Adrian Wojcik
@adwojcik.bsky.social
Social and conservation psychologist with a significant statistical twist
NIcolaus Copernicus University, Poland
NIcolaus Copernicus University, Poland
🌳PREPRINT ALERT🌳
Some of you might be interested in our new study.
Jurgiel, D., & Wojcik, A. D. (2025). “My Name Is Called Disturbance" - Public Support for Radical Climate Collective Actions: Political and Environmental Identity Drivers. PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc
Some of you might be interested in our new study.
Jurgiel, D., & Wojcik, A. D. (2025). “My Name Is Called Disturbance" - Public Support for Radical Climate Collective Actions: Political and Environmental Identity Drivers. PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc
OSF
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🌳PREPRINT ALERT🌳
Some of you might be interested in our new study.
Jurgiel, D., & Wojcik, A. D. (2025). “My Name Is Called Disturbance" - Public Support for Radical Climate Collective Actions: Political and Environmental Identity Drivers. PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc
Some of you might be interested in our new study.
Jurgiel, D., & Wojcik, A. D. (2025). “My Name Is Called Disturbance" - Public Support for Radical Climate Collective Actions: Political and Environmental Identity Drivers. PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc
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BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
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October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
I’m looking for an easy-to-use survey platform to replace Qualtrics. The prices have recently skyrocketed, and it seems we can no longer justify the cost.
October 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m looking for an easy-to-use survey platform to replace Qualtrics. The prices have recently skyrocketed, and it seems we can no longer justify the cost.
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🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda
Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
Our first preregistered report on climate communication has just been accepted. It will form the first‑author paper for my PhD student, Dominika Jurgiel. The process wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. #SocialPsyc
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Improving Communications about Climate Change: Consensus and Con...
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September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our first preregistered report on climate communication has just been accepted. It will form the first‑author paper for my PhD student, Dominika Jurgiel. The process wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. #SocialPsyc
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Let's see how many things may go unnoticed: it is possible to classify these actions using several criteria (Borges, 1942).
Borges, J. L. (1942). El idioma analítico de John Wilkins. Sur, 92, 103–109.
Borges, J. L. (1942). El idioma analítico de John Wilkins. Sur, 92, 103–109.
September 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Let's see how many things may go unnoticed: it is possible to classify these actions using several criteria (Borges, 1942).
Borges, J. L. (1942). El idioma analítico de John Wilkins. Sur, 92, 103–109.
Borges, J. L. (1942). El idioma analítico de John Wilkins. Sur, 92, 103–109.
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ThrowBack!
18 years ago in the very first issue of @socialpsychbull.bsky.social two Polish psychologists laid out their model of social perception called "the agent vs. recipient perspective in perceiving self and others"
🔗 doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16537
in 🇵🇱 use AI
#psychology
#SocialPsyc
18 years ago in the very first issue of @socialpsychbull.bsky.social two Polish psychologists laid out their model of social perception called "the agent vs. recipient perspective in perceiving self and others"
🔗 doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16537
in 🇵🇱 use AI
#psychology
#SocialPsyc
July 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
ThrowBack!
18 years ago in the very first issue of @socialpsychbull.bsky.social two Polish psychologists laid out their model of social perception called "the agent vs. recipient perspective in perceiving self and others"
🔗 doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16537
in 🇵🇱 use AI
#psychology
#SocialPsyc
18 years ago in the very first issue of @socialpsychbull.bsky.social two Polish psychologists laid out their model of social perception called "the agent vs. recipient perspective in perceiving self and others"
🔗 doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.16537
in 🇵🇱 use AI
#psychology
#SocialPsyc
OUP has announced the release of a volume on climate obstructionism. The publication is set for September31. The entire volume will be available as OA. Inside is a chapter on climate misinformation led by @stecula.bsky.social and John Cook, with my small contribution.
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July 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
OUP has announced the release of a volume on climate obstructionism. The publication is set for September31. The entire volume will be available as OA. Inside is a chapter on climate misinformation led by @stecula.bsky.social and John Cook, with my small contribution.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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'the average effectiveness of choice architecture ("nudge") interventions on behaviour is smaller than often reported and there is substantial heterogeneity in their effects.'
New paper just dropped:
Szaszi, Barnabas, Daniel G. Goldstein, Dilip Soman, Susan Michie. (2025). Generalizability of Choice Architecture Interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology.
Thanks to @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social for doing the lion's share!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Szaszi, Barnabas, Daniel G. Goldstein, Dilip Soman, Susan Michie. (2025). Generalizability of Choice Architecture Interventions. Nature Reviews Psychology.
Thanks to @szaszibarnabas.bsky.social for doing the lion's share!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Generalizability of choice architecture interventions - Nature Reviews Psychology
Choice architecture interventions (or ‘nudges’) aim to guide behaviour by changing the proximal physical, social or psychological environment. In this Review, Szaszi and colleagues show that the avera...
www.nature.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
'the average effectiveness of choice architecture ("nudge") interventions on behaviour is smaller than often reported and there is substantial heterogeneity in their effects.'
🌳 Preprint Alert 🌳
You can find out here, if anyone is interested in how the British and Poles think about the need for immediate climate action. Our study reveals that "climate delayism"—beliefs justifying inaction despite accepting climate change—is prevalent in PL/UK.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
You can find out here, if anyone is interested in how the British and Poles think about the need for immediate climate action. Our study reveals that "climate delayism"—beliefs justifying inaction despite accepting climate change—is prevalent in PL/UK.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🌳 Preprint Alert 🌳
You can find out here, if anyone is interested in how the British and Poles think about the need for immediate climate action. Our study reveals that "climate delayism"—beliefs justifying inaction despite accepting climate change—is prevalent in PL/UK.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
You can find out here, if anyone is interested in how the British and Poles think about the need for immediate climate action. Our study reveals that "climate delayism"—beliefs justifying inaction despite accepting climate change—is prevalent in PL/UK.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
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Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood
Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the indi....
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July 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
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Magic occurs whenever quantitative social sciences and ethnography/cultural anthropology intersect.
I'm rereading the transcripts of our interviews with people talking about their life satisfaction.
I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying.
Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.
I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying.
Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.
March 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Magic occurs whenever quantitative social sciences and ethnography/cultural anthropology intersect.
Our new preprint on measuring green workplace behaviors has just been published on SocArxiv! The paper is based on three solid studies and quite a painstaking analysis. I'm curious to hear your feedback, as the paper will soon be submitted to its target journal.
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OSF
osf.io
January 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our new preprint on measuring green workplace behaviors has just been published on SocArxiv! The paper is based on three solid studies and quite a painstaking analysis. I'm curious to hear your feedback, as the paper will soon be submitted to its target journal.
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
Our latest work on justice in academia is now available in HEQ. It’s a solid piece of empirical research, and I’m glad to have contributed statistical expertise to the team. 🤓
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The Effect of Organisational Justice, Academic Identification and Legitimacy of Academic Authorities on Student Loyalty
Our work contributes to existing research on student loyalty by testing a model that includes organisational justice as a predictor. In Study 1 (n = 257, Polish sample), students' perceived organisat...
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November 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Our latest work on justice in academia is now available in HEQ. It’s a solid piece of empirical research, and I’m glad to have contributed statistical expertise to the team. 🤓
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Loose thought. The rapid acceptance of LLMs within the psychological community as substitutes for human participants can be attributed partly to the significant reliance on data from external research firms and web surveys.
Loose thought. The rapid acceptance of LLMs within the psychological community as substitutes for human participants can be attributed partly to the significant reliance on data from external research firms and web surveys.
LLMs and future Psychology
A thought experiment prepared for the Stanford psychology faculty salon on LLMs.
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March 21, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Loose thought. The rapid acceptance of LLMs within the psychological community as substitutes for human participants can be attributed partly to the significant reliance on data from external research firms and web surveys.
Loose thought. The rapid acceptance of LLMs within the psychological community as substitutes for human participants can be attributed partly to the significant reliance on data from external research firms and web surveys.
How do I see the future of psychology? For example, this passage may be a standard one in a few years: We analyzed the synthetic users' data generated by three alternative AI algorithms to check for the robustness of the results.
Can we take the psyche out of psychology?
Can we take the psyche out of psychology?
March 21, 2024 at 10:28 AM
How do I see the future of psychology? For example, this passage may be a standard one in a few years: We analyzed the synthetic users' data generated by three alternative AI algorithms to check for the robustness of the results.
Can we take the psyche out of psychology?
Can we take the psyche out of psychology?
🚨Article Alert 1️⃣/2️⃣🚨
Did you lose sleep over what factors influence support for individual and collective pro-environmental actions? Worry no more! This concise introduction will help you grasp the topic in half an hour!
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych #Envhun
Did you lose sleep over what factors influence support for individual and collective pro-environmental actions? Worry no more! This concise introduction will help you grasp the topic in half an hour!
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych #Envhun
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March 20, 2024 at 1:42 PM
🚨Article Alert 1️⃣/2️⃣🚨
Did you lose sleep over what factors influence support for individual and collective pro-environmental actions? Worry no more! This concise introduction will help you grasp the topic in half an hour!
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych #Envhun
Did you lose sleep over what factors influence support for individual and collective pro-environmental actions? Worry no more! This concise introduction will help you grasp the topic in half an hour!
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych #Envhun
Reposted by Adrian Wojcik
ICYMI: How the oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s
Research shows industry lobbying against support for solar panels and electric cars while enjoying subsidies itself
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2024 at 12:31 PM
ICYMI: How the oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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via Mark Rubin:
Introduction to recent issues in the philosophy of statistics by Kao, Mayo, and Shech.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04128-z
#Stats
#Statistics
#PhilSci
via https://fediscience.org/@MarkRubin/110103603541297259
Introduction to recent issues in the philosophy of statistics by Kao, Mayo, and Shech.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04128-z
#Stats
#Statistics
#PhilSci
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February 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM
via Mark Rubin:
Introduction to recent issues in the philosophy of statistics by Kao, Mayo, and Shech.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04128-z
#Stats
#Statistics
#PhilSci
via https://fediscience.org/@MarkRubin/110103603541297259
Introduction to recent issues in the philosophy of statistics by Kao, Mayo, and Shech.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04128-z
#Stats
#Statistics
#PhilSci
via https://fediscience.org/@MarkRubin/110103603541297259
In our latest research, led by A. Cislak (with A. Cichocka &
T. Milfont ), we theoretically analysed the relationship between various types of social identity and pro-environmentalism.
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych
T. Milfont ), we theoretically analysed the relationship between various types of social identity and pro-environmentalism.
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych
National identity and environmentalism: why national narcissism might undermine pro-environmental efforts
The extant literature recognizes national identity as a pivotal factor motivating both individual and collective actions to tackle environmental problems. Yet, prior research shows mixed evidence for ...
t.co
February 25, 2024 at 1:24 PM
In our latest research, led by A. Cislak (with A. Cichocka &
T. Milfont ), we theoretically analysed the relationship between various types of social identity and pro-environmentalism.
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych
T. Milfont ), we theoretically analysed the relationship between various types of social identity and pro-environmentalism.
#SocialPsyc #ClimateChange #EnvPsych
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New research from Aleksandra Cislak, Adrian D. Wojcik, Aleksandra Cichocka, Taciano L. Milfont: "National identity and environmentalism: why national narcissism might undermine pro-environmental efforts" www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
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February 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
New research from Aleksandra Cislak, Adrian D. Wojcik, Aleksandra Cichocka, Taciano L. Milfont: "National identity and environmentalism: why national narcissism might undermine pro-environmental efforts" www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
A great collection on circular economy is upcoming. :-) It includes our chapter with Dominika Jurgiel and Mateusz Strzałkowski. We explore the psychological foundations of collective and individual pro-environmental behaviours.
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The Human Dimension of the Circular Economy
‘The book provides a novel, much-needed approach to the circular economy. It explains why we should not forget human perspectives when pursuing circular economy and how we can better engage individu...
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January 5, 2024 at 10:04 AM
A great collection on circular economy is upcoming. :-) It includes our chapter with Dominika Jurgiel and Mateusz Strzałkowski. We explore the psychological foundations of collective and individual pro-environmental behaviours.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...
Post-doc opportunity in a project led by Ola Cislak and Aleksandra Cichocka, on identity and intragroup processes. Focus can be on organizational, political or environmental topics. 6-9 months (negotiable), with an option to do it remotely! Deadline: *Oct 8th* Please rb
#psychjob
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#psychjob
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September 27, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Post-doc opportunity in a project led by Ola Cislak and Aleksandra Cichocka, on identity and intragroup processes. Focus can be on organizational, political or environmental topics. 6-9 months (negotiable), with an option to do it remotely! Deadline: *Oct 8th* Please rb
#psychjob
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#psychjob
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