📢 Call for Papers
Special Issue: Rethinking Resistance in Peace & Conflict

#peace #psychology #APA

We invite work that challenges dominant models of #peace ✊🏽

See www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pac/resistance-peace-conflict for more information

@apajounals.bsky.social
@lauraktaylorPHD.bsky.social

Facing our 💫emotions with curiosity💭

🧑‍🔬🔎This brilliant study explores how an integrative emotion regulation style facilitates #empathy and inclusive victimhood- paving the way for #reconciliation.

Read now: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000830

#PeacePsychology #EmotionRegulation #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

Can sexism justify war? 💭🔎📚

In this excellent 🆕 study, Bosaia & Rollero connect ambivalent sexism with moral disengagement in #conflict.

From Patriarchy to the Battlefield:
📖Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000823

#CRSV #Gender #FeministPeace #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

📚In this study by Hirohito Mashiko, a short-term #conflict-resolution 🏋️🧠 training program was found to improve Japanese junior high students' #interpersonal skills and #relationships.

Worth a read 👇
doi.org/10.1037/pac0000823

#PeaceEducation #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

🔥🔥🔥This fascinating study examines the relationship between #prosocial behaviors and #civicparticipation by considering how #trust in #minorities moderates this relationship.

#Chile #longitudinal #LatinAmerica #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

📖 Read here:
doi.org/10.1037/pac0000817

🧠How do advantaged group's help initiatives affect its members' attitudes toward #peace?

🔎 @eliadler.bsky.social & co explored the dark side of #intergroup help.

Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000819

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
@eranhalperin75.bsky.social @rethink-hope.com

👀 Can paying attention to riot graffiti🖌️ in urban areas help us understand #localconflictdynamics?

🗺️ This study examines what rioters felt and expressed on the streets during the Honiara #riots in November 2021.

📖Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000816

#pacificislands #PeacePsych #AcademicSky

🎉ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 The #PAC November journal issue is live! 🆕

We are delighted to share the invaluable #research our colleagues have completed 📚

Here's where to find it 🔎 psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...

#PACNov2025

See the table of contents below

Angélica Valencia & Co found that PTSD symptoms are associated with 📉poorer #neurocognitive🧠⚙️ functioning among displaced Colombian adolescents, with effects intensified by economic adversity #ucccali

📖Read now: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000814

#ucccali #PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

🔎Why is #misrecognition important for the success of #DEI-initiatives?

🔥This excellent article highlights its overlooked role in #intergrouprelations and offers insights for policy and practice.

📖Read here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000815

#DiversityEquityInclusion #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

🌿🕊️New research on young leaders in a rural #peace process

💭How does an initiative to bring youth, elders & community leaders together to train a new generation of community leaders influence the development of their #politicalsubjectivities?🧠

📖Read here doi.org/10.1037/pac0000809

#SocialPsych

📈 What predicts increased support among ultra-Orthodox Israelis for a regional peace agreement amid the Israel-Hamas war?

This 🆕 study finds that mainstream news consumption and empathy do

📖 Read more doi.org/10.1037/pac0...

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #MiddleEast #ConflictResolution

💭Can #intergroup contact have lasting effects?

🧠 @daniceguzman.bsky.social & @pulteinstitute.bsky.social colleagues found that intergroup encounters effects may vary by program model, motivation, and chance for lasting friendships in the #MiddleEast

📖 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000808

#PeacePsych

⚡Disruptions like pandemics and wars can spark major societal shifts

🔎 @dianacardenasmtl.bsky.social & co explore how the #SocialChangeAlgorithm models these changes, which is a 🆕 frontier in modeling #peaceandconflict

📖 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000807

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

What an achievement, Izzy! #ISPP2025

Just read this 🗞️, thanks to a post from @michelletwali.bsky.social

@rezartabilali.bsky.social tells is straight:

Without context, we can be exacerbating conflict

@helpingkidslab.bsky.social folks, a great read

@pacjournal.bsky.social welcomes articles with this context embedded!

Congrats, Emily! 👏

FYI for #ISPP2025 folks

We welcome global and diverse research at @pacjournal.bsky.social

Have a great talk?

Submit your paper to PAC!

Did you attend #ISPP2025? 🔆

We are blown away by the caliber of content at the @ispp-pops.bsky.social conferences in Prague.

Considered submitting your paper to PAC? We'd love to hear from you! 😊 www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

We are so excited by this! Have you considered publishing any of the outputs to PAC? We’d love to hear from you! Hope you had a great time in Prague!

Looks like a great session. Have you considered publishing any of the outputs to PAC? We’d love to hear from you! Have a great time in Prague. :)

Congratulations, Gijs!

The last session of the day featured ‪@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social‬'s research on the developmental peacebuilding model and all the exciting work happening at her Helping Kids Lab:
🔗 helpingkidslab.com

📢 Laura is also hiring two postdocs! More info here:
bsky.app/profile/laur...

Traveling to #ISPP2025 today!

Can’t wait to reconnect with colleagues and meet new folks… starting with the #ISPPacademy led by @gizemarikan.bsky.social

@polpsyispp.bsky.social

Many academics advocate for equity & inclusion in publishing, yet progress is slow. Why does the gap between intent & action persist?

Join our expert panel to explore the challenges & solutions to dismantling racism & global exclusion in academic publishing.

📅May 20|🔗: ethz.zoom.us/j/6574805393...

⏰ Catch up on more great research from the #PAC February Issue thread!

@apajournals.bsky.social

☀️ Thanks @apajournals.bsky.social for the #PAC journal spotlight !

🔍 @metesefauysal.bsky.social & co explored how #ingroup identity relates to #outgroupattitudes, perceptions of #discrimination & support for #minorityrights in the context of Turkish–Kurdish #conflict

📖 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000764

🚨 APA Article Spotlight 🚨

We are so proud to see the work from @metesefauysal.bsky.social ‬& colleagues out in @pacjournal.bsky.social 🎉

📚 Read more here: doi.org/10.1037/pac0000764

Thank you @apajournals.bsky.social for highlighting valuable research from #PAC 💭

Post-doc in #peace #science
@ucddublin.bsky.social

Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a global #Youth Peacebuilding Indicator 🌍☮️

Deadline 11 July

Details 👇
Search Ref #018451 at
my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...

Thx for reposts
@isanet.bsky.social
@ispp-pops.bsky.social

📚 Charles P. Webel provides a review of some key works by Johan Galtung on #peace & #conflict research. An excellent review to commemorate Galtung's contrubtions, we highly recommend this as your next read.

🔗 doi.org/10.1037/pac0000793

#PeacePsych #AcademicSky #SocialPsych @unyp.bsky.social