Did you know that we have co-organised a *FREE* online event this month with the BPS Social Psychology Section? To find out more and register, click here: www.bps.org.uk/event/social...

Re-imagining space: Conceptualizing new psychological interventions against segregationist attitudes and behaviours bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

What ADHD taught me about the limits of resilience… Chartered Psychologist Dr Darren O'Reilly on the ‘cost of coping’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Social influences on behavioural response to earthquake shaking: evidence from CCTV footage link.springer.com/article/10.1...

*SAVE THE DATE* September 8-9 2026! 📅🗓️ More details soon to follow for this year's BPS Social Section Conference in London ☀️ Please repost to spread the word to anyone interested in attending, we're excited to welcome new and returning delegates 🧑🏽‍🏫👨🏽‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧑🏿‍🏫👨‍🏫👩‍🏫

Curious why people think, feel, & act the way they do? 'Key Topics in Attitudes and Persuasion' (BPS Key Topics in Psychology) explains how attitudes form, change, & influence behaviour. Perfect for students or anyone interested in human psychology. 👉 www.routledge.com/Key-Topics-i...

📢 Call for Submissions Submissions are now open for the 23rd Jena Workshop on Intergroup Processes, taking place 9–12 July 2026 in Tambach, Germany.

Could you help deliver core textbooks for the next generation of psychologists? As Series Editor for our ‘BPS Core Textbooks in Psychology’ book series, you’ll guide proposals & influence key subject areas. Apply by 16 Jan ’26: https://www.bps.org.uk/series-editor-bps-core-textbooks-psychology

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The last session in the collective action series hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social and @merveozturkey.bsky.social is this Thursday 4th Dec 1-3pm GMT. The webinar is free to attend but registration needed www.bps.org.uk/event/precar...

Join us for the second free session (of 3) in our Collective Action series today 2-4pm GMT, hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and brilliantly organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social & @merveozturkey.bsky.social See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

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-...

Au-Yeung et al. (2023). 'Spontaneous public coordination in response to a marauding knife attack on the London Underground' @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social @ukri.org funded bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

FREE online webinar from @bps-social-psych.bsky.social that may be of interest: 'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change' 6 November, 2-4pm More details below: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

Meticulously organised for you by our amazing ad-hoc events team on the committee!

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...

A @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social free online event, organized by @drselintekin.bsky.social : 'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency' www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

Rising together: how collective action emerges in the face of an emergency Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm Attendance is free, but you need to register. www.bps.org.uk/event/rising... This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas

#1 Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵 👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

That's a wrap for the 2025 BPS social section conference in Oxford🎉 Thank you to those who came to present their latest contributions to social psychology! Another thank you to our organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social for making this conference possible! Until next year!

At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social, @samreenchhabra.bsky.social presents her important PhD research on the psychological effects of youth climate activism in India

A bit more on what being a journal editor is about here: drury-sussex-the-crowd.blogspot.com/2019/12/ten-...

With social psychologists joining us from Helsinki, their symposium features studies bridging the methodological divide – particularly by offering complementary approaches to studying microecological ethnic segregation and contact in an urban context 🧵1/4

Last sessions for this years conference have started. In the Talbot room @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social starts off the Climate Activism session outlining identity and ethical tensions among environmentally engaged scientists in climate advocacy

Now for a special session discussing Social Identity Theory 50 years later. Steve Reicher highlights the importance of adapting the theory to the rapidly changing political climate. We need only look to activism of the past to see how social identity has the power to enact social change.

Blitz Session 4 is a collection of social psychology research on.issues concerning misinformation, belief Systems, and Framing 🧵1/4

An amazing session focused on Gender & Sexuality from yesterday!!

Panel session 10 was an outstanding collection of social psychological research addressing issues of racism and nationalism 🧵1/5

Its with great pleasure that we present Chloe Bracegirdle as this year's early career award winner! 🏆 Her keynote talk explores the ties that bind and divide in terms of intergroup relations in school social networks.

One of our morning sessions in Day 3 focused on social identity and intergroup contact 🧵1/4

@profjohndrury.bsky.social opening the symposium exploring how social psychology can enhance our understanding of the 2024 anti-immigrant riots 🧵1/6

In Panel Session 9 today, our speakers presented on methodological innovations relevant to social psychologists. 🧵1/4

Excellent panel session about publishing with two past and one current editor for British Journal of Social Psychology (BJSP) bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2044..., with tips on what to (not) do and how the system works.

Panel Session 8 features social psychological researchers discussing their research about constructions of ethnic identity 🧵 1/4

At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social, section chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social congratulates Prof Stephen Gibson on the mid-career award @bpsofficial.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to professor Stephen Gibson for winning the 2025 mid-career award! Stephen's keynote is dedicated to his research on respecifying the Milgram obedience experiments. By using discursive and rhetorical psychology, we can view the Milgram experiments and social accomplishments.

Lovely being out with the Crowds & Identities group for dinner in Oxford last night after a day of talks at the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social.

We have wrapped up the day with a thought-provoking panel on prosociality🧵1/5

Earlier today, we had a blitz session on social psychologists approaches to addressing inequalities 🧵1/7

Last speaker in the decolonisation session (and last for the day in the Talbot room), Tamino Konur taking us on an exploration of being frustrated by deprivation or privilege

Intriguing presentation by @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on the role of felt understanding in the relationship between shared identity and prosocial behaviour

Third speaker in the decolonisation sessions Enzo Caceres Quezada discussing their research with European youth about perpetuating or challenging the past

Now Chetan Sinha discussing methodology for social justice and how the practice is social psychology needs to change in India to include indigenous ideologies, practices and tools.

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)

For one of the last sessions of the day, we have a panel session on the social psychology of Leadership and Communication! 🧵1/4

In our first session of blitz talks this morning focused on Inequalities we had 6 presentations. The first was from Rashimi Danwaththa Liyanage on Racial Discrimination and Paranoia: Exploring the potential moderating role of ethnic identity

Amazing to meet with some Early Career academics during the mentoring session at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social . Inspiring and motivating to hear about their passion in research

We now have a panel session featuring talks on the latest research in discursive social psychology. Talks delivered by Stephen Gibson, @marcalexander.bsky.social, @alex-hunt-psych.bsky.social and Sadvansha Munshi 🧵1/6

Just arrived and looking forward to presenting some initial findings from our @openuniversity.bsky.social project bringing history and psychology together. Join if you're free!

Last but not least in the Methodological innovations and interventions session is Dr Nicole Russell Pascual presenting their study on women’s engagement in technical participation and its association with long-term retention