@martha-newson.bsky.social
🧵 New research alert: Recreational drug use among sports fans — UK 🇬🇧 vs US 🇺🇸
Just published in Journal of Sport & Social Issues.
Why almost no one in the US is talking about this?
#SportsResearch #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction #FanCulture #SocialScience
Just published in Journal of Sport & Social Issues.
Why almost no one in the US is talking about this?
#SportsResearch #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction #FanCulture #SocialScience
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🧵 New research alert: Recreational drug use among sports fans — UK 🇬🇧 vs US 🇺🇸
Just published in Journal of Sport & Social Issues.
Why almost no one in the US is talking about this?
#SportsResearch #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction #FanCulture #SocialScience
Just published in Journal of Sport & Social Issues.
Why almost no one in the US is talking about this?
#SportsResearch #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction #FanCulture #SocialScience
New paper! ⚽🔥
We tested how local ties (loyalty to one’s football club) shape broader ties (connection to the national team). Where better than Türkiye, home to some of the world’s most passionate rivalries? 🇹🇷
We tested how local ties (loyalty to one’s football club) shape broader ties (connection to the national team). Where better than Türkiye, home to some of the world’s most passionate rivalries? 🇹🇷
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New paper! ⚽🔥
We tested how local ties (loyalty to one’s football club) shape broader ties (connection to the national team). Where better than Türkiye, home to some of the world’s most passionate rivalries? 🇹🇷
We tested how local ties (loyalty to one’s football club) shape broader ties (connection to the national team). Where better than Türkiye, home to some of the world’s most passionate rivalries? 🇹🇷
🚨 New paper out: What if extreme criminal and prosocial acts shared the same root cause?
We explore how identity fusion—where personal & group identities merge—can help explain violence, loyalty, & desistance.
We explore how identity fusion—where personal & group identities merge—can help explain violence, loyalty, & desistance.
August 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚨 New paper out: What if extreme criminal and prosocial acts shared the same root cause?
We explore how identity fusion—where personal & group identities merge—can help explain violence, loyalty, & desistance.
We explore how identity fusion—where personal & group identities merge—can help explain violence, loyalty, & desistance.
From Glastonbury to the Euros, we’re wired to come together — to celebrate, grieve, chant, cry.
Euphoric AND dysphoric rituals matter.
Here’s a quick reflection from my time at Nudgestock
🎥 youtu.be/GGIqHuWvrG4
What collective moment has moved you recently?
Euphoric AND dysphoric rituals matter.
Here’s a quick reflection from my time at Nudgestock
🎥 youtu.be/GGIqHuWvrG4
What collective moment has moved you recently?
Dr Martha Newson - The Power of "Us" | Nudgestock 2025
YouTube video by Nudgestock
youtu.be
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
From Glastonbury to the Euros, we’re wired to come together — to celebrate, grieve, chant, cry.
Euphoric AND dysphoric rituals matter.
Here’s a quick reflection from my time at Nudgestock
🎥 youtu.be/GGIqHuWvrG4
What collective moment has moved you recently?
Euphoric AND dysphoric rituals matter.
Here’s a quick reflection from my time at Nudgestock
🎥 youtu.be/GGIqHuWvrG4
What collective moment has moved you recently?
Our latest study on the Twinning Project explores how the strong, positive social identities needed for desistance from crime can form through #football in #prison...
Key findings from 454 participants in prison:
🦋Personal transformation → deeper change & lasting identity fusion
Key findings from 454 participants in prison:
🦋Personal transformation → deeper change & lasting identity fusion
June 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Can people feel bonded to someone who is heavily stigmatised (like a formerly incarcerated person) if they believe that person has gone through something deeply life-changing?
The answer: Yes—but culture matters. A lot. 🧵
The answer: Yes—but culture matters. A lot. 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Can people feel bonded to someone who is heavily stigmatised (like a formerly incarcerated person) if they believe that person has gone through something deeply life-changing?
The answer: Yes—but culture matters. A lot. 🧵
The answer: Yes—but culture matters. A lot. 🧵
Great opportunity for a #psychology #PhD student from the The British Psychological Society and POST to have 13 weeks+ in Parliament with a generous £7,900 stipend!
post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...
post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...
British Psychological Society Fellowship 2025/26
Application deadline: 4 May 2025 (23:59).
post.parliament.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Great opportunity for a #psychology #PhD student from the The British Psychological Society and POST to have 13 weeks+ in Parliament with a generous £7,900 stipend!
post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...
post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...
Interview in the Sunday Times...
Fitness and wellbeing are no longer just about feeling good: looking good has also become a marker of discipline, value, even — perhaps most worryingly — virtue. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Fitness and wellbeing are no longer just about feeling good: looking good has also become a marker of discipline, value, even — perhaps most worryingly — virtue. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Is ‘maximising’ your life making you miserable?
From queueing for a five-star cinnamon bun to getting your steps in, the modern quest to live an optimal life might be making things worse
www.thetimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Interview in the Sunday Times...
Fitness and wellbeing are no longer just about feeling good: looking good has also become a marker of discipline, value, even — perhaps most worryingly — virtue. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Fitness and wellbeing are no longer just about feeling good: looking good has also become a marker of discipline, value, even — perhaps most worryingly — virtue. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Who's watching #severance? I gave an interview to @sciam.bsky.social on the show's psychology www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
What Severance Life Would Really Be Like, according to a Psychologist
Life as an “innie” in the show Severance would likely involve severe trauma and mental stress, psychological research suggests
www.scientificamerican.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Who's watching #severance? I gave an interview to @sciam.bsky.social on the show's psychology www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
Great to be part of this series for @BBCSounds...a mix of lived experience from the fans, old footage and I'm chuffed that a psychology/evolutionary take made its way in! Why have 400 fights in a lifetime over #football?!
For answers, listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
For answers, listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Gangster - Hooligans - Hooligans 1. A Different Ball Game - BBC Sounds
Tony Bellew investigates the inside story of Britain's football hooligans.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great to be part of this series for @BBCSounds...a mix of lived experience from the fans, old footage and I'm chuffed that a psychology/evolutionary take made its way in! Why have 400 fights in a lifetime over #football?!
For answers, listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
For answers, listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
New research with brilliant colleagues in Brazil! 🇧🇷⚽ We explored how synchrony in football chants shapes perceptions of ingroup strength and outgroup threat. A real-world look at social bonding and intergroup dynamics 🧵👇
February 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New research with brilliant colleagues in Brazil! 🇧🇷⚽ We explored how synchrony in football chants shapes perceptions of ingroup strength and outgroup threat. A real-world look at social bonding and intergroup dynamics 🧵👇
Celebrating Maff Potts' book launch! He dives deep into human connection, kindness & the meaning of life (no big deal 😅). @camerados-org.bsky.social are changing the world—no agenda, no hierarchy, just sofas, tea & real talk. What a privilege to be part of something so special!
February 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Celebrating Maff Potts' book launch! He dives deep into human connection, kindness & the meaning of life (no big deal 😅). @camerados-org.bsky.social are changing the world—no agenda, no hierarchy, just sofas, tea & real talk. What a privilege to be part of something so special!
Featured on BBC R4 discussing why losing a football match can feel like personal devastation. The science shows that fans of less successful teams form deep, almost family-like bonds—sometimes even stronger than those of elite club supporters. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Why Do We Do That? - Series 2 - 2. Why do I get so upset when my team loses? - BBC Sounds
Join anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi to find out why we get so upset when our team loses.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Featured on BBC R4 discussing why losing a football match can feel like personal devastation. The science shows that fans of less successful teams form deep, almost family-like bonds—sometimes even stronger than those of elite club supporters. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reminds me of our study @justinsulik.bsky.social !
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳
With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
January 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reminds me of our study @justinsulik.bsky.social !