Now and then, it is worth looking into your file drawer to see what hides inside. It's been a while since we worked with Peter on this one, and it's currently a bit underdeveloped, but its time is gonna come. :-)

SocArXivBot@socarxivbot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Immigrant Song: National Identity and Attitudes Toward Immigrants - The Mediating Role of Secure and Defensive In-group Identity: https://osf.io/ywf9n

Not quite sure how to announce this :-) — but after four years since its acceptance, our paper on political identification has finally appeared in print! #socpsych You can access 50 free e-prints here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HJAI4...

‘The left is right’: Left and right political orientation across Eastern and Western Europe

Left-right political auto-identification has been used widely in socio-political research to interpret and organize political attitudes and opinions. In this paper we analyse whether the meaning of...

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🌳PREPRINT ALERT🌳 Some of you might be interested in our new study. Jurgiel, D., & Wojcik, A. D. (2025). “My Name Is Called Disturbance" - Public Support for Radical Climate Collective Actions: Political and Environmental Identity Drivers. PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf... #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...

Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network

Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 10mo ago

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond. Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

I’m looking for an easy-to-use survey platform to replace Qualtrics. The prices have recently skyrocketed, and it seems we can no longer justify the cost.

🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern. In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:

Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda

Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions…

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Our first preregistered report on climate communication has just been accepted. It will form the first‑author paper for my PhD student, Dominika Jurgiel. The process wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. #SocialPsyc rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegistere...

Let's see how many things may go unnoticed: it is possible to classify these actions using several criteria (Borges, 1942). Borges, J. L. (1942). El idioma analítico de John Wilkins. Sur, 92, 103–109.

ThrowBack! 18 years ago in the very first issue of @socialpsychbull.bsky.social two Polish psychologists laid out their model of social perception called "the agent vs. recipient perspective in perceiving self and others" 🔗 doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16537 in 🇵🇱 use AI #psychology #SocialPsyc

OUP has announced the release of a volume on climate obstructionism. The publication is set for September31. The entire volume will be available as OA. Inside is a chapter on climate misinformation led by @stecula.bsky.social and John Cook, with my small contribution. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

'the average effectiveness of choice architecture ("nudge") interventions on behaviour is smaller than often reported and there is substantial heterogeneity in their effects.'

Dan Goldstein@dggoldst.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper just dropped: Szaszi, Barnabas, Daniel G. Goldstein, Dilip Soman, Susan Michie. (2025). Generalizability of Choice Architecture Interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology. Thanks to @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social for doing the lion's share! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🌳 Preprint Alert 🌳 You can find out here, if anyone is interested in how the British and Poles think about the need for immediate climate action. Our study reveals that "climate delayism"—beliefs justifying inaction despite accepting climate change—is prevalent in PL/UK. osf.io/preprints/ps...

🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp... 1/8 🧵

Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood

Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the indi....

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Magic occurs whenever quantitative social sciences and ethnography/cultural anthropology intersect.

Mark Fabian@markfabian.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm rereading the transcripts of our interviews with people talking about their life satisfaction. I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying. Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.

Our new preprint on measuring green workplace behaviors has just been published on SocArxiv! The paper is based on three solid studies and quite a painstaking analysis. I'm curious to hear your feedback, as the paper will soon be submitted to its target journal. osf.io/preprints/so...

Our latest work on justice in academia is now available in HEQ. It’s a solid piece of empirical research, and I’m glad to have contributed statistical expertise to the team. 🤓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Effect of Organisational Justice, Academic Identification and Legitimacy of Academic Authorities on Student Loyalty

Our work contributes to existing research on student loyalty by testing a model that includes organisational justice as a predictor. In Study 1 (n = 257, Polish sample), students' perceived organisat...

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[1/2] Loose thought. The rapid acceptance of LLMs within the psychological community as substitutes for human participants can be attributed partly to the significant reliance on data from external research firms and web surveys.

LLMs and future Psychology

A thought experiment prepared for the Stanford psychology faculty salon on LLMs.

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How do I see the future of psychology? For example, this passage may be a standard one in a few years: We analyzed the synthetic users' data generated by three alternative AI algorithms to check for the robustness of the results. Can we take the psyche out of psychology?

🚨Article Alert 1️⃣/2️⃣🚨 Did you lose sleep over what factors influence support for individual and collective pro-environmental actions? Worry no more! This concise introduction will help you grasp the topic in half an hour! #SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych #Envhun

ICYMI: How the oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s

Research shows industry lobbying against support for solar panels and electric cars while enjoying subsidies itself

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via Mark Rubin: Introduction to recent issues in the philosophy of statistics by Kao, Mayo, and Shech. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04128-z #Stats #Statistics #PhilSci via https://fediscience.org/@MarkRubin/110103603541297259

In our latest research, led by A. Cislak (with A. Cichocka & T. Milfont ), we theoretically analysed the relationship between various types of social identity and pro-environmentalism. #SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych

National identity and environmentalism: why national narcissism might undermine pro-environmental efforts

The extant literature recognizes national identity as a pivotal factor motivating both individual and collective actions to tackle environmental problems. Yet, prior research shows mixed evidence for ...

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New research from Aleksandra Cislak, Adrian D. Wojcik, Aleksandra Cichocka, Taciano L. Milfont: "National identity and environmentalism: why national narcissism might undermine pro-environmental efforts" www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

A great collection on circular economy is upcoming. :-) It includes our chapter with Dominika Jurgiel and Mateusz Strzałkowski. We explore the psychological foundations of collective and individual pro-environmental behaviours. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...

The Human Dimension of the Circular Economy

‘The book provides a novel, much-needed approach to the circular economy. It explains why we should not forget human perspectives when pursuing circular economy and how we can better engage individu...

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Post-doc opportunity in a project led by Ola Cislak and Aleksandra Cichocka, on identity and intragroup processes. Focus can be on organizational, political or environmental topics. 6-9 months (negotiable), with an option to do it remotely! Deadline: *Oct 8th* Please rb #psychjob t.co/3uoe8ChYVW