@benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social
I am a social and environmental psychologist at the University of Trier. I'm particularly interested in cognitive conflicts and how people make and follow through with decisions that go against their attitudes.
Comment: Rethinking behavior change interventions in policymaking
📢 New commentary out today in Nature Human Behaviour!
We argue that behavior change interventions often suffer from a one-sided success focus. But failures may reveal structural barriers people face.
🔗 rdcu.be/ex8hR
#BehavioralScience #PublicPolicy
Am 14. September gibt es in Bochum eine Abendrevue zu Verschwörungserzählungen, die ich mit @pialamberty.bsky.social und @lpummerer.bsky.social gestalte unter Mitwirkung von @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social und sekten-info-nrw.de. Tickets sind begrenzt und unter dem Link bestellbar.
22.07.2025 10:45 — 👍 38 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 1Hi! Ich bin Rima und freu mich, euch diese Woche bei @realscientists.de bei meiner Arbeit mitzunehmen 🥳 Worum wird's gehen?
👩🏻🔬 Forschung: Entscheidungsprozesse, normatives Verhalten (Regeln befolgen?!), Informationsverarbeitung, Drittmittelvergabe
👩🏻🏫 Lehre: Abschlussarbeiten
If you're interested (conversation in German), you can listen here: www.deutschlandfunk.de/grillen-doen...
#meat #vegetarianism #socialpsych #dlf
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I took part in a Deutschlandfunk Lebenszeit discussion round today on why it's so difficult to stop eating meat. We covered a wide range of topics, and I was glad to contribute a social psychological perspective. It was also great to hear from and speak with listeners live on air. 1/2
18.07.2025 12:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Rare open-rank researcher job in environmental psychology, Copenhagen employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
03.07.2025 07:27 — 👍 11 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 1🪧New preprint out:
"Politicians underestimate support for climate action even more than the general public"
osf.io/preprints/os...
Pluralistic ignorance - citizens underestimating others' climate concerns - is well documented.
But what about policymakers in office?🏛️🤔
A short thread 🧵
Will I see you for #SIPS2025? If you're around on Wednesday, come drop by at our #hackaton where we'll work on (re)writing the book ✏📖 on Social Psychology creating an Open Educational Resource. We will document shifts in the field and revisit classic studies in light of recent replication efforts.
23.06.2025 13:10 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model.
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
📣 Excited to share our new preprint:
"Measuring Perceived Structural Constraints on Choice: The Structural Awareness Scale" (SAS)
osf.io/preprints/os...
We developed SAS to capture how people perceive 🧱 structural barriers on their choices in areas such as sustainability or healthy eating.
Die Tabelle füllt man doch auch häufig selber aus. Habe für eine Bewerbung kürzlich sowohl im Portal die Infos zu Publikationen, Drittmitteln etc. angeben müssen als auch nochmal eine excel Tabelle genau dazu ausfüllen müssen.
03.06.2025 12:33 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Cover of the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition 2025
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com
19.05.2025 15:49 — 👍 249 🔁 109 💬 11 📌 15
Take a look at the full paper if you’re working on cognitive conflict, moral psychology, or dietary behavior.
The open access paper is published at SPPS: doi.org/10.1177/1948...
Happy to chat! 💬
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💡 So what’s going on?
Ambivalence isn’t just an uncomfortable state—it can motivate behavior change, but the direction depends on what that ambivalence is about. Ambivalence is particularly consequential if it is accompanied by a conflict that pushes towards and pulls away from moralization,
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🔍 Key insight for vegetarians/vegans (veg*ans):
Ambivalence predicted being reduced dietary strictness—but only when ambivalence centered around the sensory aspects of meat of meat (taste, smell).
No pull factors away from moralization? No change.
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🔍 Key insight for omnivores:
Ambivalence predicted eating less meat—but only when their inner conflict arose in moral domain, such as animal welfare, sustainability, social values.
No push factors towards moralization? No change.
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We used Cross-Lagged Panel Models to explore dynamic relationships over time for omnivores as well as vegetarians and veg*ans :
• meat-related ambivalence
• meat consumption in omnivores
• dietary strictness in vegetarians and vegans
📅 7 months
👥 808 students
🌍 Germany & Netherlands
3/7
We often assume that ambivalence (feeling torn) leads to action.
But what kind of ambivalence matters?
And does it always lead to change in the same direction?
2/7
🚨 New study on ambivalence & meat consumption 🚨
We tracked 808 German & Dutch students for 7 months to understand how and when ambivalence drives dietary change—both toward and away from meat.
Let’s talk inner conflict, moralization & lapses 🍖🥬🧠
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💥Save the date!💥
Am 03. Juni sind wir auch wieder mit dabei und haben Antworten zu psychologischen Themen.
📅Jetzt Thema wählen und Termin buchen!
#BookaScientist #Psychologie #KI #OpenScience #KLARpsy #ZPID
@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/bookascientist
🚨 JOB! Full professorship (W3) in Personality Psychology / Interindividual Differences & Psychological Assessment at Uni Bremen. I hold the "sister professorship" is social psych & very much recommend this post. Please apply, share widely & don't hestiate to ask me! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
28.04.2025 08:37 — 👍 25 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 2#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 👇
28.04.2025 09:07 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Du bist Psychologe/-in, interessierst dich für Wissenschaftskommunikation in Forschung oder Praxis und möchtest dich vernetzen? Werde jetzt Mitglied der neuen @dgps.bsky.social Interessengruppe. Wir von @de.in-mind.org sind auch dabei! Mehr Infos & Anmeldung zum ersten Treffen nächste Woche ⬇️
28.04.2025 09:07 — 👍 22 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
Science serves society best when its integrity is protected from political influence. The termination of NSF-funded research projects stems from fundamental misunderstandings. Many of these initiatives were grappling with some of the most vexing challenges we face as a nation, including health disparities. Historically marginalized groups—especially people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and immigrants—exist, and experience some medical and psychological conditions at disproportionately high rates. To engage in science that serves everyone, we must ensure our research reflects the realities, needs, and perspectives of all populations. Scientific progress depends on an accurate understanding of people. Health conditions, illnesses and treatments can affect populations in distinct ways depending on factors like race, gender and sexual orientation. Inclusive studies are essential to understanding these differences and developing evidence-based solutions. The implications of these actions are deeply concerning not only for the U.S. but for the global scientific community. By halting research of this type, we risk denying individuals high-quality care based solely on their heritage or background. As a result, our ability to understand and deliver effective services to all Americans, particularly across lines of gender, race, and ethnicity, will be significantly diminished as will America’s standing as a leader in scientific research.
🧪 “Science serves society best when its integrity is protected from political influence.”
It’s a welcome development for the American Psychological Association (APA) starting to speak up, now after 1,000+ terminated NSF grants 👏
updates.apaservices.org/statement-on...
Job Alert: We are searching for a postdoc (1 fte, 22 months) for a DFG-funded project on bias reduction via cognitive conflicts. Feel free to contact me via e-mail (address provided in the post) or DM.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/ux0vb9i0
A Matter of Preparation: Investigating the Differential Effects of Processing and Cooking on Meat-Related Perceptions and Conflict: https://osf.io/ahye6
15.04.2025 14:15 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Do you perceive meat differently depending on the degree of preparation?
Short answer: yes (multilevel modeling), but no distinct underlying mechanisms (network analysis)
Medium answer: 🧵
Long answer: check out our new preprint 😊
Project with @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social & M. Chambon
Harvard weigere sich, seine „liberale Haltung“ aufzugeben. Nein, Tagesschau, sie weigern sich ihre #Wissenschaftsfreiheit aufzugeben.
15.04.2025 18:11 — 👍 3673 🔁 834 💬 58 📌 26
Wer sich in D schon mal um 1 Professur beworben hat, weiß es: Der irrsinnige Aufwand steht in eklatantem Missverhältnis zur winzigen Chance, dass es klappt. Oft vergehen 2 Jahre, bis Bewerber_innen mal 1 Info zum Verfahren erhalten. Meine Erfahrungen dazu: Heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss! #IchBinHanna
15.04.2025 07:09 — 👍 225 🔁 53 💬 11 📌 5
Artensterben laut WWF Living Planet Report. 73% Verlust der gemessenen Arten seit 1970.
Stellt euch vor, es wäre der DAX.
Was hier los wäre...
Aber ist nur das Artensterben.
