🧵 New research alert: Recreational drug use among sports fans — UK 🇬🇧 vs US 🇺🇸 Just published in Journal of Sport & Social Issues. Why almost no one in the US is talking about this? #SportsResearch #DrugPolicy #HarmReduction #FanCulture #SocialScience

New paper! ⚽🔥 We tested how local ties (loyalty to one’s football club) shape broader ties (connection to the national team). Where better than Türkiye, home to some of the world’s most passionate rivalries? 🇹🇷

🚨 New paper out: What if extreme criminal and prosocial acts shared the same root cause? We explore how identity fusion—where personal & group identities merge—can help explain violence, loyalty, & desistance.

From Glastonbury to the Euros, we’re wired to come together — to celebrate, grieve, chant, cry. Euphoric AND dysphoric rituals matter. Here’s a quick reflection from my time at Nudgestock 🎥 youtu.be/GGIqHuWvrG4 What collective moment has moved you recently?

Our latest study on the Twinning Project explores how the strong, positive social identities needed for desistance from crime can form through #football in #prison... Key findings from 454 participants in prison: 🦋Personal transformation → deeper change & lasting identity fusion

Can people feel bonded to someone who is heavily stigmatised (like a formerly incarcerated person) if they believe that person has gone through something deeply life-changing? The answer: Yes—but culture matters. A lot. 🧵

Great opportunity for a #psychology #PhD student from the The British Psychological Society and POST to have 13 weeks+ in Parliament with a generous £7,900 stipend! post.parliament.uk/british-psyc...

Interview in the Sunday Times... Fitness and wellbeing are no longer just about feeling good: looking good has also become a marker of discipline, value, even — perhaps most worryingly — virtue. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

Who's watching #severance? I gave an interview to @sciam.bsky.social on the show's psychology www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Great to be part of this series for @BBCSounds...a mix of lived experience from the fans, old footage and I'm chuffed that a psychology/evolutionary take made its way in! Why have 400 fights in a lifetime over #football?! For answers, listen on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

New research with brilliant colleagues in Brazil! 🇧🇷⚽ We explored how synchrony in football chants shapes perceptions of ingroup strength and outgroup threat. A real-world look at social bonding and intergroup dynamics 🧵👇

Celebrating Maff Potts' book launch! He dives deep into human connection, kindness & the meaning of life (no big deal 😅). @camerados-org.bsky.social are changing the world—no agenda, no hierarchy, just sofas, tea & real talk. What a privilege to be part of something so special!

Featured on BBC R4 discussing why losing a football match can feel like personal devastation. The science shows that fans of less successful teams form deep, almost family-like bonds—sometimes even stronger than those of elite club supporters. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Reminds me of our study @justinsulik.bsky.social !

How can sport-based #prison programs support #women? We studied the Twinning Project, a #football initiative, to find out.