Don't forget: the deadline to stand for election to the SARMAC board is October 31st

Start a new international collaboration with the help of SARMAC #funding. The 2025 call for applications to the Collaborative #Grant is now open! // www.sarmac.org/collaborativ...

Come work with me! I need a part-time research assistant to help me with research articles, presentations, expert witness reports and social media. I need someone with a background in legal psychology, fluent English and Dutch and a healthy dose of enthusiasm :)

Announcing our new Student Caucus! A huge congratulations and thank-you to our outgoing caucus committee, and welcome to our new committee for 2025-27 // mailchi.mp/62a3640972e2...

Nominate yourself or someone else to join the board of our friendly little society. See the link for details on how to nominate: it's really easy! #society #election // mailchi.mp/54fc1e93db0c...

In her #EAPL2025 keynote, Dorris de Vocht @tilburguniversity.bsky.social shares her thoughtful reflections from a lawyer's perspective on the impact of technology in the courtroom

This was a great symposium on "Novel perspectives on interviewing and decision making in the asylum context". Thanks for organizing Jenny Skrifvars and Laura Stevens @psychaid.bsky.social!

And we're off! Starting #EAPL2025 in beautiful Vilnius with a keynote by Pekka Santtila on the use of innovative technology in investigative interviewing @eapl.bsky.social

Excited to share that I've been awarded an NWO Open Competition M grant for research on expert witness reports in legal psychology, allowing the fantastic @evanrosmalen.bsky.social to start her PhD @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! allp.nl/nwo-grant-fo...

🚨 Just published! Our case study on the ICTR reveals how cultural background shapes courtroom communication. Witnesses from non-WEIRD contexts often gave indirect responses, easily misinterpreted as unclear or evasive by legal professionals @anneliesvrede.bsky.social doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...

Check out this great work by my former postdoc Laura Weiss, who analyzed 100+ real witness interviews conducted by the South African Police Services, presented last week at #SARMAC2025 @sarmac2025.bsky.social

What an amazing 4 days! Thanks so much to everyone for attending and bringing such warm and friendly energy to #sarmac2025! We can’t wait for SARMAC 2027! ❤️☘️

Oh no, #SARMAC2025 is really over now! Survived my first conference as President and had a fantastic time with old friends and new. See you at #SARMAC2027! @fionagabbert.bsky.social @lorrainehope.bsky.social @charlesbstone.bsky.social @gabidb.bsky.social @sarmac2025.bsky.social

SARMAC 2025 🇮🇪 ticked all the boxes -excellent talks, inspiring discussions, numerous student-ECR focused workshops and talent, stunning venue, fun socials & such warm hospitality, Thanks a million @gillian-murphy.bsky.social AND ‪@ciaragreene.bsky.social‬ #SARMAC2025 @officialsarmac.bsky.social

Keynote speaker Heather Flowe explains why it's important to study sexual violence using a gender lens #SARMAC2025 @sarmac2025.bsky.social

Highly recommend this experience! We tried it yesterday and it was so much fun! #sarmac2025 @sarmac2025.bsky.social

For anyone interested in conducting lineup identification research, check out this valuable database of research materials generously shared by #SARMAC2025 presenter Ryan Fitzgerald, Stefana Juncu, @evaribbers.bsky.social and @evarubinova.bsky.social osf.io/vrj3u @sarmac2025.bsky.social

So impressed with this #SARMAC2025 symposium on confidence-accuracy in eyewitness identifications, featuring generous sharing of research materials, multilab studies with 1000s of participants and super realistic research designs @sarmac2025.bsky.social @officialsarmac.bsky.social

We are well on our way into Day 3 of #sarmac2025 - keep up the energy and warm spirit, we're really enjoying bumping into everyone! A few more quick photos that have come our way: First up, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social's inaugural opening ceremony @sarmac2025.bsky.social 🧵

About to start our #SARMAC2025 symposium on eyewitness memory in cross-cultural contexts in the Fountain Suite with @anneliesvrede.bsky.social @gabidb.bsky.social Nkansah Aankwam @lorrainehope.bsky.social and Qi Wang @officialsarmac.bsky.social @sarmac2025.bsky.social

Yessss! See you soon SARMAC friends! ❤️

Only one more week until @sarmac2025.bsky.social in Ireland! Can't wait! www.sarmac2025.org

How do people from different cultures remember and report what they have witnessed? @gabidb.bsky.social explored this question in her PhD research with a cleverly designed cross-cultural experiment. #eyewitness #memory @amslablegpsy.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social allp.nl/the-way-we-r...

A fantastic book by a brilliant writer! #bisexual #visibility #identity #stereotypes

(1/8) 🔍 New research on cultural differences in eyewitness memory By De Bruïne, Vredeveldt & Van Koppen (2025) We compared how sub-Saharan African and Western European participants recalled the same mock crime video. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0965...

Coming soon, a special issue of #JARMAC on #Misinformation: Current Directions and New Insights, guest edited by Ulli Ecker. @apajournals.bsky.social

Standing on the shoulders of giants! Very grateful to Peter van Koppen for all of his wisdom and mentorship.

We are proud to announce that Prof Melanie Takarangi (@MelTakarangi) is the incoming Editor in Chief for JARMAC @APA_Journals. Read about the new EiC's vision for JARMAC and their research interests here // mailchi.mp/03eeef0ea939...

Who is going to host our next awesome conference after @sarmac2025.bsky.social? Looking forward to seeing your expressions of interest!

Come and work with me in Brussels @crisresearch.bsky.social! I’m looking for a postdoc specialised in children’s rights and digital #criminology. Please repost& send to anyone who might be interested. Deadline 9th of May #digitalcriminology #surveillance jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

Have you ever wanted to run a meeting in your area to bring together experts in your field? You can bid for up to US$3,000 to support it! Deadline for applications, April 30th www.sarmac.org/regional-mee...

Great to see this important work led by @evanrosmalen.bsky.social @amslablegpsy.bsky.social featured in Applied Police Briefings!

🚨 The Spring 2025 issue of Applied Police Briefings (APB) is LIVE! 🚨 We're proud to share this milestone issue—with over 10,000 views/downloads since launch, APB is growing thanks to our amazing authors and reviewers. 🔗 appliedpolicebriefings.com #Policing #CrimTwitter #APB (1/4)

There is one week left to nominate an early career researcher for the J. Don Read SARMAC Early Career Award for 2025. Don't miss it! #cogsci #cognition #decisionmaking #forensky

Want to know what it's like being interviewed as a witness? Participate in this study on witness interviewing in Amsterdam! @nscr-instituut.bsky.social #PsychLaw

Don't miss the Early Bird registration for SARMAC XV 2025! Reduced registration fee ends April 1st @sarmac2025.bsky.social // mailchi.mp/1af0b0c00a6e...

Historic moment! Previous Prof Peter van Koppen and newly appointed Prof @anneliesvrede.bsky.social talk together about the history and future of legal psychology at the VU @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social #PsychLaw

Who is that early career person in your school/dept or in your collaborative network that you think is doing an amazing job and deserves the recognition? Consider nominating them for our J. Don Read Early Career Award. Details here #ECRchat // www.sarmac.org/j-don-read-e...

Our director @anneliesvrede.bsky.social has been appointed Full Professor in Legal Psychology @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! Please save the date for her inaugural lecture on the 13th of November 2025. allp.nl/annelies-vre...

All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

Have you ever witnessed a crime while under influence of #cannabis? Your experience could help advance #research on psychological processes in crime-related contexts! Sign up for this online study here: lnkd.in/ehZ_JuBB

“Sonny is part human, part AI: a new kind of chatbot that school districts are adopting to provide support when there aren’t enough counselors to go around.”

Need support to develop your own regional meeting of memory/cognition researchers in your discipline? Check out our regional meeting grant // www.sarmac.org/regional-mee...

How could AI be used to assess eyewitness identification accuracy? Andrew Smith, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social and @rying.bsky.social discuss three ways AI could prove useful! @officialsarmac.bsky.social #PsychLaw psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

If you know an early career researcher (<10yrs PhD) who has made outstanding contributions to applied memory or cognition, please consider nominating them for the SARMAC J. Don Read Early Career Award! Deadline for nominations: 31st March. See website for eligibility and process #cogsci

Looks like this will be a great conference! Together with Adina Nistor, Laura Weiss, @nan-knust.bsky.social and Michael Riegler we submitted a panel on "Cultural considerations from criminal investigation to courtroom". Hope to see many people there! #culture #crime

Happy to share that I will be Full Professor @amslablegpsy.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social from the 1st of March! Honoured to become the first female professor in legal psychology in The Netherlands, ever. And so grateful to the many people who helped me get here ❤️

Do you have an innovative, engaging and effective teaching method that you use for teaching applied aspects of cognitive psychology? Apply below to present at the inaugural TARMAC symposium at SARMAC 2025 in Ireland @sarmac2025.bsky.social #sarmac2025 #cognition #education

We’re thrilled to announce our three amazing keynote speakers for #sarmac2025! Richard McNally (Resolving Controversies Regarding Trauma & Memory) Heather Flowe (Beyond WEIRD: Memory Retrieval in Low Resource Environments) Akira O’Connor & Erin Robbins (Diversifying Cognitive Psychology) ☘️

Yes!! We can register for #SARMAC2025 in Ireland! Really excited about this conference - we have a hackathon, expert witness workshop, tons of interesting symposia, presentations and posters, and of course plenty of fun social events! See you there!