David M. Amodio, Laura K. Taylor, Michael W. Kraus, Elizabeth Page‐Gould, Sofia Stathi

Joel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · Jul 10

She is far too un-self-promoting to do this herself, so I'm shouting out *THE* Elizabeth Page-Gould (@page-gould.bsky.social) for winning the SESP Career Trajectory Award!

Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.

Elizabeth Page-Gould recognized with Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology

The Society for Experimental Social Psychology has recognized Elizabeth Page-Gould with a Career Trajectory Award in recognition of uniquely creative and influential scholarly productivity.

www.psych.utoronto.ca

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Reposted by Gordon Hodson, David M. Amodio, Mark J. Brandt , and 3 more Gordon Hodson, David M. Amodio, Mark J. Brandt, Eric Hehman, Sofia Stathi, Mohammad Atari

Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · Jul 15

🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉

Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social ‬and Jas Cloutier!

@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky

psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

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Reposted by Mario Gollwitzer, Mark J. Brandt, Mark Rubin , and 5 more Mario Gollwitzer, Mark J. Brandt, Mark Rubin, Calvin K. Lai, Jonas R. Kunst, Michael W. Kraus, Andrew Livingstone, Sofia Stathi

Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Jul 20

Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
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