Sara Vestergren

@swedishprotests.bsky.social

PhD, social psychologist at University of Reading, UK, specialising in the Psychology of crowds, collective action, and climate action. Views my own. Born at 338.7ppm

Presented my ongoing participatory action research at this year’s BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference @bps-social-psych.bsky.social And met some of the most lively and reflective voices in social psychology! Thank you always @mfernandes-jesus.bsky.social @profjohndrury.bsky.social

Sara Vestergren@swedishprotests.bsky.social · last mo.

Excellent presentation by @samreenchhabra.bsky.social at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on her very important project around youth, climate change and activism (w. @mfernandes-jesus.bsky.social @profjohndrury.bsky.social ). Looking forward to the publications!

📢Fresh article out: Through interviews and participatory truth-witnessing*, Judit, Laurent, and I delved into (post)migrant Bakurê Kurds' perspectives on intragroup relations rooted in understandings of power in the context of extended Turkish racialized colonial violence in Belgium

“This must really come from within”: Kurdish
diasporic narratives of solidarity as resistance and
existence in Belgium

https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.70090

canan coşkan | Laurent Licata | Judit Kende
Abstract
Migrant members of racially marginalized groups pursue
their political struggle in places outside their land of origin.
How would they resist racialized collective violence in
the diaspora by engaging in solidarity as they acculturate
to a new societal order? Combining traditional social
psychological approaches of intragroup relationships with
anticolonial and antiracist combative praxis, the current
research examined (post)migrant Kurds' narratives of
solidarity as resistance as they shared their experiences
of Turkish racialized colonial violence in Belgium. We
conducted a mixed methods study combining in-depth
interviews with researcher participatory truth-witnessing.
We interviewed 24 Kurds (2 sexual and gender minorities,
10 cisheterosexual women, 12 cisheterosexual men) about
their intragroup relations and Kurdish resistance against
collective violence. Reflexive thematic analysis centring
around intragroup solidarity showed that participants
understood and practiced solidarity as resistance and
existence in several ways. In the diaspora, they navigated
resistance against Turkish collective violence, transnational
repression and the structural challenges of migrational
acculturation through diverse, multi-sited, multi-layered
and liminal intragroup solidarity despite some intragroup
exclusions, with a desire for intragroup unity. Participatory
truth-witnessing revealed that political organization and
critical consciousness are central to intragroup solidarity
beyond ethnocultural cohesion.
KEYWORDS
anticolonial thought, cohesion, critical consciousness, critical race theory,
diaspora movements, intragroup relations, Kurds, resistance, solidarity
British Journal of Social Psychology 2026;65:e70090.

Climate action. Extremism. Migration. Public health. Educational inequality. Community wellbeing. Just some of the topics covered in SPS Annual Conference. Full programme here (www.bps.org.uk/event/social...). What are you most looking forward to? #SPSConf2026

Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2026 | BPS

The 2026 Social Psychology Section Annual Conference will take place from 08 - 09 September 2026 at the BPS London Offices.

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British Journal of Social Psychology is looking for Associate Editors with expertise in: Qualitative research (esp. DA); Social and economic inequality; Educational environments and outcomes; Altruism, helping and prosocial behaviour; and Social cognition and social perception.

Decisions on submissions for the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social Annual Conference 8-9th Sept done! Wish we could accept all, had to reject high-quality submissions due to the number of submissions. More info and register (full-conference £105-£200, dinner £25) here: www.bps.org.uk/event/social...

Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2026 | BPS

The 2026 Social Psychology Section Annual Conference will take place from 08 - 09 September 2026 at the BPS London Offices.

bps.org.uk

Had a really good time presenting the British Psychological Society Social Section last year. Recommend it.

Sara Vestergren@swedishprotests.bsky.social · 5mo ago

EXTENDED DEADLINE for @bps-social-psych.bsky.social submissions!!! Ends midnight 11th May. 2-day attendance £105 (for section members), conference dinner (on the 8th) £25, 8-9th September, 2026, London, UK Theme: Social Psychology for the Public Information here: www.bps.org.uk/event/social...

Submissions & registration are open for BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference (Social Psychology for the Public) 8-9 Sept 2026, London. We welcome submissions from academics, practitioners, policy makers, and community partners. Submission deadline: 3 May www.bps.org.uk/event/social...

Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2026 | BPS

The 2026 Social Psychology Section Annual Conference will take place from 08 - 09 September 2026 at the BPS London Offices.

bps.org.uk

Submissions & registration are open for BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference (Social Psychology for the Public) 8-9 Sept 2026, London. We welcome submissions from academics, practitioners, policy makers, and community partners. Submission deadline: 3 May www.bps.org.uk/event/social...

Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2026 | BPS

The 2026 Social Psychology Section Annual Conference will take place from 08 - 09 September 2026 at the BPS London Offices.

bps.org.uk

*SAVE THE DATE* September 8-9 2026! 📅🗓️ More details soon to follow for this year's BPS Social Section Conference in London ☀️ Please repost to spread the word to anyone interested in attending, we're excited to welcome new and returning delegates 🧑🏽‍🏫👨🏽‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧑🏿‍🏫👨‍🏫👩‍🏫

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