<dusts off the ol' blog> to say something about "celebrating science" in the age of AI & current political context. EVEN THOUGH I HAD OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO DO THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. mammalssuck.blogspot.com/2025/11/if-y...

Interesado en salud, comportamiento y evolución humana? Este 10 de diciembre se realizará la Jornada de Investigación “Evolución Biocultural: Aplicaciones y desafíos en salud y comportamiento humano” El evento es gratis pero con cupos limitados, inscríbase aquí 👇 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

So, should we keep doing behavioural twin studies? I'm fairly new to them and have a project in early planning stage, feeling a bit unsure...

There are no excuses for this.

So. Why choose an actress with curly hair for Moana if they were going to straighten it?

Methodology

COP 30

200 boats. 5,000 people. Indigenous, quilombola, and riverine leaders filled the waters of Belém this week to say: NO to Ferrogrão. No more destruction. Their message to #COP30: Implementation without justice for Indigenous & frontline communities isn’t climate action. https://bit.ly/4pbqihP

😎 Tomorrow, Sunday, is the only day without official agendas here at COP30. If you still don’t know what to do during your break, we’ve gathered some must-see tips in Belém! ☀️ Enjoy 😉! Flavors, cultural heritage, stunning landscapes, and unique experiences await you in the capital of Pará. 💚

I think this might be something nice to share. This is my first year as a main PhD supervisor! Of three!

In a world without forest and creeks, where do the children play? My new essay explores peer cultures and the strangeness of Western childhood. Heavily inspired by work from @dorsaamir.bsky.social and Sheina Lew-Levy :) open.substack.com/pub/unpublis...

It must be real if it's on jobs.ac.uk...! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ976/p...

Everything seems easy when you don’t know anything.

Can't recommend these two enough. Fantastic women, amazing projects 👏👏👏

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Just sharing a public thank you to the SIPs + PsyArXiv volunteers for maintaining such a successful resource I understand the frustration of those with preprints that were temporarily removed but I think this is a good chance to reflect on the volunteer work of others that we often take for granted

🧠 Want to integrate cultural evolution into your course using award winning materials created by the field's experts, and get paid $2000 to do it? 💵 🚨 The Cultural Evolution Society is seeking applications for the ACE Teaching Innovation Awards. 🔖 Apply here: vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

New paper in AMPPS! Read this paper to learn more about #OpenScience in Majority world! Thanks to @hcp4715.bsky.social for leading this project and for amplifying the voices of the underrepresented in psychological science!

Now published at PNAS ‼️ w/ @innovation.bsky.social How does peer reviewer diversity affect fairness in peer review and the direction of published science? We find a "geographical representation bias" in 60 STEM journals published by @ioppublishing.bsky.social. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

3️⃣ seats in the SIPS Executive Committee are open starting January 2026! Therefore, we are holding elections 🗳️ and looking 🔎 for SIPS members at different career stages (grad student to faculty), who work at various institutions (including non-PhD-granting institutions) and are globally located! 🌍

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Incorporating feminist approaches in psychological science: why, what, and where. From @helenahartmann.com, @kohinoordarda.bsky.social, @v-meletaki.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...

When you finish an interview in English, and all the words you forgot come to you at once

Lately I've seen a lot of advice ending with: Talk to your Data Steward / Grants Manager / PR Officer / Confidential Advisor Sure... If we had those 🤣 Always useful to hear what works in well-funded settings. But let's not forget that other voices and solutions need to be heard too. #AcademicSky

🗳️ We are currently soliciting nominations for the Executive Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! 🙋 Any member may be nominated, and self-nominations are welcome. ✨ SIPS values diversity; we encourage nominations of members from all backgrounds.

@michelleakline.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @eslr.bsky.social @bjjbarrett.bsky.social @nataliabdutra.bsky.social @rebeccasear.bsky.social @acerbialberto.com @nicolewen.bsky.social @iyadrahwan.bsky.social ‪

Did you know that our field guide to cross-cultural research on childhood learning is completely FREE? books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp...

the deadline for the special issue on the development of innovation and creativity in children and other animals is soon - led by @karrineldner.bsky.social, Gökhan Gönül and myself. Do get in touch if you have any questions (or need a little more time!). www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

IMHO one reason being a professor is stressful (and professors are constantly late and absent-minded) is that it's not just one job, it's three or four jobs in a trenchcoat. Plowed away the past few days catching up on research stuff and now I'm even more behind on email and admin 😢 It never ends

"I plan to raise the issue of publishing in other languages during our editorial meetings to explore what formats and approaches might be most suitable for Perspectives." #Psychology #AcademicSky

Looking for good science/psychology podcasts. Any recs?

Ask anyone from the Global South: it’s not just the lost money, it’s the humiliation and immense effort Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024 amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/...

I'm THRILLED that our book is out. This book, with other 60 contributors from across the globe (!!!) is a love letter to the science we want to do, and a how-to guide for how to do it. Please read it and share it!

We say something similar in Brazilian Portuguese ("quer dizer") and I agree

Folks, universities here are have decided to cut international psychology programs, which will be devastating to psychological science in the Netherlands. Please consider signing this open letter on behalf of my colleagues and me; anybody can sign. openletter.earth/against-lang...

Call for Manuscript Proposals for a Special Issue in Current Directions in Psychological Science: Global Collaborations in Psychological Science 📥Submission Deadline: April 15 #GlobalScience #Psychology Submit today ⬇️

so, Academy of Management Journal does not allow preprint for manuscripts?

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate. #childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

Came across some lit on how USAID was used by the US gov in the 70s to intervene in Brazilian universities during our military dictatorship, under the guise of developing our country. By developing: translating only approved books, sending US academics & repressing political protests in campuses.

Dear colleagues, I invite you to sign a letter of support for Serbian students and professors and to share it within your academic community. Thank you for standing with us! (600+ signatures at the moment) forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice. In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@abrir.bsky.social is constantly pushing ahead to seek avenues and opening doors of opportunities for underrepresented psych researchers to participate in global psych research! Check out abrirpsy.org to learn more about their initiatives!

it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science

We are excited to advertise the Asian Cultural Evolution (ACE) seminar series! It's organized by Kenji Itao, Xinyue Pan & Wataru Toyokawa, and seminars will take place on the third Tuesday of odd-numbered months at 19:00 JST (18:00 Perth/Singapore/Beijing, 19:00 Tokyo/Seoul, 20:00 Sydney).

🔍 Are we really measuring what matters when studying children across cultures? 🤔 Our latest blog post explores hidden challenges in cross-cultural developmental research and strategies to improve construct validity. 🌍 @brucerawlings.bsky.social Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

1/ 🧵 🚨New paper!🚨 Cross-cultural research is expanding in the social sciences — but are we measuring what we think we are? Our recent paper argues that construct validity is an overlooked challenge, especially in developmental research. Let’s break it down. 🌍 🧠 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Has anyone heard of Otto Klineberg (psychologist)? Alguém já ouviu falar de Otto Klineberg (psicólogo)?

“First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.” ― Cecil Day Lewis #WritingSky