Benjamin Buttlar
@benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trier. I'm particularly interested in cognitive conflicts and how people make and follow through with decisions that go against their attitudes. Check out my work at benjaminbuttlar.de
Immer auf dem Laufenden zur Uni Trier! 💯 Ab sofort findet ihr hier das Bluesky-Startpaket eurer liebsten Hochschule. Alle Profile von Mitarbeitenden und Institutionen auf einen Blick. Wer fehlt noch? Oder ist etwas nicht mehr aktuell? Schreibt einen Kommentar oder eine DM! bsky.app/starter-pack...
Fellow Europeans, did you know about this alternative to COS/OSF? They have upload templates for the usual academic formats, but also data and even Bachelor's /Master's theses. www.psycharchives.org/en
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#HPGVienna @univie.ac.at is hiring: We are looking for a PhD student (4 years, 75% FTE) to join us and the new research platform Trustworthy Science Communication to complete a research project in the context of human and planetary health 🌍🍎 Apply by 14 May: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇 1/10
Don't miss out on new replications with the Zotero Replication Checker! This is the current set of >1.6K studies in the FORRT Library of Replication Attempts (#FLoRA). Many of them belong to large-scale projects and are not even cited in the final report, so how to keep track of them?
Heute: Jan und ich stellen im @psycomm.bsky.social Lunch-Talk @de.in-mind.org vor. Erfahrt mehr über dieses #WissKomm Projekt und wie ihr mitmachen könnt.
PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 5mo ago✨ Save the date für unseren nächsten Lunch-Talk! ✨ 📅 Am Freitag, den 20. März 2026 (12:00–12:45 Uhr) sprechen Laura M. König und Jan Crusius zum Thema "In-Mind Magazin: Psychologie für alle" 💻 Online via Zoom 📩 Anmeldung per E-Mail an: psycomm@dgps.de Wie immer freuen wir uns auf euch! 💛
Before the new story comes next week, have you read the last one? ✨
Science & Fiction@scienceandfiction.net · 6mo ago New #ScienceandFiction short story 🥦 This time, @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social writes about a future where eating meat is a part of the past. Want to know why? 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/38_a... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3... #scicomm #wisskomm #comic
Collabra: Psychology is seeking a new senior editor for the clinical section and new associate editors for the social section. If you are interested in either of these positions and you believe you are qualified, please fill out the application form before 30 April 2026! forms.gle/DgM3484SuLVD...
Application Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: Psychology
Starting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...
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🚨 Call for Editors: Join the Collabra: Psychology team! We're looking for a senior editor for clinical psychology, plus several social psychology associate editors. Interested? Please fill out our application form before 30 April 2026. @improvingpsych.org docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Application Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: Psychology
Starting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...
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Hi everyone! Collabra: Psychology needs a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interested, please fill out the application form before 30 April 2026. forms.gle/DgM3484SuLVD...
Application Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: Psychology
Starting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...
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✨ Now published! ✨ Our Special Section in PHAIR is officially out. The collection emerged from the Human–Animal Relations workstream at the 2025 EASP Summer School (University of Kent) from an exceptional group of PhD researchers. Read here! phair.psychopen.eu/index.php/ph...
Many are appropriately outraged by Altman’s comments here implying that raising a human child is akin to “training” an AI model. This is part of a broader pattern where AI industry leaders use language that collapses the boundary between human and machine. 🧵/
X2Y@x2y.tech · 6mo agoSAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”
How strong is the threat to academic freedom? If you are a publishing psychologist, please help us get a better understanding of the threats due to external pressure and self-censorship in the publication process by taking our 5-10 min anonymous survey: t1p.de/t1qof Results will be shared here!
Short stories are such an amazing way of communicating science! Check out my short story and all the other amazing content on @scienceandfiction.net!
Science & Fiction@scienceandfiction.net · 6mo ago New #ScienceandFiction short story 🥦 This time, @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social writes about a future where eating meat is a part of the past. Want to know why? 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/38_a... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3... #scicomm #wisskomm #comic
The perfect preparation article for the february #ScienceandFiction short story coming up! 👇
In-Mind: Psychology for You!@in-mindmagazine.bsky.social · 7mo ago🔔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 (𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁) 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 🔔 Plant-based, insect-based, or cultivated meat? In their blog post, Lena Szczepanski, Milan Büscher, Lene Strootmann, and Florian Fiebelkorn discuss meat alternatives, their benefits, and the psychological factors that shape their adoption.
In genau einer Woche findet unser nächstes Kolloquium statt! Am 16.1. um 12 Uhr nimmt uns @helenahartmann.com mit in die Welt von "Science and Fiction - WissKomm mit fiktionalen Kurzgeschichten". Nähere Infos und die Anmeldung findet ihr im Bild. Wir freuen uns auf euch! @scienceandfiction.net
It has been a while since @flavioazevedo.bsky.social asked me to take over the Reversals project at @forrt.bsky.social... It has since evolved beyond my wildest dreams, mostly thanks to @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & @lukaswallrich.bsky.social. We are very proud of the Replication Hub & Database ♥️
💊 New #ScienceandFiction short story 💊 This time, the brilliant Biljana Gjoneska wrote about the Matrix - but hundreds of years later... 🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/35_t... 🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3... #scicomm #wisskomm #sciencefiction #shortstories
🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨 Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.
Das hat wirklich Spaß gemacht!! Vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit euch ein bisschen was über science slams zu erzählen und die spannende Diskussion! 🙂
PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 9mo agoWir freuen uns sehr über die rege Teilnahme an unserem ersten #WissKomm Kolloquium gestern sowie die anregende Diskussion. Noch einmal vielen Dank an @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social für den spannenden Beitrag! Jetzt schon vormerken: Weiter gehts am 19.12., 12 Uhr, mit einem Einblick in die #Forschung!
Heute um 12 Uhr startet unsere Kolloquiumsreihe mit einem Vortrag zu Science Slams! #WissKomm #Forschung
PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 9mo agoLos geht unser Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm nächsten Freitag (21.11.) um 12 Uhr mit einem Beitrag von @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social zum Thema Science Slam.
Morgen startet wir mit unseren #WissKomm Lunch Talks der @psycomm.bsky.social - wer ist dabei? 🥳
PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 9mo agoHabt ihr euch den ersten Vortrag unserer #WissKomm Kolloquiums-Reihe schon in den Kalender eingetragen? Seid diesen Freitag dabei, wenn @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social über das Format Science Slam spricht! 📆 21.11.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Habt ihr euch den ersten Vortrag unserer #WissKomm Kolloquiums-Reihe schon in den Kalender eingetragen? Seid diesen Freitag dabei, wenn @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social über das Format Science Slam spricht! 📆 21.11.2025, 12:00 Uhr
PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 9mo agoLos geht unser Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm nächsten Freitag (21.11.) um 12 Uhr mit einem Beitrag von @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social zum Thema Science Slam.
Rosi und ich freuen uns schon darauf! Im Science Slam erklären wir, warum wir manchmal bei Entscheidungen, wie etwa beim Fleischessen, hin- und hergerissen sind und was das mit uns macht. Wenn du mehr über diese Ambivalenz oder Wissenschaftskommunikation im Allgemeinen wissen willst, komm vorbei!
PsyComm - Wissenschaftskommunikation in der Psychologie@psycomm.bsky.social · 9mo agoLos geht unser Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm nächsten Freitag (21.11.) um 12 Uhr mit einem Beitrag von @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social zum Thema Science Slam.
Ankündigung: Kolloquium Wissenschaftskommunikation #WissKomm 🧑🏫 Einblicke in innovative WissKomm-Formate & aktuelle Forschungsthemen 💬 Austausch über konkrete Erfahrungen aus Praxis und Forschung aus Perspektive der Psychologie 📆 3. Freitag im Monat um 12 Uhr
🧵 New paper alert! People enjoy eating meat but often feel uneasy when being reminded that it comes from animals. To understand how people avoid this conflict, our new study explores how food preparation helps people mentally separate meat from its animal origins. Here’s what we found 👇 1/9
🧵 New paper alert! People enjoy eating meat but often feel uneasy when being reminded that it comes from animals. To understand how people avoid this conflict, our new study explores how food preparation helps people mentally separate meat from its animal origins. Here’s what we found 👇 1/9