How does Nazi propaganda influence the emotions of Germans today? In a registered report in EJSP Lara Ditrich, Katharina Bernecker and I tested the affective consequences of Nazi propaganda pictures shown among pictures of Nazi terror on recipients emotions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

1/ NEW in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology — our first review of a decade+ of research on understanding & predicting cultural change, with Michael Varnum. This one is personal. A thread on what we found, what surprised us, and how two kids reading Asimov ended up here. 🧵

Since April 1st, 2024, cannabis is legal in Germany – no April fool's joke! In our new publication (with @doomed-generation.bsky.social & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social), we ask: What are antecedents of recreational cannabis consumption? 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0047...

New preprint available: Transparency and open data are important. In contrast to Elson et al. (2026) doi.org/10.31234/osf..., who have called for non-anonymized data in metascience, we argue for a more nuanced approach to prevent unjustified harm for authors of original work doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Geld für die Förderung von Atomkraft, das hat Ursula von der Leyen gestern locker gemacht. Die Abkehr von der Atomkraft sei ein strategischer Fehler gewesen. Ihre Aussage muss vor allem vor dem Hintergrund der militärischen Nutzung gesehen werden

Introducing the German General Social Survey Personas (GGSSP) – a #persona collection derived from the German General Social Survey (#GGSS #ALLBUS). This data release provides plug-and-play persona descriptions to steer the generations of LLMs towards individual members of the German population.

If you are a published psychologist, please fill in our short questionnaire on academic freedom. We try to again a better picture of the community's perception of the situation.

New paper, on a worrying trend in meta-science: the practice of anonymising datasets on, e.g., published articles. We argue that this is at odds with norms established in research synthesis, explore arguments for anonymisation, provide counterpoints, and demonstrate implications and epistemic costs.

Dear colleagues - we want to better understand perceptions of data fraud and its detection and need your support! Are you currently a #researcher in #psych (or related fields) working with #data? Perfect - please respond to & share this short study (7min): sosci.rlp.net/detection/?r... Thank you!! 🫶

Job alert! At Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID), we are searching for a postdoc who works with us toward a better understanding of the need for Open Science support of researchers in psychology and to improve the user friendliness of our products. leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/ylp9kss4

Miles Hewstone, who quit in 2019 but retained his emeritus titles for years, is accused of making unwanted advances towards students and researchers

Übrigens: Im digitalen Zeitalter könnt ihr mit eurer Aufmerksamkeit einen Unterschied machen. Medien messen die Klicks von Artikeln. Je mehr ihr Klimainhalte klickt, lest und teilt, umso größer der Antrieb sie zu veröffentlichen www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

🎙️ Wissenschaft im Gespräch Zählen Gefühle mehr als Fakten? @kaisassenberg.bsky.social war zu Gast beim Radio #BR2 und sprach darüber, warum persönliche Überzeugungen zunehmend als Argumente genutzt werden. 🎧Ganze Folge hier: www.br.de/radio/bayern... #psychology #podcast

New paper alert: @claudiaaraya.bsky.social and I published a failed (conceptual and exact) replication of one of the studies I published with Florian Landkammer 10 years ago doi.org/10.1037/xge0... on the impact of conflicting demands on cognitive flexibility 1/4 econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10....

New paper co-authored with @kaisassenberg.bsky.social and @lpummerer.bsky.social out: We used five waves of longitudinal data to untangle how health vs. economic fears relate between- and within-subjects to quality vs. alternative media use www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are hiring a new Ph. D. student on neuroimaging and/or computational modeling on motivation and emotion. Tübingen is a great place to pursue work on these topics!! uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.

Join us for the EASP 2026 Preconference: "Social Psychological Processes of Collective Memory" @easp2026.bsky.social ✨ With @olivierklein.bsky.social @jrvollhardt.bsky.social @michelletwali.bsky.social @elifsandal.bsky.social @laurentlicata.bsky.social Submit here: www.easp.eu/news/itm/cal...

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

One week left to apply.

🚨 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...