Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
@jsskeffington.bsky.social
Social & political psychologist, Associate Professor at NYU Abu Dhabi, trying this out...
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Freshly dropped paper on SDO you'll want to check out 👇
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
Social dominance orientation: The motivational basis of intergroup inequality
Group-based hierarchies govern much of social life, from relations between ethnic groups to those between nation-states. We review three decades of re…
www.sciencedirect.com
The paper I'm most proud of from the past year: I got to join fellow Sidanius labmates to connect decades of research on social dominance theory, which ended up showing how the original idea of a 'basic grammar of social power' put forward by Jim and Felicia in 1999 is more plausible than ever...
Nice for me to see this application of the public goods dilemma to salient UK challenges, right after I used the same game in teaching social psych. My lab has been implementing variations of this game to study political ideology and decision-making in adversity! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr
A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Nice for me to see this application of the public goods dilemma to salient UK challenges, right after I used the same game in teaching social psych. My lab has been implementing variations of this game to study political ideology and decision-making in adversity! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Four three-year postdoctoral positions in the project Slow-Motion Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join a fantastic department and school dear to my heart, and a chance to shape a groundbreaking Masters course!
Come and work with my wonderful colleagues @lsepbs.bsky.social!
Assistant Professor in Social #Psychology / Environmental Psychology
#AcademicSky
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Social #Psychology / Environmental Psychology
#AcademicSky
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Join a fantastic department and school dear to my heart, and a chance to shape a groundbreaking Masters course!
New PSPB paper out from work with @wnmerrell.bsky.social, Lei Fan, &Lotte Thomsen, showing consensus across the egalitarian spectrum in appearance of images of poor people generated through reverse correlation, alongside differential ratings of those images by egalitarianism in an independent sample
New work on resource possession + hierarchy regulation!
Do the faces on the left and right look different to you?
They were generated using a reverse correlation task by UK ps asked to visualize “poor people”:
🟩 Generated by egalitarians (low SDO)
🟥 Generated by anti-egalitarians (high SDO)
Do the faces on the left and right look different to you?
They were generated using a reverse correlation task by UK ps asked to visualize “poor people”:
🟩 Generated by egalitarians (low SDO)
🟥 Generated by anti-egalitarians (high SDO)
November 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New PSPB paper out from work with @wnmerrell.bsky.social, Lei Fan, &Lotte Thomsen, showing consensus across the egalitarian spectrum in appearance of images of poor people generated through reverse correlation, alongside differential ratings of those images by egalitarianism in an independent sample
1 day left to submit an abstract to present at this!
SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
1 day left to submit an abstract to present at this!
🚨JOB ALERT🚨The Psychology Program at NYU Abu Dhabi is hiring! We have 2 open rank positions cutting across our strengths in social & political psych,cognition & perception, & developmental psych. Deadline Nov 1st, please spread far & wide; reach out if you are interested! apply.interfolio.com/175417
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October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨The Psychology Program at NYU Abu Dhabi is hiring! We have 2 open rank positions cutting across our strengths in social & political psych,cognition & perception, & developmental psych. Deadline Nov 1st, please spread far & wide; reach out if you are interested! apply.interfolio.com/175417
Off to Lisbon for my first SESP conference in 7 years! Please say hi if you see me and set your alarm for this 8.30am symposium on how resource ecologies shape psychology 🤓
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Off to Lisbon for my first SESP conference in 7 years! Please say hi if you see me and set your alarm for this 8.30am symposium on how resource ecologies shape psychology 🤓
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This #SPSP preconference 1st happened in January of 2016 when the area was 'emerging'. It's more arrived than emerging these days. I will talk about how to approach inequality scholarship (be it central or peripheral to your research question) from a functional perspective: rdcu.be/eBHv8
SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This #SPSP preconference 1st happened in January of 2016 when the area was 'emerging'. It's more arrived than emerging these days. I will talk about how to approach inequality scholarship (be it central or peripheral to your research question) from a functional perspective: rdcu.be/eBHv8
SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
October 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff
Thrilled & grateful to launch the Psychology In Political & Economic Systems (PIPES) Lab @NYUAbuDhabi:
tinyurl.com/4dw6h29r
We'll be looking at how phenomena at the societal level (from polarization to extreme inequality) reflect & shape psychological functioning. Stay tuned for research & events!
tinyurl.com/4dw6h29r
We'll be looking at how phenomena at the societal level (from polarization to extreme inequality) reflect & shape psychological functioning. Stay tuned for research & events!
October 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Thrilled & grateful to launch the Psychology In Political & Economic Systems (PIPES) Lab @NYUAbuDhabi:
tinyurl.com/4dw6h29r
We'll be looking at how phenomena at the societal level (from polarization to extreme inequality) reflect & shape psychological functioning. Stay tuned for research & events!
tinyurl.com/4dw6h29r
We'll be looking at how phenomena at the societal level (from polarization to extreme inequality) reflect & shape psychological functioning. Stay tuned for research & events!
The paper I'm most proud of from the past year: I got to join fellow Sidanius labmates to connect decades of research on social dominance theory, which ended up showing how the original idea of a 'basic grammar of social power' put forward by Jim and Felicia in 1999 is more plausible than ever...
Freshly dropped paper on SDO you'll want to check out 👇
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
By Arnold Ho, @nourkteily.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social & @lottethomsendk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology #PoliticalPsych
(to this crew: Jim would be proud!)
Social dominance orientation: The motivational basis of intergroup inequality
Group-based hierarchies govern much of social life, from relations between ethnic groups to those between nation-states. We review three decades of re…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The paper I'm most proud of from the past year: I got to join fellow Sidanius labmates to connect decades of research on social dominance theory, which ended up showing how the original idea of a 'basic grammar of social power' put forward by Jim and Felicia in 1999 is more plausible than ever...
Yesterday was my last day as faculty @lsepbs.bsky.social, a place dear to me, from my MSc 20 years ago to the first 10 years of my academic career! I will transition to LSE Senior Visiting Fellow, then focus on launching the Psychology In Political & Economic Systems (PIPES) Lab at NYU Abu Dhabi 🤓
June 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Yesterday was my last day as faculty @lsepbs.bsky.social, a place dear to me, from my MSc 20 years ago to the first 10 years of my academic career! I will transition to LSE Senior Visiting Fellow, then focus on launching the Psychology In Political & Economic Systems (PIPES) Lab at NYU Abu Dhabi 🤓
Just a reminder that it has been more than 60 days since Israel blocked any food, fuel, or medicine from getting into Gaza.
May 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Just a reminder that it has been more than 60 days since Israel blocked any food, fuel, or medicine from getting into Gaza.
Monbiot yet again goes straight to the key point everyone is dancing around!
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Monbiot yet again goes straight to the key point everyone is dancing around!
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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⭐ With registration for #EHBEA2025 closing in *just 4 days* 😱😱😱, let's recap on what we have planned ! 🎉
First up: Amazing Plenaries! 🧑🏻🏫
Kicking us off is Prof Russell Hill!
➡️ How STRANGE are your wild primates? Observer impacts on observational data collection 👀🙈 [1/10]
@ehbea.bsky.social
First up: Amazing Plenaries! 🧑🏻🏫
Kicking us off is Prof Russell Hill!
➡️ How STRANGE are your wild primates? Observer impacts on observational data collection 👀🙈 [1/10]
@ehbea.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
⭐ With registration for #EHBEA2025 closing in *just 4 days* 😱😱😱, let's recap on what we have planned ! 🎉
First up: Amazing Plenaries! 🧑🏻🏫
Kicking us off is Prof Russell Hill!
➡️ How STRANGE are your wild primates? Observer impacts on observational data collection 👀🙈 [1/10]
@ehbea.bsky.social
First up: Amazing Plenaries! 🧑🏻🏫
Kicking us off is Prof Russell Hill!
➡️ How STRANGE are your wild primates? Observer impacts on observational data collection 👀🙈 [1/10]
@ehbea.bsky.social
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New follower welcome - @jsskeffington.bsky.social, who wrote for us here with a socio-ecological perspective on decision-making in contexts of poverty.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Taking context seriously | BPS
Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington with a socio-ecological perspective on decision-making in contexts of poverty.
www.bps.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New follower welcome - @jsskeffington.bsky.social, who wrote for us here with a socio-ecological perspective on decision-making in contexts of poverty.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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If you want to understand why we do the things we do, being trained in cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives is a pretty good start 😊 excellent thread from CCE's @abbeyepage.bsky.social on our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution, now accepting applications 👇
1/ 🌟📢 Applications for our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution at @brunelpsy.bsky.social @brunelgradschool.bsky.social are OPEN for 2025/26 🎓 📢
Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵
Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵
Psychology, Culture and Evolution MSc | Brunel University of London
A research-intensive psychology master's course, allowing you to understand how culture and evolution can influence human behaviour.
www.brunel.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you want to understand why we do the things we do, being trained in cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives is a pretty good start 😊 excellent thread from CCE's @abbeyepage.bsky.social on our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution, now accepting applications 👇
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Last call! Deadline for our summer school on political intuitions is tomorrow. Application docs are few so there is still time to apply
I am delighted to announce another summer university course, in Budapest next year. We will focus in particular on *political intuitions* and their consequences for open society
One week, full time, 7-11 July
Applications are due 14 February
summeruniversity.ceu.edu/courses/2025...
One week, full time, 7-11 July
Applications are due 14 February
summeruniversity.ceu.edu/courses/2025...
The Human Mind and the Open Society: Political Intuitions | CEU summer course
summeruniversity.ceu.edu
February 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Last call! Deadline for our summer school on political intuitions is tomorrow. Application docs are few so there is still time to apply
Reposted by Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
February 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
Flights and hotel booked for SPSP :-) Speaking at pol psych precon, then attending intervention sci precon organized by former PhD student Julia Buzan. Also excited about Saturday symposium on social psych in Palestine. Check them out, and let me know if you'll be in Denver and want to catch up!
January 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Flights and hotel booked for SPSP :-) Speaking at pol psych precon, then attending intervention sci precon organized by former PhD student Julia Buzan. Also excited about Saturday symposium on social psych in Palestine. Check them out, and let me know if you'll be in Denver and want to catch up!
Punchy interjection from Karim Bettache (showing PSPR being more bold),asking why psychology doesn't do more study of capitalism. I agree - it's hard to notice as it's like the water we swim in, yet we'd always check water to be sure it's not getting too harmful! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Where Is Capitalism? Unmasking Its Hidden Role in Psychology - Karim Bettache, 2024
This article critically examines the pervasive yet often-neglected influence of capitalism on psychological processes and human behavior. While capitalist ideol...
journals.sagepub.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Punchy interjection from Karim Bettache (showing PSPR being more bold),asking why psychology doesn't do more study of capitalism. I agree - it's hard to notice as it's like the water we swim in, yet we'd always check water to be sure it's not getting too harmful! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
What is the political psychology behind the surge in support for figures like Donald Trump? @jsskeffington on why we need to go beyond crude identity politics & consider how ideological views vary among ethnic minority groups #LSEInequalitiesBlog
The rise of the anti-establishment right highlights the power of ideology over identity
What is the political psychology behind the surge in support for figures like Donald Trump? Taking stock of the research, Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington argues that we need to go beyond crud…
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January 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What is the political psychology behind the surge in support for figures like Donald Trump? @jsskeffington on why we need to go beyond crude identity politics & consider how ideological views vary among ethnic minority groups #LSEInequalitiesBlog
My first blog for @lseinequalities.bsky.social let me get a political psychology point off my chest that's been bugging me since November! @lsepbs.bsky.social @denisebaron.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
The rise of the anti-establishment right highlights the power of ideology over identity
What is the political psychology behind the surge in support for figures like Donald Trump? Taking stock of the research, Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington argues that we need to go beyond crud…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
My first blog for @lseinequalities.bsky.social let me get a political psychology point off my chest that's been bugging me since November! @lsepbs.bsky.social @denisebaron.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
First PhD publication from Julia Buzan is now out! We used discrete choice experiments to examine the socioeconomic dimension of choosing graduate jobs with short v. long term benefits, finding important roles for current financial strain, perceptions of control, &connections to a job.Check it out ⬇️
🆕 Barriers in the Transition From School to Work: How Student Financial Adversity Predicts Deprioritizing Jobs With the Best Long-Term Career Progression
Insightful new research by Julia Buzan & @jsskeffington.bsky.social.
#Research #OpenAccess
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Insightful new research by Julia Buzan & @jsskeffington.bsky.social.
#Research #OpenAccess
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
SPSSI Journals
Despite education's potential to reshape societal inequalities, recent gains in broadening university access across the socioeconomic spectrum have not translated into parallel gains in the transitio...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
First PhD publication from Julia Buzan is now out! We used discrete choice experiments to examine the socioeconomic dimension of choosing graduate jobs with short v. long term benefits, finding important roles for current financial strain, perceptions of control, &connections to a job.Check it out ⬇️