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Catherine Molho
@cmolho.bsky.social
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Psychologist studying cooperation, punishment, and norms.

Assistant professor at the Toulouse School of Economics and Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).

https://catherinemolho.github.io/
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eapower.bsky.social
🚨Job alert! The ENDOW project is hiring a Research Officer in Research Database Management, to be based at @lsemethodology.bsky.social.

Oversee & expand our database & contribute to research on social & economic inequality.

Deadline 15 February. Share & reach out!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The ENDOW project is seeking a Research Officer in Research Data Management to be based at the London School of Economics. - Oversee and extend our database covering geospatial, demographic, economic & social network data from 50+ communities in 30+ countries! - Contribute to research on the dynamics of social and economic inequality! - Join a stellar interdisciplinary team! - funded by the ESRC and the NSF [world map showing location of ENDOW communities; photos of some of the team members and some of the ENDOW communities showing their diversity Research Officer in Research Data Management Salary from £43,277 to £48,220 pa inclusive of London allowance Fixed-term appointment for 18 months This research officer position is to work with Eleanor Power as part of the ongoing "ENDOW" project (Economic Networks and the Dynamics of Wealth Inequality), funded by the UKRI and US National Science Foundation. The research officer will be based in the Department of Methodology, a leading centre for research and education in social science research methods. While we expect this to be a full-time appointment, we are open to considering the possibility of a part-time appointment. The post entails overseeing and extending the database of the "ENDOW" project, which includes data from over fifty communities around the world, comprising economic, demographic, and social network data characterising each community, its resident households, and the individuals within them. The research officer will be responsible for the expansion of this database to include longitudinal data from each community site, implementing a robust data infrastructure to manage and curate this information. The research officer will work closely with Dr Power and data contributors to ensure data quality, standardisation, and appropriate governance. They will contribute to core analyses of the ENDOW project and develop tools and resources that will be of wide utility for the collection, curation, and analysis of cross-cultural data. This role is central to building the data infrastructure that will enable meaningful, productive comparisons across these diverse field sites and will ultimately serve as a resource for the broader scientific community. The successful candidate will: Have a completed PhD, be close to completing a PhD, or have other research experience that demonstrates the capability to produce independent original research Have experience with database design, data management and data governance Have experience with programming in R or Python
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
cmolho.bsky.social
🚨Two weeks left to apply for our postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨

Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social , & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.

Full-time positions, 2 years, no teaching

Deadline: Jan 23

Please share and spread the word!

www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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hirotakaimada.bsky.social
I am hiring a 4y postdoc for my Leverhulme-funded project on the role of beliefs about what in/outgroup members believe/do about climate change in shaping pro-climate behaviours🌏

Start date: May 2026 at latest
Deadline: Feb 8

Please share it widely!

jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (48 months)Applications are invited for a 4-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. The successful candidate will join Dr. Hirotaka...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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tse-fr.eu
Applications for our upcoming Summer School have been extended until January 15! 🤝

Apply now: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...

@olkcampbell.bsky.social @maximederex.bsky.social @lfitouchi.bsky.social @cmolho.bsky.social @ccavaille.bsky.social
Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences Application
Application to the Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences taking place from May 25th to June 19th, 2026 in Toulouse, France Application deadline: January 15th, 2026 Applicants will be ...
www.tse-fr.eu
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
cmolho.bsky.social
🚨 Call for abstracts 🚨

Join our EASP pre-conference on 'Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Methods' on June 30, 2026.

We invite flash talk submissions from researchers at all career stages.

📝 Deadline: January 5 2026

🔗 More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for submissions_Molho&Jin_modified.docx
Call for submissions EASP Pre-Conference on ‘Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Methods’ Deadline: January 5, 2026 Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce the pre-con...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
cmolho.bsky.social
📣 One week left to apply to our Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences!

We have an exciting program for this year: www.tse-fr.eu/sites/defaul...

🗓️ May 26 to June 19, 2026
📍 Toulouse

Application deadline: December 15

Apply here: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...

@tse-fr.eu @iast.fr
www.tse-fr.eu
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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disgust-nerds.bsky.social
WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF DISGUSTED PEOPLE! 😄
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
disgust-nerds.bsky.social
@joshtybur.bsky.social (VU Amsterdam) presents new work testing the universality of disgust across 36 societies and 30k+ participants. Pathogen, sexual & moral disgust show striking cross-cultural consistency! Fascinating dataset & big implications! @iast.fr

#disgust #crossculturalresearch
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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atognetti.bsky.social
A fantastic first plenary talk in « Disgust across borders » @disgust-nerds.bsky.social by Caroline Amoroso on the evolution of parasite avoidance using c. elegans as a model species @iast.fr
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
behrenstimb.bsky.social
Thread of French and Dutch research institutes slowly unsubscribing from web of science (and thence impact factors).
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
cmolho.bsky.social
🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨

We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.

Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.

Full time, 2 years, no teaching.

Deadline: Jan 23

www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
pantelispa.bsky.social
I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
paolocrosetto.bsky.social
That's so good. Wait, why am I crying?
xkcd.com Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Nov 26
Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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tvpollet.bsky.social
Please considering signing this petition! My institution is unilaterally trying to change my working conditions (choice between keeping my pension scheme or indefinite pay freeze).
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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alelazic.bsky.social
In case you can't access the original article in full: archive.is/M2wK8
markrubin.bsky.social Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Nov 19
"Multiple men have remained in senior roles at Oxford for months or years after allegations of sexual misconduct emerged against them, Bloomberg found in a nine-month investigation based on interviews with almost 50 people as well as documents and other records."
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
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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csarabian.bsky.social
What role does disgust play in politics?

Our final keynote at Disgust Across Borders is Cindy Kam
@vanderbilt.edu presenting "The Politics of Disgust".

Want a taste? Her TED Talk is here: tinyurl.com/62ynau6s

📍@iast, Toulouse 🇫🇷
🗓️ Dec 4–5
📖 Program & abstracts: tinyurl.com/2tprm9cn
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
paolocrosetto.bsky.social
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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csarabian.bsky.social
How can we use disgust to make more sustainable choices?

Our 3rd keynote at Disgust Across Borders is Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social with "Putting the gross in domestic product: Disgust and consumer behaviour"

📍 @iast.fr
Toulouse 🇫🇷 | Dec 4–5
🎉 Program & abstracts: tinyurl.com/2tprm9cn!
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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aromano.bsky.social
We are excited for our upcoming CBEN preconference in Leiden on April 14th on “Socio-Ecological Variation in Conflict and Cooperation”.

Keynotes: Daniel Balliet, Elisabetta Palagi.

Submit your abstract by Nov 30.
More info can be found here:

www.cognitionbehaviorevolution.nl?p=1120
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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ehbea2026.bsky.social
Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
EHBEA 2026 in Leiden - abstract submission opens soon!
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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benjaminpitt.bsky.social
I’ll be considering graduate school applications for Fall 2026 – positions are fully funded, typically for 5 years. Deadline to apply to the Cognition program is December 1. Come do science with me in beautiful Amherst, Massachusetts! www.umass.edu/natural-scie...
PhD in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience : College of Natural Sciences : UMass Amherst
Engage in research centered on fundamental theoretical questions about cognitive function using multiple experimental methods and data analysis.
www.umass.edu
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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matti.vuorre.com
🎉 @rpsychologist.com 's PowerLMM.js is the online statistics application of the year 2025 🎉

powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com

- Calculate power (etc) for multilevel models
- Examine effects of dropout and other important parameters
- Fast! (Instant results)
Screenshot of https://powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com/
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
cmolho.bsky.social
📢 Two weeks left to apply for a (2-year) research fellowship @iast.fr

A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.

Deadline: November 15, 2025

How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
www.iast.fr
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
icsd2026.bsky.social
🎉 We're excited to announce that the #ICSD2026 (Jun 1-5, 2026)website is now live! sites.google.com/view/icsd2026
📅 Key dates
Nov 2025: Abstract submission opens
Dec 22, 2025: Submission deadline
Late Feb 2026: Acceptance notifications
Apr 3, 2026: Registration closes
Jun 1, 2026: Conference begins
ICSD 2026
Welcome TO ICSD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the International Conference on Social Dilemmas will be held in Shimonoseki, Japan, on June 1-5, 2026, at the Shimonoseki Grand Hotel. The confer...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Reposted by Catherine Molho
bjornlindstrom.bsky.social
How do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone?

Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM