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Sofia Stathi

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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Serge Guimond, Justin H. Kirkland , and 1 more

takesipma.bsky.social
Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial?

In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3)
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Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
<3 I feel I have so much catching up to do, Gordon! Any cool research you uncover, please carry on sharing!
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
Sabbatical mode on. What I most look forward to? Reading!
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philippacarr.bsky.social
Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online!

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
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owasow.bsky.social
“Democrats think 45% of Republicans support partisan murder, 20 times larger than what data show. Similarly, Republicans think 42% of Democrats support partisan murder, which is 25 times larger than reality. Americans have a fundamentally incorrect understanding of support for partisan violence.”
Study: Most Americans Do Not Support Partisan Violence | Dartmouth
home.dartmouth.edu
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polpsyispp.bsky.social
ISPP’s Scholars Under Threat Committee call for proposals:
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Efrén O. Pérez, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more

conradhackett.bsky.social
Republicans perceive more discrimination against people who are: White, evangelical, men & religious.

Democrats are much more likely to perceive discrimination against people who are: gay or lesbian, Black, immigrants in US legally, Hispanic, & women.
Republicans and Democrats continue to have very different views of how much discrimination many groups face in the U.S. While there have been some shifts since last year, the partisan patterns are consistent. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say most of the groups asked about face at least some discrimination. But there are exceptions among certain groups. Groups that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say experience a lot of or some discrimination: White people (55% of Republicans vs. 21% of Democrats) Evangelical Christians (57% vs. 31%) Men (42% vs. 27%) People who are religious (63% vs. 51%) Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say that 15 of 20 groups included in the survey face a lot of or some discrimination. These are the widest differences: People who are gay or lesbian (90% of Democrats vs. 50% of Republicans) Black people (94% vs. 54%) Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally (84% vs. 45%) Hispanic people (90% vs. 54%) Women (80% vs. 47%)
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Siniša Malešević, Adam Crawford , and 1 more

vp-centre.bsky.social
🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

We're looking for an ambitious, impact-focused Research Fellow to join @vp-centre.bsky.social.

The role is full-time and fixed-term until 30 April 2027.

Salary: £41,064-£48,822
Based at: @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Deadline: 13 October 2025

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow, Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Are you an ambitious, impact-focussed researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in policing and vulnerable groups, the interactions between them and other service pro...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
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by Sofia Stathi — Reposted by: Efrén O. Pérez

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
Interested in state-of-the-art methodologies to study social change? My brilliant colleague @drfbzen.bsky.social is hosting Dr. Agnieszka Rychwalska next week, funded by British Academy! 👉 resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/methods-in... Come and learn all things functional connectivity analysis! 🧐
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi

lseinequalities.bsky.social
“What has happened is not that capital income trickled down, but that labour income ‘trickled up’” – @brankomilan.bsky.social on how income from capital remains a privilege of the few in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Read the post here: buff.ly/BEs46q0
New Capitalism in America, Part III - LSE Inequalities
Why is capital so concentrated and why do so few have it? Under the "new" capitalism, why do 85% of the world’s population remain capital-income destitute?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi

bps-social-psych.bsky.social
In the session Decolonization and status quo Leyla De Amicis is presenting her project Decolonizing ourselves - funded by the BPS Social Psychology Section through pump-priming (this is an annual funding opportunity for our members to help them with starting up, pilot study etc)
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Shelley McKeown

bps-social-psych.bsky.social
We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
Bye bye out-of-office message… you were so needed! Hello September 👩🏼‍💻 #AcademicSky
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metesefauysal.bsky.social
Not only their anti-immigrant rhetoric but obvious incompetence of politicians in power emboldens right-wing populist beliefs (e.g., ”Politicians talk too much and do too little," "An ordinary citizen would represent my interests better than a professional politician").
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by Alessandro Rigolon — Reposted by: Sofia Stathi

alerigolon.bsky.social
New article on park inequities nationwide. This is the first U.S. analysis of disparities in park access using individual-level data. We find that White and Native American residents have more park space available, while Asian, Black, and Latino/a/x residents generally have less access to park space
Paper titled, "Park inequities between and within racial/ethnic groups in the conterminous United States: A micro-scale, individual-level analysis"
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fmsmallfield.bsky.social
New pub! 📝
Solidarity with refugees depends on refugee‘s origin and gender. Partly explained through a similarity->threat link. We discuss this as a psychological expression of neocolonial geopolitics.
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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@arothers.bsky.social
SPSSI Journals
This paper investigates social psychological mechanisms underlying selective solidarity with refugees in two experimental studies conducted in Germany. We hypothesized, in line with the geopolitics o...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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by John T. Jost — Reposted by: Sofia Stathi

johnjost.bsky.social
Two experiments find that reminding U.S participants that the U.S. is disproportionately responsible for climate change leads conservatives (but not liberals) to show *reduced* preferences for environmentally friendly consumption
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Climate Privilege: Defensive disbelief in climate change science
Two studies investigated climate privilege--an idea derived from existing research on racial and economic privilege. U.S. citizens consume a larger th…
www.sciencedirect.com
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
Delighted to announce we received Horizon funding for our BTL-COP project (Trust and Leadership to challenge global aporophobic crime in a police Community of Practice). Led by Prof @jilljameson.bsky.social the next 3 years will bring fascinating research + practice!! 👉 www.gre.ac.uk/articles/pub...
University of Greenwich secures new €3M EU Project to build trust between communities and police across seven countries | Articles
BTL-COP aims to protect vulnerable people and build safer, more inclusive communities across Europe, enhancing social learning, trust, and leadership.
www.gre.ac.uk
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polpsyispp.bsky.social
📢 ISPP’s Open Research Lab Initiative is Live!🌍🔬

We are excited to launch this initiative, connecting Early Career Researchers (ECRs) with 17 labs worldwide to foster collaboration and academic exchange. Stay tuned for more updates and opportunities to get involved!
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
Yes, very true 😁
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
What a team, what team spirit! #Lionesses 🥳
hantsravens.bsky.social
Simon @hantsravens.bsky.social · Jul 27
Chloe Kelly with the winning penalty!!!

#Euro2025 #England
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hantsravens.bsky.social
Chloe Kelly with the winning penalty!!!

#Euro2025 #England
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by Sofia Stathi

drsofiastathi.bsky.social
How fantastic, congratulations!
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Laura K. Taylor, Efrén O. Pérez , and 1 more

akmontoya.bsky.social
If you just got an email from APA encouraging you to come to this session, YOU SHOULD! Because the "Open Science and Methodology panel member" is ME! Come say hi! Learn about registered reports, and other awesome open science things at APA!
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Linda J. Skitka, David M. Amodio , and 3 more

joelleforestier.bsky.social
She is far too un-self-promoting to do this herself, so I'm shouting out *THE* Elizabeth Page-Gould (@page-gould.bsky.social) for winning the SESP Career Trajectory Award!

Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
Elizabeth Page-Gould recognized with Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology
The Society for Experimental Social Psychology has recognized Elizabeth Page-Gould with a Career Trajectory Award in recognition of uniquely creative and influential scholarly productivity.
www.psych.utoronto.ca
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Gordon Hodson, David M. Amodio , and 3 more

jenikubota.bsky.social
🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉

Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social ‬and Jas Cloutier!

@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky

psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Mario Gollwitzer, Mark J. Brandt , and 5 more

jinxungoh.bsky.social
Newly accepted in PSPB! We examined whether Asian and Black Americans perceived one another through a zero-sum lens. Inspired by the SCOTUS affirmative action decisions, I wanted to know if Asians thought they were losing to Black people and how this mindset affects coalition
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi

simonleewx.com
3 years ago today, 40°C was reached in the UK for the first time.

But is that as hot as the UK can get in the current climate? Model evidence suggests temperatures could in fact exceed 45°C if conditions are perfect 🫣

Gillian Kay and colleagues in @rmets.org Weather: doi.org/10.1002/wea....
Rapidly increasing chance of record UK summer temperatures
The UK recorded its first exceedance of 40°C in July 2022. To assess the current chance of recurrence, we use a large climate model ensemble approach and find the 2023 return period to be 1-in-24 yea....
doi.org
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Reposted by: Sofia Stathi, Simon Hix, Dave O’Brien , and 4 more

ralphscott.bsky.social
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"

Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Article abstract, which says: The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.
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by Gordon Hodson — Reposted by: Sofia Stathi

gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
#AcademicSky

What truly bugs me is that RESEARCH is what so many academics seemingly care about, often neglecting students & teaching.

Yet they're not willing to DO the research & writing themselves?

What is it that they care about? Prestige? Notches on CV?
ecologistgreen.bsky.social
David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · Jul 16
📈 LLMs are quietly changing scientific writing.

New research finds that 13.5% of biomedical abstracts in 2024 were likely processed with LLMs -- marked by spikes in the use of words like delves, crucial, & significant.

How should #SciencePublishing respond to this?

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🔗: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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