Bojana Većkalov
@bojanaveckalov.bsky.social
Current postdoc @VU Amsterdam. Social psych PhD @UvA. Interested in attitudes & persuasion, belief systems & sustainability
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1/8 🧠 New study out! We analyzed data from 10,000+ people across 26 countries on trust in climate scientists — and how political ideology shapes it. Here’s what we found ⬇️ #ClimatePsychology #TrustInScience
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May 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
1/8 🧠 New study out! We analyzed data from 10,000+ people across 26 countries on trust in climate scientists — and how political ideology shapes it. Here’s what we found ⬇️ #ClimatePsychology #TrustInScience
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A common challenge in communicating about climate data is that differences can seem small or noisy on the graph but are actually hugely consequential. An interesting new paper shows that making it binary (e.g., lake froze vs. did not freeze) can increase the perceived climate impacts.
May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A common challenge in communicating about climate data is that differences can seem small or noisy on the graph but are actually hugely consequential. An interesting new paper shows that making it binary (e.g., lake froze vs. did not freeze) can increase the perceived climate impacts.
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You do not need to be Dutch to sign. If you simply care to preserve programs that have been leaders in rigor and reform in psychology, then signal your support for them to continue to thrive.
An open letter supporting the international bachelor’s psychology programs threatened for cuts. Proceeding with these cuts would damage some of the most important and impactful psychology departments globally. #supportdutchpsychology
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Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia
openletter.earth
April 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
You do not need to be Dutch to sign. If you simply care to preserve programs that have been leaders in rigor and reform in psychology, then signal your support for them to continue to thrive.
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The Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, was summoned to the criminal police in New Belgrade. Faculty staff, students, and many other citizens have come out to support him. #studentprotests
April 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, was summoned to the criminal police in New Belgrade. Faculty staff, students, and many other citizens have come out to support him. #studentprotests
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🎉 Just published in Nature Human Behavior 🎉
Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
In this Registered Report, Gligorić et al. find that liberals in the USA tend to have higher trust in most scientists compared with conservatives. However, they find no evidence that a series of inter...
nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🎉 Just published in Nature Human Behavior 🎉
Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Do liberals or conservatives in the US trust scientists more? You might assume it's liberals, but studies often fail to consider the diversity of scientific disciplines! 🔬
nature.com/articles/s41...
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HELP PLEASE 🙏
🛫✈️ We’re designing a conjoint experiment to test public support for a more ambitious air travel #carbon tax in Denmark—varying tax levels, revenue use, and progressivity.
We're now deciding which three tax levels to test—each reflecting different levels of ambition. Any suggestions?
🛫✈️ We’re designing a conjoint experiment to test public support for a more ambitious air travel #carbon tax in Denmark—varying tax levels, revenue use, and progressivity.
We're now deciding which three tax levels to test—each reflecting different levels of ambition. Any suggestions?
April 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
HELP PLEASE 🙏
🛫✈️ We’re designing a conjoint experiment to test public support for a more ambitious air travel #carbon tax in Denmark—varying tax levels, revenue use, and progressivity.
We're now deciding which three tax levels to test—each reflecting different levels of ambition. Any suggestions?
🛫✈️ We’re designing a conjoint experiment to test public support for a more ambitious air travel #carbon tax in Denmark—varying tax levels, revenue use, and progressivity.
We're now deciding which three tax levels to test—each reflecting different levels of ambition. Any suggestions?
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Research shows that people are more likely to reject science when they feel psychologically distant from it—when it seems abstract, irrelevant, or conducted by people unlike them.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Research shows that people are more likely to reject science when they feel psychologically distant from it—when it seems abstract, irrelevant, or conducted by people unlike them.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
How can we improve public attitudes towards contested science domains? In a new paper featuring 4 highly-powered experiments (3 preregistered), we show that psychological closeness (vs. distance) can help!
The paper is published OA in the Journal of Social Issues: lnkd.in/dFN8_8KA
The paper is published OA in the Journal of Social Issues: lnkd.in/dFN8_8KA
February 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How can we improve public attitudes towards contested science domains? In a new paper featuring 4 highly-powered experiments (3 preregistered), we show that psychological closeness (vs. distance) can help!
The paper is published OA in the Journal of Social Issues: lnkd.in/dFN8_8KA
The paper is published OA in the Journal of Social Issues: lnkd.in/dFN8_8KA
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Another job posting from the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami just dropped, this one in the psychology of climate change communication and psychological inoculation against misinformation...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
November 25, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Another job posting from the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami just dropped, this one in the psychology of climate change communication and psychological inoculation against misinformation...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
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Exciting news 😊
Our new paper is now out in Nature Human Behaviour!
Across 27 countries, scientific consensus on climate change reduces misperceptions and increases belief in (human-caused) climate change and worry, also among those with low trust and on the right.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper is now out in Nature Human Behaviour!
Across 27 countries, scientific consensus on climate change reduces misperceptions and increases belief in (human-caused) climate change and worry, also among those with low trust and on the right.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change - Nature Human Behaviour
Across 27 countries, Većkalov and Geiger et al. find that scientific consensus messaging on climate change is an effective, non-polarizing tool for changing misperceptions, beliefs and worry but not s...
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August 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Exciting news 😊
Our new paper is now out in Nature Human Behaviour!
Across 27 countries, scientific consensus on climate change reduces misperceptions and increases belief in (human-caused) climate change and worry, also among those with low trust and on the right.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new paper is now out in Nature Human Behaviour!
Across 27 countries, scientific consensus on climate change reduces misperceptions and increases belief in (human-caused) climate change and worry, also among those with low trust and on the right.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Behavioral science policy recommendations early in the pandemic were *largely correct*. Our global collaboration of 80+ experts covers 747 studies (average sample size over 16,000!) & supports 16 of 19 claims. Many lessons for science & policy.
Out today in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out today in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 13, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Behavioral science policy recommendations early in the pandemic were *largely correct*. Our global collaboration of 80+ experts covers 747 studies (average sample size over 16,000!) & supports 16 of 19 claims. Many lessons for science & policy.
Out today in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out today in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Analytic thinking is related to lower belief in conspiracies. So can analytic thinking decrease belief in conspiracy theories? We don’t really know, as the one set of studies in support of this does not seem to replicate.
With @marijapetrovic.bsky.social, @vukasin.bsky.social
#socialpsyc #PsychSci
With @marijapetrovic.bsky.social, @vukasin.bsky.social
#socialpsyc #PsychSci
No evidence that priming analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories: A Registered Repor...
Analytic thinking is reliably associated with lower belief in conspiracy theories. However, evidence for whether increasing analytic thinking can redu…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 19, 2023 at 10:42 AM
Analytic thinking is related to lower belief in conspiracies. So can analytic thinking decrease belief in conspiracy theories? We don’t really know, as the one set of studies in support of this does not seem to replicate.
With @marijapetrovic.bsky.social, @vukasin.bsky.social
#socialpsyc #PsychSci
With @marijapetrovic.bsky.social, @vukasin.bsky.social
#socialpsyc #PsychSci
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New study on system justification:
"An underperforming system can threaten one’s belief that the social world is a just and safe place, consequently, misperception of such a dysfunctional system can protect our psychological well-being."
🧪 #SocialPsyc #Psychology
"An underperforming system can threaten one’s belief that the social world is a just and safe place, consequently, misperception of such a dysfunctional system can protect our psychological well-being."
🧪 #SocialPsyc #Psychology
Belief in a Just World as a Basis for Biased System Attitudes and Their Palliative Effect: The Conte...
Although system-justifying beliefs can have a palliative effect on citizens, the underlying mechanisms and contextual moderators of this association are relativ...
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October 19, 2023 at 6:16 AM
New study on system justification:
"An underperforming system can threaten one’s belief that the social world is a just and safe place, consequently, misperception of such a dysfunctional system can protect our psychological well-being."
🧪 #SocialPsyc #Psychology
"An underperforming system can threaten one’s belief that the social world is a just and safe place, consequently, misperception of such a dysfunctional system can protect our psychological well-being."
🧪 #SocialPsyc #Psychology