Sara Vestergren

I feel 'obliged' to share this again...

There is a 3 one on 4th (if I remember correctly) Dec that you might be able to attend - it will be fab too

From Relief to Resistance: Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change | BPS The second in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section, gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.

Join us for the second free session (of 3) in our Collective Action series today 2-4pm GMT, hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and brilliantly organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social & @merveozturkey.bsky.social

See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

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Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025

From Relief to Resistance: Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change | BPS The second in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section, gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.

FREE online webinar from @bps-social-psych.bsky.social that may be of interest:
'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change'
6 November, 2-4pm

More details below:
www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...

Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.

Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized.

Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir

www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...

Beyond Dichotomies: Rethinking Protest Tactics and How They Shape Allyship by Mete Sefa Uysal (university of Exeter) Peer Review as Conversation (90 Minutes) Reviewers: Yasemin Gülsüm Acar (St Andrews University) and Carmen Marazzi (Clark University) Abstract: Allyship in social movements does not emerge in a vacuum. It unfolds in contested political and moral contexts where the tactics used by marginalised groups play a critical role in shaping support from the general public. Yet, existing scholarship often collapses diverse protest forms into binary categories like normative vs. nonnormative or conventional vs. radical. Recent studies on confrontational collective action (Uysal et al., 2024,2025) challenge existing categorisations that treat protest tactics as fixed and morally preferable over one another. It sees protest tactics as a continuum in which they coexist within activists’ repertoires of resistance and shifts the focus to the conditions under which individuals transition between tactics against repression. Following this critique, I aim to discuss when confrontational and disruptive actions hinder and catalyse solidarity and allyship, rather than treating them as inherently alienating. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/disruptive-protest Monday, November 10, 2025 Vancouver, Canada: 9:00; New York, United States: 12:00; London, United Kingdom: 17:00; Ramallah, Palestine: 19:00 The picture includes a headshot of Mete Sefa Uysal wearing glasses and a vertically striped shirt in a green leafy background. The picture also includes a QR code for the registration link also added to the original post.

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10:

We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants

To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

‘It felt like forever’: passengers recount mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train Some initially assumed the commotion was a Halloween prank, but soon realised something awful was unfolding

'Panic'?
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:

'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'How Participation in Collective Action Changes Relationships, Behaviours, and Beliefs: An Interview Study of the Role of Inter- and Intragroup Processes' @swedishprotests.bsky.social

Re-reading this one from 2019 as part of my teaching preparation

jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...

A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act, a move so reckless it demands more scrutiny than polite debate. This matters not just for polar bears or coral reefs, but for our people, our economy, our very future.

#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social

Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers

Funded by @ukri.org

doi.org/10.20919/VJV...

New book just arrived in the post! Includes chapter by me & @evangelospsych.bsky.social on collective resilience as a process in emergent groups in emergencies.

Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online!

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency | BPS The first in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.

Rising together: how collective action emerges in the face of an emergency

Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm

Attendance is free, but you need to register.

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas

Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency | BPS The first in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.

A @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social free online event, organized by @drselintekin.bsky.social :
'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency'

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

Klimatpsykologi 2025 Psykologer för Hållbar Utveckling bjuder äntligen in till andra upplagan av klimatpsykologikonferensen. Välkomna till en dag full med spännande föreläsningar, möjligheter att knyta nya kontakter, och ...

Godmorgon alla som är intresserade av klimatpsykologi, vad som skapar storskalig beteendeförändring, vad som påverkar att känna hopp & vad man bäst kan göra för klimatet - tycker ni ska anmäla er till den här endagskonferensen 22 november som Psykologer för Hållbar Utveckling ordnar. Öppen för alla!

Remaining in or leaving climate activism – insights from current and former activists on sustained engagement This study examines factors influencing sustained engagement and disengagement in climate activism, specifically within Extinction Rebellion. Through interviews with 26 current and former activists...

Remaining in or leaving climate activism –
insights from current and former activists on
sustained engagement

New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection | Request PDF Request PDF | On Aug 11, 2025, Carina Hoerst and others published The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGa...

Re-reading this chapter by Carina Hoerst, @alexhaslam.bsky.social @evangelospsych.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @fergusneville.bsky.social et al. for lecture preparation for the coming term.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

The session that stood out for me, “What Can Social Psychology Do”—chaired by @swedishprotests.bsky.social—brought us together to explore how we can respond to urgent crises, for example by challenging journals, associations, and institutions complicit in, or failing to act on, the genocide in Gaza.

The Making of a Movement (Together): How Climate Activists Perceive Greta Thunberg's Leadership Drawing on the Social Identity Theory of Leadership, this study explores how Greta Thunberg's influence emerges through group processes where her leadership is sustained among climate activists by pe...

Also great to catch up with @metesefauysal.bsky.social auysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social hprotests.bsky.social and hear about their work on Greta Thunberg’s climate leadership with @yasemingacar.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Last week I was at the BPS Social Psych Conference @bps-social-psych.bsky.social in Oxford @ox.ac.uk The theme was Beyond Tribalism—bringing different traditions together organised by @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social
Some reflections in a thread 👇

Just arrived in the post! The new book on crowds & leadership, from @metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social & Yasemin Acar

A copy of the book “Social Psychology of Leadership and Crowds”. The black and white cover photo depicts Angela Davis addressing a crowd.

New Book Monday! With a few weeks to spare before this year’s Social Psychology of Crowds lecture.

@metesefauysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @yasemingacar.bsky.social

Impact of the Restore Wetlands Campaign | Social Change Lab From 2022-24 Sweden’s Restore Wetlands (Återställ Våtmarker) civil-disobedience drive turned drained wetlands—11 Mt CO₂e yearly, 20 % of national emissions—into a top-tier issue. Highway, TV and museu...

Does civil disobdedience work?

Fascinating report on the effectiveness of the Swedish Restore Wetlands campaign, which "successfully transformed a relatively unknown environmental issue into a national talking point through strategic civil disobedience"

www.socialchangelab.org/restore-wetl...

On the anniversary, what do the events of #9-11 tell us?

drury-sussex-the-crowd.blogspot.com/2011/09/what...

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At @bps-social-psych.bsky.social, @samreenchhabra.bsky.social presents her important PhD research on the psychological effects of youth climate activism in India

Now @samreenchhabra.bsky.social presenting her research on the psychological impacts of climate activism in Indian youths