I will be speaking at #TEDxMelbourne's All Analogue. What does it really mean to belong in a world that has never been more connected? Find out more tedxmelbourne-all-analogue-2026.eventbrite.com.au?aff=speaker #IdeasWorthSpreading #AnalogueLiving #HumanConnection #DigitalWellbeing
Professor Kelly-Ann Allen
@drkellyallen.bsky.social
Professor of Belonging Science @MonashUni | @arc_gov_au DECRA Fellow | Educational Psychologist | Clinical Psychologist | Journal Editor EDP | Writer @PsychToday | Opinions my own (unless unpopular, then hacked)
As a mum of an 11 and 9 year old, I am just relieved I did not come in at 6 or 7. Thank you, MeasuresHE
The Bogan Academic reviewed our Gentle Academic book and the title of this review cannot be repeated here. If you can handle profanity and want an unfiltered take, you can read it here (but I did warn you!): theboganacademic.substack.com/p/the-gentle...
The Gentle Academic’s Guide to Not Being an Arsehole
A book review of sorts
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Just learned of this new book, The Gentle Academic, edited by @drkellyallen.bsky.social and Christine Grove. Very excited to dive in and see how I can realize these teachings in my own life!
I nearly had a little cry when I saw that our only altmetric came from this post by @socraticsiren.bsky.social - all I could see was this screenshot. Then I logged in and realised they were actually recommending our book! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Citing @drkellyallen.bsky.social (2020): “We need to invest in belonging and make it a priority – as a society, financially and through legislation. Belonging is intrinsic to the health, happiness and wellbeing of all people”, @hannahwilson.bsky.social in uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/a-... @sagepub.com
Delighted to share @drkellyallen.bsky.social's paper reformulating the Integrative Framework of Belonging through interviews of other esteemed belonging researchers! This open-access paper does a deep dive on the theory––a must read for anyone using the framework! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🚨 @drkellyallen.bsky.social's new paper features interviews with 10 belonging scholars on the Integrative Framework of Belonging, offering novel insights that clarify, deepen, and reshape the model! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Delighted to share @drkellyallen.bsky.social's paper reformulating the Integrative Framework of Belonging through interviews of other esteemed belonging researchers! This open-access paper does a deep dive on the theory––a must read for anyone using the framework! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A free event on trauma informed practice, would love to see you there: www.monash.edu/education/ev...
Sharing on behalf of Maegan Loader. This is a wonderful project for her thesis. Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested in participating. Your support would will be very appreciated ❤️.
Well this fun! 👀Make your own action figure with ChatGpt using this prompt: Draw a picture of me as a real-life action figure. Be specific as possible based on what you know about me. And put multiple interesting things that represent who I am inside the packaging.
🚨 Important new paper from the Ed Psych Review special issue on belonging. This paper considers how racial/ethnic identity relates to school belonging and how that might depend on whether asset-based pedagogy is being used in classrooms
The next article in our special issue is out! Lopez et al. @falopeziglesias.bsky.social synthesized 22 studies and created a theoretical model for thinking about Latine youth, their ethnic-racial identity, school belonging, and asset-based pedagogy: doi.org/10.1007/s106... @aera-motsig.bsky.social
Beyond publication-based metrics for evaluating and valuing scientists and their contributions @naturenews.bsky.social @drkellyallen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Move beyond ‘publish or perish’ by measuring behaviours that benefit academia
A standardized system to measure contributions in mentorship, collaboration and more could bring about systemic change in science.
nature.com
LOVE the idea of a "good stuff" index! 👏👏
If people & academic institutions are going to continue tracking things, index, & compete, we might as well measure what matters! What about a "good stuff" index that measures what we value & contributes to the types of workplaces we want to work in. Here's my pitch: tinyurl.com/3ahn4nmc @nature.com
If you're collecting "evidence" as to why belonging matters, here’s some fresh research to add to your collection:
What belongs in a “good stuff” index? My thought piece in @nature.com is now #freetoread. It reimagines academic metrics to better reflect what academics value & the systems we want to work in. What would you add? rdcu.be/ec5uN @timeshighered.bsky.social @chronicle.com @insidehighered.com
The pressure to publish in high-impact journals is often at the expense of other scholarly activities https://go.nature.com/3XihhIf
Move beyond ‘publish or perish’ by measuring behaviours that benefit academia
A standardized system to measure contributions in mentorship, collaboration and more could bring about systemic change in science.
go.nature.com
If people & academic institutions are going to continue tracking things, index, & compete, we might as well measure what matters! What about a "good stuff" index that measures what we value & contributes to the types of workplaces we want to work in. Here's my pitch: tinyurl.com/3ahn4nmc @nature.com
Move beyond ‘publish or perish’ by measuring behaviours that benefit academia
A standardized system to measure contributions in mentorship, collaboration and more could bring about systemic change in science.
tinyurl.com
🔥 NEW PAPER 🔥 The dream collaboration with wonderful colleague & friend @dryasmiyn.bsky.social has come to fruition w/ our CEP paper: "Too quant to crit? Advancing QuantCrit methodologies in educational psychology" doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... *Yes, the title is based on MCHammer lyrics Fav quotes ⬇️
a group of people dancing in a dark room with the words 2 legit 2 quit
ALT: a group of people dancing in a dark room with the words 2 legit 2 quit
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🚨 Are you "Too Quant to Crit?" New pub w/ @carltonfong.bsky.social in Contemporary Educational Psychology. We critique quant researchers' reliance on objectivity & neutrality by drawing attetion to methodological trauma & describing QuantCrit as an alternative approach. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Incredibly excited about a special issue @chrisrozek.bsky.social and I are editing on SCHOOL BELONGING with Ed Psych Review! 🎉 The first paper is out! Once published, all papers can be found here: link.springer.com/collections/... I’ll update this thread when each article gets posted ⬇️
The 2nd article is a scoping review by a great team (incl yours truly and @chrisrozek.bsky.social) on links between college #belonging & academic outcomes and the need to explore institutional & individual factors: doi.org/10.1007/s106... Special thanks to guest editor @drkellyallen.bsky.social! 🙏
Students in EDF4599, the Psychology of Wellbeing and Human Flourishing, for the Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology, created blog posts! First up, by @AarushiAtri on How to Practice Gratitude the Right Way 👉 www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/sens... 👏👏👏👏 Congrats on being published! 👏👏👏
This was one of the first papers I got to "accept" as Associate Editor for RER! 🥰 So glad you enjoyed it and thank you for promoting it, @jeffgreene.bsky.social! Keep the hot takes going! 🔥
(1/x) If you are concerned about the democratic backsliding being seen around the world, then I urge you to read this new article in one of the top journals in my field: Review of Educational Research journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
Sometimes building a sense of belonging means literally cutting through barriers. We sawed a gap in the fence so these two tiny neighbours could chat. Now, there's more connecting and less shouting over the fence!
Hi! I'm a social psychologist in a Department of Education, and I'm interested in student belonging, emotions, motivation, and interventions. I mostly work with adolescents. See below for an example of my belonging theory work done with awesome collaborators :) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....