February is here, and so is the latest issue of Political Psychology! We'll be highlighting all 12 special issue articles and 14 original articles throughout the month, but if you can't wait to see what's in store, check out the full issue now! buff.ly/l4gb7cg

Did you know there is an open-source framework for building Voting Advice Applications? OpenVAA (openvaa.org) offers a way to develop a VAA for any election. It is fully localisable, accessible, modular and free to use. 1/3

📣 Applications Now Open: ISPP 2026 Early Career Scholar Travel Awards ISPP is pleased to announce the 2026 Early Career Scholar Travel Awards, supporting early career researchers to attend ISPP's Annual Meeting in Newcastle. For more information and to apply, visit docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

a new working paper: osf.io/3dq2x_v1! we administered an original survey to a sample of 10-to-12-year olds, their parents, and a national sample to assess the extent to which values can provide a foundation for political ideology. we find that values structure political preferences among children.

🚨New paper in Popular Communication! 🚨 "Inoculation theory as a design approach to game-based misinformation interventions: a review". (1/9)🧵🔽 dx.doi.org/10.1080/1540.... #InoculationTheory #misinformation #socpsyc #design #seriousgames #learning

New paper on planned missingness. Recently been liking the approach of planned missingness in a survey -> FIML to estimate constructs. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Are you open science-minded, technically savvy, and interested in mixed methods? Come build the future of mixed methods with Tamarinde Haven and @mariestadel.bsky.social. Our campus is green, our colleagues supportive, and our research excellent! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3583...

🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social) Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? 💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵

Just to be clear: best article in the *FIELD* of political communication, not the journal

What should my students read about OPEN SCIENCE? I'm teaching the second methods class in our MA sequence, and I want them to understand current best practices in open science and why they matter. What readings would you assign?

📢 Call for Hidden Papers & Data on Ingroup Favoritism in Dictator Games We look for unpublished and hard-to-access experimental studies for our meta-analysis! Inclusion criteria: no deception, adults, manipulation of group membership of dictator game recipients. All tips and data very welcome!

Advances in Statistical Analysis has a call for papers on the role of multiverse analysis in statistical modelling and applications: link.springer.com/journal/1018... Deadline is May 1st, so still plenty of time to put something together!>

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social Status in SPQ Manuscripts should be submitted at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/spq by December 15, 2026. See ‘‘Submission Guidelines’’ for the submission requirements for articles and research notes.

What is a great journal that really likes tutorial papers and re-analyses (metasciencey) that helps translate econometrics to Psychology but DOESN'T charge an APC? #psych #meta #stats

1/9 New blog is live! This is part 2 of a series—last time we looked at the Dunning-Kruger effect, now we are digging in to Implicit vs Explicit attitudes and the Implicit Association Test. To start, of course we need a good meme... haines-lab.com/post/part-2-...

Psych Jobs Postdoctoral Position in Social Psychology at the University of Bonn (3 years) Research in moral psychology and related area

Using randomly assigned identities, ppl were more likely to accept identity-congruent misinformation despite equal knowledge, supporting identity-protective motivated reasoning as a key driver of misinformation acceptance. #EvPsych #cogpsyc #SocialPsyc #polipsy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Psychology Job 🔸 Assistant Professor at Maastricht University 🔸 Focus on group dynamics, in particular teams #SocialPsyc #PsychJobs #AcademicSky

What role does authority play in people's decision to reach out to, or avoid, outgroup members? In their article from our December issue, Ditlmann & Turkoglu study how those in positions of power can dissuade or encourage intergroup contact. Read open-access for more: buff.ly/ngzqYhz

🌍🇺🇸 Published Today in PNAS Nexus 🌍🇺🇸 How can we foster collective climate action? - led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social & @madalina.bsky.social - 17 behavioral interventions, designed by 50 experts - tested on >30000 US participants academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 🧵 1/11

What divides the fans who intend to boycott major sports events from the ones who follow through? Bertin & Grippa investigate calls to boycott the 2022 World Cup, finding that those who more strongly identified with fan culture tended to renege on intentions to tune out. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

How do national identities become politically activated? From our December issue, Antonia C. May finds that the salience of immigration-related coverage in the media is connected to the activation of national identity in electoral/political cognition. Read open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

We are hiring a Professor! The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, the world’s leading research environments in the field, is now recruiting a Professor. We welcome applications from internationally recognized scholars. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

If girls run the world (Beyoncé, 2011), why are women still underrepresented in governmental bodies? Hanna Kim proposes that meritocratic ideology plays a role in the denial of a gendered imbalance in her article from our December issue. Read more online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

We are pleased to announce the 10th volume of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (JREP) is free to read until the end of January 2026. You can find the browse the 10th volume here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨 We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making. 4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026 Please share widely 🙏 The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

What can over a million tweets about COVID-19 teach us about echo (echo echo) chambers (chambers chambers)? Durrheim & Schuld's piece finds that our understanding of opinion formation and expression on social media is much more complex than the accounts we follow. Read open-access: buff.ly/Wyfe9kf

OMG! What can we learn about political attitudes from how individuals think of God? In our December issue, Wagoner et al. discuss how different conceptualizations of God can be a powerful predictor of political ideologies such as religious nationalism. Read the full piece online: buff.ly/XqDbdB3

What impact does ideological misalignment have on individuals' wellbeing? Cotan Utomo et al. explore in our December issue. They find that perceived difference in views on multiculturalism between an individual and society can have negative effects on wellbeing. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

How can we rebuild trust and support for democracy in a period of decreasing confidence and backsliding globally? In the final special issue article of our December issue, Figueirêdo Sales discusses Brazil's collective candidacies as one potential solution. Available online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

If you tell an AI to convince someone of a true vs. false claim, does truth win? In our *new* working paper, we find... ‘LLMs can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies’ But telling the AI not to lie might help. Details in thread

Our recent paper discussing why children might care more about animals. A joy to write with @lmcguire.bsky.social @nadirafaber.bsky.social Jared Piazza and Katja Liebal. academic.oup.com/cdpers/advan...

What might make difficult conversations across division more fruitful? This study, using data from StoryCorps' One Small Step project, suggests pairing partners across generations:

CRIS at the Sciences Po, Paris is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join the Research Team led by Prof. Mirna Safi working on “The Discrimination-Inequality Cycle: Bridging Unequal Treatment and Unequal Outcomes across Countries, Regions and Workplaces” Apply: www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/J...

Looks useful www.nature.com/articles/s44...

How can political psychology help address issues like the housing crisis? Ribeiro, Poeschl, & Santos present an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the perspectives on the crises and propose a path forward to make meaningful & collaborative solutions possible. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Does #PoliticalTrust foster or hinder #volunteering? 💡 We took a closer look at this, distinguishing between trust in local / national government 📊 RI-CLPM with 3 waves, N = 5,039 UK respondents Now published #openaccess in @spspnews.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/1948...

What does everyday peacebuilding look like? Rincón-Unigarro et al. examine a Colombian city's annual mixed-race festival as a large-scale collective action to build trust and social cohesion through shared cultural expression and communion. Read the full piece online: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

To mark 10 years of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics we are pleased to offer access to all issues from 2025 - https://cup.org/3Ld06Fl Where not #OpenAccess the articles in these issues are free to read until the end of January 2026. cc @journalrep.bsky.social#OpenAccess

Peacebuilding at center stage & in the spotlight. Action! Montiel et al redefine "political theater" via performance exercises w/ leaders of 2 groups in territorial conflict, finding bringing it to the stage can help avoid taking it to the mat by building trust & bridging differences buff.ly/ojNULYK

What decreases interreligious tensions in a multicultural polity? Köbrich et al. investigate in our December issue & find that knowledge of outgroup practices is one condition of weaker coreligionist preferences. Read for more on the increases/decreases exclusive preferences: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Psychology Jobs Three assistant professor positions in health, clinical, or social psychology at the University of Southampton, UK. Closing date: 30 Jan 2026 BSky Contacts: @timwildschut.bsky.social & @denisdrieghe.bsky.social #PsychJobs #SocialPsyc #ClinPsyc #HealthPsyc #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Concerns about the z-curve method statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/10/c...

I recently recorded a podcast with the New Books Network on my book Debating the American Dream. If you prefer to listen instead of read sometimes (as I increasingly do!), consider checking it out: newbooksnetwork.com/debating-the... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

I am re-upping this as a reminder that @polbehavior.bsky.social is looking for a new editor! Editing was the most rewarding part of my career and I encourage folks to think about applying.

The first of December's special issue articles is a discussion on Israel-Palestine relations with Daniel Bar-Tal. Read the full conversation for Bar-Tal's insights as the leading scholar behind the Theory of Intractable Conflict. Available open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Just to clarify: once again, this study has only an observational design and reverse causality or third variables are perfectly possible. We simply don't know if social media "harmed" any participant

With December being a busy month, we're starting out the features on our December issue now with an editorial introducing the special issue articles. Read this piece and the rest of the December issue online now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Any exemplars of websites for graduate programs that you feel are especially good at featuring the contents needed, in a sufficiently modern and clear way? We've started kicking the tires on revamping parts of ours, and I'm curious what inspo is out there

AMPPS recently accepted a new paper "Registered Replication Report: Johns, Schmader, & Martens (2005)" on stereotype threat (osf.io/preprints/ps...); full paper is forthcoming on our website). AMPPS is now soliciting Commentary articles on this paper. @psychscience.bsky.social /cont