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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Aug 22

📣 New pub! Dehumanization contributes to support for contested cultural traditions involving stereotypical caricatures in the Netherlands (Study 1) and the US (Study 2).

🔎 Click here:
doi.org/10.1037/cdp0...

Co-authored w/ J. van der Toorn & @nourkteily.bsky.social
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc

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Dr. Laura Elenbaas @drlauraelenbaas.bsky.social · Jul 29

New study! The messages that American kids receive about immigrants are really mixed 😕 but kids who see and hear good things (e.g., online) are more open to including new immigrant peers in their own social circles 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 #devpsyc #socialpsyc doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

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KiDLAB @kidlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

With Daudi van Veen (@daudivanveen.nl), Lena-Emilia Schenker, and Lynn Weisscher, children drew what they think a scientist looks like — sometimes resembling Harry Potter 🧙🏽‍♀️ — and explored how to break stereotypes. Their message was clear: They want the university to be a place for everyone.

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KiDLAB @kidlab.bsky.social · Jul 7

👽 “Everyone is welcome — yes, even aliens”
🦺 “No more dull, dusty white lab coats!”
🍕 “Beanbags everywhere, and pizza in the cafeteria”
What does the university of the future look like? On behalf of KiDLAB and Lil’Scientist, we asked children this question at the lustrum of The Young Academy.

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Dr. Laura Elenbaas @drlauraelenbaas.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’m hiring a lab manager! Full time, starting this summer. Perfect for a BA/BS grad or post-bac with child or family research experience interested in developmental psych or HDFS. Complete details and application link here: www.elenbaaslab.com/join #devpsyc #socialpsyc #familysci #psychjobs

Join Us | Elenbaas Lab

In the Social Development Lab, we study how children think about people, groups, and society. The lab is supervised by Dr. Laura Elenbaas.

www.elenbaaslab.com

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Jun 13

Co-created with @zakiaess.bsky.social, @onursahin.nl, @fzhr.bsky.social, and Dounia Bourabain. 🙏🏽

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Jun 13

🏆 Our podcast #JoyInAcademia won an open science award last night at the #OSCAwards2025!

Tune in to listen to how scholars of color navigate Dutch & Belgian academia, finding joy in community, and exploring their identities in academic settings. ❤️

#openscience #PsychSciSky #SocSky #EduSky

Open Science Community Amsterdam @oscamsterdam.bsky.social · Jun 12

#OSCAwards2025 | stakeholder involvement, citizen science & community engagement: Joy in academia: centering racialized voices in Dutch and Belgian universities by Zakia Essanhaji, @daudivanveen.nl, Zehra Çolak, Dounia Bourabain & Onur Şahin. 📻 Listen to the podcast: open.spotify.com/show/1CirZAb...

Joy in Academia

Podcast · Joy in Academia · This is Joy in Academia, a podcast by Zakia Essanhaji, Onur Sahin, Zehra Colak, Daudi van Veen & Dounia Bourabain. Inspired by the Black Joy movement, our podcast highligh...

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Kylie (Woodman) Falcione @kyliefalcione.bsky.social · May 4

Grateful for the incredible love and support at #SRCD2025 in response to the injustices and tragedies of recent deportations. I hope more conferences continue to stand in solidarity with scholars facing such hardships across the field. #DevPsych #PsychSci #Psysci

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Katharine Scott @katharinescott.bsky.social · Apr 30

Excited to see everyone at #SRCD2025! Come check out our symposium on children's books as a tool for parent-child ethnic-racial socialization on Friday at 11:30AM (Room 101E).

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Apr 28

🙏🏽Definitely agree!

My colleague Ouissam Abattouy is researching this and related issues in her work (i.e., critically examining what autonomy looks like for adolescents, young adults, and their families in various cultural groups).

You can read more about it below.

www.uu.nl/en/news/beco...

Becoming an adult: how do you do that?

Ouissam Abattouy is being awarded the NWO Mozaïek 2.0 doctoral grant for her research into how young people with and without an immigrant background undergo the transition to adulthood.

www.uu.nl

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Apr 25

In this paper, we drew on our #JoyinAcademia podcast conversations🎙️

Tune in to the podcast via the link below 🙏🏽

open.spotify.com/show/1CirZAb...

Joy in Academia

Podcast · Joy in Academia · This is Joy in Academia, a podcast by Zakia Essanhaji, Onur Sahin, Zehra Colak, Daudi van Veen & Dounia Bourabain. Inspired by the Black Joy movement, our podcast highligh...

open.spotify.com

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Apr 25

🚨 New publication!

How do racialized scholars navigate academia and find pockets of joy in a space where they often face exclusion?

Curious? Click below:

www.oneducation.net/no-21_april-...

Written with the amazing @zakiaess.bsky.social, @onursahin.nl, @fzhr.bsky.social, and Dounia Bourabain ❤️

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · Mar 27

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate.

#childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

Dear Developmental Colleagues,
I’m a developmental psychologist, Associate Professor (Teaching), and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. I specialize in social emotional learning, peer relationships, and children’s media.
On March 25th, a developmental psychology graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts was abducted by the United States government. Rumeysa Ozturk is a PhD student in Child Study & Human Development with a focus on prosocial development and children’s media. She is from Turkey and was studying in the USA on a student visa. Her visa was revoked when she participated in political letter writing asking Tufts University to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. This political activity made her a target.
No peaceful political activity should ever lead to unlawful detainment. The Palestinian-Israel conflict is heartbreaking. My spouse and child are Jewish, we lost an Israeli family member on October 7th, 2022. I’ve seen increases in anti-semitism on university campuses in the past two years, but I know and I acknowledge that the majority of protestors are not hateful, and they want peace and human rights.
Rumeysa Ozturk is one of us. Therefore, I am calling on leaders in Developmental Psychology to stand up for Ozturk, to pressure academic societies such as SRCD, SRA, & ISSBD to release a statement regarding her unjust abduction. We need to shine a spotlight and put international pressure on this abduction to help ensure her safety and release. Please also consider writing your political representatives. Ozturk has been relocated from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Her lawyer has lost contact with her in the past day. Our efforts can make a difference during these critical days.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hughes, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Undergraduate Program Director
University of Calgary

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Mar 24

Two interdisciplinary PhD positions at the University of Amsterdam researching "the psychological consequences of unequal treatment in the classroom."

With BSky supervisors: @jelliesierksma.bsky.social & @kidlab.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychJobs #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc

PhD Position: 'The Psychological Consequences of Unequal Treatment in the Classroom'

Do you want to know what goes on in children’s heads when they are treated unequally in the classroom? Then apply for this PhD-position and join our team! "The Psychological Consequences of Unequal Tr...

www.academictransfer.com

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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · Mar 6

Read the latest policy brief from @srcdorg.bsky.social

www.srcd.org/sites/defaul...

Deportation Threatens the Psychological, Physical, and
Socioeconomic Well-being of Children and Families

www.srcd.org

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dr. Onur Şahin @onursahin.nl · Feb 27

Alweer 2 weken geleden brachten we vanuit de Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme een rapport uit. Breng het ook hier weer even onder de aandacht in een poging actiever te worden op Bluesky :)

Het rapport is te vinden op: www.staatscommissietegendiscriminatieenracisme.nl/publicaties/...

Voortgangsrapportage - Discriminatie in dienstverlening. Ervaringen en lessen om discriminatie in publieke dienstverlening te voorkomen en te bestrijden

De Staatscommissie tegen Discriminatie en Racisme brengt voor de tweede keer een voortgangsrapportage uit. De voortgangsrapportage ‘Discriminatie in dienstverlening. Ervaringen en lessen om discrimina...

www.staatscommissietegendiscriminatieenracisme.nl

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Feb 26

Unfortunately, I don’t 😢. If you are looking for peer reviewers on other social-emotional developmental topics (particularly identity, prejudice, moral reasoning, prosociality), feel free to send them my way! 😊

Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Feb 26

The thought “what if this post is a little too effective” did cross my mind 😂

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Feb 25

📣 Dear #psychsky, I know many of you are swamped with peer review requests… but it’s been quiet on my end 🤷🏽‍♂️

So, journal editors on here: I’m open to doing more peer reviewing!

My expertise lies in developmental and social psychology. Feel free to dm me for my contact info 🙏🏽

#devpsyc #socialpsyc

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IMISCOE PhD Network @imiscoe-phdnetwork.bsky.social · Feb 24

One of the three pages of participants to this year’s IMISCOE PhD day! Thank you @daudivanveen.nl, Zakia Essanhaji, Anne-Wil Harzing and Christa Sathish for sharing their insightful perspectives and tips to attain and maintain joy in Academia🔅

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Fade Eadeh, Ph.D. @feadeh.bsky.social · Jan 6

🚨🚨🚨New Paper Alert🚨🚨🚨

In press at JEP: General. I'll talk about the paper in a minute, but let me tell you, this paper took 10 brutal years to get accepted. Literally! Let's talk terrorism and its effects on politics. (1/24)

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Dec 17

I will be presenting at #SRCD25 as well 🙏🏽

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Dec 16

Small correction, #SRCD2025

homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in a grassy field and says oops .

ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in a grassy field and says oops .

media.tenor.com

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Daudi van Veen, PhD @daudivanveen.nl · Dec 16

I am looking forward to presenting about picture books as tools for parent-child ethnic-racial socialization at #SRCR2025 alongside Grace Reid (presenting her work with @ryanlei.bsky.social), @katharinescott.bsky.social, and Christina Rucinski! #devpsych #devsci #psychscisky

Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · Dec 16

Excited that my postdoc Grace Reid will be presenting some work we've been doing on White parents' racial socialization in an #SRCD2025 symposium along with @katharinescott.bsky.social , @daudivanveen.nl , and Christina Rucinski from EmbraceRace!!

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Dec 10

New meta-analysis by Bardach et al #PsychBull

Intergroup contact does very well relative to other school interventions to reduce prejudice.

I feel like I'm watching a horserace here!

Go contact!

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... #PrejudiceResearch

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