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mark brandt
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Social/Personality Psychology, Michigan State University | ♥ Burritos+Vinyl+ | if there aren’t typos, I didn’t write it

Psychology 32%
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Two political psych starter packs!

Both have been around, but 2 has had a lot more people added.

Check them out if you haven’t already

1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx
2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj
How do resource fears (realistic threat) vs. value clashes (symbolic threat) drive war & peace?

We built a virtual society of 25 autonomous agents using the Park et al. (2023) framework to find out, using a "minimal groups" paradigm (Group A vs. B).

But first, we looked under the hood. 🧠

I'm doing as little as possible and encourage all to do the same :-)

Reposted by Marcus Credé

In the spirit of designs to test mediation, I might also recommend these two articles

academic.oup.com/jrsssa/artic...

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

Two screenshots with some resources.

First, the list of readings about mediation shortcomings that I often share with people

Second, a list of more recent than 1986 overviews of mediation analyses

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

My new article in Political Research Quarterly is OnlineFirst!

I find initial negative policy experiences in youth predict lower political trust as an adult, but this reverses as encounters accumulate. Results are specific to non-Hispanic white individuals.

Check it out: t.co/ufJbBqueq9
https://tinyurl.com/ynfstp2j
t.co
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
Looking for a postdoc in American politics? Come work with us in Ann Arbor! No obligations other than research. Preference for institutions-focused work, but we’re open to a wide range of substantive interests (including local politics!). Happy to answer any questions: apply.interfolio.com/178829
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🫵WE WANT YOU 🎓
Are you interested in political communication, negative campaigning, and social norms? Are you experienced in quantitative methods? Do you have good rain clothes?

Then our postdoc position might be just for you: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas
Vacancy — Postdoc: "Role of Social Norms and Norms Transgression in the Acceptance of Negative Campaigning"
<p><span>Are you passionate about political communication, election campaigns, and quantitative empirical research? The Amsterdam School of Communication Research is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc for the research project<em> ‘That’s (not) appropriate’– Role of Social Norms and Norm Transgression in Voters’ Acceptance of Negative Campaigning, </em></span><span>led by Dr. Corinna Oschatz.</span></p>
werkenbij.uva.nl

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New paper in PSPB on the benefits of giving positive feedback to students, especially from underrepresented groups. Although not the norm in STEM, giving positive feedback boosts self-efficacy and belonging, which increases STEM performance, attitudes, interest
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

my very friendly cat named Noodles is at the vet today

the vet tech shared some of the notes in his chart

this will only go to his head
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure

www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
www.uni-frankfurt.de
New post-doc position working with me in a new lab at @snfagora.bsky.social ! It's one year appointment, renewable for up to 5 years. The position includes data analysis and independent research, mentorship of lab members, and participation in SNF Agora Institute life.

apply.interfolio.com/178796
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The Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) is advertising a tenure track junior professor of psychological metascience position in Trier, Gemany. Job ad linked below.
Junior professorship (W1-equivalent) Psychological Metascience (with tenure-track to W2 LBesG-equivalent) (f/m/d)
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs
So cool -> Quebec researchers tracked eye dilation + sweat when showing respondents political issues to see if they aligned with results from standard poll questions on issue importance. They did! And suggest asking people to choose their top issue is most reliable academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

Saw the same thing, even with folks hired jew a couple of years apart
Hello to the BlueSky community! ☀️We are @ijsocialpsychology.bsky.social, a bilingual (Spanish–English) journal that publishes empirical research across all areas of #socialpsychology. Read this thread to learn more about us 🔽

Journals should explicitly take time off around major holidays.

This won't align with all world regions, nor holiday traditions, but is better than the status quo of ambiguity. It also gives journal editorial staff explicit time off.

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Really interesting looking European Doctoral Network on Migration & Time, with 15 funded PhD positions, two in @ucc.ie : www.migrationtime.eu
A fully funded European PhD training programme (2026–2029)
MITIME is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network focusing on how time shapes migration, inequality, and urban life in post-industrial Europe. We train early-stage researchers in cutting-edge theory...
www.migrationtime.eu
You can do this right now:

Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.

Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
New ANES Data Release! A new release of the ANES Cumulative Data File is now available for download. Over 200 variables have been updated to include data from the ANES 2024 Time Series Study. Consider it a holiday gift of data from your friends at ANES!

electionstudies.org/data-center/
Data Center - ANES | American National Election Studies
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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

Item Selection as the Cause and Solution to Validity Problems in Psychology: https://osf.io/s8nqb

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

In "Longitudinal Measures of Masculinity and Femininity", @dancassino.bsky.social analyzes the stability of two self-placement measures of gender, as well as how change in self-report could be structured by political views.

Available #OpenAccess

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Canadian job 👀 🇨🇦 ‼️ Second search this year! Our Dept of Psychology is hiring again, this time at the assoc/full level, for a prestigious, endowed position. Focus is social/affective neuroscience in any area (clinical, social, cog, or dev). Apply by Jan 30! Reposts, pls www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...
Employment Opportunities | Department of Psychology
Available Positions Position Title Position Details Posting Date Closing Date Queen's University National Scholar (QNS) Senior Faculty Position in Social and/or Affective Neuroscience, Department of P...
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🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨

I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.

Link and more information in second post.

Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️

That’s sort of what at least one of the sections has done

When my kid started using "—" in everyday conversations, I knew we had a problem
Max Planck Institute researchers found a plausible link between ChatGPT exposure and increased use of words such as 'underscore,' 'comprehend,' and 'bolster' in the 18 months after ChatGPT's release, while moderators and reporters documented wider AI-like phrasing in public posts.
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.
gizmodo.com
🧵1/4 New paper alert! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Can you celebrate diversity while undermining it? Our new paper in American Psychologist discusses how people/organizations can appear committed to diversity while their conceptualizations of diversity actively undercut it.
Max Planck Institute researchers found a plausible link between ChatGPT exposure and increased use of words such as 'underscore,' 'comprehend,' and 'bolster' in the 18 months after ChatGPT's release, while moderators and reporters documented wider AI-like phrasing in public posts.
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.
gizmodo.com
New paper alert!

"Public Speakers With Nonnative Accents Garner Less Engagement" -- now out in Psych Science!

This is my first graduate student's first first-author paper (and it was her first-year project).

Short THREAD on the results: