Our lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy, yet little seems to change. Join "The Hypocrisy Trap" author @mhallsworth.bsky.social at @lsepbs.bsky.social on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, where he will discuss tools for moving from outrage to outcomes with Professor @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social:

🧠 Michael Muthukrishna @michael.muthukrishna.com, professor of Economic Psychology at LSE @lsepbs.bsky.social, explores our “collective brain.” Unlike other animals, humans build on cultural knowledge, enabling us to solve new challenges together. www.joinexpeditions.com/exps/1266 #PLPEXPeditions

🌿 We’re hiring! Assistant Professor in Social Psychology / Environmental Psychology 🌿 The successful candidate will join our world-leading community of scholars & contribute to teaching across our programmes, including the MSc Societal and Environmental Psychology. 🔗 buff.ly/hamafbo

🎓 What happens when a seasoned professional becomes a student again? In a new post for the PBS blog, Mark Robinson reflects on his return to university and his experience studying for an MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology as a mature student.

Come and work with my wonderful colleagues @lsepbs.bsky.social! Assistant Professor in Social #Psychology / Environmental Psychology #AcademicSky jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

NEW✨ Is there a better way to organise the global economy? Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How we fix it by Cahal Moran @lsepbs.bsky.social @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social reviewed by Vamika Goel.

Alex Gillespie & Brady Wagoner extend the concept of “looping effects”, where scientific classifications change the people classified, to psychological theories. Traditionally seen as destabilising or problematic, looping effects, the authors argue, are essential & valuable.

'We are literally part of something bigger than ourselves.' @michael.muthukrishna.com, professor of economic psychology @lsepbs.bsky.social, reflects on human evolution, culture, and what makes for a meaningful life. www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4627

📘 Our lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy — against politicians, companies, and each other. Yet despite this noise, little seems to change. Join us for this talk on 19 Nov where @mhallsworth.bsky.social & @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social will discuss Michael's recent book 'The Hypocrisy Trap'.

For anyone interested in #psychology, #research assessment and evaluation, how the expert panel rated research submitted to #REF2021 - and especially the fate of #qualitative research - our article in Cogent Psychology is #OpenAccess (link in next post). 1/2

"For any patient voice to have impact, there has to be listening" Prof Alex Gillespie. @lsepbs.bsky.social Fascinating research chat going on here. If you would like to watch our previous research chats, follow this link 👀https://www.careopinion.org.uk/info/research-chats #Coconf25

LSE Research Showcase: Learning from complaints in organisations with Dr Tom Reader. Open to LSE staff, students, alumni and their visitors, and prospective LSE students. 🗓️ Tuesday 4 November 2025 🕚 11-11.30am 📍 Shaw Library, Old Building Learn more and sign up ⬇️

🎭 Can behavioural science and theatre join forces to tackle corruption? Paulius Yamin, Sergejus Muravjovas & Dalton Maggs combined Legislative Theatre with Installation Theory to test how performance and behavioural insights might reshape anti-corruption strategies in healthcare.

Safety isn’t just about speaking up — it’s about how others listen. Alyssa Pandolfo, Tom Reader & Alex Gillespie introduce EARS: a new tool for coding real-world safety listening behaviours in conversations before aviation crashes and near misses.

📄 Text can tell us a lot about psychology, but only if we have valid measurement tools. A new article by Alex Goddard & Alex Gillespie addresses this problem with the RAMP method, which helps develop and validate text classifiers in psychology. Read the #OpenAccess paper: buff.ly/UOlEw0F

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welcome to LSE. @lselibrary.bsky.social free bags with maps. from Booth’s Inquiry into Life & Labour People in London (1886–1903), digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... booth.lse.ac.uk #lsefreshers @lseinequalities.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social

🦫 Dr Miriam Tresh (Deputy Head of Department) and Champa Heidbrink (Department Manager) bumped into Felix the Beaver on campus the other day! #PartofLSE #Felix #Welcome2025

📚 Join our first public event of 2025/26, where Dr Cahal Moran will discuss his new book "Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix it". 📅 Monday 13 October ⌚ 6.30-8pm 📍 In person and online 🔗 Learn more & secure your place: buff.ly/WOfanJM #Event #BookLaunch

🎉 We're proud to have been ranked number one in the UK for Psychology by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026! LSE has also been named the top university overall. buff.ly/Gyjnn5f #PartofLSE #Psychology #LeagueTable

🌎 Most people haven’t heard of the Sixth Mass Extinction, yet they’re ready to act when they learn about it. New global study, led by @gangashreedhar.bsky.social, shows surprising public support for change. 📖 Learn more: www.lse.ac.uk/pbs/assets/d... @gsos-lse.bsky.social

🗣️ Speaking up can save lives — but only if others listen. Alyssa Pandolfo, Tom Reader & Alex Gillespie studied flightdeck transcripts before crashes and near-misses to reveal how safety listening behaviours shape outcomes. Read the #OpenAccess paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 We are delighted to introduce two brilliant new colleagues: Dr Sandra Obradović joins us as Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, and Dr Yana Litovsky joins us as Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science. Welcome, Sandra and Yana! #PartofLSE

What can we learn from healthcare complaints? And how can AI help? In this editorial, Dr Tom Reader explores the growing importance of patient and family complaints in improving healthcare quality and safety, and the role that AI can play in the process. qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...

Join us for #LSEEnvironmentWeek! The programme is now live: 🌱Keynote lectures on biodiversity, climate finance & fires 🌱Public lectures on COP30, climate finance & natural capital 🌱World-class academics & policymakers. 🔗https://www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-week-2025 #Sustainability

NEW✨ What did #COVID19 teach us about human behaviour & effective public policy in a #pandemic? Behavioural Economics & Policy for Pandemics @jcosta-font.bsky.social @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social @mmglz.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org #Review @pauladepoju.bsky.social

📣 Come and join our amazing team! We're looking to recruit an inspirational Course Tutor in Psychology to join the team supporting our leading BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. ℹ️ The appointment is fixed term for two years. ⏱️ Closing deadline: 25 August 2025 🔗 buff.ly/1yHN187

Come and work with brilliant @lselibrary.bsky.social colleagues @rosiehigman.bsky.social @helskrw.bsky.social @niamhtumelty.bsky.social and me (in my #impact role) as our Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion! Closing 17th Aug 2025 #OpenResearch jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

🥩 Why do we eat red meat, even when we don’t want to? Kate Laffan & Caroline Verfuerth explored the psychology behind red meat consumption among reducers & non-reducers. Using Goal Framing Theory, they found hedonic goals to be the strongest drivers, with gain goals also playing a major role.

🎙️ Prof Alex Gillespie gave the keynote address at the 2025 APA Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology conference. The event took place at Marquette University in Milwaukee. In his talk, Prof Gillespie discussed the role of qualitative research in the age of generative AI. #Keynote #AI

Honored to be back for LSE #behaviouralscience Alumni Conference, especially at graduation time! Excited to join great panel w/Zeina Afif (World Bank) & Anna Guerraggio (UNDP) & engage with past & current cohorts @lsepbs.bsky.social @mmglz.bsky.social @krpd.bsky.social @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social

Exciting new research by @benmtappin.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️

"I will ensure that students engage with the latest techniques, from creating agentic AI for behavioural change to testing interventions on synthetic participants, in order to address some of the most pressing issues of our time" @krpd.bsky.social on his LSE AI & Education Fellowship buff.ly/WGzvwpo

🎤 Prof @liamdelaney2025.bsky.social gave the IAREP Kahneman Keynote Lecture 2025. During his inspiring talk, Prof Delaney explored the evolving role of economic psychology in shaping behavioural public policy. #Economics #Psychology #BehaviouralScience #Keynote #Kahneman #PublicPolicy

💥 New: What is the value of a park? Research from Christian Krekel @lsepbs.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social finds that green spaces in urban areas produce wellbeing benefits that equate to around €119 per resident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

⏳ How do you feel about retirement? Relief? Fear? Freedom? Loss? A new #OpenAccess paper, co-authored by Alex Gillespie, explores how retirement is experienced & made sense of over time, using a 24-year diary written by a man (“Ernest”) as the primary data source.

📢 Secure your spot for the Africa Rising Symposium! We are partnering with EMY Africa again for the second Africa Rising Symposium, this year under the theme, "Beyond Potential: Africa’s Age of Performance". 🎟️ Early Bird tickets close on July 9! eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata...

🚨 New research: Why do staff respond defensively to complaints? Alex Gillespie & Tom Reader introduce the complaint handler's bind: staff are expected to respond to complaints & drive organisational learning, but lack the authority, resources or psychological safety to do so.

New blog post by ‪@alxchesterfield.bsky.social‬ 👇 #Research #OrganisationalCulture

👩‍💻 AI has the power to revolutionise education, but tech alone is not enough @michael.muthukrishna.com and several brilliant PBS students explore how AI can transform learning - but only if embedded in human-centred, culturally adaptive systems. #OpenAccess #Research #AI #Education #Teaching

🌎 An aspirational new approach to planetary futures This new paper, co-authored by @michael.muthukrishna.com & published in 'Nature', proposes an innovative new framework - the Nature Relationship Index (NRI) - for addressing planetary environmental challenges. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Chen-Ta Sung explains that the "recruitment of international students to maintain financial stability...risks reinforcing existing social inequalities. It privileges those who can afford elite global credentials" in this new blog post. blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat...

My latest visitor to @lsepbs.bsky.social was @marithalvorsen.bsky.social from @oslomet.bsky.social - here we are with @tillyflint.bsky.social who also came to London for our data session with @sylvainet.bsky.social @dirkvl.bsky.social et al at KCL on gender categories 🔎🧐💬 #EMCA

📚 Wellbeing and Policy: Evidence for Action 🌍 This new #OpenAccess book, edited by Marie Briguglio, Natalia Czap & Kate Laffan, reviews and integrates recent advances in wellbeing science and policy. Virtual book launch: 📅 Wednesday 2 July 🕔 4pm BST (London), 5pm CET ➡️ buff.ly/nzLwDFc

🚨 New Research - Cultural Capture Among Regulators: A Systematic Review @alxchesterfield.bsky.social‬, Tom Reader & Alex Gillespie explore 'cultural capture' - when regulators’ beliefs & behaviours align with those of the entities they oversee, sometimes with detrimental outcomes. #OpenAccess

👁️ This year's LSE Festival features several events with researchers from PBS: 🔴 LSE Festival Exhibition 🔴 Putting wellbeing and mental health at the heart of progress 🔴 Empowerment, safety and equity: children's visions of rights-respecting digital futures 🔴 Positive futures ➡️ buff.ly/PD6W7R5

📙 This week, we had the pleasure of hosting the launch of Professor Paul Dolan's latest book, 'Beliefism: how to stop hating the people we disagree with'. 🎥 Did you miss the event? Catch up now: buff.ly/Uengvi9 #Beliefism #Tolerance #BehaviouralScience

🎓 Our Executive MSc Behavioural Science students and alumni are incredibly bright, talented and inspiring individuals. Sign up for our next information session to learn how you can join this community and elevate your career: 📅 Weds 9 July 🕐 1-2pm 📍 Zoom 🔗 buff.ly/mcor774 ℹ lse.ac.uk/pbs/emsc

🎉 Warmest congratulations to our exceptional teachers who have received LSE Class Teacher Awards: ⭐ Adam Davidson ⭐ Sayeh Yousefi ⭐ Chen-Ta Sung (for the second year in a row!) ⭐ Edoardo Zulato Kudos also to Daniele Pollicino, Aishwarya Bellam and Audrey Van Hoecke for being Highly Commended!

🤳 Is banning social media really the best way to protect our kids? In a new post for the PBS blog, Alexandra Ross explores a more nuanced approach to social media regulation, offering parents a practical framework to evaluate different platforms and features. #SocialMediaBan #Regulation #Blog