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Sofia Stathi
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Professor of Social Psychology | Research: intergroup relations, prejudice, collective action | Director of Social Psychology Lab - Uni of Greenwich | #FirstGen #Immigrant Born 🇬🇷🇪🇺 Living 🇬🇧

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Sep 30
Sabbatical mode on. What I most look forward to? Reading!

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Nadira Faber @nadirafaber.bsky.social · 1h
In our new paper (open access in PSPB), we asked where children’s greater moral concern for animals stems from. We find that children place less moral weight on species membership alone (i.e. are less speciesist) than adults. #socialpsyc #devpsy #philsky journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZMRUM...

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 5d
Awesome! Well done to everyone for putting this series of events together 🙌

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 5d
Unfortunately I cannot attend today but it’ll be a great event!! I look forward to hearing about it!

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 5d
-- Call for Papers --

Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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theimpactlab.co.uk
Ryan Miemczyk @theimpactlab.co.uk · 7d
🇦🇺 A 14-year, 25k strong study found that hopeful adults had higher wellbeing, better health, stronger employment & faster recovery after shocks. 🌱

#Hope as measurable, predictive & essential for understanding #SocialImpact. 📈

#Wellbeing #Charity #Evaluation #Reporting #Impact
Hope and the Life Course: Results From a Longitudinal Study of 25,000 Adults
This paper reports the first large-scale longitudinal links between one of the least known dimensions of wellbeing—hope—and long-term outcomes in a range of life arenas. Hope has agentic properties w....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Lupicínio Íñiguez-Rueda, Sofia Stathi

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 8d
'Panic'?
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:

'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘It felt like forever’: passengers recount mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train
Some initially assumed the commotion was a Halloween prank, but soon realised something awful was unfolding
www.theguardian.com

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 10d
Listening to Lewis tonight was so refreshing.

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 13d
Good luck, Gordon!! (but also, a bit of an awkward thing for an Editor to say?!)

Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Sofia Stathi, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 18d
New publication on immigrant attitudes toward immigration in 🇫🇷

We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Immigrants’ attitudes towards immigration: convergence towards majority views or ethnoracial polarization?
After decades of research on attitudes towards immigration among the ethnic majority, scholarly interest has recently shifted to investigate these attitudes among immigrants themselves. Drawing on ...
www.tandfonline.com

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Kai Sassenberg, Mark Rubin , and 6 more

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 25d
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky

Our new paper out in American Psychologist.

Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.

Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally

psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 26d
The Moral Psychology Research Group (MPRG) is hosting an on-line conference 11/7-11/8: Any interested attendees are welcome! Speakers include Paul Bloom, Daryl Cameron, Joshua Greene, Melton Yecel, Abigail Cassario, and others (including me). For more details see sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
the word morality is written in red glitter
ALT: the word morality is written in red glitter
media.tenor.com

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · 28d
Our new paper(with Eva Walther & Malgorzata Kossowska)in Current Opinion in Psychology introduces a group-based motivational framework showing that willful ignorance, beyond individual, is also a group strategy shaping identity & conspiracy beliefs.Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“A community of unknowledge”: A Social-Psychological Model of the Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Social Identity-Driven Willful Ignorance and Conspiracy Beliefs
This paper explores willful ignorance as a socially motivated, group-based phenomenon closely tied to conspiracy beliefs. While prior research has emp…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 28d
"Extremism at the Centre"

"Uncovering political diversity amongst midpoint responders on the left-right self-placement item"

By...
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@fmsmallfield.bsky.social
@scicomguy.bsky.social
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The midpoint of the left-right self-placement item is the most populated of all response options. While genuinely centrist responders opt to self-place there, it is also a convenient response option for those that cannot easily fit their politics to the left-right spectrum. Those with populist attitudes may also see the midpoint as an appropriate self-placement option, due to the thin-centred nature of populist ideology. In support of this, midpoint responders score similarly to the extreme ends of the spectrum on variables related to political system attitudes, including conspiracy beliefs and institutional trust, resulting in W-shaped relationships. Our research investigated the extent to which midpoint bumps exist across common political issues and political system attitudes, and whether subgroups of populist midpoint responders explain them. Using data from the Australian Election Study (N = 2179) and the American National Election Study (N = 8280), we found W- and M-shaped polynomial relationships primarily on attitudes towards the political system and toward immigrants. We then conducted Latent Profile Analyses on midpoint responders, using these items, finding at least one profile in each sample that represented a response pattern indicative of populist belief strands.

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 29d
Early afternoon sabbatical trail in south east London #HelloAutumn

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Jessie Baldwin @jessiebaldwin.bsky.social · 29d
When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐

Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!

October 28, 1pm GMT.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...

@tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
When and How to Deviate From a Preregistration, with Prof Daniël Lakens
Prof Daniël Lakens will share guidance on appropriate circumstances and methods for deviating from a pre-registration
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Oct 9
Thank you for all your efforts, Laura ❤️ your work teaches children and grown-ups alike 😁

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Oct 9
So lucky that the brilliant @laurahallain.bsky.social visited my daughter’s school today! Little one came home excited and inspired 💫 📕

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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · Oct 9
Lost science series is documenting the research that is being cut in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c... 🧪
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com

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Take Sipma @takesipma.bsky.social · Oct 3
Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial?

In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries
www.cambridge.org

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Sep 30
<3 I feel I have so much catching up to do, Gordon! Any cool research you uncover, please carry on sharing!

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · Sep 29
Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online!

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · Sep 27
“Democrats think 45% of Republicans support partisan murder, 20 times larger than what data show. Similarly, Republicans think 42% of Democrats support partisan murder, which is 25 times larger than reality. Americans have a fundamentally incorrect understanding of support for partisan violence.”
Study: Most Americans Do Not Support Partisan Violence | Dartmouth
home.dartmouth.edu

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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · Sep 25
ISPP’s Scholars Under Threat Committee call for proposals:

Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Sofia Stathi, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Sep 21
Republicans perceive more discrimination against people who are: White, evangelical, men & religious.

Democrats are much more likely to perceive discrimination against people who are: gay or lesbian, Black, immigrants in US legally, Hispanic, & women.
Republicans and Democrats continue to have very different views of how much discrimination many groups face in the U.S. While there have been some shifts since last year, the partisan patterns are consistent. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say most of the groups asked about face at least some discrimination. But there are exceptions among certain groups. Groups that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say experience a lot of or some discrimination: White people (55% of Republicans vs. 21% of Democrats) Evangelical Christians (57% vs. 31%) Men (42% vs. 27%) People who are religious (63% vs. 51%) Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say that 15 of 20 groups included in the survey face a lot of or some discrimination. These are the widest differences: People who are gay or lesbian (90% of Democrats vs. 50% of Republicans) Black people (94% vs. 54%) Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally (84% vs. 45%) Hispanic people (90% vs. 54%) Women (80% vs. 47%)

Reposted by Siniša Malešević, Adam Crawford, Geoff Pearson , and 1 more

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · Sep 19
🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

We're looking for an ambitious, impact-focused Research Fellow to join @vp-centre.bsky.social.

The role is full-time and fixed-term until 30 April 2027.

Salary: £41,064-£48,822
Based at: @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Deadline: 13 October 2025

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow, Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Are you an ambitious, impact-focussed researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in policing and vulnerable groups, the interactions between them and other service pro...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Sep 18
Interested in state-of-the-art methodologies to study social change? My brilliant colleague @drfbzen.bsky.social is hosting Dr. Agnieszka Rychwalska next week, funded by British Academy! 👉 resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/methods-in... Come and learn all things functional connectivity analysis! 🧐

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Sep 17
“What has happened is not that capital income trickled down, but that labour income ‘trickled up’” – @brankomilan.bsky.social on how income from capital remains a privilege of the few in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Read the post here: buff.ly/BEs46q0
New Capitalism in America, Part III - LSE Inequalities
Why is capital so concentrated and why do so few have it? Under the "new" capitalism, why do 85% of the world’s population remain capital-income destitute?
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8
In the session Decolonization and status quo Leyla De Amicis is presenting her project Decolonizing ourselves - funded by the BPS Social Psychology Section through pump-priming (this is an annual funding opportunity for our members to help them with starting up, pilot study etc)

Reposted by Sofia Stathi, Shelley McKeown

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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8
We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social