Are you thinking of starting a #PhD in 2026? 🎓 I'm keen to hear from potential applicants interested in #language, #learning, or #literacy! Visit the website to find out more about developing a proposal ahead of the January deadline sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

Paper under review for 6 months at a journal

30%: #Immigrants are overrepresented amongst #Nobel winners 🏆 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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....

Our paper on addressing climate change with behavioral science won the SPSP Cialdini Prize 🥳🥳🥳

finally saw that wonderful Jane Goodall clip and I can’t tell you how delighted I am to learn that in addition to being a genius and a pure soul and a phenomenal advocate and a cultural revolutionary, she was also a hater

This week's Cooperation Colloquium: Setayesh Radkani @setayeshradkani.bsky.social: What people learn from punishment: A cognitive model Date: Friday, Oct 10 Time: 15:00 UTC+2 Vienna / 9 am NYC Sign up: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

very happy to share the following special issue to which we invited a diverse set of reflections on our field that we thought would have something important and inspirational to contribute to ongoing theoretical discussions in social psychology. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does anyone know of any generalised additive mixed models courses running over the next ~year? Ideally in person, pref UK/Europe #rstats #gam #gamm

Job: Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology in Oslo www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

I'm looking for secondary schools in the Yorkshire area to take part in an intervention to help children critically engage with sexist content online! If you know any teachers or schools that might be interested, please ask them to drop me an email on [email protected] for more information :)

We’re at the post WWII inflection point: the state created for survivors of the most notorious genocide in history itself commits genocide. At the same time, 100,000 Britons march for fascism in London. Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says www.bbc.com/news/article...

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🚨We're hiring!🚨 The Dept of Psychology at Rutgers is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology. Review of applications begin on Oct 18. Details here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259... I'm chairing the search committee and am happy to field questions about the position. 🧵

Will is an amazing supervisor who will support you and cheer you on every step of the way. My career wouldn’t be where it is if it wasn’t for him. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone looking for a PhD or a postdoc in social/environmental psych.

One week left to apply.

It's not too late to spend next year gearing up for #datascience! The deadline is 29th August for overseas applicants, 5th September for home applicants. Come and learn #rstats with us in lovely York :)

Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social‬ are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Women-founded companies generate 78¢ of revenue for every $1 raised vs 31¢ for male-founded startups. They burn 15% less capital--in 2024 $270K/month vs US startups $320K/month. Yet female founded startups received only 2.1% of venture capital in 2024. www.inc.com/annabel-burb...

My lab has a name and a website now 🥳 Please welcome the "Psychology of Social Complexity" lab: www.socolab.co.uk

Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

We are very pleased to announce the 2025 Awards Winners for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the field of psychological science. buff.ly/rzTeLYL

Funding opportunity for SIPS members! The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Peer Community In Registered Reports invite researchers to submit research projects for consideration for research funding from SIPS and a recommendation decision from PCI-RR. buff.ly/AigqCod

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

In a stunning moment of erotic fervour, calculator demands BOOBS.

📣 We are still accepting applications for our brand new shiny MSc in Data Science (Human Behaviour), designed to upskill psych/social sci grads for careers working with data 🎓@yorkpsychology.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr... #datascience #rstats #statistics

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Delighted and honoured to be one of this year’s Psychonomics Early Career Award recipients! Thank you @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social, nominators, and past and current team members/collaborators/colleagues at @yorkpsychology.bsky.social and beyond.

Yay for my brilliant friend and colleague @angeladebruin.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 so so well deserved!!

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

Two 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships available at UCL for Black British candidates. One in History of the legacy of Transatlantic slavery and reparations; the other on reparations and the media/culture focusing on reparations and the media/culture. Here's the History one. 1/2

Two new research opportunities! @ellenrlavender.bsky.social & team have developed a lesson to encourage adolescents to critically engage with sexist social media content. They are looking for (a) teacher feedback via focus groups, & (b) Year 7 classes to trial. See sunray.york.ac.uk/research-opp...

sometimes people get told their stuff 'feels grad student-y', which could mean lots of things obviously. here's one thing i think it often means, and something i think it's good to get a bit more thoughtful about as you move from writing seminar papers to writing things you want to publish (thread)

3 (!) more days to apply for the IACCP Spark Grants! You can get up to $1000 to organize an event, build or maintain a network, or collect some pilot data. Get in touch if you have any questions. www.iaccp.org/about-us/res... #phdsky #academicsky #psychscisky

Jordan Peterson on lasagne

How much sleep do you really need? It appears to depend on your culture

They say it can’t be done, but here we are, California is generated 106% of California’s entire state electricity demand from renewables. California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world. Let that sink in. #energysky #greensky

Normalise writing a nice quick note to scholars literally every time you read and like their work. Our world is small and getting smaller. We need encouragement.

*New study klaxon!* 📣 @emmacsullivan.bsky.social is looking for pupils aged 12-19 to participate in a short survey on smartphone use, sleep, and wellbeing. Please find more details on our Research Opportunities page if your school might be able to help sunray.york.ac.uk/research-opp...

Hungary has banned Pride marches. It's a direct attack on LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign now to demand EU action before May 27! Help protect human rights and keep Pride alive. a.allout.org/s/WZRVR/

I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊 Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc

This new open-access edition of the Handbook of Social Psychology looks amazing, especially the first section on "Science and Practice".

I've posted an advert for PhD scholarship to work with me on moral psychology and AI at the University of Kent 🤖🧠📚 Full details here: www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships...

🚨 JOB! Full professorship (W3) in Personality Psychology / Interindividual Differences & Psychological Assessment at Uni Bremen. I hold the "sister professorship" is social psych & very much recommend this post. Please apply, share widely & don't hestiate to ask me! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

Wow! Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings. That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.

Explains so much about humanity! The Big Problem Paradox explained below psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... #PsycSciSky #AcademicSky