After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)

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...

How can norms address climate change? In Current Opinion in Behavioral Science @tabeamhoffmann.bsky.social & I spotlight 3 goals: 1) Use broad signalling systems to boost norm transmission 2) Bolster the signals w/new norm approaches 3) Target change-accelerating outcomes Full article in 🧵...

Hot off the 🌍 press: How will we solve climate change? Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change! But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

There are THOUSANDS of protests planned for June 14th all over the country to send a message to Donald Trump that no one wants his birthday military parade in DC that will cost taxpayers millions. #NoKingsProtest You can find a location here: www.nokings.org#map

1/7 🧵 We live in a biased social reality! 🤯 🚨 NEW PAPER: Climate activist stereotypes among the German public and German climate activists. My 1st PhD paper 🤩 in collaboration with @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social

Climate journalists broke a big story during Earth Week with the launch of The 89 Percent Project: Between 80% and 89% of people around the world want their governments to do more on climate change, but, critically, this overwhelming majority doesn't realize its the majority.

Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out. Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it. This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights. Take it here:

Hot off the press! Want a current compendium of major psychological challenges and solutions to environmental sustainability? Elke Weber & I break down this multifaceted issue in the new, FREE, chapter of The Handbook of Social Psychology, 6th ed: openpublishing.princeton.edu/read/environ...

This is huge 👀 A record-high 48% of US adults anticipate that global warming will pose a serious threat to themselves or their way of life, up from 44% a year ago and 25% in 1997. When that number crosses 50%, we'll finally see some real action. #ClimateChange

🚨 I’m hiring a full-time lab manager to help me build my lab start in July or August 2025! 🚨 If you know any stellar candidates who might be interested, please send this their way. 🗓 Application review begins April 15 ⏰ Final deadline is April 25 📎 Apply here ➡️ lnkd.in/evhfqzTP

🚨New PNAS Paper w/@stysyropoulos.bsky.social 🚨 90% of US Christian religious leaders accept humans drive climate change. Sharing this info w/Christians boosts seeing climate action & voting for candidates who take climate action as consistent w/their church's values. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419705122

For those looking for encouragement to protest against ICE detentions: "a fury of protests across U.S. cities and airports... prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

There is a rally tonight in Somerville at 5:30.

Are you working on social simulations of #structuralChange, #transformations or (social) #tipping points? Consider submitting your work to the Special Track on Modeling Transformative Change at #SSC2025! ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl Deadline for submissions is April 11th!

Hey SPSP members! 👋 Proposed U.S. federal budget cuts would significantly impact psychology funding and research. We just published an Advocacy Alert with actionable steps you can take today. Check out the link for ways to make your voice heard: spsp.org/news/spsp-n...

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

you can look at this and say we're divided or you can look at this and say that a majority of americans oppose every one of these things

📖New research suggests that when people understand how income inequality creates disparities in healthcare and education access, they become more likely to support policies addressing economic inequality. Read more in #SPPS: ow.ly/hEaj50UYxse

🔑WRI has identified 6 key opportunities that leaders must embrace to unlock a global #energytransition at the pace and scale the world needs👉 https://buff.ly/4hT9WGK

Years of research suggested that Twitter and other social media apps were vectors of misinformation and propaganda, including from fossil fuel interests.

New Review Paper on Climate Change Action📢 How can institutions and social groups help ensure there's positive spillover from one climate action to another (e.g., sustainable lifestyle to climate policy support)? Check out this piece by @anasabherwal.bsky.social and I to find out!

New starter pack! Practitioners + researchers in both mental health & societal well-being, addressing the individual and collective anxiety & grief we feel in response to the climate crisis, as well as understanding + overcoming societal & psychological barriers to climate action. Who'd I miss?

🚨Job Alert 🚨 @povertyscholar.bsky.social and I are hiring a Research Associate to come and work with us! More details about the position are available here: lnkd.in/g-Z6NKwj

"We should all focus on the people of Gaza...But we should never forget that when college students and professors decided to strongly oppose the mass killing of civilians, so many of America’s leaders and major institutions decided the problem was the students and professors, not the killings."

Social and Personality Psychology Faculty Statement on Student Protests for Justice in Palestine In this statement we ask our prof societies for new policies to protect our students and colleagues. S-P Faculty can add your name here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Our lab is looking for a lab manager to work on research on racial and gender disparities, stereotypes, and prejudice (start date flexible). Application deadline 4/8; go to hr.uw.edu/jobs and search for req 232181. Come work with us!

There are some great calls to action here. FYI, there's an option to sign the letter as an ally, link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

MEGA FACTCHECK: Heat pumps are central for the transition to sustainable heating. But heat pumps face relentless hostile media coverage. I comprehensively debunked 18 heat pump myths in Carbon Brief. Find it here 👉https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-misleading-myths-about-heat-pumps/

Again, we have four(!) new positions here in psychology at the University of Sydney. Like N. American tenure-track, but easier to get "tenure" (become permanent). Let me know of any questions! usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA... photo: Alex Holcombe

This morning I was seeing more discussions about effects of school closures from Covid. There is now a need to track school closures from climate change.

Fresh results from another basic income pilot. This one took place in San Antonio, Texas where 1,000 people got a $1,908 payment in Dec 2020, followed by 8 quarterly $400 payments between Apr 2021 and Jan 2023. What happened? Incomes from work went up. That's a commonly observed impact BTW.

Masha Gessen uniquely understands what to make of Bushnell's protest, its psychic logic, its political significance as a sign of creeping American totalitarianism, the strangling of democracy even under a Democratic president, and impending climate catastrophe. www.newyorker.com/news/our-col...

I’m hiring a lab manager at UCSB! This role will include opportunities to develop independent projects, learn new skills, and shape the research in our lab. Please share with trainees and undergrads who are interested in cognitive development. recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02698

The latest scam in academia: You can now buy citations! In months, scientists were able to create a fictitious researcher with an H-index = 19 There are now so many ways for unscrupulous researchers to game the system and commit fraud. www.science.org/content/arti...

Our fearless inaugural lab manager @bellafascendini.bsky.social is going to grad school (🥳🎉), so the CoLab is hiring a lab manager!! Please share with anyone who wants to deepen their experience in cog sci before grad school. Review starts on 3/15! research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/18575/r...