There's still time to register - looking forward to seeing you around!

Our autumn seminar series continues tomorrow at midday, with @klaramueller.bsky.social presenting important insights into causal inference in political psychology research. Register to attend: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5edb84...

After a great first session today, our @psapolpsychology.bsky.social autumn seminar series continues next week with what promises to be a fascinating talk by @klaramueller.bsky.social! Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5edb84...

*TODAY - PSA EVENT * #Political #Psychology Seminar Series - The Bright and Dark Sides: Personality Traits & Party Members’ Campaign Activity, with Stavroula Chrona, Paul Webb and @timbale.bsky.social, organised by @psapolpsychology.bsky.social 📆 16 Oct, 12 - 1pm, Online ➡️https://buff.ly/RqDKzgh

This looks 🤩 - don’t miss it!👀👇

👇Find out more about the #Political #Psychology Autumn seminar series 👇taking place online 12.00 - 13.00 on 📆16 Oct 📆23 Oct 📆13 Nov 📆4 Dec

Come along to the first session of our autumn seminar series, online tomorrow at midday! Register to attend: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a6e76a... More info on the whole series: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

Our autumn online seminar series gets started in two days' time, with a fascinating presentation on the personalities of UK party members - work co-authored by Stavroula Chrona, @timbale.bsky.social and Paul Webb. For more info, and to register: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g....

Our autumn seminar series starts next Thursday 16th October at 12:00! Stavroula Chrona (profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p226073-stav...) will give a fascinating presentation on the personality traits of UK political party members. More info on the series and sign-up links here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

Following the success of our spring seminar series earlier this year, we @psapolpsychology.bsky.social are running an autumn/winter series, with four online presentations by great scholars. Please do register and come along to hear about some really fascinating research!

Another chance to see me profess my love (and the limits) of charts to change minds. Thanks @psapolpsychology.bsky.social for hosting! And check out the whole autumn series which looks excellent.

Honoured to be part of the @psapolpsychology.bsky.social seminar and to present some *still-steaming* findings. See you there (registration link below), looking forward to a great discussion! And don't miss the other fascinating talks in the autumn seminar series! ➡️ www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

This time in two weeks, we will launch our autumn/winter seminar series. We have an exciting line-up of four online talks covering a range of topics in political psychology. All presentations are on Thursdays at 12:00 UK. Sign up to attend here!: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

The final session of our online spring seminar series is today at 12:00 (UK)! Francesco Rigoli (www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...) is presenting fascinating and important work on global ideological extremism and polarisation. Register to attend here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4d8e13...

We're getting closer to the registration deadline @qmip.bsky.social conference! If you like political psychology, you'll be pleased to know @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social is a keynote speaker! www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit... @psapolpsychology.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

Join us at midday tomorrow for the last presentation of our spring seminar series, by Francesco Rigoli! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

This time next week, come along to the final session of our spring seminar series! Francesco Rigoli (www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...) will be presenting on global ideological extremism and polarisation.

Following Ralph's excellent talk today, our current spring seminar series lineup concludes in three weeks' time with a talk by Francesco Rigoli (www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people...) on global ideological extremism. But if you would like to present in one of our seminars, you can still do so!

Tune in during your lunch break!

Looking forward to @ralphscott.bsky.social's talk, which kicks off in half an hour! Come along: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3ab643...

Tomorrow at 12:00 (UK)! Don't miss @ralphscott.bsky.social's online talk on education-based social identity, in the penultimate session of our spring seminar series. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3ab643...

Out now and open access with my wonderful colleagues! How much does wishful thinking affect who people expect to be governing parties before and after elections? 🧵

Out now at @poqjournal.bsky.social! Do election forecasts set realistic election expectations? doi.org/10.1093/poq/... 🧵 (w/ @mbarnfield.bsky.social, @florianstoeckel.bsky.social, @benlyons.bsky.social, @vittoriomerola.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social and other awesome BlueSky-less colleagues)

Our paper "Wishful Thinking in Response to Events" is now out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! w/ @polpsychjoe.bsky.social @florianstoeckel.bsky.social @vittoriomerola.bsky.social @benlyons.bsky.social @jasonreifler.bsky.social et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Next week, in the penultimate online seminar of our spring series, @ralphscott.bsky.social will be discussing new work on education-based social identity. Wednesday 14th May at 12:00 UK! Register to attend here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3ab643...

*PSA Online Event* #Political #Psychology Seminar; Much Ado About Nothing? Consequences of Affective Polarization. 30 April. Register buff.ly/81ZrfAH @psapolpsychology.bsky.social

Don't forget to register for this week's session of our spring seminar series, on Wednesday at 12:00 UK! @polpsychjoe.bsky.social is presenting important new research on the political effects of affective polarisation. Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/56ca26...

A week from today, @polpsychjoe.bsky.social will be talking in our spring seminar series about the (limited) effects of affective polarisation on democratic outcomes. Wednesday 30th April at 12:00 UK!

Join us tomorrow at midday for the next session of our spring seminar series, in which Sandra Obradovic (sandraobradovic.com) will be presenting fascinating research on first-time voters. Register to attend online here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

A week from today, at 12:00 on Wednesday 16th April, Sandra Obradovic (sandraobradovic.com) will be speaking in the fourth session of our spring seminar series, on the excitement and anti-climax experienced by first-time voters. Sign up to attend here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

The third session of our spring seminar series is tomorrow at midday!

This week, at 12:00 (UK) on Wednesday, Luca Bernardi will be talking in our spring seminar series about polarisation, stress, and mental health. Register to attend here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b74fa6...

*PSA Online Event* #Political #Psychology Seminar; Much Ado About Nothing? Consequences of Affective Polarization. 30 April. @psapolpsychology.bsky.social Register:

This time next week, Luca Bernardi will be presenting important new research on how politics can act as a stress factor for mental health. Register to attend here!: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b74fa6...

*PSA Online Event* #Political #Psychology Seminar; Where's my parade? Adulthood, excitement and the anti-climax of the first-time vote. 16 April. @psapolpsychology.bsky.social Register:

*PSA Online Event* #Political #Psychology Seminar; Much Ado About Nothing? Consequences of Affective Polarization. 30 April. @psapolpsychology.bsky.social Register:

Join us today at 12:00 (UK) for the second seminar in our spring series! @catherinebouko.bsky.social is presenting fascinating work on the expression of political emotions on social media. Registration link: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c3b599...

Our first session featured a great presentation on political emotions by @isabellareb.bsky.social. Continuing that theme this week, @catherinebouko.bsky.social will discuss fascinating research on the expression of political emotions online. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c3b599...

*PSA25 Online Event* Stressful #Politics? How does this affect #mentalhealth and #wellbeing. Wed 2 April. Join PSA #Political #Psychology Group @psapolpsychology.bsky.social More:

I should also take this opportunity to plug our ongoing @psapolpsychology.bsky.social seminar series. We got v helpful feedback on this paper when presenting it in one of the seminars in 2023. Come along and make it equally valuable for the speakers in this series! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

Our first session featured a great presentation on political emotions by @isabellareb.bsky.social. Continuing that theme this week, @catherinebouko.bsky.social will discuss fascinating research on the expression of political emotions online. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c3b599...

My article with @robjohns75.bsky.social, "Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future", is now out open access at @polbehavior.bsky.social. It's about the psychology of expecting good things to happen in politics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Tomorrow is the first session of our spring seminar series! Register here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

This programme by @psapolpsychology.bsky.social looks very interesting, with discussions exploring themes currently being examined by MORES. Starting this week! 👇

Starting this week! Register now to hear the first speaker in our spring seminar series, @isabellareb.bsky.social, discuss new research on political emotions – this Wednesday 5 March at 12:00 (GMT).

Come and join us in London for the first conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social! I am particularly interested in papers and panels for our section on Challenges for Democracy (which are many!). ecpr.eu/Events/322

My article on voter support for disabled candidates is now published at doi.org/10.1086/732994. I find that left-wing voters in UK+US favour disabled candidates, while right-wing voters prefer non-disabled candidates - but only because voters assume disabled candidates to be more left-wing. [1/2]

New fun pub - The Authentic A**hole (particularly proud of getting title accepted) ✅ Politicians viewed as authentic when they stick to their positions despite pressure ✅ True even when voters disagree with those positions ✅ Authenticity translates to electoral advantage tinyurl.com/25us7y7z

Starting next week, we are hosting a fortnightly seminar series! We have an exciting programme of six great speakers presenting new work on a diverse range of topics. More details and links to register for individual sessions here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...