The chapter can be found in this new book: www.routledge.com/Social-Psych...

Also great to catch up with @metesefauysal.bsky.social auysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social hprotests.bsky.social and hear about their work on Greta Thunberg’s climate leadership with @yasemingacar.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Just arrived in the post! The new book on crowds & leadership, from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social & Yasemin Acar

New Book Monday! With a few weeks to spare before this year’s Social Psychology of Crowds lecture. @metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social

*Journal editors*: we're looking for a suitable outlet for our paper which provides an indepth analysis of what happened at three of the anti-immigrant riots in the UK last year. Would your journal consider this paper? Please share? www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP

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Organised by @drannetempleton.bsky.social, a Crowds & Identities and friends meal out at 100% Pasta, Oxford, for the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social annual conference

Members of the main opposition party in Turkey, whose presidential candidate and dozens of mayors are in prison, cannot enter their own party building in Istanbul because tomorrow (Monday) the Istanbul branch of the party'll be taken over by a trustee appointed by the regime. Oligarchy in action!

We cannot allow this to stand anymore! We have prepared a petition calling for a boycott of the next ISPP 2026 conference in Newcastle, UK, unless the Executive Committee resigns or responds to our concerns. Please read and sign the petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This week, a coalition of prominent women – including musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church and Anoushka Shankar, alongside MPs, union leaders and campaigners – signed an open letter rejecting far-right attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mwahw742 TLDR 👇

To help our delegates find posts related to our annual conference next week, we created a starter pack! Please share widely to help reach those we haven't added yet. go.bsky.app/6G61Rej

We cannot allow this to stand anymore! We have prepared a petition calling for a boycott of the next ISPP 2026 conference in Newcastle, UK, unless the Executive Committee resigns or responds to our concerns. Please read and sign the petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A response by former ISPP leadership to this statement below on Gaza and Israel published last week by current ISPP leadership: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

In other words: Turkey does not even pretend to be a democracy anymore.

Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks

Not only their anti-immigrant rhetoric but obvious incompetence of politicians in power emboldens right-wing populist beliefs (e.g., ”Politicians talk too much and do too little," "An ordinary citizen would represent my interests better than a professional politician").

This is what the emboldening and legitimating of Vigilant Whiteness looks like: „‚Starmer on X: we will not reward illegal entry. If you cross the Channel unlawfully, you will be detained and sent back’“ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Great piece by Maja Kutlaca, Helena Radke & Melis Uluğ on moving psychology beyond selective allyship toward consistent global action. Well worth a read. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Pleased to contribute this wonderful collection! Check out our paper on the divergent role of existential and political risks on tactical choice in climate activism if you have not yet: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... w/ @nuriamartinez.bsky.social & @swedishprotests.bsky.social

Our special issue at the British Journal of Social Psychology exploring ✨ FUTURES ✨is finally complete! You can read our editorial, which introduces our fifteen (!!) special issue contributions and the field at large here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

Now published in Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology #OpenAccess The Making of a Movement (Together): How Climate Activists Perceive Greta Thunberg's Leadership @yasemingacar.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

"Erupt across UK" is a crazily inaccurate ITV news headline for a patchy smattering of protests eg 150-250 people in Orpington, Horley & Cheshunt; a peak yesterday 300 in Mold; & outnumbered by counterprotests in Liverpool, Bristol and Perth ITV should report accurately, not invent "erupts"

New book: "The power of collective resilience against political violence and repression" (Ed. Yasemin Acar, Blerina Këllezi, & Sandra Penić) www.routledge.com/The-Power-of...

📢 Postdoc Opportunity! Join Jagiellonian Univ. (Kraków) as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology (4-year NCN-funded project on global crises & collective action). 🗓 Deadline: 27 Aug 2025 🔗 easp.eu/job-offers/itm/post_doctoral_researcher_positio-2107.html

Woohoo, that's me! 👋 If you're at all interested in #SocialPsyc, #DevPsy, #CulturalPsychology, #Identity or #Inclusion, have a read. And please, if you are interested in collaborating, chatting or getting involved, don't hesitate to reach out 😊

"The summer of 2025 is already shaping up to be a record-breaker. Two intense heatwaves have swept across Europe, causing hundreds of heat-related deaths, fuelling wildfires and pushing power systems to their limit — and more are on the way." #Science #Ecology #Climate www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Me-Search" New study by @eomeral.bsky.social and colleagues investigates bias against “me-searchers...researchers whose work is directly or indirectly relevant to their own identities or experiences." Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/0146...

My dept at the University of Auckland (NZ) will be hiring in social psych at the junior level this cycle. Official ad to follow It's a big research-active dept with fun colleagues, plus you can commute to uni on a boat, paired with a pleasant walk thru Albert Park (this pic from heading home today)

Just a heads up that @haymarketbooks.org's summer sale ends Friday. You can currently get 40% off all books, including my book with @prisonculture.bsky.social, Let This Radicalize You.

New pub! 📝 Solidarity with refugees depends on refugee‘s origin and gender. Partly explained through a similarity->threat link. We discuss this as a psychological expression of neocolonial geopolitics. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @tijana-et-al.bsky.social @arothers.bsky.social

In 2013, Turkey’s then prime minister tried to discredit Gezi Park protesters by calling them çapulcu – “looters” or “vandals.” Instead of shrinking from the insult, demonstrators wore it on t-shirts, painted it on banners, & sang it in chants. Why? 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc88m39w TLDR 👇 #langsky #polsky

Now published in Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology #OpenAccess The Making of a Movement (Together): How Climate Activists Perceive Greta Thunberg's Leadership @yasemingacar.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Now do academics

New from me and @yasemingacar.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com, summarising our recent work on the role of reappropriation/reclaiming stigmatising labels in identity politicisation, empowerment, and collective action. theconversation.com/why-people-r...

Saying ‘yes, I’m queer’ or ‘yes, I’m fat’ isn’t just resistance, it can be the start of a political identity.

'Why do people riot?' New from me in @theconversation.com, summarizing our recent work funded by @ukri.org & @behaviourresuk.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-do-peopl...

Call for presentations and sessions in the next round of the Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series, September '25 - June '26! Details and formats as well as proposal submission form here: forms.gle/jcs2XEx9igdS... and more information about the series in the thread!

Stephen Reicher's letter to the Chief Constable of Scotland, published in The Scotsman: www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...

New from me and @yasemingacar.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com, summarising our recent work on the role of reappropriation/reclaiming stigmatising labels in identity politicisation, empowerment, and collective action. theconversation.com/why-people-r...

New PhD position in Environmental Psychology @envpsyvienna.bsky.social Are you interested in research addressing one or more of the current ecological crises (e.g., climate, pollution, biodiversity) from a broadly social cognition angle? Apply! Details here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-Stud...

Are you interested in topics related to conflict and intergroup relations *broadly construed*? Come join us as a postdoc in the Dispute Research Research Center! This position is up to 3 years, comes with your own research funding, and a phenomenal network of past DRRC postdocs.

Now published in Annual Review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... If you face the paywall, try the pre-print version instead: www.qeios.com/read/K26NKZ

No time like the future? Towards a generative, prospective and possibilities-focussed ‘futures social psychology’ bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This summer I got to present my ongoing PhD study, befriend some of the most incredible Social Psychologists, and witness their inspiring work! Kudos to @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social and @swedishprotests.bsky.social for creating this inclusive and enriching space!

An expert in crowd psychology explains why some peaceful protests turn violent, and why riots can spread.

More than 40 students trapped in #Gaza with scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come & study. Over 4,800 UK university staff urge the UK Home Office & FCDO to allow biometric visa deferrals & open a safe route. Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl

Almost 5,000 (!!) UK university workers sign letter in support of Gaza students with UK university places. This letter shows the huge level of support for these students and the urgent need for the government to enable them to get here: www.brismes.ac.uk/news/open-le...

Two experiments find that reminding U.S participants that the U.S. is disproportionately responsible for climate change leads conservatives (but not liberals) to show *reduced* preferences for environmentally friendly consumption www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...