BPS Social Psychology Section

Meticulously organised for you by our amazing ad-hoc events team on the committee!

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.

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...

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

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Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

That's a wrap for the 2025 BPS social section conference in Oxford🎉

Thank you to those who came to present their latest contributions to social psychology!

Another thank you to our organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social for making this conference possible!

Until next year!

Last up in the climate session, Elise Badiu-haltrich and Sue Widdicombe discussing mobilising social identity and accounting for protest actions in broadcast news interviews with climate activists

In the climate activist session @metesefauysal.bsky.social turns to leadership in the climate movement by discussing the making of a movement and how climate activists perceive Greta Thunberg’s leadership

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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

For the final talk of the symposium, @helenortheorymis.bsky.social discusses how microecological segregation is practiced in action by walking interview participants who negotiate social avoidance (and contact) in an urban context 🧵4/4

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

Next, Ira Frejborg presents her critical discursive psychological analysis of news media comments to understand negotiations of everyday intergroup relations and the right to the city in a changing urban 🧵3/4

A bit more on what being a journal editor is about here:

drury-sussex-the-crowd.blogspot.com/2019/12/ten-...

Second up in the climate activism session is Miriam Remshard discussing misperceptions of climate action among climate-concerned individuals

The symposium starts with Sointu Leikas talking about experience of sampling the microecology of interethnic contact in Helsinki 🧵2/4

With social psychologists joining us from Helsinki, their symposium features studies bridging the methodological divide – particularly by offering complementary approaches to
studying microecological
ethnic segregation and contact
in an urban context 🧵1/4

Last sessions for this years conference have started. In the Talbot room @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social starts off the Climate Activism session outlining identity and ethical tensions among environmentally engaged scientists in climate advocacy

Now for a special session discussing Social Identity Theory 50 years later.

Steve Reicher highlights the importance of adapting the theory to the rapidly changing political climate.

We need only look to activism of the past to see how social identity has the power to enact social change.

Antonis Gardikiotis wraps up the blitz session with a talk on his research looking at how misinformation can be understood as a minority influence process 🧵4/4

Next, Nandita Dhanda talks about her PhD findings exploring underestimations surrounding global Carbon footprint inequality🧵3/4

First is Eylül Deran Atalay addressing the timely question: Are Conspiracy Beliefs for Losers? Eylül examines the extent of post election resentment and conspiracy beliefs 🧵2/4

Blitz Session 4 is a collection of social psychology research on.issues concerning misinformation,
belief Systems, and Framing 🧵1/4

The session wraps up with Alessia Bacigalupo discussing women, borders and the nation by demonstrating how sexism can be understood as an antecedent of nationalism and immigration policy support 🧵5/5

Our third speaker @alex-hunt-psych.bsky.social presented his research on how US far-right commentators used classical explanations of crowds (i.e., Le bon) as rhetoric to delegitimise anti-prejudice crowd events like BLM in order to preserve anti-Black racism 🧵4/5

Finally, Berfin Acar discussed two studies that investigated the links between one’s own ideology, others’ ideologies, and outgroup attitudes.

Next, @chriscocking.bsky.social presented his preliminary findings on his collective identity research concerning the right-wing protests in the UK since the August 24 riots by exploring using visual and audio data collection methods 🧵3/5

Rounding out the panel, Vlad Makar examined how the dark triad (psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism) might predict risky (but not antisocial) sexual behaviours in "The Darker the Riskier? A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Dark Triad Personality Traits as Predictors of Risky Sexual Behaviours".

Chloe Tasker presented "A Match Made in Heaven? The Impact of Sexual Arousal-Desire (Mis)Matches on Satisfaction" which investigations the differential impacts that weak to strong (mis)matches may have on relationship satisfaction.

Next, Antel Van Deventer presented "A Discourse Analysis of Russell Brand's Rhetoric in the Wake of Sexual Assault Allegations" which examined how celebrities may use strategies seen in populist rhetoric to gain support when confronted with these allegations.

First, Katie Quinn presented her research "Investigating the Relationship Between Men's Pornography Consumption Habits and Motivations with Attitudes Toward Sexual Violence" which seeks to better understand what constellations of porn consumption may lead to sexual violence.