New preprint (with @profjohndrury.bsky.social ) on prefigurative politics in Chile’s 2019 social explosion, based on interviews with participants in demonstrations and cabildos🧵: 

That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

Emotional responses to state repression predict collective climate action intentions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back on the Gorton and Denton result in this interview with ITV

(1) Casey Means is a dreadful nominee and should not be confirmed. (2) I don't have any desire to defend for-profit advertising of any kind. (3) "Obesity is a national crisis" as a message both relies on and perpetuates bias against fat people.

Reflexivity and Positionality Statements in Quantitative Research "Choices about research questions, data sources, analytical techniques, and interpretation are all influenced by researchers’ epistemological commitments, their lived experiences..." By @maddipow.bsky.social & @scordoban.bsky.social

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

How do scientists balance science with protest? My new piece for @theconversation.com, explores how scientists transition into activism and sustain their engagement. This is based on my recently published ethnographic paper journals.plos.org/climate/arti... theconversation.com/how-climate-...

Scientists as activists: An ethnography of the ‘critical moments’ in scientists’ transition to climate activism New from @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September. The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe. 🗓 Deadline: May 17 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Solidarity to all UCU branches! We continue to fight against compulsory redundancies at the University of Dundee.

“There’s no end in sight” Student journalist comments as Dundee University announces a further 180 FTE staff to go.

One of our students is conducting interviews with academic staff to learn how we navigate our academic and labour identities - I think about this a lot especially when we navigate strikes. If you work at a Scottish Uni please consider participating and please share widely!

If you care about the social responsibility of scientists, don’t miss this mid-March talk at the @royalsociety.org Jeff Waage, @abiperrin.bsky.social & @charliejgardner.bsky.social are courageous colleagues who lead by example. You’ll want to hear what they have to say!

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One of our students is conducting interviews with academic staff to learn how we navigate our academic and labour identities - I think about this a lot especially when we navigate strikes. If you work at a Scottish Uni please consider participating and please share widely!

Reimagining Social Relations Through Care and Collective Joy: The Formation of Collectivity Among Volunteers Along the Lines of In/Formality onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

the actual story of what happened at the National Endowment for the Humanities last year is even more infuriating than we thought

It can happen anywhere and everywhere.

📢Abstract submissions are now OPEN for #powes2026 ⚖️The conference theme this year is 'Feminist Connection and Social Justice' ⏰Submission deadline: 27 February 2026 ℹ️More info: tinyurl.com/powes2026

📢The 2026 POWES Student Prizes are open! 🎓UG & PG dissertation work from 2022-26 🌍Entries from under‑represented students- e.g. Black & minoritised, LGBTQIA+, disabled, based o/s UK or working in a 2nd language, partic. welcome! 🗓 Deadline: 3 April 2026 🔗 Details: www.bps.org.uk/node/1718#aw...

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Workshop: How to talk about climate. 🗓️ Tuesday 17 February 10-12, online. 1/2

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

'To boo, or not to boo? Why do fans do it?' Disappointing evolutionary explanation in the article. I'm sure others on here - @adokerrison.bsky.social @markdoidge.bsky.social @profgeoffpearson.bsky.social - can say something more interesting about football fans booing. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

CALL FOR CHAPTERS! Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...

The morning so far

📢 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Rethinking Resistance in Peace & Conflict
 #peace #psychology #APA We invite work that challenges dominant models of #peace ✊🏽 See www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pac/resistance-peace-conflict for more information @apajounals.bsky.social @lauraktaylorPHD.bsky.social

The Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series meets again Mon, Feb 9: social psychologists (incl @tijana-et-al.bsky.social, @yasemingacar.bsky.social, @thia-sagh.bsky.social) & activists will discuss prefigurative movements in Lebanon, Serbia, & Turkey. Registration: tinyurl.com/prefigurative

Heartbreaking to see how the UK is destroying its excellent higher education system.

The Call for Papers is up! 📣 "What does the future of rigorous qualitative research look like in an era of open science, generative AI, increasing authoritarianism/geopolitical shifts, climate crisis and increasing concerns around research security?" think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Oooft, hits especially hard these days.

1/2 'In social psychology, the current ease of online surveys, vignette experiments and so on only reinforces a point made 20 years ago that studies of "behaviour" are rare compared to studies of self-report....'

I'm excited to share a Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology on New developments and good practice in reflexive thematic analysis co-edited by me, @ginnybraun.bsky.social @eileenjoy.bsky.social and Lisa Trainor. Please contact any of us if you have any questions.

Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed. ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them

Recurring Crises in Psychology "The current responses to the replication crisis, although valuable, are not ultimate solutions because they deflect fundamental questions and postpone the reconsideration of the ideals of psychology as a science." Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/1089...

Through writing a story about climate change, you can help shape new research at the @uofgsocsci.bsky.social into what people in Scotland think and feel about the changing climate and whether this has an impact on their mental health or emotional wellbeing. 1/2

New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology: 🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research" We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like? 📄 Deadline Sept 2026 💬 Happy to answer Qs docs.google.com/document/d/1...

For all the discussion of doxxing federal agents, there’s essentially no discussion of how those agents are taking steps that attach severe punitive measures that stretch across wide swaths of the federal bureaucracy against people acting lawfully.

I need a postdoc for my project “Panel Studies of Optimism Bias and Positive Mood”. I need someone with an interest in affective science, very strong English and writing skills, and experience of using SEM with longitudinal data. Thread continues ...

🔆“Methodological Retrospectives” in Qualitative Psychology are teaching-friendly articles written by leaders in the field in a compelling format for students - psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/..., psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

"In America today, the freedom to speak, teach, and learn without fear of retribution is under attack." New report from @sanders.senate.gov on attacks on #US colleges & unis is an urgent call to protect #academicfreedom and #democracy. sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

All that time and service abroad "hunting insurgents" only to seemingly never understand what insurgency is.

A great job opportunity @standrewsanthro.bsky.social: Lecturer in Social Anthropology - deadline for applications 06 March 2026 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Protesters opposing government actions, journalists reporting news that the powers that be would rather not have exposed — “terrorists” one and all. Anyone with experience with authoritarian regimes has seen this before.

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

A message from his parents.

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power