Our recent paper discussing why children might care more about animals. A joy to write with @lmcguire.bsky.social @nadirafaber.bsky.social Jared Piazza and Katja Liebal. academic.oup.com/cdpers/advan...

Earlier today I saw @robinince.bsky.social at Fringe. Such a nice change of pace to see a show focused on awe and joy and celebrating wonderful people. And, of course, books! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Recent interview on Knowing Animals w @joshmilburn.bsky.social. We discuss my new paper on children's moral circles, coauthored w @juliamarshall.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social @luciuscaviola.bsky.social Podcast: knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-240-... Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very late to the party but 3 weeks ago we hosted the @phair-society.bsky.social conference here in Edinburgh. What an amazing few days catching up with colleagues, learning about new research, and talking all things animal advocacy 🐷🐶 #phair2025

🚨We're hiring! The Mind & Morality Lab is seeking a Lab Manager to start this September. Excited about research on social cognitive development? Apply here: forms.gle/4rKXD2x1vmkD.... Learn more about us: sites.brown.edu/mindmorality.... ⏳ We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis—apply early!

What beings are in your #moralCircle? The 1st keynote by @mattiwilks.bsky.social reported that - kids, effective altruists (EAs), and vegetarians showed less #speciesism, #anthropocentrism - EAs performed better on cognitive tests Follow Dr. Wilks on #gScholar: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

It's just one month until the @phair-society.bsky.social Animal Advocacy Conference in Edinburgh! I caught up with @marikasbell.bsky.social and Luke McGuire to talk all things conference on the Deal with Animals Podcast! www.thedealwithanimals.com/post/what-sp... phair2025.co.uk

Very excited to finally have this in print! @juliamarshall.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social @nathumbehav.nature.com

My student @jmepedersen.bsky.social is launching a new project and we are looking for pilot participants for a couple of short surveys. If you have a few minutes free: s1917169.ppls.ed.ac.uk/Pilot_1A/mai... s1917169.ppls.ed.ac.uk/Pilot_1B/mai... (Laptops/tablets preferable for formatting)

Last month I was lucky enough to join @briancoxtalks.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social Jo Brand and Prof Steve Jones on the Infinite Monkey Cage to chat about altruism. Definitely a career highlight! Link below: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Worth reading this alongside @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social's analysis of our finances, which paints a rather different picture, highlighting financial mismanagement: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/3fzpaa5...

How selfish are we really? Why organisms help one another? How has society necessitated altruism? Listen as PPLS Psychology lecturer @mattiwilks.bsky.social joins @profbriancox.bsky.social, @robinince.bsky.social, Jo Brand and Steve Jones from University College London. Listen here: edin.ac/4kc8txo

The Infinite Monkey Cage How selfish are we really? - Jo Brand, @mattiwilks.bsky.social and Steve Jones Thursday 11:00 BBC Radio 4 @profbriancox.bsky.social and @robinince.bsky.social are on their best behaviour as they explore altruism. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Next week: "What Have Survey Experiments Taught Us About Decisions to Use Nuclear Weapons?" with Rose McDermott, @pslovic.bsky.social and Sharon Weiner. RSVP here⤵️ cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/what-...

Reminder of the call for abstracts! Deadline approaching: Basel-Oxford-NUS Experimental Philosophical Bioethics (BioXPhi) Summit 2025 | hosted at the University of Basel, keynotes by Edmond Awad and Matti Wilks

We've extended submissions until February 6, just over a week left to submit to the @phair-society.bsky.social conference. Come and join us in Edinburgh, July 2-5. phair2025.co.uk

Just over a week left to submit to the 2025 PHAIR animal advocacy conference. Come hang out with us in Edinburgh! @phair-society.bsky.social Phair2025.co.uk

Welcome to the Society for the Psychology of Human Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR) BlueSky page! 💙 Here we aim to advance and promote scientific research on moral and social psychology, diet and health, human-animal relationships, sustainability and environmental psychology. 🌱 phairsociety.org

As always, can strongly recommend applying for a postdoc with @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social 👇

Happy to release a pre-print 5 years in the making! "A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas." It's currently under review at Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. Watch this space. osf.io/preprints/os...

Excited to share our new preprint! In a meta-analysis of 66 randomised controlled trials (9,978 students), we found that education is effective in improving students' ethical and moral outcomes. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/xv536

This summer, a team of economists put out a paper analyzing what tens of thousands of households bought at the grocery store from 2005 to 2020. What they found caught my eye: Rates of vegetarian grocery purchasing is up by a lot, but so is meat purchasing: www.vox.com/future-perfe...