@yaseminulusahin.bsky.social
FNRS postdoc at ULB (CeSCuP), exploring how social identities and social representations shape sense making, with a focus on conspiracy theories, populism & intergroup dynamics.
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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WSJ story on pardon of Honduras' drug-trafficker ex-president notes his role in “Próspera, a libertarian ‘startup city’ backed by Silicon Valley investors including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.”
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How a Man Convicted of Running a Latin American Narco State Landed a Pardon
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s unusual network of Trump allies and MAGA influencers helped deliver an extraordinary pardon to him.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
WSJ story on pardon of Honduras' drug-trafficker ex-president notes his role in “Próspera, a libertarian ‘startup city’ backed by Silicon Valley investors including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.”
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A Thiel spokesman said Thiel wasn’t involved in the pardon.”
🎁 link:
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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New working paper about a question that’s been a splinter in my brain for years – and I know I’m not alone: can researchers draw conclusions about “belief in conspiracy theories” while our research samples consist mostly of people who reject such beliefs? 1/10
link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New working paper about a question that’s been a splinter in my brain for years – and I know I’m not alone: can researchers draw conclusions about “belief in conspiracy theories” while our research samples consist mostly of people who reject such beliefs? 1/10
link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized.
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS
Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.
www.bps.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized.
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
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🚨 New paper out in the European Journal of Social Psychology!
Across one study using aggregated nation-level data and four preregistered experiments, we examined how freedom of speech within a society influences belief in conspiracy theories.
Across one study using aggregated nation-level data and four preregistered experiments, we examined how freedom of speech within a society influences belief in conspiracy theories.
The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs
Conspiracy beliefs are often portrayed as a threat to democracies. However, less is known about the extent to which the state of democracy may affect conspiracy beliefs. Hence, we investigated the im...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 New paper out in the European Journal of Social Psychology!
Across one study using aggregated nation-level data and four preregistered experiments, we examined how freedom of speech within a society influences belief in conspiracy theories.
Across one study using aggregated nation-level data and four preregistered experiments, we examined how freedom of speech within a society influences belief in conspiracy theories.
@studyorecap.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q717...
Yıldız Tar, nefret suçlarını yasalaştırma çabasındaki iktidarın, birimize sahip çıkmazsak toplumdaki en savunmasızından başlayıp sırayla hepimizi nasıl hedef alacağını çok güzel anlatmış.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q717...
Yıldız Tar, nefret suçlarını yasalaştırma çabasındaki iktidarın, birimize sahip çıkmazsak toplumdaki en savunmasızından başlayıp sırayla hepimizi nasıl hedef alacağını çok güzel anlatmış.
Yıldız Tar değerlendirdi: LGBTİ+’lara dönük tasarı muğlak ve kötücül
YouTube video by Stüdyo Recap
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October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@studyorecap.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q717...
Yıldız Tar, nefret suçlarını yasalaştırma çabasındaki iktidarın, birimize sahip çıkmazsak toplumdaki en savunmasızından başlayıp sırayla hepimizi nasıl hedef alacağını çok güzel anlatmış.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q717...
Yıldız Tar, nefret suçlarını yasalaştırma çabasındaki iktidarın, birimize sahip çıkmazsak toplumdaki en savunmasızından başlayıp sırayla hepimizi nasıl hedef alacağını çok güzel anlatmış.
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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I read ISPP's statement early this morning and I have been thinking about it since, trying to wrap my head around the goal of this second statement and what it actually says to its readers.
ISPP Special Statement on the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza and Israel – August 25, 2025
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I read ISPP's statement early this morning and I have been thinking about it since, trying to wrap my head around the goal of this second statement and what it actually says to its readers.
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@alexhaslam.bsky.social @pallavi28.bsky.social @dannagalher.bsky.social @micavarela.bsky.social @christinamaxwell.bsky.social @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social @yaseminulusahin.bsky.social
This summer I got to present my ongoing PhD study, befriend some of the most incredible Social Psychologists, and witness their inspiring work!
Kudos to @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social and @swedishprotests.bsky.social for creating this inclusive and enriching space!
Kudos to @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social and @swedishprotests.bsky.social for creating this inclusive and enriching space!
August 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Stay tuned ⌛ @yasemingacar.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social
It will be available for pre-order starting in September!
www.routledge.com/Social-Psych...
It will be available for pre-order starting in September!
www.routledge.com/Social-Psych...
July 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stay tuned ⌛ @yasemingacar.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social
It will be available for pre-order starting in September!
www.routledge.com/Social-Psych...
It will be available for pre-order starting in September!
www.routledge.com/Social-Psych...
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Updated flyer without typo in the time of the last session:
July 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Updated flyer without typo in the time of the last session:
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[Resharing with a typo on session time fixed in flyer:] Join us for several discussions and talks in the Palestine solidarity track at ISPP in Prague this week if you are attending! For more information about "Political Psych 4 Palestine" sign up here (same as QR code): tinyurl.com/PolPsy4Palestine
July 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
[Resharing with a typo on session time fixed in flyer:] Join us for several discussions and talks in the Palestine solidarity track at ISPP in Prague this week if you are attending! For more information about "Political Psych 4 Palestine" sign up here (same as QR code): tinyurl.com/PolPsy4Palestine
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I am so excited to announce the publication of my first PhD paper, written in collaboration with Laurent Licata and amazing participants!
“We Are No Longer the First to Lead the Dance”: Analysing Intergroup Conflicts Within the French-Speaking Belgian Feminist Movement
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
“We Are No Longer the First to Lead the Dance”: Analysing Intergroup Conflicts Within the French-Speaking Belgian Feminist Movement
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I am so excited to announce the publication of my first PhD paper, written in collaboration with Laurent Licata and amazing participants!
“We Are No Longer the First to Lead the Dance”: Analysing Intergroup Conflicts Within the French-Speaking Belgian Feminist Movement
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
“We Are No Longer the First to Lead the Dance”: Analysing Intergroup Conflicts Within the French-Speaking Belgian Feminist Movement
doi.org/10.1002/casp...
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10 years work has led to this:
Social identity networks: People holding attitudes are a collective social identity information system & bipartite networks are a useful way to represent them. European Review of Social Psychology. @polpsyispp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1046...
Social identity networks: People holding attitudes are a collective social identity information system & bipartite networks are a useful way to represent them. European Review of Social Psychology. @polpsyispp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1046...
Social identity networks: People holding attitudes are a collective social identity information system and bipartite networks are a useful way to represent them
People holding attitudes are a social information system that can be modelled as a bipartite social identity network, where people are bound into groups via jointly held attitudes; and attitudes in...
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
10 years work has led to this:
Social identity networks: People holding attitudes are a collective social identity information system & bipartite networks are a useful way to represent them. European Review of Social Psychology. @polpsyispp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1046...
Social identity networks: People holding attitudes are a collective social identity information system & bipartite networks are a useful way to represent them. European Review of Social Psychology. @polpsyispp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1046...
The POWER OF US Course: A syllabus for teaching about social identity
open.substack.com/pub/powerofu...
open.substack.com/pub/powerofu...
The POWER OF US Course: A syllabus for teaching about social identity
Issue 167: We have new free educational materials for teaching about the Power of Shared Identity
open.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The POWER OF US Course: A syllabus for teaching about social identity
open.substack.com/pub/powerofu...
open.substack.com/pub/powerofu...
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‘Nothing to lose or a world to win’: Reconsidering efficacy, in confrontational collective action
New from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me
Funding: @polpsyispp.bsky.social Scholars Under Threat
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me
Funding: @polpsyispp.bsky.social Scholars Under Threat
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Confrontational collective actions are neither uncontrolled outbursts of initially pacifist resistance nor mere reactions to helplessness and lack of viable political options. Instead, they serve str...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
‘Nothing to lose or a world to win’: Reconsidering efficacy, in confrontational collective action
New from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me
Funding: @polpsyispp.bsky.social Scholars Under Threat
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social & me
Funding: @polpsyispp.bsky.social Scholars Under Threat
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...