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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 5d

Open Science Professor ship at HU Berlin
www.academics.de/jobs/w2-prof...

W2-Professur "Open Science" an der Philosophischen Fakultät - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin bietet Stelle als W2-Professur "Open Science" an der Philosophischen Fakultät in Berlin - jetzt bewerben!

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Roland Imhoff @rolandimhoff.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Promotionsstelle "Antisemitismus am Arbeitsplatz" - TVL-13 75%, 4 Jahre 🚨

Bitte gerne eifrig weiterleiten: ab März 2026 (vorbehaltlich finaler BMFTR-Zusage) ist in unserem Team eine Stelle im Projekt von @zakfio.bsky.social zu vergeben. Näheres in der Ausschreibung:
www.psychjob.eu/de/job/wisse...

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (d/w/m; 75% TV-L E13)

Am Psychologischen Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Abteilung Sozial- und Rechtspsychologie, ist zum 01.03.2026 (oder 01.04.2026) folgende Stelle befristet für 4 Jahre zu besetzen: W...

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 11d

This weekend, the #SciReLab is at Trier #CityCampus - if you’re in the area, drop by and have a chat with @lenazohm.bsky.social and me about our research at @zpid.bsky.social on #TrustInScience and #ScienceReception! :)

Marlene and Lena discuss trust in science research with visitors of the city campus in front of a ZPID banner.

Marlene and Lena pose with their flyers in front of the ZPID banners.

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats, Rodrigo! 🥳

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Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) @zpid.bsky.social · 16d

Reminder to our colloquium series!

🗓September 24, 2025
🕑2:00–3:00 PM

🎙️ @hannahottenrott.bsky.social, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research & Technical University of Munich, will speak on:

"Negativity Bias in Science Funding: The Role of Two-Step Procedures and Group Decision-Making"

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Anna Lena Kahle @loenna.bsky.social · 16d

Next Monday (September 29th), Jessica Rohmann (@jlrohmann.bsky.social) & Toivo Glatz will give an interesting talk on Peerspectives, a researcher-led peer-review training course @zpid.bsky.social!

Join us at ZPID or online! More info and registration here: leibniz-psychology.org/en/products/...

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 16d

This was another fruitful collab with Deutsches Museum’s Lorenz Kampschulte, showing how practice & research can very productively inspire each other. Kudos also to 1st author Max Knabe who started this project with fellow students during his master’s and saw it all the way over the finish line! 5/5

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 16d

🌡️ While experiencing serendipity shared similarities with other constructs such as feelings of insight and situational interest, it emerged as an empirically distinguishable concept of its own. Our scale overall demonstrated a coherent item structure and good internal consistency. 4/5

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 16d

👍Experiencing serendipity was largely independent of personality traits, demographics or structural aspects of a museum visit, but consistently related to interests and learning motivations. It predicted higher exhibition enjoyment and recommendation but not revisiting intentions. 3/5

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 16d

In 4 studies (field surveys in a museum, autobiographical recall, experiment), we wanted to better understand predictors and consequences of serendipity, differentiate it from related concepts (e.g., insight, situational interest), and develop a sound measure to so. 2/5

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 16d

✨ LUCKY COINCIDENCES ✨ Have you ever come across a surprising, accidental discovery that felt meaningful and motivated you to further engage with it?
In our new paper now out in JASP (doi.org/10.1111/jasp...), we explore such serendipitous experiences in museums and beyond. 1/5 🧵

Lucky Coincidences: Experiencing Serendipity in Museums and Beyond

Serendipity is the unintentional, accidental discovery of something new or surprising that feels positive and meaningful for the individual. Four studies (N1 = 1638; N2 = 279; N3 = 520; N4 = 452) exa...

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Kinga Bierwiaczonek @kbierwiaczonek.bsky.social · 17d

New publication!

Matthew Horsey, Kana Imuta and I integrate insights from social, cognitive, political, and developmental psychology and propose a lifespan model of conspiracy belief formation, from infancy, through childhood and adolescence, into adulthood.

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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André Bittermann @abitter.bsky.social · 22d

Happy to share that our #bibliometric analysis of #translational psychological treatment is now published OA in the latest issue of @apajournals.bsky.social's Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice! doi.org/10.1037/cps0...

Terminological inconsistency may threaten the progress of the field!

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Tobias Wingen @wingentobias.bsky.social · 21d

Trust in science predicted protection intentions 😷 during the pandemic. But does this mean trust in science CAUSED protection intentions? 🤔

Yesterday at #FGSP2025, I presented our experimental work on this and got great feedback 🙌.
If you are curious, here is our preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Fabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 22d

This morning at #FGSP2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de we had a symposium on current views on motivated reasoning with talks from @marlephie.bsky.social @kwinter.bsky.social @philippschmid.bsky.social and Arne Stolp (from @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social‘s lab) and myself.

For some more details, here’s a🧵

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Mike S. Schäfer @mss7676.bsky.social · 21d

Science Barometer Switzerland 2025 is out today! 🎉

Key findings:
• 60% of Swiss trust science
• 4 audience segments: Sciencephiles, Critically interested, Passive supporters, Skeptics
• Video platforms & AI tools outrank radio/podcasts among the young

More info: www.wissenschaftsbarometer.ch

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Fabian Hutmacher @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks to @hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social for organizing such a great #FGSP2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de!

Thanks also for including a tour through the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum. Reminded me of the stories my grandfather told who worked as a miner in the region (see the pictures)

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 21d

And, of course, @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social brilliantly mastered the task of presenting a theoretical paper about known unknowns in motivated reasoning in <15min. ;)
Thanks for everyone joining the symposium and discussing all these forms and flavors of motivated reasoning with us at #FGSP2025!

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 22d

Kicking-off her PhD journey, @wagunyego.bsky.social talked about her initial findings capturing epistemic injustice and its relationship to trust in science. So many interesting avenues to go from here, more exciting stuff coming over the course of the next years of her dissertation. #SciReLab

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 22d

This afternoon at #FGSP2025, @kduermeier.bsky.social presented insights into her dissertation work on legitimacy and trust in societal institutions. Specifically, she talked about the (lack of) effects of public participation in science and politics. Next study is underway - stay tuned! #SciReLab

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 24d

Science Reception Lab goes Bochum! Looking forward to the next days, let’s talk about science and social psychology! 🤩 #SciReLab #FGSP2025

Marlene, Lena, Whitney and Katharina pose in front of the RUB banner.

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · 28d

Looking very much forward to welcoming @hannahottenrott.bsky.social to @zpid.bsky.social in two weeks! She will give a talk on a negativity bias in science funding - great example of (social) #metascience from an economics perspective. Join us for her talk in person or online! 🤗

Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) @zpid.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Our colloquium series continues!

🗓September 24, 2025
🕑2:00–3:00 PM

🎙️ @hannahottenrott.bsky.social ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research & Technical University of Munich, will speak on:

"Negativity Bias in Science Funding: The Role of Two-Step Procedures and Group Decision-Making"

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · Sep 4

With best project partners: @hendriks.bsky.social, @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social and @kduermeier.bsky.social as well as Jane Momme, Jakob Meyer, Anne Forstmann, @j0shisisland.bsky.social, Susanne Hecker, and Monika Taddicken.

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · Sep 4

The last two days, we spent in full #SciComm networking mode at #BMFTR (German Ministry of Research, Technology & Space), representing our #TiCS (Trust in Citizen Science) project. Going through tight security checks every morning, makes your research feel ever more more important… 🚀

Marlene and Friederike presenting first results from the TiCS project.

Art installation at BMFTR, producing a rainbow band with steam and light.

Mario, Marlene and Katharina (the Munich project team) posing for the camera at BMFTR.

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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW -

Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ

- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS Abstract discussing a social science research method that uses text analysis for understanding group language patterns and political leanings, mentioning the use of British articles and generating new empirical insights.

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