In a new paper, we show from longitudinal UK and France data that income volatility (fluctatuations month to month) are bad for mental and general health. And it is much badder than you would expect given the lowness of the low months: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

It's hiring season at @iast.fr! - 2y research postdoc contract - Full autonomy, you are your own PI - Awesome multidisciplinary environment - All social and behavioral sciences welcome - Seed funding for projects and workshops - Gorgeous city in the south of France www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Delighted to announce the publication of 'From Questions to Knowledge', my new and updated statistics and data analysis handbook. www.danielnettle.eu/2025/09/14/f...

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

“Really thought provoking” – Natasha Devon Dr Elliott Johnson joined @lbc.co.uk to discuss the transformative power of a #BasicIncome to enhance public health, increase financial security, and empower people across the income distribution. Listen from 02:10:11 www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...

🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.

#Nouveauté // “Psychology”, la nouvelle section de la revue “Peer Community Journal”, est désormais en ligne ! 👉 www.uga-editions.com/uga-editions... 👏 Diffusion : centre Mersenne en collaboration avec UGA Éditions ! @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social @centre-mersenne.bsky.social

Hello folks, I am writing a stats book based on my teaching materials (bookdown.org/danielnettle...). I want advice on the title.

CSPG's Epidemiology Lead @profkepickett.bsky.social in @theguardian.com making the case for Basic Income as a powerful upstream intervention to reduce pressure on the NHS and improve population health in the poorest areas. Read more: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #CommonSense #BasicIncome

Laypeople often learn about science from expert explanations & those explanations often contain JARGON. Does jargon make explanations better or worse? In a paper out today in Nature Human Behaviour, @cruzf.bsky.social and I find that jargon can support illusions of understanding...

Happy 18th birthday ggplot2! #rstats

Next deadline for submitting a proposal for a special issue in @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB is July 18th. I'm on the editorial board and would highly recommend it as an opportunity for new networks, insights and highlighting your field. Find out more at bit.ly/PTBproposals

What do people want from a welfare system? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

"Rethinking Ostensive Communication in an Evolutionary, Comparative, and Developmental Perspective" now published in Psychological Review psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Why is income volatility bad for physical and mental health? osf.io/preprints/so...

We often have to judge who is knowledgeable—precisely when we are not. Can humans really do that? Our new paper in Psychological Science shows that, surprisingly, we can. drive.google.com/file/d/1b15E...

Our new book 'Basic Income: The Policy That Changes Everything' is published today: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/basic-...

🧵New paper out in Cognition Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)? @danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module. 50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...

New paper from @lfitouchi.bsky.social: Why do people moralize harmless bodily pleasures? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@danielnettle.bsky.social will be a @marsglobal.bsky.social speaker at the 32nd Annual @ssibsociety.bsky.social Meeting! 🗓️July 28–August 1, 2025 📍Mathematical Institute, Oxford, UK. Register now at www.ssib.org/2025/registr... and join in on the fun!