Join us for the second free session (of 3) in our Collective Action series today 2-4pm GMT, hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and brilliantly organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social & @merveozturkey.bsky.social See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

-- Call for Papers -- Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology. Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025

FREE online webinar from @bps-social-psych.bsky.social that may be of interest: 'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change' 6 November, 2-4pm More details below: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized. Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10: We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests, @yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

'Panic'? It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance: 'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'How Participation in Collective Action Changes Relationships, Behaviours, and Beliefs: An Interview Study of the Role of Inter- and Intragroup Processes' @swedishprotests.bsky.social Re-reading this one from 2019 as part of my teaching preparation jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...

A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act, a move so reckless it demands more scrutiny than polite debate. This matters not just for polar bears or coral reefs, but for our people, our economy, our very future. #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency Our wonderful speakers: Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir Dr. Rim Saab Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social

Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers Funded by @ukri.org doi.org/10.20919/VJV...

New book just arrived in the post! Includes chapter by me & @evangelospsych.bsky.social on collective resilience as a process in emergent groups in emergencies.

Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online! www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

Rising together: how collective action emerges in the face of an emergency Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm Attendance is free, but you need to register. www.bps.org.uk/event/rising... This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas

A @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social free online event, organized by @drselintekin.bsky.social : 'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency' www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

Godmorgon alla som är intresserade av klimatpsykologi, vad som skapar storskalig beteendeförändring, vad som påverkar att känna hopp & vad man bäst kan göra för klimatet - tycker ni ska anmäla er till den här endagskonferensen 22 november som Psykologer för Hållbar Utveckling ordnar. Öppen för alla!

Remaining in or leaving climate activism – insights from current and former activists on sustained engagement New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Re-reading this chapter by Carina Hoerst, @alexhaslam.bsky.social @evangelospsych.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @fergusneville.bsky.social et al. for lecture preparation for the coming term. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

The session that stood out for me, “What Can Social Psychology Do”—chaired by @swedishprotests.bsky.social—brought us together to explore how we can respond to urgent crises, for example by challenging journals, associations, and institutions complicit in, or failing to act on, the genocide in Gaza.

Also great to catch up with @metesefauysal.bsky.social auysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social hprotests.bsky.social and hear about their work on Greta Thunberg’s climate leadership with @yasemingacar.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Last week I was at the BPS Social Psych Conference @bps-social-psych.bsky.social in Oxford @ox.ac.uk The theme was Beyond Tribalism—bringing different traditions together organised by @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social Some reflections in a thread 👇

Just arrived in the post! The new book on crowds & leadership, from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social & Yasemin Acar

New Book Monday! With a few weeks to spare before this year’s Social Psychology of Crowds lecture. @metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social

Does civil disobdedience work? Fascinating report on the effectiveness of the Swedish Restore Wetlands campaign, which "successfully transformed a relatively unknown environmental issue into a national talking point through strategic civil disobedience" www.socialchangelab.org/restore-wetl...

On the anniversary, what do the events of #9-11 tell us? drury-sussex-the-crowd.blogspot.com/2011/09/what...

At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social, @samreenchhabra.bsky.social presents her important PhD research on the psychological effects of youth climate activism in India

Now @samreenchhabra.bsky.social presenting her research on the psychological impacts of climate activism in Indian youths

In the climate activist session @metesefauysal.bsky.social turns to leadership in the climate movement by discussing the making of a movement and how climate activists perceive Greta Thunberg’s leadership

Last sessions for this years conference have started. In the Talbot room @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social starts off the Climate Activism session outlining identity and ethical tensions among environmentally engaged scientists in climate advocacy

@profjohndrury.bsky.social opening the symposium exploring how social psychology can enhance our understanding of the 2024 anti-immigrant riots 🧵1/6

At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social the @behaviourresuk.bsky.social funded symposium on our 2024 riots project @swedishprotests.bsky.social @drannetempleton.bsky.social

Next up is our section chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social discussing the 2024 anti-immigrant riots in England in terms of group and identity dynamics 🧵3/6

Excellent panel session about publishing with two past and one current editor for British Journal of Social Psychology (BJSP) bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2044..., with tips on what to (not) do and how the system works.

At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social, section chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social congratulates Prof Stephen Gibson on the mid-career award @bpsofficial.bsky.social

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it? Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Organised by @drannetempleton.bsky.social, a Crowds & Identities and friends meal out at 100% Pasta, Oxford, for the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social annual conference

Amazing to meet with some Early Career academics during the mentoring session at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social . Inspiring and motivating to hear about their passion in research

At the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social annual conference, in his keynote Brian Parkinson completely demolishes primitive emotional contagion as an explanation for sharing emotion

We have a strong start with our first talk of the presentation delivered by the main keynote speaker - Professor Brian Parkinson! Brian's talk is titled: 'Explaining Interpersonal Emotion Convergence: Social Appraisal and Orientational Calibration Processes'.

We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social

🚨 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...

On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I'm happy to have contributed to this piece in @teenvogue.com about the legacy of the hurricane in terms of the ways it motivated young survivors to get engaged and become activists. www.teenvogue.com/story/hurric...

Pleased to contribute this wonderful collection! Check out our paper on the divergent role of existential and political risks on tactical choice in climate activism if you have not yet: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... w/ @nuriamartinez.bsky.social & @swedishprotests.bsky.social

Now published in Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology #OpenAccess The Making of a Movement (Together): How Climate Activists Perceive Greta Thunberg's Leadership @yasemingacar.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This summer I got to present my ongoing PhD study, befriend some of the most incredible Social Psychologists, and witness their inspiring work! Kudos to @metesefauysal.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social and @swedishprotests.bsky.social for creating this inclusive and enriching space!

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In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an “internationally wrongful act”—meaning countries could face legal consequences for harming the planet. www.wired.com/story/the-ic...

5/4 And here is @swedishprotests.bsky.social's blogpost on her research on this topic: blogs.sussex.ac.uk/crowdsidenti...

The role of “zero-responders” during 7/7: implications for the emergency services Funded by @ukri.org doi.org/10.1108/IJES...

Important win in Sweden for ’återställ våtmarker’ who blocked a motorway and today were acquitted for the charge of sabotage with the high court stating the importance of the right to protest and freedom of speech for a democracy www.dn.se/sverige/hd-i...