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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 28

This was a great talk and is really interesting work. So glad I got to catch it!

Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · May 9

Delighted to see this paper—for which I collected data in the US—on the relation between intergroup conflict & preferences for dominant leaders across 25 countries is now out in EHB. Great job to Lasse Laustsen & colleagues for getting this cool paper out there! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Mar 31

As a researcher who studies leadership (among other topics), it was really neat for me to engage with this dynamic group of women CEOs, directors, and partners of companies. I especially appreciated our thoughtful conversations around topics such as self-presentation! (2/2)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Mar 31

This past Saturday, I was asked to facilitate a session on revisiting stereotypes (versus preferences) at my university’s “WE LEAD” program, a cohort experience for alumnae of Elon University who are now successful executives. (1/2)

Dr. Adi Wiezel presenting with a slide deck titled “revisiting leadership stereotypes versus preferences” to a room full of women leaders.

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Mar 5

Looking forward to hosting this interactive session @ my university tomorrow. It'll focus on distinguishing between 2 kinds of political polarization, when and why we should care about (affective) polarization, & the science behind some of the causes of--and interventions for reducing--polarization.

Active Citizen Series: Bridging Divides: Understanding & Addressing Political Polarization with Dr. Wiezel. Th. March 6th. 4:30 pm.

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jan 26

Putting the finishing touches on the BORG lab’s new research space, while campus looks about as eager as I do to welcome back three returning student researchers—and one new one—this semester. awiezel.wixsite.com/wiezelborgla...

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Dec 6

Neat, thanks for sharing! 😊

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Nov 5

So yes, cast your ballot, and then--if you can--try to pull yourself away from the election doom-scrolling, it's going to be a minute before we get complete results. Call it doctor's orders if you'd like. ☺️ (3/3)

Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Nov 5

If you'd like to learn more about how and why this is the case, you can check out this helpful summary here: scientificamerican.com/article/why-.... (2/3)

Why Election Polling Has Become Less Reliable

Election polls are increasingly vulnerable to huge mistakes

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Nov 5

Friendly reminder from your resident political psychologist that contemporary election polling results tend to have larger error margins than the actual margins between candidates; they're not necessarily great indicators of who's going to win, especially in a close race. (1/3)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Oct 10

This blog post was also just featured as an Essential Read on today’s Psychology Today homepage!

Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Oct 10

Doug Kenrick and I recently wrote a Psychology Today blog post about leader sex in the context of the current U.S. presidential race, given some of our recent work with @mbarlev.bsky.social on leadership stereotypes and preferences. You can check it out here: www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/se...

Is Being Female an Electoral Strength or Weakness for Kamala Harris?

Experts and members of the public continue to worry that being a woman is a handicap to being elected to high office. The data tell a different story.

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Sep 2

First Behavior, Opinions, and Relations between Groups (BORG) lab meeting down, and we're already getting featured our on our department's Instagram. Very excited to be working with these three great undergrad students!☺️ www.instagram.com/p/C_TOZB3ugx0/

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Aug 23

I'll be working with three terrific undergraduate researchers on a project related to intergroup conversations, and you can learn more about us and our work here: awiezel.wixsite.com/wiezelborglab (2/2)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Aug 23

Excited to announce that I'll be launching my undergraduate research lab--the (Wiezel) Behavior, Opinions, and Relations between Groups (BORG) Lab-- at Elon University this Fall! (1/2)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

which, among other things, suggested that psychologists would benefit from thinking about coalitions, which—relative to some approaches to social identity—can emphasize similarities as well as differences. Looking forward to seeing you at the next @SPSSI con! (4/4)

Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

So, on a personal note, as a junior faculty member on the heels of starting my own undergraduate lab in the Fall, it felt very full-circle to see Patrick Grzanka revisit that same passion during his thoughtful talk on intersectionality; (3/4)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

I recall, like others, becoming quickly inspired by his passion for research, before applying to be one of his first undergraduate RAs in what also became my first-ever lab experience. (2/4)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

It was very cool to see
Patrick Grzanka give the presidential keynote at #SPSSICon2024 yesterday. I still remember some 14 years ago, when I was a wide-eyed political science undergrad taking his human event course. (1/4)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

As a bonus, she suggested a variety of models for thinking about public engagement in research during her Q&A. (4/4)

Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

And work in a variety of real-world cross-national contexts and conflicts (e.g., Hungary, Rwanda, South Africa, and Kosovo) suggest the kinds of situations to which the positive effects of intergroup contact can extend (including outside the lab). (3/4) #SPSSICon2024

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

Work like hers suggests we are capable of using real-world situations to test/advance theory *and* practice. For example, work finding that majority groups have more positive outcomes from intergroup contact than minority groups implies that group status is a moderator. (2/4)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

Terrific Kurt Lewin Keynote Address by Linda Tropp, using examples from decades of work on intergroup relations to illustrate "Socially Relevant Research" as an alternative to a tight dichotomy between "scientific/basic" research and "useful"/"applied" research (1/4)

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

Also, the full paper on this work by @mikeberkwein.bsky.social and colleagues is available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The differential impact of climate interventions along the political divide in 60 countries - Nature Communications

A major barrier to climate mitigation is the political polarization of climate change. Here, the authors examine which of several interventions increase people’s climate policy support and climate act...

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Adi Wiezel, Ph.D. @awiezel.bsky.social · Jun 23

However, interestingly, only binding moral foundations and dynamic norm interventions did *not* backfire (red x's) for changing behavior across liberals & conservatives alike; scientific consensus increased climate action among liberals, but not conservatives. #SPSSICon24 (6/6)

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