✒️ Write! All! The! Things! The Social Psych Lab got together this week for our 2nd writing retreat. 🤓 We head to the mountains, surrounded by a gorgeous scenery... and then try to ignore it and focus on our laptops! We write, we hike, we cook, we play Trial By Trolley... we repeat!

At our #LabMeeting yesterday, we got to listen to @fannylalot.bsky.social from the University of Basel, who presented her interesting research on the influence of future consciousness on political engagement!✨✨ #SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab #Research #Developmentalpsychology

Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the EASP General Meeting has been extended by one week until November 7th midnight UTC –12. Please submit your abstracts via our online portal. For more information please visit the official website: easp2026strasbourg.com

📣 The EASP General Meeting 2026 is on Bluesky! Follow them for updates and news about the best conference of the year 🤩

📄 New paper from our lab! Anna-Marie Bertram, @fannylalot.bsky.social and Rainer Greifeneder investigated how truth judgments (thinking an affirmation is true vs. false) might be related to people's trust propensity (their general tendency to see others as trustworthy). #socialpsych #trust

"A lot of the crazy things that keep happening in the world actually can make a lot of sense once you start seeing it through that lens – people get in groups and then they do weird stuff." Yeah that's what you get when you force me to face a camera 😅 #socialpsych #psychology #AcademicSky

📽️ We have an official video for the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) summer school 2025! Not only does it show my face as a still (why, oh why??), it also features my best take on #socialpsychology yet... youtu.be/JDcGJJuyRto?...

ICYMI: We are hiring a postodoctoral researcher to join us at @cimcyc.bsky.social (Granada, Spain) to study mis/disinformation. 🚨 Only a few days left to apply!

📢 New paper out by @fannylalot.bsky.social and colleagues from the University of Turku! Interested in future thinking, environmental psychology, and policy acceptance? Check out their latest paper hot off the press in Journal of Environmental Psychology ⬇️ 🌱 #socialpsych #psychology #AcademicSky

👏 We are INSANELY happy to share that former PhD student and lab member Christiane Büttner @chrbuettner.bsky.social is one of the recipient of the 2025 SAGE Emerging Scholar Award @spspnews.bsky.social! Huge congratulations, Christiane, this is so well deserved!! spsp.org/news/spsp-ne...

📢 A new semester has just started, and we are extremely happy to announce that TWO brilliant PhD students are joining our lab this autumn! 👏 Please join us in welcoming Camilla Boggia and Anna Lambrich to Basel. Anna and Camilla, we are thrilled to have you with us! #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition

How Willing are we to Engage with Different Others? At #ISPP2025, Melissa Jauch @melissajauch.bsky.social presents her recent work on the WEDO task including super cool behavioural data! @polpsyispp.bsky.social #polpsy #socialpsyc

Last but not least! Natalia Bogatyreva @bogatyreva-nat.bsky.social presents her latest (and intriguing!) findings on message framing and political attitudes depending on the person's and their state 🇺🇸 majority political orientation. #ISPP2025 @polpsyispp.bsky.social #polpsy

PSA: If you're currently in Prague for #ISPP2025, you might also like joining the 24 Hours of Political Psychology in Vienna in February! No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊 Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026

At ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social, lab member Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social presents her work on futures consciousness and political engagement, with data collected during the French 🇨🇵 and American 🇺🇸 2024 election. #socialpsychology #polpsych

We're at ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social! Today Natalia Bogatyreva @bogatyreva-nat.bsky.social presented her work on ostracism and voter absenteeism in 11 European countries 🇪🇺

🎉 Early Career Scholars @ #ISPP2025! If you registered for the ECC Social Hour, don’t forget to join us on Friday, 4 July from 18:05–19:05 in Atrium RB. Connect with fellow students and scholars (anyone ≤ 8 years post-degree) for conversation, collaboration, and community. See you in Prague!

Crowds & Identities starter pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...

🌟 Wishing all the best to our stellar former PhD student and Postdoc Christiane Büttner for her next steps at Stanford! They are lucky to have you 🙃 👉 Follow @chrbuettner.bsky.social for more updates on her work!

🎤 Packed room for our symposium on #future thinking at #ICEP2025! Congratulations to Jakob Schuck for a fantastic talk + all speakers, @auroregrandin.bsky.social, @iaojala.bsky.social, C. Jinhee Capozzoli, @maiensachis.bsky.social. Great to see so much interest from the environmnt psych community! 🌟

Why do people exclude others? 🤝🔍 New research reveals it’s not always about hostility—sometimes it’s fear, self-protection, or group pressure. A nuanced look at social exclusion. #SocialPsychology #Belonging #Exclusion

📢 Avis aux francophones! 🇨🇵🇨🇭🇧🇪➕️ L'appel à communication est ouvert pour la première journée d'étude en psychologie politique de l' @afr-psypol.bsky.social. Soumettez votre proposition de blitz ⬇️ #PolPsy

📊Research shows people get excluded for two main reasons: breaking group norms or seeming unable to contribute. But researchers report that exclusion decisions are strategic, not just about disliking someone. Follow SPSP for more #EverydayPsych insights: ow.ly/sY2I50VVCa1

Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #Narcissism #SocialPsychology

🌍Research shows people with higher "futures consciousness" engage more in environmental actions across all levels. This #EarthDay, consider how thinking about our collective future might inspire more sustainable choices. Learn more: ow.ly/pMal50VFFpQ

Job Alert: We are searching for a postdoc (1 fte, 22 months) for a DFG-funded project on bias reduction via cognitive conflicts. Feel free to contact me via e-mail (address provided in the post) or DM. leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/ux0vb9i0

📢 Pour les #francophones: un nouveau réseau de recherche autour de la #psychologie #politique se constitue ici 👇

PhD position with my great colleague Iris Schneider @tudresden.bsky.social - check it out 👇 #socialpsychology #ambivalence #decisionmaking www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...

We analyzed data from 11 European countries and found that while the strength of the effect varied, all countries showed a positive association between depression/anxiety symptoms and ostracism.

🗞📢 People with more anxiety and depression symptoms are more likely to be ostracised AND to ostracise others. Check out the latest publication by lab members @ealbath.bsky.social, @bogatyreva-nat.bsky.social, @chrbuettner.bsky.social and R. Greifeneder! ⬇️ #socialpsyc #psyscience #psychology

✊️ Political extremism fuels collective action regardless of political content. New research coauthored by lab member @fannylalot.bsky.social now out in @ispp-pops.bsky.social ⬇️ #socialpsyc #socpsyc #polpsy

[🇨🇭🇩🇪-language] Discover audience questions on #lying 😇😈 and our answers w/ @zah-rahmani.bsky.social! This was originally a Live Chat and we got bombarded with tons of interesting questions. A very fun experience! 🤓

🎤 Psychologists from @unibas.ch answered all your questions about #lying! Discover the Q&A from SRF [in German] featuring @zah-rahmani.bsky.social and @fannylalot.bsky.social ⬇️ #socialpsyc #psychology

📣 We're #hiring! Looking for a stellar student to do a #PhD on feelings of social exclusion in a personal or political context / on political participation and exchange. All information on the link below. Please share widely! 🔄 #SocialPsych #PolPsy #PhDSky #PsychSciSky jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

🗞️ Have we misunderstood narcissists? The Independent covers recent research by @chrbuettner.bsky.social, @ealbath.bsky.social, @selmarudert.bsky.social and colleagues. Check it out here ⬇️ www.independent.co.uk/life-style/n...

Our findings highlight how #personality traits like narcissism shape social exclusion experiences in complex ways. Want to dig deeper? 💚 Open Access: researchgate.net/publication/... 🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pspp... #SocialPsych #PersonalityPsych #PsychSciSky

🔹Mechanism 3: Reverse causality - Ostracism and narcissism reinforce each other over time. In 14 years of #NZAVS data using #RICLPM, we show a negative loop: Narcissists report more ostracism, and ostracism predicts increases in narcissism over time. A self-perpetuating cycle ⬇️

🙌 Congrats to lab members @chrbuettner.bsky.social, @ealbath.bsky.social & Rainer Greifeneder + @selmarudert.bsky.social & coauthors on this new JPSP publication 👏👏. It has EVERYTHING you need to know about #narcissism and #ostracism! Check it out 👇 #socpsych

Lab member Melissa Jauch @melissajauch.bsky.social has made it to Bluesky! 👋 Give her a follow and discover her research on social exclusion and connection, in politics and everyday relationships #socpsych #socialpsychology

OnlineFirst publication: Schwade, Sophie Altenmüller, & @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social explore how the use of informal communication impacts the degree of trustworthiness and closeness in professional and private relationship dynamics. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcasemicSky #SocialPsychology

Hi! There's a "starter pack" of 150 social psychologists here.

🔍 Key Findings: 1️⃣ In a manipulated group chat setting, receiving these notifications evoked detrimental effects typically associated with experiences of social exclusion (i.e., threatened needs and impaired mood).

📢 Publication Alert! Excited to share that our latest research, co-authored with @chrbuettner.bsky.social, has just been published! 🎉 #MediaPsychology 🔓 #OpenAccess via: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📱👀 How does #culture shape perceptions of #phubbing? @chrbuettner.bsky.social, @ealbath.bsky.social and Rainer Greifeneder investigated! Check out their new publication, now out in Social Influence ⬇️

📃 New paper by @fannylalot.bsky.social and colleagues from the University of Turku! Might be of interest for #environment #psychology folks aiming to build solid psychometric tools 📈🤓

🤯 Why can being snubbed make you feel so hurt and enraged? Read @chrbuettner.bsky.social's piece for @psyche.co to learn about this and more! #socialpsyc #scicomm ⬇️

📣 Research from our lab is covered in the @unibas.ch newsletter! You can read all about @fannylalot.bsky.social and Anna-Marie Bertram's research on #trust in #AI on the link below ⬇️

📣 New paper alert! @fannylalot.bsky.social and Marco Giacobbi led this systematic review of the literature on #trust repair techniques in couples. In a 🥜, they highlight 5 key themes: 1️⃣ proactive transparency 2️⃣ active monitoring 3️⃣ remorse/accountability 4️⃣ shared activities 5️⃣ communication of reasons