Andrew Livingstone

@andrewlivingstone.bsky.social

1.6K followers 420 following 86 posts

Husband, dad, and social psychologist at Uni. of Exeter. Intergroup relations, conflict, emotion, collective action. Student evaluation: 'like an idiot savant'

https://worldmakingthings.org/

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Psychology 30%

Political science 18%

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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Brady T. West, Richard McElreath , and 3 more Dorothy Bishop, Brady T. West, Richard McElreath, Patrick S. Forscher, Andrew Livingstone, Jan R. Boehnke

rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 8d

I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...

Andrew Livingstone @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social · 10d

"Enough of my yakkin" suddenly got very poignant though

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Amir Attaran, Daniel W. Drezner , and 3 more Ben H. Ansell, Amir Attaran, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller, Andrew Livingstone, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Tyler Huckabee @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 11d

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, John Kennedy, James P. Collins , and 26 more Dorothy Bishop, John Kennedy, James P. Collins, Ken Caldeira, Hugo Mercier, Johannes Haushofer, Philip N. Cohen, Martin Paul Eve, Pierre Bataille, Rebecca Sear, Paul E. Johnson, Ian Hussey, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Climent Quintana‐Domeque, Aaron Sojourner, Andrew Livingstone, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Dominik Vogel, Barrett, Bruce Bradbury, Zen Faulkes, Richard Pettigrew, Johannes Breuer, Marcus Credé, Richard M. Carpiano, Hisham Zerriffi, Juan Ramón, Michael Scharkow, Fiona Spooner

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 17d

Big new blogpost!

My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.

--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

Reposted by Andrew Livingstone

Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · 17d

#GENERATION_EU is a reality!

So grateful to receive #ERCCoG from @erc.europa.eu 🤩

With new PhDs and Post-docs, the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social will address:

What is European identity?
How does it develop?
Does it promote peace?

Across childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 18d

I am thinking of my next project being about the history of administrative and pedantic modes of protest. This type is top tier.

Mark Nixon @fatbadger442.bsky.social · 18d

A classic, easy-to-do and legal piece of resistance. Animal rights activists and others have used it for years.

Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 18d

via Anthony Corella

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 18d

'Rethinking psychology gone wrong'

Fascinating story of Sir Cyril Burt, leader of eugenics in British psychology (see also the 11-plus), in @bpsofficial.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Rethinking Psychology gone wrong | BPS

R. M. Chamarette addresses Cyril Burt’s controversial ideology and ethics.

www.bps.org.uk

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 22d

"What can be done about effects of demand characteristics is acknowledging their potential contribution to the effect, and discussing in good faith how a demand account – as any other competing account – represents a sensible alternative for the interpretation of the data."

#SocialPsyc #PsycSci

Olivier Corneille @ocorneille.bsky.social · 23d

Thrilled to share this new preprint, co-authored with @peterlush.bsky.social and Chloé Fournier Bernard!

We offer a broad and structured discussion of leading methods developed in the past >60 years to tackle demand artifacts in psychological research and beyond.

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

OSF

doi.org

Reposted by Steven French, Lesley A. Hall, Andrew Livingstone

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22d

The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.

Sex Matters • @SexMattersOrg •14h
@HJoyceGender: "What is distinctive about single sex groups is obviously lost if people of the opposite sex are admitted." @BBCNews

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Ioana A. Cristea @ioanaacristea.bsky.social · 23d

I posted a video discussing some of my (critical) ideas regarding data detectives, sleuths, forensic this and that.
I hope they contribute to a more nuanced conversation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmW...

Data detectives, sleuths, forensic meta-science

YouTube video by Ioana Alina Cristea

www.youtube.com

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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 23d

The rising costs of essentials, like food, rent and bills, is pushing people to the brink.

❗️Last winter alone, our community of food banks provided 739,000 emergency food parcels.

That’s 40% more than 5 years ago.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 27d

A fact being ignored even more than usual: 70% of the money from abolishing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work (via @ippr.org).

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 28d

Please share.

John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 28d

Public worry about Palestine Action ban’s impact on UK democracy, new survey finds

Evidence that the ban affects:
- willingness to protest
- trust in government
- perception of divisions in UK

More here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Full report: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Media - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 28d

Media - Google Drive

drive.google.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 29d

"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."

"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."

"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide

New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids

Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.

truthout.org

Andrew Livingstone @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social · 29d

Not the main issue here obviously, but that bicycle looks *really* uncomfortable

Smut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex @smutclyde.bsky.social · Nov 26

Rate your score on Factor Fexcectorn.

Well done, Scientific Reports. pubpeer.com/publications...

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Aileen McHarg, Andrew Livingstone

Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 29d

I'm in conversation with Timothy Garton Ash in the new issue of BBC History magazine and podcast.
We're discussing the history of policing protest and public order legislation.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich , and 9 more Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich, Richard McElreath, Martin Tomko, Peter Campbell, Stephen D. Murphy, Andrew Livingstone, Olivier Morin, Zen Faulkes, John R. Kerr, David Spurrett

Smut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex @smutclyde.bsky.social · Nov 26

Rate your score on Factor Fexcectorn.

Well done, Scientific Reports. pubpeer.com/publications...

Reposted by John Drury, Andrew Livingstone

The Independent @the-independent.com · Nov 25

‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss

www.independent.co.uk

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Fergus Neville @fergusneville.bsky.social · Nov 23

Some thoughts (bletherings?) from me in today’s The Scotsman (Scotland on Sunday) on the social/organisational consequences of Scotland’s World Cup Qualification.

www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

How World Cup joy for Scotland can make us a happier healthier nation

Dr Fergus Neville can see the psychological benefit to Scotland of qualifying for the World Cup

www.scotsman.com

Andrew Livingstone @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social · Nov 21

This sort of position seems so at odds with what Allport himself actually wrote. This seems to fall into the more general category of straw-manning original sources in order to create 'space' and contrast for new findings (see also: social identity theory/Tajfel & Turner 1979)

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · Nov 20

The evidence from Farage and the people that surround him screams that there is really no two sides to this story or slipper definitions - not that you’d be able to tell with just how much smoke is being blown around this.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...

DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways

From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Brian A. Nosek, Gordon Hodson , and 11 more Dorothy Bishop, Brian A. Nosek, Gordon Hodson, Mark J. Brandt, Mark Rubin, Elizabeth Stokoe, Calvin K. Lai, Michael W. Kraus, Andrew Livingstone, Amy Orben, Frank Asbrock, Mohammad Atari, Toon Kuppens, Kristof Dhont

Nils Reimer @reimtime.bsky.social · Nov 19

This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say

The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.

www.bloomberg.com

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Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · Nov 18

It looks like in the face of LLMs, just as professors have to go back to in-person and oral assessments to preserve the integrity of teaching, survey researchers have to go back to in-person interviews to preserve the integrity of polling. A lot of change is coming, folks! phys.org/news/2025-11...

Fake survey answers from AI could quietly sway election predictions

Public opinion polls and other surveys rely on data to understand human behavior. New research from Dartmouth reveals that artificial intelligence can now corrupt public opinion surveys at scale—passi...

phys.org

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Richard D. Morey @richarddmorey.bsky.social · Nov 18

Luckily, you don't need to choose b/c you can use them both! The framing of "p value bad"/"CI good" means that some people never really get that they're based on the same information & the same basic stat. philosophy (some of these points are made here: richarddmorey.medium.com/power-and-pr...)

Power and precision

Why the push for replacing “power” with “precision” is misguided

richarddmorey.medium.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Nov 18

“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...

Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown

Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Andrew Livingstone @andrewlivingstone.bsky.social · Nov 18

Horrific, but I try to remind myself that a lot of these aren't even people, and many will be the same person sock-puppeting for money. The big issue is the amplification machine that warps our perception of norms. Let's not take that poison and remember that people are actually good overall

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · Nov 18

'These group processes are much more in play at night…'

@ellarhodespsych.bsky.social meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

'These group processes are much more in play at night' | BPS

Our journalist, Ella Rhodes, meets Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology at Lancaster University.

www.bps.org.uk

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Lesley A. Hall, Enzo Rossi , and 5 more Dorothy Bishop, Lesley A. Hall, Enzo Rossi, Andrew Livingstone, Simon Glendinning, Michael H. Whitworth, Seán Hanley, Graham Dutfield

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 18

Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.

Reposted by Gordon Hodson, Linda J. Skitka, Mark J. Brandt , and 6 more Gordon Hodson, Linda J. Skitka, Mark J. Brandt, Efrén O. Pérez, Calvin K. Lai, Michael W. Kraus, Andrew Livingstone, Nazita Lajevardi, Colin Tucker Smith

Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Nov 17

Starting the week strong with a newly accepted paper in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, co-authored with postdoc @lizsnoland.bsky.social and Sohad Murrar! We merged two largely independent research lines to call for data disaggregation of Asian Americans and MENA Americans

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Nov 17

Unpacking Broad Racial Labels: The Disaggregation of Data on Race and Ethnicity: https://osf.io/eyv7b

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