Stephan Lewandowsky
@lewan.uk
Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
“My guy wants to put a data center in your backyard either to give himself gender-affirming care and make a muscle video, or to portray me as a…hero?" Abdul El-Sayed reacts to Republican Mike Rogers' AI ad showing him, Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie as communists inside a Trojan Horse:
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.
Today @ucs.org, along with colleagues @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @rbrulle.bsky.social, @geoffreysupran.bsky.social, @lewan.uk, filed an amicus brief with #SCOTUS in support of a climate deception lawsuit against #BigOil brought by the city and county of Boulder, CO.
Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Suncor v Boulder Documenting Companies’ Climate Deception
Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Supreme Court Case Documenting Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil Decades of Climate Deception
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I was on this Amicus to SCOTUS too—never done that before! Time to get off the bench.
Stephan Lewandowsky@lewan.uk · yesterdayProud to have been part of this submission to SCOTUS to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their decade-long disinformation about climate change. With @naomioreskes.bsky.social @geoffreysupran.bsky.social and others www.ucs.org/about/news/a...
Proud to have been part of this submission to SCOTUS to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their decade-long disinformation about climate change. With @naomioreskes.bsky.social @geoffreysupran.bsky.social and others www.ucs.org/about/news/a...
Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Suncor v Boulder Documenting Companies’ Climate Deception
Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Supreme Court Case Documenting Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil Decades of Climate Deception
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Democracy depends on shared ground truths. Abandoning evidence as the basis for debate doesn't just distort individual issues — it corrodes the infrastructure of collective decision-making. Misinformation matters. @lewan.uk
Trends in Cognitive Sciences@cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social · 7d agoMisinformation as strategy: Epistemic consequences and the undermining of shared truth Review by Ullrich Ecker (@ulliecker.bsky.social), Emily Spearing (@emilyspearing.bsky.social), Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social), & Stephan Lewandowsky (@lewan.uk) tinyurl.com/yces8vpr
Misinformation as strategy: Epistemic consequences and the undermining of shared truth Review by Ullrich Ecker (@ulliecker.bsky.social), Emily Spearing (@emilyspearing.bsky.social), Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social), & Stephan Lewandowsky (@lewan.uk) tinyurl.com/yces8vpr
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
Folks - it's an honor to host @vkempe.bsky.social and @lewan.uk for Part 2 of our convo re: #censorship and #scholarship admist #DemocraticBackSliding. Join us Aug 12, 11 am ET and share widely! #AcademicSky #Academia #higherEd #DefendResearch More @ DefendResearch.org @defendresearch.bsky.social
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Lisa Schiff@lschiff.bsky.social · last wk.Register for our 8/12 #DefendResearch webinar with @vkempe.bsky.social in conversation with @rouhiroo.bsky.social discussing “What Can I Really Do? Behavioural Choices for Scholars in Past and Emerging Autocracies” us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Do you research misinformation? @bojanaveckalov.bsky.social @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @lewan.uk, Matthew Hornsey and I have a new piece out in NHB on lessons learned from climate psychology that can catalyze misinformation research. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Insights from climate psychology for misinformation research
Nature Human Behaviour - Climate change and misinformation are interconnected global crises shaped by tensions between individual, collective and vested interests. Drawing on climate psychology, we...
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Power, Opportunism, and Ideology in Republican Politics About cowardice and conviction, the complicity of conservative elites, and the permission structure that governs the Right. My new piece:
Power, Opportunism, and Ideology in Republican Politics
About cowardice and conviction, the complicity of conservative elites, and the permission structure that governs the Right By Thomas Zimmer, July 26, 2026 A note before…
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Psychology Prof @lewan.uk demonstrates that online rhetoric predicts violent outcomes. youtu.be/xz2zMQLqFOY?...
Prof Stephan Lewandowsky research presentation on how social media rhetoric predicts real violence
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
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emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.Musk has been socializing violence since long before that. Any analysis of Xitter as a tool of violence has to draw the continuity of Jan6 through to today.
Urlaub in der Klimakrise. Keine KI, einfach ein Handyfoto, das ich vorhin am Strand von Lacanau (Frankreich) gemacht habe. In welchem Klima wird der kleine Junge aufwachsen? Es liegt in unserer Hand, aber die Zeit läuft uns davon.
Burnham Week One: This is what a professional political operation looks like iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-we...
I co-sign this great summary from @dereklowe.bsky.social . The goal is to destroy academic science, and these are the reasons. And all the “gold standard” and “needs reform” and “not high risk” stuff is transparent bullshit to hide the ball on what they are doing.
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2w agoThoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
I've said it before: ignore the haters. Met data shows there were 35,000 fewer neighbourhood crimes last year than the year before. While some spread myths online, the Met is cutting crime and making our streets safer for everyone, with record funding from City Hall.
If you’ve heard online that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsafe. Ignore that: we have the facts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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The key question is whether Ukrainian strikes can reduce Russia’s combat power faster than Moscow can adapt to the innovation cycle. With Dr. Lesia Bidochko for "The National Interest" @epik-ukraine.bsky.social @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social @nordicukraine.bsky.social
How Ukraine’s Deep Strikes Are Reshaping Russia’s Strategic Choices
Russia has three possible options to respond to Ukraine’s strategically successful mid- and long-range strikes into its territory.
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New in Trends in Cognitive Sciences: misinformation isn't just about false beliefs. Led by Ullrich Ecker & co=authors Emily Spearing & Renee DiResta our piece argues the bigger threat is indirect—the erosion of shared epistemic standards doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... 🧵 1/10
Misinformation as strategy: Epistemic consequences and the undermining of shared truth
Misinformation influences cognition—shaping memory, beliefs, attitudes, reasoning, and decision-making. While intentionally disseminated misinformatio…
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Missed our webinar with researcher @lewan.uk & #DefendResearch co-founder @rouhiroo.bsky.social on "The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, Reality, and Opportunities to Resist Democratic Backsliding in Higher Ed"? The recording is now available! youtu.be/8QBB8JfG_7c?... #resist #authoritarianism
The Authoritarian Playbook: Risk, Reality, & Opportunities to Resist Democratic Backsliding
YouTube video by DefendResearch
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Deeply honoured to be among the class of 2026 of new British Academy Fellows.
The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 3w agoThe British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to all those elected today. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4f64C4x
My comments on the new @nationalacademies.org report on climate change & extreme weather attribution. The TLDR statement: If anything, the academy understates the strength of the science linking increasingly extreme weather events to climate change: michaelmann.net/comments-on-...
Comments on National Academy of Sciences Report on Climate Change & Extreme Weather Event Attribution | Michael E. Mann
The National Academy of Sciences has put out a new report assessing the state of understanding of the science of extreme weather attribution, an area of […]
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@lewan.uk sharing resources for attendees before diving into handbook recommendations: zenodo.org/records/1569... and www.trumpactiontracker.info #DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #AcademicSky #HigherEd #ScienceSky
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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Remember that there are situations where NOT acting IS a political act. To not speak out is complicity/support. The obstacles to speaking out are psych barriers and we can overcome with tools. @lewan.uk #DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #AcademicSky #HigherEd #ScienceSky
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan
I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan
Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
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Jon Ossoff just responded to reports that Trump plans to declare him an “illegitimate” senator because of nonexistent voter fraud. Every word of this is spot on. Spread it everywhere and support Ossoff!!!
This is Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the 26-year-old Colombian father and husband murdered by ICE fascists in broad daylight in front of his 3-year-old daughter. He was NOT the target of the ICE warrant. He was documented. He did everything right. ICE murdered him anyway. And yet… 1/2
