Second skeet-worthy paper of the day: Global north body image researchers identify a range of challenges and barriers to addressing implicit white supremacy in the field. Depressingly, senior/mid career ppl feel less responsibility in this domain than juniors. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dr. Jamie Chan
@jamiechan.bsky.social
Social psychologist interested in understanding how systemic forces shape people’s body image, particularly in relation to class and racialised dynamics | Lecturer at University of Brighton | She/they | 🇲🇾🏳️🌈
Beyond excited to be launching this study examining people's experiences of hypervigilance and wellbeing post-UK Supreme Court ruling. Recruitment info can be found on the image below and more detailed info can be found at: lnkd.in/eQV8cJRh Please repost and share within your networks! 📢✨
A happy Monday indeed! New research with Josh Francis, @phoebe-gray.bsky.social and Megan Hurst just dropped in Body Image 🥳 We examined body image researchers' perceived impact of white supremacy in appearance research and the barriers they face in resisting these influences. (1/3)
Exciting things ahead at The Centre for Sexuality and Gender CTSG. We spent a productive and inspiring day together as a board, planning future events and shaping the next phase of our work. #SexualityStudies #GenderStudies #FeministResearch #LGBTQIAResearch #GenderInequality
Hey folks, I’ve recently revived my LinkedIn profile - so, if anyone’s on there, gimme a shout! 😊 www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-chan-
✨Quick shout out to all #POWES2025 conference presenters✨ If you’re thinking about developing your presentation into a publication, consider submitting to PoWER. PoWER is a great home for feminist research and accepts submissions on a rolling basis. More info: explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpsp...
Very happy we got to host the 10th Culture and Psychology Mini Conference as members of the The Centre for Research on Cultural and Societal Diversity (CRCSD) at the University of Sussex always a great meeting with culturally minded psychologists in the UK
Take me back to #powes2025 please (or forward to #powes2026 😆)
Massive thanks to everyone who attended and presented at #POWES2025 last week 💜💛 We’re still buzzing with energy from all the powerful conversations, connections, and feminist love! ✨ More photos from the conference coming soon - stay tuned!
Massive thanks to everyone who attended and presented at #POWES2025 last week 💜💛 We’re still buzzing with energy from all the powerful conversations, connections, and feminist love! ✨ More photos from the conference coming soon - stay tuned!
Busy last couple days but had the best time at #powes2025 💜💛 Can’t believe this is the only photo I have (and it’s not even mine…)
Also managed to catch this insightful presentation from @mitakshara-medhi.bsky.social on workplace sexual harassment at the intersection of national, cultural and gendered contexts India and the UK at the mini conference! 🙌🏼
@metesefauysal.bsky.social presenting his research on cultural norms and prejudice confrontation among Minoritised groups at the Culture and Psychology mini conference at Sussex earlier today!
Box Breakers: Queer Data, Categories and Who Counts? 🔢 Super excited for this one-day conference at @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social on 20 May, with presenters sharing work on sexuality, gender and/or the idea of box breaking! 🔗 Register to attend (hybrid): blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/2025/04...
"This is not about defining what is a woman, but who is a citizen in our society with the right to self ownership and autonomy and the integrity of their body and mind. You can tell it is a question of citizenship from the fact that trans people were not allowed to represent our interests..."
abolish-sex.ghost.io/its-not-abou... It's not about defining Woman
#PhDPosition #PhDSky #SocialPsy Come work with us as a PhD Research Associate on our DFG-funded project on punishment and intergroup relations! We’re looking for candidates with a Master’s degree in Psychology (preferably Social Psychology) and experience with experimental methods. 🧵
Research Associate in the third-party funded project CoPIn
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📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED to 14 April! ⏰ There's still time to submit your work for #POWES2025 student prizes! 🎓 Spotlight on Activism Undergraduate Award 📜 Undergraduate Gender Inequalities Award 📚 POWES and Feminism and Psychology Postgraduate Award tinyurl.com/powes2025awards
A reminder that Friday 18th April is the deadline to submit your abstract for this years conference! Swipe to see the themes for this year’s conference! We can't wait to read your submissions 😄 Follow the link below: www.bps.org.uk/event/psycho...
Two interdisciplinary PhD positions at the University of Amsterdam researching "the psychological consequences of unequal treatment in the classroom." With BSky supervisors: @jelliesierksma.bsky.social & @kidlab.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychJobs #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc
PhD Position: 'The Psychological Consequences of Unequal Treatment in the Classroom'
Do you want to know what goes on in children’s heads when they are treated unequally in the classroom? Then apply for this PhD-position and join our team! "The Psychological Consequences of Unequal Tr...
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Would appreciate reposts and/or participation! :)
To all women (above 18 years) residing in the UK, would you be comfortable sharing your experience in this survey? Survey link - universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (It may take about 30 minutes) #women #Standing4WomenRights #WomensRights #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #womenintech
Recruitment for this study is still going. Would appreciate a repost, folks! 🙏🏻
📣 Launching our Wicked study today - please repost / spread the word! We’re looking to hear from UK-based Women of Colour who have watched the film Wicked for a super quick (15mins tops) study ✨🪄🧹 brightonpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Come work with us! ⭐️ We’re recruiting two researchers (1.0fte PDRA and 0.5fte trainee) to the “Improving wellbeing-focused online media literacy in schools” Nuffield-funded project. If you have expertise in systematic reviews & meta-analysis, find more details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/beth-b...
Beth Bell on LinkedIn: Research Associate
Come work with us! ⭐️ We are looking for two highly motivated researchers to come workw on the “Improving wellbeing-focused online media literacy in schools”…
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University of Brighton & @CottinghamTrust launch one of the UK’s first PhD scholarships focusing on trans & non-binary inclusion ⚧ The landmark initiative provides an opportunity to advance research that drives equality & transforms lives. Find out more bit.ly/42gt3Gn
Funded PhD project in trans and non-binary inclusion
An opportunity to develop a PhD project around trans and non-binary inclusion within health and social care.
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Recruitment for this study is still going. Would appreciate a repost, folks! 🙏🏻
📣 Launching our Wicked study today - please repost / spread the word! We’re looking to hear from UK-based Women of Colour who have watched the film Wicked for a super quick (15mins tops) study ✨🪄🧹 brightonpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📣 Launching our Wicked study today - please repost / spread the word! We’re looking to hear from UK-based Women of Colour who have watched the film Wicked for a super quick (15mins tops) study ✨🪄🧹 brightonpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📣 Launching our Wicked study today - please repost / spread the word! We’re looking to hear from UK-based Women of Colour who have watched the film Wicked for a super quick (15mins tops) study ✨🪄🧹 brightonpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Many Americans UNDER-estimate racial inequality in US (see work by @mwkraus.bsky.social @jaricheson.bsky.social et al) In reality, racial disparities are still HUGE, with little improvement. (see below) equitablegrowth.org/examining-th... #PrejudiceResearch #racism
One year ago today I passed my viva! Cannot for the life of me believe how time flies! (The date stamp is on the 15th because I posted late on here)
Seems like an appropriate first post on here. I passed my viva yesterday!! Thanks to everyone who made it to my very extra viva celebration dinner, my supervisors and my examiners for making yesterday (my Viventine’s, as my supervisor puya it) truly enjoyable and super special!
I should mention that if you’ve enjoyed this paper on cultural capital and body image I’m reposting, you might find our parallel paper on objectification and body image amongst White working-class women interesting! They’re from the same larger project :) doi.org/10.1177/0361...
“That's Just, Par for the Course”: Social Class, Objectification, and Body Image among White Working-Class Women in the United Kingdom - Jamie Chan, Megan Hurst, Matthew J. Easterbrook, Eleanor Miles,...
Working-class women are disadvantaged by unequal classed and gendered power dynamics, which shape their experiences of objectification and affect their relation...
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Literally cannot wait to share this ✨new publication✨ with y’all. doi.org/10.1016/j.bo... Tl;dr. White working-class women’s body image is rooted in appearance norms, rather than appearance ideals (they are conceptually different). Super important to consider intersectionality of class x gender
CTSG board member @profcdllewellyn.bsky.social’s new paper on the complex social, cultural and psychological drivers of the ‘chemsex’ experiences of men who have sex with men: a systematic review and conceptual thematic synthesis of qualitative studies is now available to download ⬇️
New paper on the complex social, cultural and psychological drivers of chemsex with implications for therapeutic practice @nadarzynski.bsky.social doi.org/10.3389/fpub...