@drsofiastathi.bsky.social
Professor of Social Psychology | Research: intergroup relations, prejudice, collective action | Director of Social Psychology Lab - Uni of Greenwich | #FirstGen #Immigrant Born 🇬🇷🇪🇺 Living 🇬🇧
Acknowledging women in the workplace (and education). The small but meaningful actions of actual empowerment. Thank you, @uniofgreenwich.bsky.social #InternationalWomensDay and every day!
This brilliant study of the Colston statue incident points to a new way of investigating the distinction between 'normative' and 'non-normative' collective action
-- not just as an analyst's assumption about public opinion but as argued over by participants themselves.
Navigating the boundary between ‘normative’ and ‘non-normative’ collective action: A British case study of the removal of a public statue associated with racism
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality of others living in the country as bad than good.
Canada is on the opposiite end of the spectrum--they overwhelmingly see their neighbors as morally good
pewrsr.ch/4ubNwaM
Great event by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and @bps-dartp.bsky.social on secondary data and social media!
It's online and free 🙂
www.bps.org.uk/event/social...
Maybe of interest: The submission guidelines of Psychological Science now demand an explicit statement on measures taken to reduce the risk of AI-generated responses for all online studies!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
The Guardian/UCL have conducted an in-depth study of all of the immigration debates in parliament over a century. It shows sentiment more mixed, more negative today than in the past. (Though also that parliamentary sentiment historically is more pro than con)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch
Netflix doc The Queen of Chess showcases some Grade A sexism to observe.
(claims women aren't smart enough, don't have "the personality", to win chess!)
But also, male ego-defensiveness par excellence, such as:
🚨 New paper! Think of a place you feel deeply attached to. When you're in that place, do you feel like your life is more meaningful? New work from @ashleykrause.bsky.social suggests you probably do!
Just accepted at Journal of Environmental Psychology, we find places can give our life meaning 🧵
How does cinema shape how we think about migration?
In my new article I analyse 410 films, documentaries & TV series from 1940–2024 to explain how migration is represented on screen.
🧵 1/3
academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
Inspired by The Battle of Lewisham, Y5 have created these powerful collages linked to Art Activism and historical protests. @artteachjess.bsky.social @sophieleach.bsky.social
#PrimaryArt
I couldn’t believe this was a real post from him when I saw it in the news… what a disgrace of a leader.
Last week I had the pleasure to speak at the 2nd International Symposium on Social Legacies of the Games. I presented a social psychological perspective on how to tackle the stigma of disability (and beyond). The discussions with academics, stakeholders and Paralympic athletes were fascinating! 🇮🇹
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
UK Culture and Psychology Meeting 2026: Indigenous Knowledges from the Majority World
The meeting will be held on 18-19 June 2026 at the University of Exeter. There is no participation fee. Submission deadline is March 15. More information in the submission link!
exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You wrote a BA, MA, or PhD thesis in peace psychology, conflict studies, or related fields? Or you know someone who just did?
Consider applying for Gert-Sommer-Preis, an award by the German Peace Psychology association!
Deadline: 31st January, 2026
Details:
www.friedenspsychologie.de?p=1584
Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election.
The paper @florianstoeckel.bsky.social and I wrote showing that Brexit prejudice is a) alive and well and b) manifests in a variety of ways now has a volume and issue number! Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Coming up! iRISE (improving Reproducibility In SciencE) is hosting 3 free virtual train-the-trainer workshops:
2/4: Intro to Reproducibility
🔗 forms.office.com/e/D...
2/18: Preregistration
🔗 forms.office.com/e/r...
3/4: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Research
🔗 forms.office.com/e/j...
'The Psychology of Crowd Behavior', Annual Review of Psychology
Final, peer-reviewed version now available open access.
Please share.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
📢Fresh article out:
Comparing the White racial contract (Mills) in the U.S. and the Turkishness contract (Ünlü) in Turkey through mixed-methods, Ekin, Ludwin and I exposed how "peace" is used to maintain the status quo rather than achieve justice.
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“There is a word for this. It is, in my view, fascism.“
Rutger Bregman on Trump and his administration: “It’s really important to understand what this is. Because then we’ll stop being shocked all the time, and we can prepare.”
🧵Women are underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. Why? One contributor: gender gaps in political ambition that emerge in childhood
In new paper, we ask: What predicts kids' political ambition? We studied 367 children (ages 5-11) in the US & China. 1/8
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
How does information on public opinion on environmental issues shape citizens' opinions? Out and open access with @mbarnfield.bsky.social, @florianstoeckel.bsky.social, @benlyons.bsky.social, @vittoriomerola.bsky.social, and @jasonreifler.bsky.social + others! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Please help Bori by participating in her research if you can! Bori needs *British* participants who are 18+, and identify as *non-religious* or *Christian*. Full details on the LinkedIn info below and direct link to the survey 👉 gre.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... www.linkedin.com/posts/borbal...
Please help Bori by participating in her research if you can! Bori needs *British* participants who are 18+, and identify as *non-religious* or *Christian*. Full details on the LinkedIn info below and direct link to the survey 👉 gre.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... www.linkedin.com/posts/borbal...
According to a new report, 33 of the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned on his first day in office have since been charged, arrested, or convicted of new crimes.
Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.
Alone at Christmas? #joinin is always good.
