Red state policies reduce life expectancy by 2-3 years onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Social Psychological Responses to Crises and Threats NYU, May 29, 2026 One-day conference on research about how individuals and groups respond to societal crises, political threats, climate change, public health emergencies, and other large-scale challenges. sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyuc...

There are now 25 (!) books in the Oxford University Press series on "Political Psychology"! Here they are. Please check out these books and spread the word about them! And we are still considering new book proposals. global.oup.com/academic/con...

Economic System Justification Predicts Stigmatization of Mental Illness in the United States -- new article in American Psychologist with Jussi Valtonen and @flavioazevedo.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Are we fighting the U.S. Civil War all over again? www.weekendreading.net/p/the-war-of...

Brand new open access article: "Political Ideology as Historically Situated Motivated Social Cognition: Understanding Right-Wing Conservatism in Brazil" with Luana de Souza, Tiago de Lima, Cicero Roberto Pereira, and company. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Brilliant new article by @suppes.bsky.social, @jnapier.bsky.social, @pjhenry.bsky.social, & @kodai-kusano.bsky.social: System justification is associated with African Americans' endorsement of symbolic racism against Blacks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

🌍Do all nations believe they’re superior—or do some feel inferior? Western social sciences claimed the first. But Fanon & Memmi argued colonization by the West left many in the Global South with colonial mentality—internalized oppression. 🧵Findings from our 45-country study:

I was honored by the @psychscience.bsky.social DEI Committee's invitation to help curate this collection of outstanding articles addressing a range of issues related to anti-Black racism. I also couldn't have asked for a more thoughtful and thorough partner in @johnjost.bsky.social. Please share!

Looks interesting. Analysis of evangelical sermons. System justification of inequality Tag: @johnjost.bsky.social

Correlational & experimental evidence from China finds that during the COVID pandemic, system justification was associated with an increased sense of personal control, decreased anxiety and negative affect, and increased positive affect. #palliative bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

Egalitarianism vs. the dark triad? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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...

We told you they really, really, really, really cared about the Epstein case journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🚨In PNAS🚨 The right often accuses fact-checkers of political bias But we analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and found posts flagged as "misleading" are 2.3x more likely to be written by Reps than Dems! The issue is Reps sharing misinformation, not fact-checker bias... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"A Theory of System Justification" is now available in Italian, thanks to translator and colleague extraordinaire @mgpacilli.bsky.social www.maggiolieditore.it/per-una-teor...

There should be a license to practice journalism and one requirement should be that you’ve read everything Jost has written

"We conjecture that the desire to belong to a more valued social group that is stereotypically incompatible with the devalued group weakens identification with the latter and therefore undermines support for collective action." New work by @johnjost.bsky.social and colleagues #SocialPsyc

“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”

Citizens in democratic countries have more benevolent personality traits, fewer malevolent traits, and greater well-being. New article by Craig Neumann, Scott Barry Kaufman, & Leanne ten Brinke www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For the much longer- winded version: spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My family and I were treated to a wonderfully informative guided tour of Istanbul by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. SO RECOMMENDED! Visit.istanbul #visitistanbulofficial #ibbturizm #ibbmiras #bbkültür

"System Justification Drives Latino Support for Nativist Policies." Important work by @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

My family and I were treated to a wonderfully informative guided tour of Istanbul by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. SO RECOMMENDED! Visit.istanbul #visitistanbulofficial #ibbturizm #ibbmiras #bbkültür

Polarizing effects of the coronavirus pandemic on system justification: A natural experiment involving New York City college students spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Big year for out-group favoritism and system justification @johnjost.bsky.social

Clever new set of experiments by Blanchar, Eidelman, & Allen (2024) showing that people use double standards when evaluating alternatives to the status quo www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Framing Climate Action as Patriotic and Status-Quo Friendly Increases Liberals’ and Conservatives’ Belief in Climate Change www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

"Polarizing effects of the coronavirus pandemic on system justification: A natural experiment involving New York City college students." spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... New article with Eduardo Rivera Pichardo & Sushmeena Parihar

New open access article with Debora de Oliveira Santos on ideological asymmetries in anti-democratic tendencies rdcu.be/dMuZR

New open access article with Ian Cropley: "A social prospect theory of intergroup relations explains the occurrence of incremental progressive social change" www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Why Social Science? Because It Might Help Us Save American Democracy www.whysocialscience.com/blog/2024/5/...

American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) welcomes eight scholars as 2024 fellows. AAPSS selects a small group of scholars & public intellectuals to become fellows of the academy, recognizing the extent to which their work has deepened public understanding of social dynamics.

@elijfinkel.bsky.social + I are happy to announce that we're hiring a postdoc to research constructive approaches to dealing w conflict. Please apply! The application deadline is Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Thereafter on a rolling basis. Apply here: facultyrecruiting.northwestern.edu/apply/MjAzNw==

New open access article by Folberg et al. (2024): "Racism underlies seemingly race-neutral conservative criticisms of DEI statements among Black and White people in the United States" bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"Divided: Open-Mindedness and Dogmatism in a Polarized World," the 16th volume in the Oxford University Press’ Series in Political Psychology available now. www.luc.edu/cas/about/ne...

"Social Psychology without Hubris" ... Here is my editorial for a brand-new open access journal, *Frontiers in Social Psychology*, which is now accepting submissions! rb.gy/2k9pq6

Hey Bluesky 👋 Columbia is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in social psychology. Emphasis on multi-method expertise, e.g., computational approaches to studying social behavior, psychophysiology, big data, & other novel methods. Review begins October 1. Come join us! apply.interfolio.com/131473

Anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hate online stems from the same fringe, white supremacist communities who target both groups interchangeably, finds Hobbs, @nazita.bsky.social, Li & Lucas, suggesting we need to consider hate against both groups in tandem doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Clear majority of Brits now see that Brexit was a failure. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... It's time for citizens to take politics more seriously, especially as we enter 2024. Become aware, engaged, & thoughtful. And beware of promises are too good to be likely be true....

New open access article w. Hoffarth and Liaquat on Heterosexist SJ: Conservative & system-justifying sexual minorities expressed weaker sexual identification; less support for same-sex marriage, adoption, other rights; and less participation in LGBTQ+ collective action. tinyurl.com/4h2taxvj

Another basic income pilot focused on homelessness has released preliminary results after only 6 months because halfway through the experiment, it is already showing incredible effectiveness. $750/mo for 6 months led to homelessness dropping to 12% versus 23% in the control group on a wait list.

Clarence Thomas strongly hinted that he would resign if somebody didn't give him a lot more money, and his rich friends obliged in time to save Bush v. Gore: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/12/nice...