Not always true that 'non-violence is key', though. Plenty of riots have led to social changes... And many effective movements have include both violence and non-violence. @metesefauysal.bsky.social @pjsaaved.bsky.social

📣 Last paper of the year is out in the British Journal of Social Psychology! #OpenAccess Honour across borders: How cultural norms shape prejudice confrontation in migration contexts doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

Call for contributions for the small meeting on the social psychology of prefigurative politics is open! 🤩 This is a slightly different conference, check out the info sheet to learn more - even if you haven't worked on prefiguration yet 😉 So excited about this! drive.google.com/file/d/1nsof...

Public worry about Palestine Action ban’s impact on UK democracy, new survey finds Evidence that the ban affects: - willingness to protest - trust in government - perception of divisions in UK More here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... Full report: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Aslı Aydemir neden tutuklu? www.birgun.net/makale/asli-... Selin Nakıpoğlu yazdı

𝗜𝗖𝗦𝗜𝗛 𝟳 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗: 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿

Three days left to vote safely. Workload is out of control, your vote is how we change it. Post your ballot today. Vote YES.

Did you miss this stimulating session? Do you want to recollect some thoughts or discussions from the content? Great! This was a recorded session based on participants' consents and it is now available in the Resistance Psychology Network's Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfIQ...

4 days left to vote safely. Get your ballot in the post today to make sure it’s counted. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Are you looking for a PhD at the University of Exeter? If you’re a citizen or permanent resident of China consider applying to this scheme: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Check out the PhD projects that Exeter Psychology and I offer: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10: We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests, @yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

Are you looking for a PhD at the University of Exeter? If you’re a citizen or permanent resident of China consider applying to this scheme: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Check out the PhD projects that Exeter Psychology and I offer: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social

This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res... If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me - Activism - Social movements - Resistance - Solidarity - Leadership - Intergroup conflict

#PaCT We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures" 📅 Monday, October 29, 2025 ⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST 📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z

Save the date! Next September we work on integrating social psychology and prefigurative politics, in a beautiful location :) @fmsmallfield.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social @daclarkecruz.bsky.social @eddieclarke.bsky.social @helenlandmann.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that the 7th International Conference on Social Identity and Health will be returning to its roots at the University of Exeter. Tuesday 23rd – Friday 26th June 2026 NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS – deadline for Abstracts Monday 1st December: www.icsih.org/submissions

Come be my colleague! careers.purdue.edu/job/Departme...

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Our paper examining the relationship between perceptions of police procedural justice, anger toward the police, and support for disruptive collective action in Chile is now published! Link to the full paper: doi.org/10.1002/casp...

Leman saldırısına tepki gösteren akademisyen üç aydır tutuklu, iddianame hâlâ yok

This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res... If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me - Activism - Social movements - Resistance - Solidarity - Leadership - Intergroup conflict

It is often assumed that conformity is higher in collectivist cultures. In our new study that just came out in JCCP, we show that emotional conformity is actually higher in individualistic cultures, replicating earlier findings across 28 nations journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We're recruiting PhD students to join us at Nebraska! Spreading word: Whether you (or your student's) current home is in Psych or PoliSci, if you're interested in political psych, you could be a great fit. I run a joint lab (www.pierceekstrom.com/ekstromlab) with Ingrid Haas (paclab.unl.edu). 1/3

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join the SPARC (Social Psychology of Activism, Resistance, & Change) Lab at @UVAPsyc in Fall 2026! You can find more info about my research on my website (ericshuman.com), and the program here (psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...).

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

The Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series and network is now here on Blue Sky, please follow for our updates on upcoming talks, recordings from sessions, papers from our presenters, etc.! bsky.app/profile/psyc...

The 3rd year of the Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series is starting this month - here is the schedule for the academic year 2025/26. More information, recordings, and form for mailing list to receive registration links here: resistancepsych.blogspot.com

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

Remaining in or leaving climate activism – insights from current and former activists on sustained engagement New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ISPP’s Scholars Under Threat Committee call for proposals:

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