📢 New article out in Social Networks (co-authored w/ @corneliusholler.de, @snannabell.bsky.social, @mirandalubbers.bsky.social, and Cristiano Vezzoni): "Unequal relational gains in a sport intervention for asylum seekers" 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2026.05.003 A 🧵 with the main takeaways 👇

Women Leaders "Women are expected to promote gender equality and show communal behaviour, yet those who do so...are less likely to be selected for leadership." Derks et al. (2026). Don't rock the boat! Do men prefer women leaders who support the status quo? doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

Just out in Social Networks w. @snannabell.bsky.social: The Duality of Network Ties and Attributes. As part of the special issue on duality, we argue that the principle applies to multi-modal network data. It allows relating different types of tie and other dyadic attributes. 1/3

We illustrate the principle with a multiple correspondence analysis of 15 sociometric nominations (interpersonal relations, interest / aversion to collaborations in mathematics and physical education), foci-of-activity, individual attributes, and attribute combinations in eight school classes. 2/3

Apart from the relative meanings of nominations, we analyze the meanings of one-sided nominations for friendship and sympathy. Our analysis points to one-sided nominations marking weaker ties than reciprocated ones, rather than asymmetric interest among class mates. 3/3

Our colleagues @corneliusholler.de and @snannabell.bsky.social just got back from @sunbelt2025paris.bsky.social, held at the beautiful @sorbonne-universite.fr. An inspiring conference with excellent talks, engaging discussions, and plenty of fresh ideas for their future research.

Seismic scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social: A long-time anti-vaxer who was disciplined for practising medicine without a license has been selected by #HHS to conduct the study RFK Jr. wants looking yet again at whether vaccines cause autism. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism

A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.

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We had an enriching two-day workshop on #LinearMixedModels with Prof. Oliver Schilling from #HeidelbergUniversity #Psychology! 🙌 Day 1 focused on the theoretical foundations, while day 2 emphasized practical applications. Thanks to Prof. Schilling for this excellent workshop! 👏

Thrilled to share that our paper on achievement goals and peer networks has been published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology! doi.org/10.1111/bjep... It was fun working on this with my colleagues @corneliusholler.de and Yannick Hill! Looking forward to our continued collaboration :)

<em>British Journal of Educational Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library

Background At school, students need to learn to collaborate with others to achieve common objectives. However, we are lacking insights into how students determine preferred collaboration partners, w.....

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Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents

Whereas humans exhibit emergency responses to assist unconscious individuals, how nonhuman animals react to unresponsive conspecifics is less well understood. We report that mice exhibit stereotypic b...

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The Pentagon has abruptly scrapped its entire social science research program. The decision “is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security,” @jaylyall.bsky.social told me. It “suggests they don’t care about better understanding threats the U.S. faces,” says @busbyj2.bsky.social.

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

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Zuerst präsentiert @snannabell.bsky.social Ergebnisse zum Zusammenhang von multidimensionalen Zielorientierungen (3x2 Achievement Goal Questionnaire) und Peerbeziehungen im Sportunterricht. #AchievementGoals

Ich freue mich, in den nächsten Tagen in Mannheim auf der #GEBF2025 zu sein! Kommt am Montag um 15:15 Uhr in EO 169 in die Sitzung "PS-15: Sportunterricht als sozialer Kontext" und hört Vorträge von mir und @snannabell.bsky.social! #AcademicSky #EducationResearch #Sport #SNA @gebf25.bsky.social

This @natrevpsych.bsky.social paper on self-control by @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social is one of the papers that had the biggest impact on my thinking this year. Will's call for going beyond the individual level (e.g., willpower) & considering environmental/societal factors is critically important.

Going beyond the individual level in self-control research - Nature Reviews Psychology

Self-control is traditionally&nbsp;viewed as&nbsp;an individual-level struggle, reflecting prevailing notions of individual autonomy and personal responsibility. In this Perspective, Hofmann calls for...

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By mapping the meanings of the words used to communicate emotions across more than one-third of the planet’s spoken languages, a study in Science found that there is significant variation in how emotions are expressed across cultures. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/41X6dDk

Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure

Analysis of the terms used for emotions across a sample of 2474 spoken languages reveals low similarity across cultures.

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Our doctoral students brought the year to a close with their monthly breakfast and annual Secret Santa. We wish them and everyone happy holidays and a good start to the new year! #academicsky #phdlife

This weekend, I went for a trail run with friends @sgerwann.bsky.social. I wasn’t very fast, and the distance wasn’t very long compared to my friends. But it’s not always about being the best: Taking in the beauty of the trail, sharing these moments with friends, and much more (Kurz, 1977) matters.