Gordon Hodson

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Leave me alone for a few days.

Busy with the latest by #LauraBates

When you say "can", do you have advice on how?

Feel like "quiet, piggy" is now part of our vernacular.

I realize that using a term can remove the sting of it, that is, to "own" it.

But how about we DON'T have this as part of our public discourse? It normalizes something best left unsaid.

(ask yourself, would you want your child using it?)

Yeah, I feel that we're all agreeing.

Even me who failed to see Prince's abilities for a long time now concedes he's very talented.

(and I think we're all agreeing that he likely put the songs and craft over the flashy guitar stuff)

Thanks. This sounds helpful

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Needing @zotero.org help please!

Two authors working on separate sections of manuscript.

Both using Zotero, but using separate libraries.

Can we MERGE the Word files into one file? How?

cc @kristofdhontphd.bsky.social

Me too.

But it also makes me wish we heard more of this ability in his music repertoire. For ages I didn't get why people claimed him as an amazing guitarist.

Maybe he's a good example of how he didn't let his prowess interfere with his music making (other could do with following that lead!)

(to be clear, student was NOT putting pressure on me AT ALL. That's my point. I think we're doing it to ourselves.

Worse, I worry that I'm modelling this unhealthy behaviour to a student that I'm actually trying to help!)

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Are you burning yourself out, trying to be superhuman for your students?

I just worked on a file on Friday evening to return to a student....

... because I felt really bad that she had waited (gasp!) 48 hours for a response!

Do we put too much pressure on ourselves?

Even more can be solved by simply turning it off.

calvin & hobbes cartoon. New hat dad? yep. I like it. So do I. Then Calvin prepares to throw a snowball

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Giving a talk at a conference

Does the field over-hype contact? Get overly enthusiastic for it?

Yes.

Does anyone argue that it's robust to anything you throw at it?

No.

Absolutely.

Moreover, I can't think of ANYONE who has made such a claim!

While some research argues that intergroup contact is robust to whatever you throw at it,

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There's a TON I disagree with re this paper.

I especially balk at this assertion (below). Show me the receipts, please.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

CO2 Emission and Climate Change Perceptions: Do Residents of High‐Emission Countries Underestimate Climate Change? Objective This study investigates the relationship between countries’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their residents’ perceptions of climate change, a topic of research that has yielded mixed re...

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"This system that benefits me tremendously? Trust me, it's not hurting you"

High CO2 emitters underestimate harms of #climatecrisis.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

I'm excited to share that I’ll be reviewing PhD applications this cycle for students interested in working with me starting Summer/Fall 2026.

I’m especially looking for applicants excited about research on trust/persuasion, responses to historical harm, addressing inequality, and/or mindsets.

100%

Even worse if it's an "are you taking grad students" email.

That ain't impressing me.

Carol, you were leagues ahead of everyone else on this.

In fact, @kristofdhontphd.bsky.social and I are literally writing a paper on this right now, and crediting you for seeing it long before most.

ICRN response to evidence of abuse within our community In this letter, our Chair and Executive Committee share their reflections and commitments following the reporting of sexual abuse within our field.

Statement by the International Contact Research Network responding to the recent Bloomberg article on Miles Hewstone and sexual harrassment.

"First and foremost, we stand by the victims of these abuses."

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Ignoring the science, or taking too long to enact its recommendations, came with a big cost during COVID

As @jayvanbavel.bsky.social notes, sunlight is the best disinfectant in such cases.

But what can YOU do right now?

Can I suggest that we all reach out to support those who are, or might be, affected?

Show support. Show sensitivity.

Show commitment to ending harassment cultures.

Internally, the intergroup contact subfield has been concerned about its culture for some time

In 2021, many of us endorsed a framework for ethical treatment of others & healthy engagement, see spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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#SocialPsychology is coming to grips with the now-public news that a prominent member of our community has been credibly accused by many women of harassment.

As painful as it is, acknowledging such issues is important for moving on and for generating safer work & study spaces.

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Research topics are NOT equivalent to one's life values.

For some, research is simply another way to get ahead.

Meaning that a complete jerk can study something that makes them shine on the moral or research stage, while be awful in their personal life.

We all know that people can study all kinds of things.

Yes, people can study humour but not be funny. Or be hilarious.

People can study videogames, but not play them at all. Or be addicted.

Can't assume that #MeSearch is in operation. Or that research activities map onto researcher's morals.

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"He can't be racist, he studies racism!"

"He can't be sexist or a serial harasser of women, he studies feminism or social justice!"

Important to not fall for #AcademicMyths

Are the rules better off broken? There’s such a thing as too obedient, as the Simple Sabotage Field Manual shows

You're not terribly far off....

The precursor to the CIA had a lab manual encouraging meetings, committees etc as part of war effort.

To induce “purposeful stupidity” that would disrupt the workplace.

(Much of our modern worklives actually look like this)

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

a cartoon character is holding a newspaper that says " old man yells at cloud " Alt: a cartoon character is holding a newspaper that says " old man yells at cloud "

So wait, we SHOULD return to the old ways of teaching?

Definitive proof that I'm NOT this:

The effect of teaching strategies on student achievement: An analysis using TALIS-PISA-link The present study investigates the effects of different teaching strategies on student achievement using data from the so-called TALIS-PISA link creat…

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Using PISA data, analysis shows that:

✳️ traditional teaching methods (lecturing, memorization & repetition of tasks) ==> better math learning.

✳️ "Innovative" teaching ==> worse math learning.

Effects amplified among low SES kids.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Women deserve to study and work in safe places. Period.

Let's hope that men in academia start doing more to make this a reality, structurally

It's not enough to refrain from personally harassing; we need to change the norms

Be an anti-harasser, visibly, not simply a non-harasser