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Kai Sassenberg
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Leibniz Institute for Psychology @zipd.bsky.social & Uni Trier (Germany)- Open Science & social influence (conspiracy beliefs, power, social norms, competition) - views are my own

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10d
Miles Hewstone, who quit in 2019 but retained his emeritus titles for years, is accused of making unwanted advances towards students and researchers
Oxford University ‘withheld information about harassment claims’
Miles Hewstone, who quit in 2019 but retained his emeritus titles for years, is accused of making unwanted advances towards students and researchers
www.thetimes.com

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Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) @zpid.bsky.social · 10d
🎙️ Wissenschaft im Gespräch

Zählen Gefühle mehr als Fakten?

@kaisassenberg.bsky.social war zu Gast beim Radio #BR2 und sprach darüber, warum persönliche Überzeugungen zunehmend als Argumente genutzt werden.

🎧Ganze Folge hier: www.br.de/radio/bayern...

#psychology #podcast
Nah dran: Zählen heute noch Argumente? Sozialpsychologe Kai Sassenberg | BR.de
www.br.de

Reposted by Kai Sassenberg, Nils Zurawski

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 11d
Übrigens: Im digitalen Zeitalter könnt ihr mit eurer Aufmerksamkeit einen Unterschied machen. Medien messen die Klicks von Artikeln. Je mehr ihr Klimainhalte klickt, lest und teilt, umso größer der Antrieb sie zu veröffentlichen

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
(S+) Klimapolitik der Bundesregierung: Fünf Entscheidungen für die Energiewende 2026
Umweltminister Carsten Schneider wacht über die deutschen Klimaziele, doch seine Kabinettskollegen arbeiten oft gegen ihn. Was jetzt passieren muss, damit die Energiewende eine Chance hat.
www.spiegel.de

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · 19d
In other words, our results failed to replicate the impact of co-opetition on flexibility. We discuss the impact of online data collection and changes in the understanding of competition as potential causes of the failed replication. 4/4

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · 19d
In the new paper, two conceptual and one direct replication (total N = 1,340) found no difference in cognitive flexibility after / in co-opetition compared to the other types of interdependence. Bayesian analysis showed strong evidence against an effect (BF10 < 0.05). 3/4

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · 19d
In 2016, we studied the impact of co-opetition–the demand to cooperate and compete with the same target–on cognitive flexibility. Back then, we found that compared to pure competition and cooperation, experiencing co-opetition increases cognitive flexibility (eg, generating more diverse ideas). 2/4

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · 19d
New paper alert: @claudiaaraya.bsky.social and I published a failed (conceptual and exact) replication of one of the studies I published with Florian Landkammer 10 years ago doi.org/10.1037/xge0... on the impact of conflicting demands on cognitive flexibility 1/4
econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10....
The Impact of Co-Opetition on Cognitive Flexibility: A Replication Study of Landkammer and Sassenberg (2016): Social Psychology: Vol 56, No 4
econtent.hogrefe.com

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Sonja Utz @sonja-utz.de · Dec 16
New paper co-authored with @kaisassenberg.bsky.social and @lpummerer.bsky.social out: We used five waves of longitudinal data to untangle how health vs. economic fears relate between- and within-subjects to quality vs. alternative media use www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Do fears drive media consumption? A longitudinal study on the relationships between different fears and media consumption during COVID-19 in Germany
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, cross-sectional work identified differential relationships between health-related vs. economic fears and the consumption of quality versus alternativ...
www.tandfonline.com

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Kou Murayama @koumurayama.bsky.social · Dec 10
We are hiring a new Ph. D. student on neuroimaging and/or computational modeling on motivation and emotion. Tübingen is a great place to pursue work on these topics!!

uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
PhD Position on computational modelling and neuroscience (m/f/d)
uni-tuebingen.de

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Mario Gollwitzer, Jill A. Jacobson

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Nov 26
At ZPID we are searching for a tenure track assistant professor for Psychological Metascience in joint appointment with @unitrier.bsky.social preferably someone who has conducted quantitative research in metascience in psychology or related disciplines. Questions? Feel free to contact me personally.

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Fiona Kazarovytska @zakfio.bsky.social · Nov 20
Join us for the EASP 2026 Preconference:
"Social Psychological Processes of Collective Memory"
@easp2026.bsky.social ✨

With @olivierklein.bsky.social @jrvollhardt.bsky.social @michelletwali.bsky.social @elifsandal.bsky.social @laurentlicata.bsky.social

Submit here: www.easp.eu/news/itm/cal...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – EASP 2026 PRECONFERENCES
Social Psychology News Articles
www.easp.eu

Reposted by Kai Sassenberg, Kai Arzheimer

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · Nov 3
Researchers are often advised to "reveal the person behind the science" in #scicomm to appear more approachable and trustworthy to their audiences. But does this really work? 🤔 In this short piece for Current Opinion in Psych, I review the recent literature... 👇 1/3
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
doi.org

Reposted by Kai Sassenberg, Monika Schnitzer, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

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Marianne Saam @mariannesaam.bsky.social · Oct 23
Wir haben eine Promotionsstelle an der @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social ausgeschrieben, Vollzeit, ohne Lehrverpflichtung, mit Einbindung in das @econbiz.econtwitter.net.ap.brid.gy Team.
Bewerbungen bis 14.11. möglich. Fragen gerne auch an mich.
www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...
Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter:in (Doktorand:in) zum Thema Veränderungsprozesse durch KI in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Die ZBW sucht eine/n Doktorand:in (w/m/d) für Forschung zu KI in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Hamburg/Kiel. Jetzt bewerben! Frist: 14.11.2025.
www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Oct 23
#AcademicSky

IMO, academics spend too much time on social media relative to having a basic, solid, useful website.

Some tips here from @gribblelab.org

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to design your academic website - Nature Human Behaviour
An academic website serves as both a public-facing window on the world wide web and an important internal laboratory resource. In this ‘How to’ piece, I outline how to build your academic website, inc...
www.nature.com

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Oct 21
In a new preprint led by @abitter.bsky.social we tested whether open data is useful for reproducibility and usage based on automated and human assessment of data FAIRness. The short answer is: in the majority of cases not really. For more information 👇
abitter.bsky.social André Bittermann @abitter.bsky.social · Oct 21
How FAIR is shared data in psychology?

We analyzed 11,384 datasets (2013–2024): They're findable, but less reusable!

What relates most to differences in FAIRness? #Repository choice.

👉 Preprint: doi.org/10.23668/psy...

@mariogollwitzer.bsky.social @kaisassenberg.bsky.social #metascience #SciSci
FAIRness differed mainly by repository, with GitHub and OSF showing lower median scores than PsychArchives, Zenodo, and Figshare

Reposted by Mario Gollwitzer, Kai Sassenberg, Ingo Rohlfing

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André Bittermann @abitter.bsky.social · Oct 21
How FAIR is shared data in psychology?

We analyzed 11,384 datasets (2013–2024): They're findable, but less reusable!

What relates most to differences in FAIRness? #Repository choice.

👉 Preprint: doi.org/10.23668/psy...

@mariogollwitzer.bsky.social @kaisassenberg.bsky.social #metascience #SciSci
FAIRness differed mainly by repository, with GitHub and OSF showing lower median scores than PsychArchives, Zenodo, and Figshare

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

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Oct 17
#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...

Reposted by Kai Sassenberg, Paolo Crosetto

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · Oct 17
Very cool: Lisa Spitzer has made a deviation from preregistrations template, which you can find here: apps.leibniz-psychology.org/prp-dev/
PreReg: Deviation Template
PreReg: Deviation Template
apps.leibniz-psychology.org

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Dr. Lotte Pummerer @lpummerer.bsky.social · Oct 9
Why are some people more prone to believe in conspiracy theories? Part of the answer may lie in metacognition, i.e., the ability to correctly estimate one's own knowledge about topics.
-> New paper with @kwinter.bsky.social, @kaisassenberg.bsky.social & Helen Fischer
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2044...
“Knowing what I don’t know” – belief in conspiracy theories relates to lower metacognitive sensitivity: a signal detection theoretic approach
Beliefs in conspiracy theories are seemingly hard to dispute through facts. Researchers have partly attributed this resistance to certain information processing styles that are associated with cons...
doi.org

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andytseng.bsky.social
Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · Aug 30
@nature.com finds science posts on #Bluesky are more original, and earn far higher engagement. Need we say more!?
#Twitter #X #SocialMedia #ResearchSky #AcademicSky
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com

Reposted by Kai Sassenberg, Nathan Nunn, Jennie Batchelor

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Aug 30
One week left to apply.
grigolus.bsky.social Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Jul 24
Our department @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has 2 open lecturer positions (=tenure-track Assistant Prof). Social psych is one of the priority areas, so consider applying if you study social behavior, incl. intergroup relations, culture, environmental or media psych.

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
York. View from the river Ouse.

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Aug 28
Inducing flexibllity mindsets are among the few treatments that influence, in particular, those with pronounced attitudes (not just the undecided fence sitters).
This link might provide you easier access to the paper
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Aug 28
Flexibility mindsets had similar effects on environmental intentions when induced within or outside the environmental domain. These results add to a line of research @kwinter.bsky.social and I and a number of other colleagues have conducted over the last > 10 years.
doi.org/10.1080/1046...
Flexibility mindsets: Reducing biases that result from spontaneous processing
Spontaneous (i.e., heuristic, fast, effortless, and associative) processing has clear advantages for human cognition, but it can also elicit undesirable outcomes such as stereotyping and other bias...
doi.org

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Aug 28
New paper alert: @kwinter.bsky.social Laura Henn, and I show in 3 studies (N = 1005) that flexibility mindsets (induced by cognitive conflicts) enhance pro-environmental behavioral intentions among those initially low in pro-environmental attitudes.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Flexibility mindsets enhance pro-environmental behavioral intentions among those with a low pro-environmental default tendency
Environmental psychology provides several promising approaches to enhance pro-environmental behavior. However, these are usually only effective within…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · Aug 26
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.

Details here:

PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...

Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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caulfieldtim.bsky.social
Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Aug 25
Strong conspiracy beliefs about COVID = lower perceptions of procedural justice

Study: Conspiracy beliefs predict perceptions of procedural justice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reposted by John Drury

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Aug 19
Delighted to see our new paper led by @svenjabfrenzel.bsky.social out. In a 5-wave longitudinal study (conducted in 2022/23), we tested whether the feeling of procedural justice returned for those high in conspiracy beliefs towards the end of the pandemic. Short answer: No! For more details👇
svenjabfrenzel.bsky.social Svenja @svenjabfrenzel.bsky.social · Aug 19
Excited to announce that my paper with @lpummerer.bsky.social, @sonja-utz.de & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social on conspiracy beliefs is published. We examined the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and procedural justice during the peak and decay of the pandemic.

Reposted by Kai Sassenberg, Sonja Utz

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Svenja @svenjabfrenzel.bsky.social · Aug 19
Excited to announce that my paper with @lpummerer.bsky.social, @sonja-utz.de & @kaisassenberg.bsky.social on conspiracy beliefs is published. We examined the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and procedural justice during the peak and decay of the pandemic.

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Aug 18
We explicitly focused on confirmatory research (sorry, I should have indicated that). And yes: at least one hypothesized pattern per prediction. If you a preregistration contains two hypotheses specifying two predicted patterns - even better. I guess we agree, but my post was not perfectly worded.