@tomekbesta.bsky.social
A social and cross-cultural psychologist, recently focused on intergroup relations, collective action, and the interplay between personality and social behavior
t is our pleasure to invite you to the #MEN4DEM Roundtable: Art, Science, and Social Change, a panel discussion that brings together artists, researchers, and civil-society practitioners to explore how creative practice and academic inquiry can move beyond knowledge production into social action.
Join us in Gdansk next month for a thought-provoking roundtable discussion exploring how art, science, and civic engagement can work together to inspire meaningful social change. This event is open to the public! Sign up today, link below: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, developed by @via-berlin.bsky.social, are on tour across Europe! Swipe right to see some photos from the fifth stop in Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪➡️
Our study in 58 countries: support for intergroup violence is not a single mindset, but we can identify two distinct forms of extremism: defensive & offensive. Result of the @ncn.gov.pl project led by me & article led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social More in #PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #psychology
The psychology of offensive and defensive intergroup violence: Preregistered insights from 58 countries | PNAS
Evolutionary theory and historical evidence suggest humans possess distinct psychological tendencies for defensive and offensive violence, which ha...
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Online hostility is predicted by economic & political inequality Inequality breeds online hostility because people crave status in unequal societies and status-seekers constitute the main perpetrators of hostility in political settings, whether online or offline. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Not just anger. Across 3 studies (N>950, 🇵🇱🇺🇸), feeling significant and growing in a group predicted collective action better than negative emotions—even beyond identity, injustice & efficacy. 👉 Action is fueled by meaning, not only outrage. #CollectiveAction #socialpsyc Read: doi.org/10.1111/jopy...
When Need Fulfillment Motivates: The Role of Significance Gain and Self‐Expansion in Collective Mobilization
Objective This research examined whether positive in-group experiences—specifically those fulfilling the need for significance and the need for self-expansion—predict intentions to engage in collect...
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With a lead by @Magdalena Zawisza @Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, we tested ambivalent sexism theory tenets and explored novel correlations with national outcomes in 62 nations. #sexism #gender #socialpsyc #cross-cultural Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🧠 Do adolescents in more gender-equal countries feel more motivated to act for gender equality? 🙌And is strong gender identity really what drives collective action? Check out the new paper from our Lab #ProtestLab Gdansk, with @Göksu Celikkol as a lead. #gender #positivemasculinity #socialpsyc
Does pressure to conform to masculine norms affect the well-being of young men? A paper from our lab, produced within the @Equaman project (led by Natasza Kosakowska), in collaboration with, among others, @Kine Bjørneby Olsen, Marte Olsen, and @Sarah Martiny from UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
What really drives someone to support violent extremism? I am thrilled to share our new article published today in PNAS. Together with an incredible team of collaborators, we conducted a preregistered study across 58 countries with over 18,000 participants. This is what we found.
🎲 First try out of the LARP What happens when we meet? in Poland 🇵🇱 @tomekbesta.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social A warm indoor setting with Polish delicacies and eight players fully immersed in their roles. From the very first prompts a quiet excitement emerges.
Fantastic days in Bergamo with artists, scientists and NGOs. Working on out project on masculinity and democracy. #socpsy #masculinity #democracy
@men4dem.bsky.social · 9mo agoMEN4DEM has made it to Bergamo! 🙌📰 #MEN4DEM #GenderEquality #Masculinities #Democracy
📰 #Politicians often use hate speech to build an electorate and appear strong. HOWEVER, researchers from Adam Mickiewicz University showed that such content often backfires, harming its senders 😐 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jmb5fxk #SocialPsyc
What You Say About Others: The Hate Speech Effect and Positivity Bias. | Polish Social Psychological Society
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🟡 We are delighted to share that Social Psychological Bulletin has Impact Factor of 2.0! 🏅 Another big milestone for the once small and locally published journal - with more to come in the future. @pspspl.bsky.social @psychopengold.bsky.social
Based on insights from our report “Countering anti-democratic masculinities: State of the art of evidence-based interventions” – which presents a systematic review of strategies aimed at addressing anti-democratic masculinities – here’s what works when it comes to effective interventions.
MEN4DEM publishes a scientific review of intervention strategies for more democratic masculinities. Read the report at www.men4dem.eu/news-events-...
(Q) Why MEN4DEM is important In a time of increasing polarization, we believe that shared artistic experiences can bring people closer together. @via-berlin.bsky.social #MEN4DEM
At #ISPP2025 in Prague! Product placement for #SPB journal and the @pspspl.bsky.social. Plenty of exciting sessions connected to our Horizon #MEN4DEM project and the #NCN #Equaman project. Talks from our #ProtestLab members are coming up! Start looking for presenters from #UniversityofGdansk
MEN4DEM’s first working paper is out! It lays the theoretical groundwork for transforming anti-democratic masculine norms into democratic masculinities rooted in equality, participation, and inclusive leadership across Europe. Read more: www.men4dem.eu/news-events-...
Great meeting in Gdańsk with @kunstjonas.bsky.social Milan Obaidi and others, concluding our project on personality and collective action. Data from 58 countries, field studies, big surveys. Stay tuned for details on the results and upcoming publications! #crosscultural #SocialPsyc #personality
📅 Save the date! Our society's annual meeting will take place in Warsaw in September. 👀 Look, who's going to give a lecture! 😊 More info: dates, fees, programme, summer school, etc. CLICK🔗 20zjazdpsps.pl/en/ #SocialPsyc #psychologists #conference #warsaw
With a great team, we show—using data from 21 countries—that economic prosperity attenuates the positive relationship between anti-migration conspiracy beliefs and commitment to reactionary action. Open access in Communications Psychology doi.org/10.1038/s442... #migration #SocialPsyc #conspiracy
Anti-immigration conspiracy beliefs are associated with endorsement of conventional and violent actions opposing immigration and attitudes towards democracy across 21 countries - Communications Psycho...
The link between conspiracy beliefs and reactionary movements that promote intolerance and undermine democracy was investigated in 21 countries. Economic prosperity and democratic functioning moderate...
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🔵 Our society's award is named after Solomon Asch. He showed how a majority group can shape perception. Are those lines equal? - he asked the prtnts. Their answers were correct or not, depending on what others said. #SocialPsyc Probably everyone heard of the experiment. Who knows the whole story?
Words change their meaning - offensive ones too. But in this process, are they perceived as hate speech? ➡️TL;DR👄says "yes", but ❤️ says "no" @dominikpuchala.bsky.social answers the question in "Reclaiming Derogatory Language: Self-Reports and Interbeat Intervals". 🔗 shorturl.at/Mw6JG #SocialPsyc
Reclaiming the word – does the offensiveness of an insult depend on context still causing shock? | Polish Social Psychological Society
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On #IWD2025, we reflect not just on gender justice but on democracy itself. @horizoneu.bsky.social supports projects on "Gender roles in extremist movements". IN #MEN4DEM, academics, artists & activists from 7 countries co-create insights & interventions for change. www.men4dem.eu"
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Masculinities for the Future of European Democracy
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Today is the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism - the United Nations General Assembly declared a few years ago. What better way to celebrate it in the scientific community than by posting a short-form, pop-sci article about it, I guess?😁 LINK: shorturl.at/2RIHg
Academics, actors and activists from across Europe then came together for a weekend of co-creation on Terschelling. Such an inspiring, heartwarming and hardworking crowd! And this is just the beginning! #MEN4DEM @via-berlin.bsky.social @menengage.bsky.social
Today is the launch of the Horizon Europe project MEN4DEM - masculinities for the future of European democracy. Follow us at @men4dem.bsky.social for updates! #men4dem
