Some highlights of the 2026 International Contact Research Network Summit (#ICRN2026) in Karlsruhe, happening today and tomorrow @contactresearch.bsky.social

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Very excited to be @fernunihagen.bsky.social in Karlsruhe at the opening of the 2026 International Contact Research Summit. Looking forward to a few days of discussions, new inspiration and new connections. #ICRN2026

NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Directorate has awarded only 16 grants since October. No big budget cuts went through. No freeze. The courts have acted to keep funds flowing at every turn. The money just isn't going out. Why...? 1/x source: grant-witness.us/funding_curv... 🟦🧠 #academicsky

New paper on cross-race contact from my lab, forthcoming in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: “Around but not close? Mapping normative trends in cross-race contact during adulthood”. Read the postprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Rounding out 2025 with a new publication in Psychological Science! @psychscience.bsky.social What psychological factor predicts having better physical health, greater happiness, being stereotyped positively, and voting conservatively?

🎉 Major Announcement for the Self & Society Laboratory! We are absolutely overjoyed to share some exciting news as the quarter winds down: Dr. Rongxin Cheng will be joining the lab as a Post-Doctoral Research Scholar in January 2026!

As the new school year starts (and my third year as an assistant professor), I'm very honored that our @ucriverside.bsky.social Psychology PhD students voted me Faculty of the Year for last year.

I'm looking for a PhD student to do some trailblazing at the frontier of personality genomics and lifespan gene-environment transactions (start Fall 2026)! If you want to work with me: psychology.msu.edu/graduatestud... (PS @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social is taking a student too, in moral psych/dev!)

We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior. Official job ads coming soon... Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

I’m looking for a postdoctoral scholar to join me in the Self & Society Laboratory at UC Riverside! Sharing would be much appreciated! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02104

I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside. Sharing would be much appreciated! jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189

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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

I’m reviewing applications for PhD students to join me @UCRiverside Psychology in Fall 2025! Apply if interested in personality (broadly defined), socioeconomic conditions, or cross-race relationships. Please share/RT! More info: ⬇️

I am looking for a lab manager for the brand-new Emotional Lives lab (starting this Fall) at UC Riverside. Sharing would be much appreciated :) jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/33028489

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UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!

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Coming to #aps24sf? Make sure to come to our symposium on the Psychology of Segregation on Friday 5/24 @ 2:30pm, organized by Lindsey Burnside & including me, Arianne Eason , Sophie Trawalter, & Courtney Bonam!

Lots of life-things happening for me these days—yesterday, I moved into my office and lab at UCRiverside, and today, a paper that lays out the next years of my research program came out: “Studying Personality and Social Structure” compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....