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Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 26d

It must be real if it's on jobs.ac.uk...!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ976/p...

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Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social · 25d

Everything seems easy when you don’t know anything.

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Natália B. Dutra @nataliabdutra.bsky.social · 26d

Can't recommend these two enough. Fantastic women, amazing projects 👏👏👏

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

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27d

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election * Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy. Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty. Continue reading...

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · Aug 21

Just sharing a public thank you to the SIPs + PsyArXiv volunteers for maintaining such a successful resource

I understand the frustration of those with preprints that were temporarily removed but I think this is a good chance to reflect on the volunteer work of others that we often take for granted

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 19

Due to a recent influx of problematic submissions, PsyArXiv has switched to pre-moderating its content. If your submitted preprint had not yet been approved, it will be temporarily inaccessible to the public (you can still view your preprint when logged into your OSF account). #PsychSciSky

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧠 Want to integrate cultural evolution into your course using award winning materials created by the field's experts, and get paid $2000 to do it? 💵

🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards.

🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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ABRIR @abrir.bsky.social · Aug 21

New paper in AMPPS!

Read this paper to learn more about #OpenScience in Majority world!

Thanks to @hcp4715.bsky.social for leading this project and for amplifying the voices of the underrepresented in psychological science!

Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · Aug 21

New paper out in AMPPS!

We share a step-by-step guide for adopting #OpenScience in resource-limited contexts + a toolkit with repositories.

Featuring success stories from Serbia, Brazil & @abrir.bsky.social
Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…
Toolkit: osf.io/gu7v4

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James M. Zumel Dumlao @jamesmzd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Now published at PNAS ‼️ w/ @innovation.bsky.social

How does peer reviewer diversity affect fairness in peer review and the direction of published science? We find a "geographical representation bias" in 60 STEM journals published by @ioppublishing.bsky.social.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Title and author info of PNAS paper linked

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 13

3️⃣ seats in the SIPS Executive Committee are open starting January 2026!

Therefore, we are holding elections 🗳️ and looking 🔎 for SIPS members at different career stages (grad student to faculty), who work at various institutions (including non-PhD-granting institutions) and are globally located! 🌍

SIPS Executive Committee Nominations 2025

We are currently soliciting nominations for the Executive Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. Any member may be nominated, and self-nominations are welcome. SIPS…

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Natália B. Dutra @nataliabdutra.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Aug 13

alas, the latest reports from PsyArXivBot indicate the platform has been attacked by bad actors. The interesting question is why.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Aug 13

Effect of Sulphur Levels on Growth and Yield of Mustard Varieties: https://osf.io/6hk94

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Collabra: Psychology @collabrapsychology.bsky.social · Aug 12

Incorporating feminist approaches in psychological science: why, what, and where. From @helenahartmann.com, @kohinoordarda.bsky.social, @v-meletaki.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...

Incorporating Feminist Practices Into Psychological Science—The Why, the What and the How

Feminism is about all forms of challenging social, economic and political power taken by a dominant group. Applying a feminist lens to scientific research brings many advantages, such as broadening th...

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Natália B. Dutra @nataliabdutra.bsky.social · Aug 12

When you finish an interview in English, and all the words you forgot come to you at once

a man is sitting at a table with a piece of paper in his hand and scratching his head .

ALT: a man is sitting at a table with a piece of paper in his hand and scratching his head .

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Aleksandra Lazić @alelazic.bsky.social · Aug 7

Lately I've seen a lot of advice ending with:

Talk to your Data Steward / Grants Manager / PR Officer / Confidential Advisor

Sure... If we had those 🤣

Always useful to hear what works in well-funded settings. But let's not forget that other voices and solutions need to be heard too. #AcademicSky

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Aug 7

🗳️ We are currently soliciting nominations for the Executive Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science!

🙋 Any member may be nominated, and self-nominations are welcome.

✨ SIPS values diversity; we encourage nominations of members from all backgrounds.

SIPS Executive Committee Nominations 2025

We are currently soliciting nominations for the Executive Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. Any member may be nominated, and self-nominations are welcome. SIPS…

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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · Jul 9

@michelleakline.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social
@ehbea2025.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social
@durhamanthropology.bsky.social @eslr.bsky.social @bjjbarrett.bsky.social @nataliabdutra.bsky.social @rebeccasear.bsky.social @acerbialberto.com @nicolewen.bsky.social @iyadrahwan.bsky.social ‪

Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · Jun 9

New 2 year post-doc position on cultural adaptation in complex environmental management.

Post-Doctoral Position on Cultural Adaptation in Forest Management

The University of Maine seeks a post-doctoral researcher for a two-year project on human cultural adaptation in forest management, requiring a strong quantitative background and experience in modeling.

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · Jun 6

Did you know that our field guide to cross-cultural research on childhood learning is completely FREE?

books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...

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Bruce Rawlings @brucerawlings.bsky.social · May 30

the deadline for the special issue on the development of innovation and creativity in children and other animals is soon - led by @karrineldner.bsky.social, Gökhan Gönül and myself. Do get in touch if you have any questions (or need a little more time!).

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Acta Psychologica | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Acta Psychologica | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Acta Psychologica at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Andrew Perfors @andyperfors.bsky.social · May 29

IMHO one reason being a professor is stressful (and professors are constantly late and absent-minded) is that it's not just one job, it's three or four jobs in a trenchcoat.

Plowed away the past few days catching up on research stuff and now I'm even more behind on email and admin 😢

It never ends

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · May 25

"I plan to raise the issue of publishing in other languages during our editorial meetings to explore what formats and approaches might be most suitable for Perspectives."

#Psychology #AcademicSky

Arturo Hernandez @draehernandez.bsky.social · May 20

Perspectives on Psychological Science returns—reimagined. More voices. Broader reach. Rigor with respect.
Read the relaunch editorial.

#PsychScience #OpenScience #EditorInChief @psychscience.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QWMMC...

A New Chapter for Perspectives on Psychological Science - Arturo E. Hernandez, 2025

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Natália B. Dutra @nataliabdutra.bsky.social · May 24

Looking for good science/psychology podcasts. Any recs?

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · May 21

Ask anyone from the Global South: it’s not just the lost money, it’s the humiliation and immense effort

Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/...

Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024 | CNN

Non-refundable fees from failed Europe visa applications are costing African countries millions of dollars, with applicants complaining of a baffling system of approvals.

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · May 9

I'm THRILLED that our book is out. This book, with other 60 contributors from across the globe (!!!) is a love letter to the science we want to do, and a how-to guide for how to do it. Please read it and share it!

Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social · May 9

OUT NOW: A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Research on Childhood Learning reimagines how we study kids—globally. With voices from 21 countries, this inclusive, practical guide bridges disciplines and challenges Western-centric research. buff.ly/0qk1cOs

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Natália B. Dutra @nataliabdutra.bsky.social · May 6

We say something similar in Brazilian Portuguese ("quer dizer") and I agree

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · May 6

in French we don't say "that means" we say "that wants to say" and I think that's beautiful

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Apr 29

Folks, universities here are have decided to cut international psychology programs, which will be devastating to psychological science in the Netherlands.

Please consider signing this open letter on behalf of my colleagues and me; anybody can sign.

openletter.earth/against-lang...

Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia

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Natália B. Dutra @nataliabdutra.bsky.social · Apr 5

@rebeccasear.bsky.social

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