The Behaviour in Crisis Lab
@bcrisislab.bsky.social
Welcome to the Bluesky account of The Behaviour in Crisis Lab! 🌍✨
We are researchers from diverse fields at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, exploring the mechanisms shaping behavior during global crises.
We are here: https://becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/en_GB
We are researchers from diverse fields at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, exploring the mechanisms shaping behavior during global crises.
We are here: https://becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/en_GB
📢 Postdoc Opportunity!
Join Jagiellonian Univ. (Kraków) as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology (4-year NCN-funded project on global crises & collective action).
🗓 Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
🔗 easp.eu/job-offers/itm/post_doctoral_researcher_positio-2107.html
Join Jagiellonian Univ. (Kraków) as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology (4-year NCN-funded project on global crises & collective action).
🗓 Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
🔗 easp.eu/job-offers/itm/post_doctoral_researcher_positio-2107.html
August 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📢 Postdoc Opportunity!
Join Jagiellonian Univ. (Kraków) as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology (4-year NCN-funded project on global crises & collective action).
🗓 Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
🔗 easp.eu/job-offers/itm/post_doctoral_researcher_positio-2107.html
Join Jagiellonian Univ. (Kraków) as a Post-doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology (4-year NCN-funded project on global crises & collective action).
🗓 Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
🔗 easp.eu/job-offers/itm/post_doctoral_researcher_positio-2107.html
The 48th ISPP Meeting in Prague—one of the top conferences in political psych—featured strong representation from Jagiellonian University, with several presenters from our lab!
🔹 27 paper presentations
🔹 1 blitz talk
🔹 6 poster sessions
Proud of everyone who contributed and represented us so well!
🔹 27 paper presentations
🔹 1 blitz talk
🔹 6 poster sessions
Proud of everyone who contributed and represented us so well!
July 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The 48th ISPP Meeting in Prague—one of the top conferences in political psych—featured strong representation from Jagiellonian University, with several presenters from our lab!
🔹 27 paper presentations
🔹 1 blitz talk
🔹 6 poster sessions
Proud of everyone who contributed and represented us so well!
🔹 27 paper presentations
🔹 1 blitz talk
🔹 6 poster sessions
Proud of everyone who contributed and represented us so well!
Reposted by The Behaviour in Crisis Lab
📢 New publication in PSPB!
We tracked Poles over 3 waves to examine how closeness to Ukrainian refugees and threat perceptions shape each other. Feeling closer reduced both threat types—but only realistic threat (e.g. jobs, services) predicted less closeness over time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...
We tracked Poles over 3 waves to examine how closeness to Ukrainian refugees and threat perceptions shape each other. Feeling closer reduced both threat types—but only realistic threat (e.g. jobs, services) predicted less closeness over time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...
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July 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢 New publication in PSPB!
We tracked Poles over 3 waves to examine how closeness to Ukrainian refugees and threat perceptions shape each other. Feeling closer reduced both threat types—but only realistic threat (e.g. jobs, services) predicted less closeness over time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...
We tracked Poles over 3 waves to examine how closeness to Ukrainian refugees and threat perceptions shape each other. Feeling closer reduced both threat types—but only realistic threat (e.g. jobs, services) predicted less closeness over time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...
This year, we held 27 meetings with 28 speakers from global universities across various disciplines.
Researchers from all seven Lab groups shared their work, alongside many external guests who offered valuable insights.
See you next year!
Researchers from all seven Lab groups shared their work, alongside many external guests who offered valuable insights.
See you next year!
June 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This year, we held 27 meetings with 28 speakers from global universities across various disciplines.
Researchers from all seven Lab groups shared their work, alongside many external guests who offered valuable insights.
See you next year!
Researchers from all seven Lab groups shared their work, alongside many external guests who offered valuable insights.
See you next year!
This Wed, join BiC Lab’s open talk with Halime Ünver Aba: After the Earthquake: How Disaster & Media Shaped Turkey’s Refugee Debate?
The study reveals how face-to-face contact and media narratives compete to shape empathy, fear, and social cohesion. MS Teams link below ->
The study reveals how face-to-face contact and media narratives compete to shape empathy, fear, and social cohesion. MS Teams link below ->
June 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This Wed, join BiC Lab’s open talk with Halime Ünver Aba: After the Earthquake: How Disaster & Media Shaped Turkey’s Refugee Debate?
The study reveals how face-to-face contact and media narratives compete to shape empathy, fear, and social cohesion. MS Teams link below ->
The study reveals how face-to-face contact and media narratives compete to shape empathy, fear, and social cohesion. MS Teams link below ->
Tomorrow, Erica Molinario will give a talk on how our fundamental need to feel significant, whether fulfilled or frustrated, plays a crucial role in shaping migration decisions.
Join us to explore how these insights could change the way we think about migration today!
link below
Join us to explore how these insights could change the way we think about migration today!
link below
June 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tomorrow, Erica Molinario will give a talk on how our fundamental need to feel significant, whether fulfilled or frustrated, plays a crucial role in shaping migration decisions.
Join us to explore how these insights could change the way we think about migration today!
link below
Join us to explore how these insights could change the way we think about migration today!
link below
On May 30, we held the Annual Meeting of Behaviour in Crisis Lab: "Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response." With three panels, expert talks, and engaging discussions, we explored how to empower vulnerable groups and strengthen societal responses to crises. Thank you to all involved!
June 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
On May 30, we held the Annual Meeting of Behaviour in Crisis Lab: "Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response." With three panels, expert talks, and engaging discussions, we explored how to empower vulnerable groups and strengthen societal responses to crises. Thank you to all involved!
Reposted by The Behaviour in Crisis Lab
Such a joy to chair the migration crisis panel at @UJ_BCrisisLab’s annual meeting! Grateful to amazing panelists Ewa Szumoswska, Jan Brozowski, Marek Palace & Yuliia Lesyshak (we missed Ewa Morlinaro!) for sharing their research, policy takeaways and insights 🌍✨
June 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Such a joy to chair the migration crisis panel at @UJ_BCrisisLab’s annual meeting! Grateful to amazing panelists Ewa Szumoswska, Jan Brozowski, Marek Palace & Yuliia Lesyshak (we missed Ewa Morlinaro!) for sharing their research, policy takeaways and insights 🌍✨
We will be hosting Anna Kende (Eötvös Loránd University) for our next meeting!
This talk will build on critique of research focusing primarily on prejudice reduction among advantaged group members, and on the distinction between social change oriented vs. benevolent allyship.
This talk will build on critique of research focusing primarily on prejudice reduction among advantaged group members, and on the distinction between social change oriented vs. benevolent allyship.
May 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We will be hosting Anna Kende (Eötvös Loránd University) for our next meeting!
This talk will build on critique of research focusing primarily on prejudice reduction among advantaged group members, and on the distinction between social change oriented vs. benevolent allyship.
This talk will build on critique of research focusing primarily on prejudice reduction among advantaged group members, and on the distinction between social change oriented vs. benevolent allyship.
What shapes how groups remember their shared past?
Find out at our open lab meeting with guest speaker, Professor Nurit Shnabel this Wednesday!
Online: Join via Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Find out at our open lab meeting with guest speaker, Professor Nurit Shnabel this Wednesday!
Online: Join via Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
May 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
What shapes how groups remember their shared past?
Find out at our open lab meeting with guest speaker, Professor Nurit Shnabel this Wednesday!
Online: Join via Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Find out at our open lab meeting with guest speaker, Professor Nurit Shnabel this Wednesday!
Online: Join via Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Today, our lab member Dr. Anna Potoczek presented her research “Why and When Extremists Win: The Appeal of Radical Political Candidates”—a timely and thought-provoking talk featuring a series of well-designed experiments. Great work, Anna! 👏
May 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today, our lab member Dr. Anna Potoczek presented her research “Why and When Extremists Win: The Appeal of Radical Political Candidates”—a timely and thought-provoking talk featuring a series of well-designed experiments. Great work, Anna! 👏
We are pleased to inform you that the the fifth edition of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab Newsletter is now ready and available for you to read:
Newsletter in English:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
Newsletter in Polish:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
Newsletter in English:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
Newsletter in Polish:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
May 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
We are pleased to inform you that the the fifth edition of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab Newsletter is now ready and available for you to read:
Newsletter in English:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
Newsletter in Polish:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
Newsletter in English:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
Newsletter in Polish:
becrilab.id.uj.edu.pl/documents/15...
BiC Conference Panels Preview below
It’s open to all—just register by May 10th! umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Faculty of International and Political Studies, Kraków
May 30, 2025
9:00–17:30
#FacingCrisis #Migration #Politics #InvisibleChildren #Science #SocialChange
It’s open to all—just register by May 10th! umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Faculty of International and Political Studies, Kraków
May 30, 2025
9:00–17:30
#FacingCrisis #Migration #Politics #InvisibleChildren #Science #SocialChange
May 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
BiC Conference Panels Preview below
It’s open to all—just register by May 10th! umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Faculty of International and Political Studies, Kraków
May 30, 2025
9:00–17:30
#FacingCrisis #Migration #Politics #InvisibleChildren #Science #SocialChange
It’s open to all—just register by May 10th! umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Faculty of International and Political Studies, Kraków
May 30, 2025
9:00–17:30
#FacingCrisis #Migration #Politics #InvisibleChildren #Science #SocialChange
Krys Kaniasty and Stefano Pagliaro will join us in Kraków for the Behaviour in Crisis Lab Annual Meeting: Facing Crisis – Preparedness and Social Response.
📅 May 30, 2025 | 9:00–17:30
Join us!
📝 Free participation, registration required by May 10:
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
📅 May 30, 2025 | 9:00–17:30
Join us!
📝 Free participation, registration required by May 10:
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
May 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Krys Kaniasty and Stefano Pagliaro will join us in Kraków for the Behaviour in Crisis Lab Annual Meeting: Facing Crisis – Preparedness and Social Response.
📅 May 30, 2025 | 9:00–17:30
Join us!
📝 Free participation, registration required by May 10:
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
📅 May 30, 2025 | 9:00–17:30
Join us!
📝 Free participation, registration required by May 10:
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Join our upcoming open meeting on how young people build financial resilience in uncertain times.
🎙️ Guest: Dr. Žan Lep (Univ. of Ljubljana)
🗓️ Topic: Financial socialisation, literacy & well-being
📍 Room 5.01, Inst. of Psychology, JU
All welcome!
🎙️ Guest: Dr. Žan Lep (Univ. of Ljubljana)
🗓️ Topic: Financial socialisation, literacy & well-being
📍 Room 5.01, Inst. of Psychology, JU
All welcome!
April 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Join our upcoming open meeting on how young people build financial resilience in uncertain times.
🎙️ Guest: Dr. Žan Lep (Univ. of Ljubljana)
🗓️ Topic: Financial socialisation, literacy & well-being
📍 Room 5.01, Inst. of Psychology, JU
All welcome!
🎙️ Guest: Dr. Žan Lep (Univ. of Ljubljana)
🗓️ Topic: Financial socialisation, literacy & well-being
📍 Room 5.01, Inst. of Psychology, JU
All welcome!
We’re excited to invite you to the next open meeting of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab!
Zafer Özkan, PhD, our lab member, will share findings from a three-wave study on how closeness to Ukrainian war refugees shapes and is shaped by perceptions of intergroup threats.
Room 5.01, Institute of Psychology
Zafer Özkan, PhD, our lab member, will share findings from a three-wave study on how closeness to Ukrainian war refugees shapes and is shaped by perceptions of intergroup threats.
Room 5.01, Institute of Psychology
April 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We’re excited to invite you to the next open meeting of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab!
Zafer Özkan, PhD, our lab member, will share findings from a three-wave study on how closeness to Ukrainian war refugees shapes and is shaped by perceptions of intergroup threats.
Room 5.01, Institute of Psychology
Zafer Özkan, PhD, our lab member, will share findings from a three-wave study on how closeness to Ukrainian war refugees shapes and is shaped by perceptions of intergroup threats.
Room 5.01, Institute of Psychology
📢 Join us for the first in-person seminar of Badaczki & Badacze w czasach kryzysów!
📍 Instytut Pedagogiki UJ
📅 April 11 | 🕙 10:00 AM
🎯 Topic: Methodology & Ethics in Research with Children
💬 Inspiring speakers, young experts, big questions.
See you there!
📍 Instytut Pedagogiki UJ
📅 April 11 | 🕙 10:00 AM
🎯 Topic: Methodology & Ethics in Research with Children
💬 Inspiring speakers, young experts, big questions.
See you there!
April 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢 Join us for the first in-person seminar of Badaczki & Badacze w czasach kryzysów!
📍 Instytut Pedagogiki UJ
📅 April 11 | 🕙 10:00 AM
🎯 Topic: Methodology & Ethics in Research with Children
💬 Inspiring speakers, young experts, big questions.
See you there!
📍 Instytut Pedagogiki UJ
📅 April 11 | 🕙 10:00 AM
🎯 Topic: Methodology & Ethics in Research with Children
💬 Inspiring speakers, young experts, big questions.
See you there!
🎙️ Can we really prepare for war — and if so, how?
On @RadioKrakow, Ewa Szumowska & Maciej Pilecki dive into how crises reshape our sense of safety, and why community may be our best response to fear.
Listen here:
www.radiokrakow.pl/audycje/czy-...
On @RadioKrakow, Ewa Szumowska & Maciej Pilecki dive into how crises reshape our sense of safety, and why community may be our best response to fear.
Listen here:
www.radiokrakow.pl/audycje/czy-...
Czy możemy przygotować się na wojnę? „Wspólnotowość to nasza pierwsza reakcja na kryzys”
W obliczu rosnących napięć geopolitycznych i nowych konfliktów zbrojnych pytanie o przygotowanie na wojnę staje się coraz bardziej aktualne. Choć nie da się w pełni przewidzieć wojennej traumy, eksper...
www.radiokrakow.pl
April 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🎙️ Can we really prepare for war — and if so, how?
On @RadioKrakow, Ewa Szumowska & Maciej Pilecki dive into how crises reshape our sense of safety, and why community may be our best response to fear.
Listen here:
www.radiokrakow.pl/audycje/czy-...
On @RadioKrakow, Ewa Szumowska & Maciej Pilecki dive into how crises reshape our sense of safety, and why community may be our best response to fear.
Listen here:
www.radiokrakow.pl/audycje/czy-...
🚨 Save the date! On Friday, 30 May 2025, the Behavior in Crisis Lab will host its Annual Meeting at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
This year’s theme: “Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response”
👉 Please register by Saturday, 10 May 2025
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
This year’s theme: “Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response”
👉 Please register by Saturday, 10 May 2025
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 Save the date! On Friday, 30 May 2025, the Behavior in Crisis Lab will host its Annual Meeting at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
This year’s theme: “Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response”
👉 Please register by Saturday, 10 May 2025
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
This year’s theme: “Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response”
👉 Please register by Saturday, 10 May 2025
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...
Excited to welcome Paulina Górska!
Discover which emotions sustained long-term support for Ukrainian refugees and which ones faded fast..
Whether you're into social psychology, activism, or just want to understand why we help others, and when we stop, join us this Wednesday at 3pm to find out more!
Discover which emotions sustained long-term support for Ukrainian refugees and which ones faded fast..
Whether you're into social psychology, activism, or just want to understand why we help others, and when we stop, join us this Wednesday at 3pm to find out more!
April 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Excited to welcome Paulina Górska!
Discover which emotions sustained long-term support for Ukrainian refugees and which ones faded fast..
Whether you're into social psychology, activism, or just want to understand why we help others, and when we stop, join us this Wednesday at 3pm to find out more!
Discover which emotions sustained long-term support for Ukrainian refugees and which ones faded fast..
Whether you're into social psychology, activism, or just want to understand why we help others, and when we stop, join us this Wednesday at 3pm to find out more!
New Publications Alert! 📝🎉 Our lab members have contributed to two recent studies. Read them here:
@tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New Publications Alert! 📝🎉 Our lab members have contributed to two recent studies. Read them here:
@tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Today, Karolina Bonarska presented their research on the fear of being single and its impact on extreme romantic partner-seeking behaviors.
March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today, Karolina Bonarska presented their research on the fear of being single and its impact on extreme romantic partner-seeking behaviors.
💡 Can digital platforms make us better employees—or just more stressed?
Join us on March 19, 2025, as Professor Wojciech Czakon explores how workplace digital tools impact engagement, productivity, and behavior.
Join us on March 19, 2025, as Professor Wojciech Czakon explores how workplace digital tools impact engagement, productivity, and behavior.
March 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
💡 Can digital platforms make us better employees—or just more stressed?
Join us on March 19, 2025, as Professor Wojciech Czakon explores how workplace digital tools impact engagement, productivity, and behavior.
Join us on March 19, 2025, as Professor Wojciech Czakon explores how workplace digital tools impact engagement, productivity, and behavior.
This week we are hosting Prof. Aleksandra Gruszka-Gosiewska. She is presenting us their projects on Vulnerability of Young People Entering Adulthood to Polycrisis: The Role of Personality Traits, Emotion Regulation and Social Context.
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This week we are hosting Prof. Aleksandra Gruszka-Gosiewska. She is presenting us their projects on Vulnerability of Young People Entering Adulthood to Polycrisis: The Role of Personality Traits, Emotion Regulation and Social Context.
We’re delighted to host Stefano Pagliaro from the University of Chieti-Pescara in our lab! Yesterday, he gave an engaging talk on "The Centrality of Morality in Group Processes: A Social Identity Approach." Grateful for the insightful discussion!
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We’re delighted to host Stefano Pagliaro from the University of Chieti-Pescara in our lab! Yesterday, he gave an engaging talk on "The Centrality of Morality in Group Processes: A Social Identity Approach." Grateful for the insightful discussion!