Hans Alves

Weißer Text auf blauem Hintergrund: "Millionen-Förderung für Hans Alves und Jan Baedke. Die beiden RUB-Forscher erhalten ERC Consolidator Grants." Darüber Portraitfotos der beiden Forscher.

Mit dem Grant von @erc.europa.eu erforscht @hansalves.bsky.social die verzerrte Wahrnehmung statistischer Zusammenhänge. Jan Baedke von @roto-rub.bsky.social rekonstruiert die Geschichte und Philosophie von Pflanzensammlungen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Förderung! 🎉

Figure 1. Exemplary Stimulus Set for Studies 1a and 1b. Note. Each alien had two majority attributes (here: left alien: antennae and blue [light gray] skin; middle alien: antennae and no tail; right alien: blue [light gray] skin and no tail) and one minority attribute (left alien: tail; middle alien: red [dark gray] skin; right alien: no antennae).

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky

New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news)

But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️

Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (d/w/m; 75% TV-L E13) Am Psychologischen Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Abteilung Sozial- und Rechtspsychologie, ist zum 01.03.2026 (oder 01.04.2026) folgende Stelle befristet für 4 Jahre zu besetzen: W...

🚨Promotionsstelle "Antisemitismus am Arbeitsplatz" - TVL-13 75%, 4 Jahre 🚨

Bitte gerne eifrig weiterleiten: ab März 2026 (vorbehaltlich finaler BMFTR-Zusage) ist in unserem Team eine Stelle im Projekt von @zakfio.bsky.social zu vergeben. Näheres in der Ausschreibung:
www.psychjob.eu/de/job/wisse...

What a great end of a fantastic #FGSP2025 conference @ruhr-uni-bochum.de organized by @hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social. We will give our best to organize a similarly good #FGSP3027 conference in Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social in 2 years.

Keynote by Aleksandra Cichocka at #FGSP2025
What an impressive research program, @alekscichocka.bsky.social !

That’s a wrap for Day 1 at #FGSP2025! 🎬 From preconferences and first sessions to thought-provoking discussions and a deep dive into conspiracy theories; we’ve built some solid foundations here (concrete pun intended 😉). Onward to Day 2! 🚀

Having a great time at #FGSP2025! Thanks for the laughs, @janaberkessel.bsky.social , and thanks for capturing the moment @marlephie.bsky.social 😊

Marlene, Lena, Whitney and Katharina pose in front of the RUB banner.

Science Reception Lab goes Bochum! Looking forward to the next days, let’s talk about science and social psychology! 🤩 #SciReLab #FGSP2025

Welcome to Bochum everyone! 🩷 We’re thrilled to see so many of you at the 19th conference of the Social Psychology Section — ready to share ideas, connect, and maybe even fall in love with a little brutalist concrete charm 🧱✨ #FGSP2025

We are getting ready for 3 days of #FGSP2025 at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de with > 300 contributions! looking forward to learning about the latest research in social psych - safe travels to Bochum everyone!🚄

📢Öffentliches Wissenschaftsevent @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Psychologische Einblicke in Verschwörungserzählungen
Mit @rolandimhoff.bsky.social, @pialamberty.bsky.social, @lpummerer.bsky.social, @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social & Bianca Liebrand
Bergbau-Museum Bochum
14.9.25, 18:00
Tickets: 5€ tinylink.net/VbOF9

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"'Stop the Count!' - How Reporting Partial Election Results Fuels Beliefs in Election Fraud"

Why are people taken in by election conspiracies? It is down to cumulative redundancy bias (CRB), which makes it difficult to ignore projections/hype not matched by poll results.

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New paper in PsychScience: Partial election results fuel fraud beliefs via cumulative redundancy bias. Early leaders are favored; late flips spark suspicion. 7 studies, including 2020 GA data, show this persists despite explanations. @moritzingendahl.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Are Stereotypes About Minorities More Negative? Various theories on intergroup bias predict that stereotypes about minorities are more negative than those about majorities. Although there is clear evidence that specific minorities are often subjec...

Are stereotypes about minorities more negative?
The short answer: Yes. @johannawoitzel.bsky.social @hansalves.bsky.social
More details in our new paper at EJSP:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

🚨 New Paper alert! 🚨 Koch, Dotsch, Imhoff, Unkelbach, & @hansalves.bsky.social (2025). Ideological beliefs as cues to exploitation-exploration behavior.@jexpsocpsych.bsky.social . https://buff.ly/4gGQsoW
This paper has a long story to it. Sorry, but I will not spare you.

EASP Summer School 2025 - Applications are open Social Psychology News Articles

So excited to be organising the EASP 2025 Summer School at Kent and leading a workstream on “Moral Psychology and Artificial Intelligence” with Kathryn Francis 🤖🧠
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...

Yes please!

My wonderful former grad school is recruiting two PhD students for the DAAD-funded program “Contentious Politics in the Digital Age”

#academicsky #phdsky

www.bigsss-bremen.de/academic-pro...

3-year PhD position (75%) in Social Cognition

Come join us for a three year PhD position on Evaluative Conditioning in our group at the Ruhr Uni Bochum.
Primary advisor is @moritzingendahl.bsky.social

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

We are looking for a new colleague - please share 👇

Full #professorship in general #psychology at TU Dresden

It's a great psych department with fantastic resources and colleagues. Get in touch w/ questions
@dgps.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social @s4sn.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/vacancy/11075

We (@zpid.bsky.social) are hiring 3 assistant profs (GER Jun-Prof) with tenure track and reduced teaching load in
-Science Acceptance,
-Psychological Metascience, and
-Big Data in Psychology
An attractive startup package is available. Questions? Feel free to contact me!
l.ead.me/zpid_w1_prof