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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · 4h

Congraaats! ❤️ Hope you are all surviving 💪

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · 7h

Our paper on addressing climate change with behavioral science won the SPSP Cialdini Prize 🥳🥳🥳

Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 20h

I'm excited to share the news that our climate change project won the @spspnews.bsky.social Robert Cialdini Prize for a "paper that uses field methods and demonstrates the relevance of social psychology to outside groups and communities"!

You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d

finally saw that wonderful Jane Goodall clip and I can’t tell you how delighted I am to learn that in addition to being a genius and a pure soul and a phenomenal advocate and a cultural revolutionary, she was also a hater

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Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social · 2d

This week's Cooperation Colloquium:

Setayesh Radkani @setayeshradkani.bsky.social:

What people learn from punishment: A cognitive model

Date: Friday, Oct 10
Time: 15:00 UTC+2 Vienna / 9 am NYC

Sign up: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

Abstract: Authorities, from parents of toddlers to leaders of formal institutions, use punishment to communicate disapproval and enforce social norms. However, punishment is often interpreted in contrasting ways: at times it teaches and enforces norms, but at other times it fails or even backfires, undermining the authority’s legitimacy. We show that these seemingly contradictory effects of punishment can only be understood by considering the cognitive processes in the minds of human observers of punishment. In a series of experiments, we showed the systematic variability in how adults and children interpret punishment. We developed a formal cognitive model, derived from a standard model of how people make sense of each others’ actions (Inverse Planning), that captures and explains these inferences quantitatively and parsimoniously. This work reveals the rational logic behind how people learn from punishment, and a key constraint on the function of punishment in establishing shared social norms.

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Ayse K. Uskul @ayseuskul.bsky.social · 2d

very happy to share the following special issue to which we invited a diverse set of reflections on our field that we thought would have something important and inspirational to contribute to ongoing theoretical discussions in social psychology.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introduction to the ERSP special issue on “Reflections on social-psychological theorizing and the state of our field”

Published in European Review of Social Psychology (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · 12d

Does anyone know of any generalised additive mixed models courses running over the next ~year? Ideally in person, pref UK/Europe #rstats #gam #gamm

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 12d

Job: Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology in Oslo

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology (283420) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology (283420), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Ellen Lavender (she/they) @ellenrlavender.bsky.social · 16d

I'm looking for secondary schools in the Yorkshire area to take part in an intervention to help children critically engage with sexist content online!
If you know any teachers or schools that might be interested, please ask them to drop me an email on [email protected] for more information :)

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · 16d

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 22d

We’re at the post WWII inflection point: the state created for survivors of the most notorious genocide in history itself commits genocide. At the same time, 100,000 Britons march for fascism in London.

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.com

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 27d

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!

3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution

2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.

Please share and apply!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Fees and Funding - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 28d

🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259...

I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵

Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, Tenure-Track

The Department of Psychology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ, plans to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, with a start date of September 1, 2026. We seek a candidate...

jobs.rutgers.edu

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Sep 1

Except for the keys not working, hope it was a good start :)

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Aug 31

Will is an amazing supervisor who will support you and cheer you on every step of the way. My career wouldn’t be where it is if it wasn’t for him. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone looking for a PhD or a postdoc in social/environmental psych.

Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.

Details here:

PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...

Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Aug 30

One week left to apply.

Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych.

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

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Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · Aug 20

It's not too late to spend next year gearing up for #datascience! The deadline is 29th August for overseas applicants, 5th September for home applicants. Come and learn #rstats with us in lovely York :)

Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 We are still accepting applications for our brand new shiny MSc in Data Science (Human Behaviour), designed to upskill psych/social sci grads for careers working with data 🎓@yorkpsychology.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr... #datascience #rstats #statistics

MSc Data Science (Human Behaviour)

Prepare for a career in data science with this interdisciplinary course investigating human behavioural data.

www.york.ac.uk

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Diana Tamir @dianatamir.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social‬ are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

puwebp.princeton.edu

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 29

Congrats, @ewanmurray.bsky.social and team! 🎉🥳👏

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 25

Women-founded companies generate 78¢ of revenue for every $1 raised vs 31¢ for male-founded startups. They burn 15% less capital--in 2024 $270K/month vs US startups $320K/month. Yet female founded startups received only 2.1% of venture capital in 2024. www.inc.com/annabel-burb...

Female Founders Outperform Their Male Counterparts but Receive Much Less Funding, a Study Finds

New research shows women entrepreneurs generate twice the revenue per dollar raised compared to male counterparts.

www.inc.com

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thanks, Thùy Vy 😊

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 25

My lab has a name and a website now 🥳
Please welcome the "Psychology of Social Complexity" lab: www.socolab.co.uk

Home | Psychology of Social Complexity

www.socolab.co.uk

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych.

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Jul 23

We are very pleased to announce the 2025 Awards Winners for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the field of psychological science.

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July 2025

By Joanna Rutkowska, SIPS Awards Committee Chair

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