🎓 This Friday (June 5), the #HotPoliticsLab returns after a month with a talk by @roderikrekker.bsky.social, on political polarization over facts and science. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see you on Friday!

🎓 This Friday (May 8), our very own Bert Bakker will give a talk on strengthening democracy with interventions. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope you join us on Friday!

This Friday (10.04), there's another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! @jakobkas.bsky.social will give a talk on attitudes towards voting age, and Gustavo Couto de Jesus on brain responses to political messaging. 📍 Location: REC-B9.22 💻 Or online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (20.03) we’re hosting another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! Daniel Komáromy will present his work on radical right support, and Anvita Pant give a talk on the personalities of local politicians. 📍 Location: REC-B9.22 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (13.11), the #HotPoliticsLab returns! Alberto López Ortega will present his research on citizen backlash to foreign LGBTQ+ advocacy. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see many of you on Friday!

🎓 This Friday (13.02), we welcome @flavioazevedo.bsky.social as our guest in the #HotPoliticsLab! He will present his work on building academic infrastructures for credibility and inclusivity. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (06.02), Nanke Verloo will be our guest at the #HotPoliticsLab, presenting her work on studying emotions via ethnography and dramaturgy. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see many of you on Friday!

This Friday (30.01), we’re kicking off 2026 at the #HotPoliticsLab with a Graduate Friday! Luke Fischer and Diemithry Kloppenburg on attitude and perspective-taking interventions. 📍 Location: REC-B9.22 (Common Room) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (12.12), we are hosting the final session of 2025! Jon Roozenbeek will be our guest at the #HotPoliticsLab, presenting his work on the online manipulation economy. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... See you on Friday!

🎓 This Friday (21.11), we are delighted to welcome Corinna Oschatz to the #HotPoliticsLab. She will present her work on the relationship between candidates' moral foundations and their campaign rhetoric. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (14.11): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! Mathies Jaeger Andresen and Anna Wickenkamp will present their work on political social status and trust, and populist communication. 📍 Location: REC-C3.06 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (31.10): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! Gustavo Couto de Jesus and Hannes Bey will present their work on party cue processing, and origins of the political trust crisis. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (17.10): another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! We’re excited to hear Linda Bomm and Daniel Komáromy present their work on societal threats and support for the radical right. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (03.10), we are delighted to welcome dr. Alexandros Giannelis to the #HotPoliticsLab. He will present his research on the formation of political ideology through the use of genetic tools. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 Upcoming Friday (26.09), we are delighted to host Professor Atsushi Tago to the #HotPoliticsLab! He will give a talk on disgust and the perceived costs of war. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... See you Friday!

🎓 This Friday (19.09), we are honored to welcome professor @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social to the #HotPoliticsLab! She will present her work on Facebook user reactions to party campaigning. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (12.09), we kick off the academic year at the #HotPoliticsLab with our very own (and recently appointed!) professor Gijs Schumacher! He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

✨ New Academic Year, New Speaker Series! ✨ We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year. We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!

This Friday (28.06) will be our last #HotPoliticsLab meeting of the academic year! During this Graduate Friday session, Klara Langmann and Josh Gilmore will give presentations on their research. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via t.co/azQ9KKozBI

This Friday (14.06), we are pleased to welcome recently appointed endowed professor Bram Sizoo at the #HotPoliticsLab. He will present his work on the clinical psychology of radicalisation. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

After a short break, we will resume our #HotPoliticsLab sessions this Friday (07.06). Mark van Vugt is our guest and will present his research on Ecology, Culture, and Leadership. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

After a turbulent week, we hope to reconvene at the #HotPoliticsLab this Friday (17.05). Kristen Syme will give a talk on conflict, power, and the meaning of suicide. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (26.04) we're back in the #HotPoliticsLab with a presentation by Mark Brandt (@mjbsp.bsky.social). Join us for his talk on heterogeneous attitude change in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via t.co/azQ9KKo1Ma

Unfortunately, we had to cancel today's meeting. The presentation by Josh Gilmore will be rescheduled. We hope to see you all again soon, in the #HotPoliticsLab.

This Friday (19.04), Josh Gilmore will present his research on narratives and the structuring of political cognition. We hope to see many of you in the #HotPoliticsLab (REC-B9.22), or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (12.04) we are back in the #HotPoliticsLab! During this session @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social will give a talk about political stereotypes. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

Unfortunately, we do not have a meeting this Friday (22.03). We will be back in a few weeks on the 12th of April. Keep an eye out on our #HotPoliticsLab page for information on the next speakers!

This Friday (15.03), we are honored to host Joe Bathelt in the #HotPoliticsLab. Joe will give us insights into the naturalistic processing of news programmes. We hope to see you in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (08.03) we wrap up our Graduate Friday series! Céline and Linda will present their projects on political (dis)interest and societal threat perceptions in the Hot Politics Lab. Make sure to join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

If you're not joining in Athens or the Common Room, you can follow the presentation by Diamantis via the livestream: t.co/azQ9KKo1Ma

This Friday (01.03), Diamantis Petropoulos-Petalas will be giving a talk on the role of motivated reasoning in updating beliefs. The event will exclusively be hosted at Panteion University in Athens. If you're in Amsterdam, you can catch the livestream in the Hot Politics Lab (REC-B9.22).

This Friday (16.02) we continue our Graduate Friday series! Delaney and Xinyao will present their projects on political behavior and political information sharing in the Hot Politics Lab. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

Upcoming Friday (09.02) we do not have a meeting. We're currently on a break and will be back in the Hot Politics Lab on the 16th of February. See you then!

This Friday (02.02), we kick off February with the first PhD-session of 2024. Nikki (@nikkidekker.bsky.social) and Daniel will present their projects on Youth Polarization and Radical Activation in the Hot Politics Lab. Join us in REC-B9.22 or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (26.01), we are honored to host prof. Eveline Crone in the Hot Politics Lab. Eveline will provide us with insights into the process of brain imaging in adolescents. Make sure to join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

Last Friday, Lysanne te Brinke inspired us in the field of adolescent research. In addition to showing us the results of her study on adolescents’ contribution to society, she showed us the importance of involving adolescents in the entire research process! #HotPoliticsLab

This Friday (19.01), we are honored to welcome Lysanne te Brinke to the Hot Politics Lab! Join us for an insightful presentation on adolescents' need to contribute to society in REC-B9.22 or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

Last Friday we started 2024 off right with an inspiring talk in the Hot Politics Lab on biased political attitudes by @jmping.bsky.social. It was great to see you all again! We’re excited to see what 2024 will bring!

Wishing you a Happy New Year from the entire Hot Politics Lab team! We're starting off 2024 with an enlightening talk by @jmping.bsky.social on the adoption of biased political attitudes. We hope to see you in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/....

This Friday (15.12) we end 2023 with a talk by Pascal Boyer! All the way from Washington University he will give a presentation on political psychology and human nature. Join us in the #HotPoliticsLab (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (08.12), get ready to dive into the world of election campaigns with our guest @stefaniereher.bsky.social. Join us for her talk on political candidate self-representation at the #HotPoliticsLab in REC-B9.22 or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

Last Friday, @lalamur.bsky.social gave a highly inspiring talk on political misperceptions. Thank you Lala, for this interesting presentation in the #HotPoliticsLab.

Hope to see many of you in the #HotPoliticsLab this afternoon in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

This Friday (1.12), we're back in the #HotPoliticsLab, with a presentation by @lalamur.bsky.social. She will give a talk about feeling our way through misperceptions. We hope to see many of you in the lab (REC-B9.22) or online via this link: teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

RECTIFICATION: today's presentation by Giorgia Silani @silanilab.bsky.social will NOT be streamed in the Common Room, but in REC-B1.02.

This Friday (24.11), Giorgia Silani (@silanilab.bsky.social) will give a talk on the effects of social isolation. NOTE: this talk will be held at the University of Vienna (Seminar Room 11). For those in Amsterdam, the talk will be livestreamed in the #HotPoliticsLab (REC-B9.22).