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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 Postdoc Opportunity!
Join Jagiellonian Univ. (Kraków) as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology (4-year NCN-funded project on global crises & collective action).

🗓 Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
🔗 easp.eu/job-offers/itm/post_doctoral_researcher_positio-2107.html

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jul 28

The 48th ISPP Meeting in Prague—one of the top conferences in political psych—featured strong representation from Jagiellonian University, with several presenters from our lab!
🔹 27 paper presentations
🔹 1 blitz talk
🔹 6 poster sessions
Proud of everyone who contributed and represented us so well!

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Zafer Ozkan @zafman90.bsky.social · Jul 25

📢 New publication in PSPB!
We tracked Poles over 3 waves to examine how closeness to Ukrainian refugees and threat perceptions shape each other. Feeling closer reduced both threat types—but only realistic threat (e.g. jobs, services) predicted less closeness over time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jun 28

This year, we held 27 meetings with 28 speakers from global universities across various disciplines.

Researchers from all seven Lab groups shared their work, alongside many external guests who offered valuable insights.

See you next year!

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jun 16

Join via here teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jun 16

This Wed, join BiC Lab’s open talk with Halime Ünver Aba: After the Earthquake: How Disaster & Media Shaped Turkey’s Refugee Debate?
The study reveals how face-to-face contact and media narratives compete to shape empathy, fear, and social cohesion. MS Teams link below ->

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Online: Join via Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com/l/message/19...

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jun 10

Tomorrow, Erica Molinario will give a talk on how our fundamental need to feel significant, whether fulfilled or frustrated, plays a crucial role in shaping migration decisions.
Join us to explore how these insights could change the way we think about migration today!
link below

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Jun 3

On May 30, we held the Annual Meeting of Behaviour in Crisis Lab: "Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response." With three panels, expert talks, and engaging discussions, we explored how to empower vulnerable groups and strengthen societal responses to crises. Thank you to all involved!

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Zafer Ozkan @zafman90.bsky.social · Jun 1

Such a joy to chair the migration crisis panel at @UJ_BCrisisLab’s annual meeting! Grateful to amazing panelists Ewa Szumoswska, Jan Brozowski, Marek Palace & Yuliia Lesyshak (we missed Ewa Morlinaro!) for sharing their research, policy takeaways and insights 🌍✨

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · May 23

We will be hosting Anna Kende (Eötvös Loránd University) for our next meeting!

This talk will build on critique of research focusing primarily on prejudice reduction among advantaged group members, and on the distinction between social change oriented vs. benevolent allyship.

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · May 20

What shapes how groups remember their shared past?
Find out at our open lab meeting with guest speaker, Professor Nurit Shnabel this Wednesday!
Online: Join via Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · May 14

Today, our lab member Dr. Anna Potoczek presented her research “Why and When Extremists Win: The Appeal of Radical Political Candidates”—a timely and thought-provoking talk featuring a series of well-designed experiments. Great work, Anna! 👏

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · May 13

We are pleased to inform you that the the fifth edition of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab Newsletter is now ready and available for you to read:

Newsletter in English:

becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...

Newsletter in Polish:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · May 2

BiC Conference Panels Preview below

It’s open to all—just register by May 10th! umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Faculty of International and Political Studies, Kraków
May 30, 2025
9:00–17:30
#FacingCrisis #Migration #Politics #InvisibleChildren #Science #SocialChange

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · May 1

Krys Kaniasty and Stefano Pagliaro will join us in Kraków for the Behaviour in Crisis Lab Annual Meeting: Facing Crisis – Preparedness and Social Response.
📅 May 30, 2025 | 9:00–17:30
Join us!
📝 Free participation, registration required by May 10:
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 22

Join our upcoming open meeting on how young people build financial resilience in uncertain times.
🎙️ Guest: Dr. Žan Lep (Univ. of Ljubljana)
🗓️ Topic: Financial socialisation, literacy & well-being
📍 Room 5.01, Inst. of Psychology, JU
All welcome!

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 14

We’re excited to invite you to the next open meeting of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab!
Zafer Özkan, PhD, our lab member, will share findings from a three-wave study on how closeness to Ukrainian war refugees shapes and is shaped by perceptions of intergroup threats.
Room 5.01, Institute of Psychology

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 11

📢 Join us for the first in-person seminar of Badaczki & Badacze w czasach kryzysów!

📍 Instytut Pedagogiki UJ
📅 April 11 | 🕙 10:00 AM
🎯 Topic: Methodology & Ethics in Research with Children
💬 Inspiring speakers, young experts, big questions.
See you there!

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 11

🎙️ Can we really prepare for war — and if so, how?

On @RadioKrakow, Ewa Szumowska & Maciej Pilecki dive into how crises reshape our sense of safety, and why community may be our best response to fear.
Listen here:
www.radiokrakow.pl/audycje/czy-...

Czy możemy przygotować się na wojnę? „Wspólnotowość to nasza pierwsza reakcja na kryzys”

W obliczu rosnących napięć geopolitycznych i nowych konfliktów zbrojnych pytanie o przygotowanie na wojnę staje się coraz bardziej aktualne. Choć nie da się w pełni przewidzieć wojennej traumy, eksper...

www.radiokrakow.pl

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 9

📍 Location:
Faculty of International and Political Studies
ul. Reymonta 4, Rooms 01 & 038
🕘 Time: 9:00–17:30
Free & open to all interested in crisis-related work!

The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 9

We’ll also host three panel discussions:

• The Migration Crisis 🧳
• Political Crisis 🗳️
• Institutions in Crisis 🏛️
A poster session, time for networking, and lunch & dinner together 🍽️🧃

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 9

🎤 Our keynote speakers:

• Nurit Shnabel (Tel Aviv University)
• Stefano Pagliaro (University of Chieti–Pescara)
• Krys Kaniasty (Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania / SWPS Warsaw)
Top minds in the field—don’t miss them!

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 9

We’ll bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss how individuals and societies respond to social, political, environmental, and humanitarian crises.
Special focus: vulnerable populations 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌱
🧠🌍 #CrisisResponse #socialpsychology

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚨 Save the date! On Friday, 30 May 2025, the Behavior in Crisis Lab will host its Annual Meeting at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

This year’s theme: “Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response”

👉 Please register by Saturday, 10 May 2025
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...

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