The listening session with the #ScholarsUnderThreat and #EarlyCareerCommittee was incredibly useful to hear the perspectives of ISPP members on how these committees can support ECRs and SUT over the next year. Thanks to all who attended and contributed. #ISPP2026

At #ISPP2026, new, continuing and outgoing members of the #EarlyCareerCommittee met to discuss how we can support the #EarlyCareer community in #PoliticalPsychology and #PoliticalScience. We are very excited for the coming year! 🫶

This summer, we're highlighting the Helping Kids! Lab's achievements from the 2025–2026 academic year. 🎉 Take a look through our latest newsletter in the thread below! ⬇️ @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @iniccraith.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology

Thanks to all who attended our #EarlyCareer Social Hour last night! We had a great time meeting all of you and hearing about what you want to see from the Early Career Committee for the coming year. #PhD #Postdoc #PoliticalPsychology #PoliticalScience #ISPP2026

Having a great time at #ISPP2026! Really enjoyed presenting my @researchireland.ie PhD research this morning - thanks to all who attended and who contributed to such interesting conversations about #NationalIdentity, #Nationalism and #PoliticalDivision.

Helping Kids! Lab@helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 3w ago

📣 Don't forget @iniccraith.bsky.social is presenting at #ISPP26 tomorrow! See below for more information. Hope to see you there! #DevelopmentalPsychology #HelpingKidsLab

✨ This week, Helping Kids! Lab will be presenting at #ISPP26! Join us as @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social and @iniccraith.bsky.social share their incredible work. We hope to see you there — find more details about their presentations below ⬇️ #Peacebuilding #HelpingKidsLab

#ISPP2026 is almost here! The #EarlyCareerCommittee have planned plenty of activities for the Early Career Community... 🧵

I loved #ISSBD2026! Presenting my @researchireland.ie work on a symposium with Joanna Peplak, Julia Marshall and Antonio Zuffiano was a particular highlight - thank you so much to my co-panelists for having me and to those in the audience for such lovely feedback! @helpingkidslab.bsky.social

@iniccraith.bsky.social is presenting tomorrow, June 25th, at #ISSBD26!!! 📣 Don't forget to stop by and show your support!

Delighted to be in lovely Korea for #ISSBD2026! I’m at the poster session today until 12:00 - come say hi! Presenting on #AdoAI - investigating adolescents’ sources of #Advice, and which sources they #Trust most, in contexts of #Bullying. @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @helpingkidslab.bsky.social

✨The Helping Kids! Lab is heading to #ISSBD2026! Be sure to check out presentations from our incredible team, including @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social, Dr. Ellen Kneeskern, and @iniccraith.bsky.social!

📣 Dr. Ellen Kneeskern and @iniccraith.bsky.social are sharing posters tomorrow, June 22nd, at #ISSBD26! Be sure to stop by and see additional information below!

Loved (re-)connecting with colleagues in #DevelopmentalPsychology at #SRA2026 and hearing about new and exciting research🤩 And of course, I enjoyed fruitful conversations at today’s poster blitz, where I shared my @researchireland.ie PhD! 🥳 @helpingkidslab.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social

Excited to be attending #SRA2026 with @helpingkidslab.bsky.social colleagues! You can catch me in the poster blitz session on Sat, or at one of the many fantastic talks before then :) That is, if I haven't snuck back over to Toronto Island for another glimpse of the skyline... #DevPsy #SocialPsych

Helping Kids! Lab@helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

✨This week, the Helping Kids! Lab is at #SRA2026 ! See more information below on when and where you can see these amazing presentations of our team by @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social, @iniccraith.bsky.social, Dr. Ellen Kneeskern & Dr. Vivian Liu.

Come and work at my lab! The @helpingkidslab.bsky.social are hiring a PhD and postdoc, I can’t stress enough how much I love working with these lovely people!

Helping Kids! Lab@helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are now recruiting! We welcome a global and diverse set of applicants for a new ERC Consolidator project funded by @erc.europa.eu www.ucd.ie/research/new... 📣 Postdoc: search job ref 019423 here: my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru... 📣 4-year fully funded PhD, details: www.ucd.ie/graduatestud...

At our first #LabMeeting after winter break, Maddie and Tara practiced conducting the school survey for feedback. ✨ Thanks both! 📣 Still recruiting #Teachers and #Parents (4th–6th class). #SocialPsych #Research #Education #DevelopmentalPsychology #HelpingKidsLab #IrelandEd #Teacher #Teaching

📢 Calling all 8-12 year olds! I’m excited to share that the UCD Cognition, Development, and Learning Lab is currently recruiting participants for a new study!

📣 Calling all parents and teachers of SECONDARY SCHOOL students! 🔍 We have another exciting in-school study launching recruitment, this time for teenagers in #SecondarySchool across Ireland - all about #Bullying, #AdviceSeeking and #Intervention against bullying. @helpingkidslab.bsky.social 🧵👇

🥳Our first #ChildScientist testing out our booklet ahead of our school visits! We loved learning what being #Irish and #European means to him. 🤔If you’re a parent or teacher of children in 4th, 5th or 6th class, we are still recruiting schools. See poster for info! @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social

📣Calling all #Teachers and/or #Parents of children in 4th, 5th and 6th class! 👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland. 🧵👇 #IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching

Yesterday, we had our last #LabMeeting before the winter break. 🎄 We had the chance to listen to the wonderful @iniccraith.bsky.social presenting her PhD research and future studies on social identity and culture! #SocialPsych #Research #PhD #DevelopmentalPsychology #HelpingKidsLab

Can’t wait to have Dr Tina Merrilees here next week @ucddublin.bsky.social thanks to BICS support from @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social Join us for a GIRSI masterclass 👇👇 Register here forms.gle/Pe1ovrXHdB4z...

Loads of good questions from the group. And, of course great quotes teaching us Olds new online lingo 🤣😅 But, really, @iniccraith.bsky.social participatory and creative ways to engage kids to talk about and explore identities #slayed. #LoveIrishResearch @researchireland.ie

Helping Kids! Lab@helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities! Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨ #SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab

At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities! Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨ #SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab

We can’t wait to share @aspbelong.bsky.social work with our @ucddublin.bsky.social colleagues at a @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social seminar series on 7 Oct. Following us here and @helpingkidslab.bsky.social to learn more!

ASPbelong@aspbelong.bsky.social · 12mo ago

👋 Say hello to Laura Taylor and Méabh Finnegan at the Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin School of Psychology, who are leading Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement for ASP𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. #ASPbelong #aspbelong #SocialPsych #mentalhealth #AcademicSky #dissemination

Maddy is ALSO joining our #Ado-AI team and we are so happy to have her on board! Excited to work with Maddy and Tara on this new cross-cultural collaboration. #DevPsyc

Helping Kids! Lab@helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Today, we meet another amazing member of our Lab! Meet Madeline, a current Master’s student and Research Assistant who will write her Thesis with us. Learn more about her below! ⬇️☘️ #MeettheTeam #HelpingKidsLab #Research #DevelopmentalPsychology #SocialPsychology #ChildDevelopment✨✨

Delighted to have Tara joining our #Ado-AI team with @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social & Seçil Gönültaş - thanks to funding from @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social 😍 We'll be exploring AI as #EpistemicAuthority in the context of #Bullying and #BystanderInterventions among #Adolescents! 🔍 #DevPsy

Helping Kids! Lab@helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Today, we are meeting Tara! Tara started working as a Research Assistant in our Lab this September and will write her Master's Thesis with us. See below to learn more about her interests and work in the lab ⬇️ #HelpingKidsLab #MeettheTeam #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research ✨✨

Had a wonderful time at the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social 2025 conference in the beautiful University of Oxford🤗 Thanks to all who attended my talks, one on my @researchireland.ie PhD & the other on the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social Generation Peace project. #SocialPsyc #PhDSky #DevPsy #AcademicSky

Our last speaker of the session is @iniccraith.bsky.social who's here to talk about European and national identities in Ireland through a qualitative exploration of what it means to be Irish and European 🧵4/4

Helping Kids! is at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social! Representing the lab is @iniccraith.bsky.social - sharing one talk today about her @researchireland.ie PhD, and one talk tomorrow about our #GenerationPeace study 👏 #SocialPsyc #DevPsy