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Ana-Maria Bliuc

@anamariab99.bsky.social

Social & political psychologist at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Interested in the study of polarisation and online communities in political and health domains (including addiction recovery). 🇹🇩🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Communications Sustainability@commssustain.nature.com · 4mo ago

How do groups sustain cooperation for sustainability when they’re in the minority? New evidence highlights the role of communication and political orientation. 🌱 @rrsfhansen.bsky.social @brybuck.bsky.social @anamariab99.bsky.social rebeccakoomen.bsky.social et al 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Cheap-talk and left-wing political orientation boost cooperative sustainability when politically outnumbered - Communications Sustainability

Democrats cooperate more than Republicans in politically heterogeneous groups, but sharing nonbinding pledges of intended actions helps groups cooperate to sustain a shared resource, according to an o...

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Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy to share our new CREST article on online polarisation. We argue that polarisation risk is not only about what is said online, but how quickly confident, highly visible voices can reshape debate. www.crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/char...

Charismatic Influencers, Certainty, and their effect on Polarisation Online

Small increases in influencer appeal and activity can produce disproportionately large effects on polarisation online, rapidly driving communities toward entrenched division.

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Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Very excited to share this new paper led by @rrsfhansen.bsky.social just published in Communications Sustainability: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Cheap-talk and left-wing political orientation boost cooperative sustainability when politically outnumbered - Communications Sustainability

Democrats cooperate more than Republicans in politically heterogeneous groups, but sharing nonbinding pledges of intended actions helps groups cooperate to sustain a shared resource, according to an o...

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Dr Rebecca Koomen@rebeccakoomen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣 New paper lead by @rrsfhansen.bsky.social We tested the cooperative sustainability of groups who were either politically homogenous (4 republicans or 4 democrats), mixed (2 from each party), or misaligned (1 outnumbered republican or democrat). www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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Populism in the age of social media: A systematic review of recent digital populism research - Ihsan Yilmaz, Ana-Maria Bliuc, Robb Norrie, Chloe M Smith, James Smith, Cerys Evans, Daniel S Courtney… |...

Our new review paper on digital populism is out today on New Media & Society!! Please have a look and get in touch if you have any feedback or questions ☺️ Ihsan Yilmaz Robb Norrie Daniel Courtney Dan...

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Dundee UCU@ducuuo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The current situation at the University of Dundee is that we are not getting our annual pay increase and that promotion processes are paused. At the same time the uni is refusing to rule out compulsory redundancies, it is advertising over 20 new senior management jobs for academic staff.

Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our new paper is out in Technology in Society: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We use simulations and a new dynamic measure of polarisation to track how quickly societies become more divided over time.

The Effect of Charismatic Influencers on Polarization Online: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

In the face of increasing online polarization, understanding the role of charismatic influencers in shaping public discourse is crucial for those deve…

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Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · 12mo ago

For my Australian friends and colleagues - please consider participating and/or circulating in your networks this survey on meat consumption, masculinity and national identity ran by Robb Norrie, our PhD student at Dundee: surveyswesternsydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thank you! 🙏

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Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · last yr.

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So proud of Joanna H., who attended her first #ISSP annual conference in Prague and presented her poster, "How Far-Right Groups Use National Identity to Assert Legitimacy: A Systematic Review&quo...

So proud of Joanna H., who attended her first #ISSP annual conference in Prague and presented her poster, "How Far-Right Groups Use National Identity to Assert Legitimacy: A Systematic Review&quo...

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Ana-Maria Bliuc@anamariab99.bsky.social · last yr.

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At #ISPP2025 with my fellow roundtable panellists, Mike Quayle, Olivia Brown, Adrian Lüders and our dearest friend, Emma F Thomas, just before our session "Polarization in the Age of Social Media...

At #ISPP2025 with my fellow roundtable panellists, Mike Quayle, Olivia Brown, Adrian Lüders and our dearest friend, Emma F Thomas, just before our session "Polarization in the Age of Social Media...

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Dundee UCU@ducuuo.bsky.social · last yr.

The University of Dundee has a women problem “In our view this culture of sexism runs deeper than the sidelining of women speaking up and out and persists beyond the ignominious end of Iain Gillespie’s tenure as Principal of the university.” www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...

'We're female professors, here's why we think Dundee University has a women problem'

Professors Angela Daly and Annalu Waller say Dundee University is destroying its commitment to gender equality in STEM.

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Dundee UCU@ducuuo.bsky.social · last yr.

NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Dundee. Fantastic news in our fight to save jobs, as interim Principal Prof Nigel Seaton confirms that there will be no redundancies. A massive victory for everyone who has supported us. Looking forward to receiving the removal of Section 188 in writing.

Dundee UCU@ducuuo.bsky.social · last yr.

The University of Dundee is currently trying to make 100% of female research Professors in the School of Science and Engineering redundant. 100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS! Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.

Kate W@drawkwardeng.bsky.social · last yr.

One of the most frustrating things about this crisis is the continually poor communication with staff and students. Reading about what is likely to happen to you in the media creates such distrust in management.

Dundee UCU@ducuuo.bsky.social · last yr.

This letter to Douglas Ross is how staff find out which areas may face module reductions and that 700 people may be affected by the cuts! Staff receive no communication, courtesy or respect from executives at the University of Dundee. None. www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...