Researchers are often advised to "reveal the person behind the science" in #scicomm to appear more approachable and trustworthy to their audiences. But does this really work? 🤔 In this short piece for Current Opinion in Psych, I review the recent literature... 👇 1/3 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Wir haben eine Promotionsstelle an der @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social ausgeschrieben, Vollzeit, ohne Lehrverpflichtung, mit Einbindung in das @econbiz.econtwitter.net.ap.brid.gy Team. Bewerbungen bis 14.11. möglich. Fragen gerne auch an mich. www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...

#AcademicSky IMO, academics spend too much time on social media relative to having a basic, solid, useful website. Some tips here from @gribblelab.org www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In a new preprint led by @abitter.bsky.social we tested whether open data is useful for reproducibility and usage based on automated and human assessment of data FAIRness. The short answer is: in the majority of cases not really. For more information 👇

#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky Our new paper out in American Psychologist. Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp. Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Very cool: Lisa Spitzer has made a deviation from preregistrations template, which you can find here: apps.leibniz-psychology.org/prp-dev/

Why are some people more prone to believe in conspiracy theories? Part of the answer may lie in metacognition, i.e., the ability to correctly estimate one's own knowledge about topics. -> New paper with @kwinter.bsky.social, @kaisassenberg.bsky.social & Helen Fischer 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2044...

🌟 From now on we are active with three pages at Bluesky! 🌟 @zpid.bsky.social @zpidjobs.bsky.social @psychopengold.bsky.social #OpenScience #leavingX

@nature.com finds science posts on #Bluesky are more original, and earn far higher engagement. Need we say more!? #Twitter #X #SocialMedia #ResearchSky #AcademicSky

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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

New paper alert: @kwinter.bsky.social Laura Henn, and I show in 3 studies (N = 1005) that flexibility mindsets (induced by cognitive conflicts) enhance pro-environmental behavioral intentions among those initially low in pro-environmental attitudes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Strong conspiracy beliefs about COVID = lower perceptions of procedural justice Study: Conspiracy beliefs predict perceptions of procedural justice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delighted to see our new paper led by @svenjabfrenzel.bsky.social out. In a 5-wave longitudinal study (conducted in 2022/23), we tested whether the feeling of procedural justice returned for those high in conspiracy beliefs towards the end of the pandemic. Short answer: No! For more details👇

Do preregistrations in psychology live up to minimum standards? We argue in a new paper that they should at least contain the hypothesized pattern, the measures, the planned sample size and analyses, the exclusion criteria, and a time stamp. But do they? For more details read Lena Hahn's threat! 👇

Paper drop, for anyone interested in #metascience, #statistics, or #metaanalysis! @clintin.bsky.social and I show in a new paper in JASA that the P-curve, a popular forensic meta-analysis method, has deeply undesirable statistical properties. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/?

🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... 1/8 🧵

Today, my dear colleague @annameret.bsky.social presented our work on data sharing in psychology at @icssi.bsky.social ✨We show that open data is findable, but less reusable. Preprint coming soon, preregistration available on PsychArchives: doi.org/10.23668/psy... #Metascience #SciSci #ICSSI2025

I'm hiring! PhD position available at @everydaymedialab.bsky.social , starting in October and focusing on knowledge-related social media use. If you're at #ica25, feel free to talk to me at the opening reception or later. Or share the info with your master students www.psychjob.eu/de/job/resea...

Surveys across four countries indicate that misinformation about electric vehicles is widespread and often linked to conspiracy mentality, but fact sheets and AI dialogues can help reduce these misconceptions. doi.org/g9psj2

🥳New paper on belief in #misinformation about electric vehicles led by Chris Bretter w Sam Pearson, Matthew Hornsey, Belinda Wade & Kevin Winter out in @natenergy.nature.com. Conspiracy beliefs are the strongest predictor and #ChatGPT helps to reduce belief in misinformation doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Whom do we want to see in power? People high in both benevolence and integrity - that's what a new paper by Annika Scholl, H Rapp, Gerben van Kleef and myself shows. 4 Studies (N=1151) provide consistent evidence for this interaction effect. Delighted to see this work out doi.org/10.1037/xap0...

🚨Publication Alert 🚨 Just in time for the next #BTW25, in my latest article doi.org/10.1111/pops... I show that far-right parties benefit strongly from heightened migration debates, but that left-wing parties can also benefit to some extent by offering pro-immigrant, inclusive positions. #polpsy

New preprint! We meta-analyzed data from 1,114 studies to identify the strongest correlates of migrants' adaptation to living abroad. Co-authored by Kiki Vu, George Tong, Mike Cheung, Nora Benningstad, Evita van Duin, Karine Lindholm, Colleen Ward, and @kunstjonas.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Interested in improving researcher's access to social media data? Kate Dommett and myself are hiring for a Research Fellow (1 year; based at Sheffield) for an exciting new project to be announced soon: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

The landmark Handbook of Social Psychology's sixth edition is now available - and open access for the first time! It features 50 chapters from 50+ scholars. Learn more + download it today: ow.ly/RPjn50VV8bT

#ECR attention! Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme might be a funding option for you? Come and find out in our info talk in our research career series #Prospects (in English). The link to the meeting will be published here: ➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

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🗣️ Ein gutes Interview beginnt lange vor der ersten Frage. Lerne im #GESISworkshop, wie man qualitative Interviews plant, führt & auswertet – von Leitfaden ✍️ bis Transkription 🎧. Jetzt buchen ➡️ t1p.de/qual-intervi... #QualitativeForschung #Interviews

🚨 CAN ARTISTIC ACTIVISM RESOLVE THE ACTIVIST DILEMMA? 🚨 Art is often employed as creative and attention-grabbing form of protest, but can it help alleviate negative effects of disruptiveness? Our findings now out in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (doi.org/10.1037/aca0...). 🧵1/4

New article out in the Journal of Environmental Psychology led by @kwinter.bsky.social (with @lpummerer.bsky.social Matthew Hornsey & Timo von Oertzen) showing that conspiracy mentality and wind farm opposition mutually predict each other over time. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

Science Acceptance: @marlephie.bsky.social Psychological Metascience: @kbierwiaczonek.bsky.social l Big Data in Psychology: @fhopp.bsky.social sky.social

📣 Are you a psychologist with an interest and passion for #ScienceCommunication research and/or practice in Germany? Join our newly founded DGPs interest group #PsyComm! 📣

I cowrote a column in @nature.com about the need for scientists to secure public trust in an age of polarization We discussed strategies that could restore trust in research and encouraged more research on the topic. You can read the full column here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Job Alert: We are searching for a postdoc (1 fte, 22 months) for a DFG-funded project on bias reduction via cognitive conflicts. Feel free to contact me via e-mail (address provided in the post) or DM. leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/ux0vb9i0

meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology

#oa #OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing oa.talk (online) am 29. April 2025, 13 -14 Uhr Predatory Publishing: Unseriöse und fragwürdige Verlage erkennen und bewerten open-access.network/...

Time for all US universities to close the ranks and stand in for solidarity!

Our "oldest" journal, Yearbook of Music Psychology (est. 1984) now features our updated layout design: The improved spacing and visual hierarchy enhances readability, metadata presentation and integrates tables and figures more seamlessly into the text flow.

***Postdoc application deadline tomorrow!*** Interested in how AI models propagate human prejudice and ideology? Join us in Amsterdam! (Deadline is Apr 15, but we will review apps until the position is filled.)

@psychopengold.bsky.social is operated by the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (@zpid.bsky.social) and publishes peer-reviewed #OpenAccess content to foster the visibility of international psychological research: www.scienceopen.com/collection/d...

How can psychology make the world a better place? @drdanieljolley.bsky.social on the impact of his research exploring why conspiracy theories are so captivating, their social consequences, and strategies to mitigate their negative impact. #PsychologyMatters: www.bps.org.uk/blog/psychol...

What fuels support for the Last Generation & other non-normative collective action? New paper w @lpummerer.bsky.social Lara Ditrich & @kwinter.bsky.social suggests beliefs in a climate-related conspiracy between politicians and industry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A very grim new datasource just dropped. Please give @dataagainstfascism.bsky.social a follow. ⏬ ⏬ ⏬

If we follow how many studies that have been registered on the OSF are eventually publicly shared, only 58% of studies are. This suggests a substantial filedrawer. Researchers indicate time management and null results as causes. We should reflect on how efficient this is. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words! If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance. www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...

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