Kesi Mahendran
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
Migration | Non/Mobility | Citizenship
Co-ordinator of #OppAttune
https://oppattune.eu/
Professor of Social & Political Psychology
#EverydayExtremism
Public Dialogue on UK-EU Relations
http://publicdialoguepsychologycolab.co.uk
Co-ordinator of #OppAttune
https://oppattune.eu/
Professor of Social & Political Psychology
#EverydayExtremism
Public Dialogue on UK-EU Relations
http://publicdialoguepsychologycolab.co.uk
Pinned
Ivana Marková 1938 - 2024.
It's been weeks since the world-making community of dialogical scholars learnt of the sad news of Ivana. Who died in Cambridge on Sunday 1st December.
It's been weeks since the world-making community of dialogical scholars learnt of the sad news of Ivana. Who died in Cambridge on Sunday 1st December.
Why do you engage in migration studies? What influences the questions you ask?
There's still time to participate in the IMISCOE @reflexivities.bsky.social Blog Series.
Lead Editor: @s-manser-egli.bsky.social
More details on our Visions call 👇
📅 Deadline Friday 31 October
There's still time to participate in the IMISCOE @reflexivities.bsky.social Blog Series.
Lead Editor: @s-manser-egli.bsky.social
More details on our Visions call 👇
📅 Deadline Friday 31 October
Only some days left to submit your proposal for our series on Visions and Narratives in Migration Studies! Find the full call and the central questions to be addressed below and here: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo... Send us your abstract by 31 October 🚀
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Why do you engage in migration studies? What influences the questions you ask?
There's still time to participate in the IMISCOE @reflexivities.bsky.social Blog Series.
Lead Editor: @s-manser-egli.bsky.social
More details on our Visions call 👇
📅 Deadline Friday 31 October
There's still time to participate in the IMISCOE @reflexivities.bsky.social Blog Series.
Lead Editor: @s-manser-egli.bsky.social
More details on our Visions call 👇
📅 Deadline Friday 31 October
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❓What kind of democrat are you?
Explore your political stance with i-Attune a free 20-minute tool developed by @openuniversity.bsky.social and the OppAttune Project.
Discover your position!
🔗 Take the test: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Everydayextremism #selfdiscovery
Explore your political stance with i-Attune a free 20-minute tool developed by @openuniversity.bsky.social and the OppAttune Project.
Discover your position!
🔗 Take the test: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Everydayextremism #selfdiscovery
What kind of Democrat are you?
Are you interested in exploring your own political style and how you relate to others? How far would you be willing to go for what you believe? Try our interactive feature to find out.
open.edu
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
❓What kind of democrat are you?
Explore your political stance with i-Attune a free 20-minute tool developed by @openuniversity.bsky.social and the OppAttune Project.
Discover your position!
🔗 Take the test: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Everydayextremism #selfdiscovery
Explore your political stance with i-Attune a free 20-minute tool developed by @openuniversity.bsky.social and the OppAttune Project.
Discover your position!
🔗 Take the test: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Everydayextremism #selfdiscovery
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🎧 Looking for something thoughtful to listen to while you work?
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🎧 Looking for something thoughtful to listen to while you work?
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
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Wierdly flawed graph by the EP Research Service of member state and national party voting power in the Council of the EU.
What it does show is how dependend the representation of the S&D (Spain) and Renew (France) are on individual large member states:
What it does show is how dependend the representation of the S&D (Spain) and Renew (France) are on individual large member states:
August 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Wierdly flawed graph by the EP Research Service of member state and national party voting power in the Council of the EU.
What it does show is how dependend the representation of the S&D (Spain) and Renew (France) are on individual large member states:
What it does show is how dependend the representation of the S&D (Spain) and Renew (France) are on individual large member states:
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Perhaps the dreadful AI reviewers can process the dreadful AI submissions and AI editors publish in their own AI outlets, and the rest of us can avoid having to see them.
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
forms.gle
August 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Perhaps the dreadful AI reviewers can process the dreadful AI submissions and AI editors publish in their own AI outlets, and the rest of us can avoid having to see them.
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AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:
Don’t Believe What AI Told You I Said
The chatbots are lying about me.
bit.ly
August 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:
Editors as narrative-breakers.
The public galvanised by @bestforbritain.org
respond to SkyNews' relationship with the UK Reform Party's flow of live streamed news conferences.
New editorial guidance in the age of direct democracy & the media savvy political party
#EverydayExtremism
#OppAttune
The public galvanised by @bestforbritain.org
respond to SkyNews' relationship with the UK Reform Party's flow of live streamed news conferences.
New editorial guidance in the age of direct democracy & the media savvy political party
#EverydayExtremism
#OppAttune
In three days, more than 5,000 people used our online tool to write to Sky News and make a formal complaint.
“The changes made by Sky News today to reclaim some degree of editorial control are welcome and we thank our supporters for taking action.” ~AA
www.bestforbritain.org/sky_news_cha...
“The changes made by Sky News today to reclaim some degree of editorial control are welcome and we thank our supporters for taking action.” ~AA
www.bestforbritain.org/sky_news_cha...
Sky News changes Reform UK coverage after receiving thousands of complaints
Sky News today altered their coverage of Reform UK press conferences after a concerted campaign organised by Best for Britain.
www.bestforbritain.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Editors as narrative-breakers.
The public galvanised by @bestforbritain.org
respond to SkyNews' relationship with the UK Reform Party's flow of live streamed news conferences.
New editorial guidance in the age of direct democracy & the media savvy political party
#EverydayExtremism
#OppAttune
The public galvanised by @bestforbritain.org
respond to SkyNews' relationship with the UK Reform Party's flow of live streamed news conferences.
New editorial guidance in the age of direct democracy & the media savvy political party
#EverydayExtremism
#OppAttune
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My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...
August 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...
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Vaccine hesitancy now turning in to vaccine refusal. A direct result of Trump and RFK Jr
From @katherinehu.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
From @katherinehu.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Conversations Doctors Are Having About Vaccination Now
Pediatricians’ advice on vaccination hasn’t changed. What happens when the government’s does?
www.theatlantic.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Vaccine hesitancy now turning in to vaccine refusal. A direct result of Trump and RFK Jr
From @katherinehu.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
From @katherinehu.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Finally we have Evangelia Vergouli discussing why we need to rethink political influence. Do we all have the potential to become an extremist?
@oppattune.bsky.social
@qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025
@oppattune.bsky.social
@qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025
July 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Finally we have Evangelia Vergouli discussing why we need to rethink political influence. Do we all have the potential to become an extremist?
@oppattune.bsky.social
@qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025
@oppattune.bsky.social
@qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025
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🎥 Filming with @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social & Dr Anthony English for BBC Morning Live alongside documentary filmmaker Zara McDermott.
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
July 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎥 Filming with @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social & Dr Anthony English for BBC Morning Live alongside documentary filmmaker Zara McDermott.
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
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I had the great pleasure of introducing @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social keynote @qmip.bsky.social conference!
Highlighting the importance of dialogue, how we can take an outsiderly position and the role of answerability
#qmip2025
Highlighting the importance of dialogue, how we can take an outsiderly position and the role of answerability
#qmip2025
July 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I had the great pleasure of introducing @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social keynote @qmip.bsky.social conference!
Highlighting the importance of dialogue, how we can take an outsiderly position and the role of answerability
#qmip2025
Highlighting the importance of dialogue, how we can take an outsiderly position and the role of answerability
#qmip2025
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🧠 At #ISPP2025, the OU #OppAttune team
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
July 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🧠 At #ISPP2025, the OU #OppAttune team
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
Looking forward to @qmip.bsky.social 20 year celebrations
I'll talk about "When outsideness meets answerability" Political Attunement & Dialogical possibilities of Qual Methods
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
Can't make the conference?
Here's the answer according to Google AI*
Oh such certainty!
I'll talk about "When outsideness meets answerability" Political Attunement & Dialogical possibilities of Qual Methods
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
Can't make the conference?
Here's the answer according to Google AI*
Oh such certainty!
July 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Looking forward to @qmip.bsky.social 20 year celebrations
I'll talk about "When outsideness meets answerability" Political Attunement & Dialogical possibilities of Qual Methods
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
Can't make the conference?
Here's the answer according to Google AI*
Oh such certainty!
I'll talk about "When outsideness meets answerability" Political Attunement & Dialogical possibilities of Qual Methods
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
Can't make the conference?
Here's the answer according to Google AI*
Oh such certainty!
Perhaps the tide is turning at @ispp-pops.bsky.social. Considering the number of delegates today in the "Where are the Palestinian scholars?" #ISPP2025 session.
Then, in the memorial for #JamesLui Kataryna (IWAHLab) adopts the concept of #Ubuntu to explain findings from South. Africa, India & Ghana.
Then, in the memorial for #JamesLui Kataryna (IWAHLab) adopts the concept of #Ubuntu to explain findings from South. Africa, India & Ghana.
July 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Perhaps the tide is turning at @ispp-pops.bsky.social. Considering the number of delegates today in the "Where are the Palestinian scholars?" #ISPP2025 session.
Then, in the memorial for #JamesLui Kataryna (IWAHLab) adopts the concept of #Ubuntu to explain findings from South. Africa, India & Ghana.
Then, in the memorial for #JamesLui Kataryna (IWAHLab) adopts the concept of #Ubuntu to explain findings from South. Africa, India & Ghana.
There just about still time to apply to work with wonderful colleague Laura Taylor as a post-doc on "Generation Peace" project.
📆 Deadline: 11 July 2025
👇👇
📆 Deadline: 11 July 2025
👇👇
#postdoc in #peace #science at @ucddublin.bsky.social
Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor
Due 11 July, noon
Search Ref #018451 at
my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...
Thx for reposts
Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor
Due 11 July, noon
Search Ref #018451 at
my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...
Thx for reposts
July 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
There just about still time to apply to work with wonderful colleague Laura Taylor as a post-doc on "Generation Peace" project.
📆 Deadline: 11 July 2025
👇👇
📆 Deadline: 11 July 2025
👇👇
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PSA: If you're currently in Prague for #ISPP2025, you might also like joining the 24 Hours of Political Psychology in Vienna in February!
No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊
Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026
No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊
Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026
24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026
24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026
24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
PSA: If you're currently in Prague for #ISPP2025, you might also like joining the 24 Hours of Political Psychology in Vienna in February!
No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊
Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026
No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊
Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026
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🎙️ Missed the SMIDGE webinar “Radicalisation and Extremist Narratives – Quo Vadis?”?
We joined #ArenasEU and fellow #SmidgeProject partners to unpack radicalisation, disinformation, and how collaboration can build resilience across Europe.
📺 Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=SRO0...
We joined #ArenasEU and fellow #SmidgeProject partners to unpack radicalisation, disinformation, and how collaboration can build resilience across Europe.
📺 Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=SRO0...
June 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎙️ Missed the SMIDGE webinar “Radicalisation and Extremist Narratives – Quo Vadis?”?
We joined #ArenasEU and fellow #SmidgeProject partners to unpack radicalisation, disinformation, and how collaboration can build resilience across Europe.
📺 Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=SRO0...
We joined #ArenasEU and fellow #SmidgeProject partners to unpack radicalisation, disinformation, and how collaboration can build resilience across Europe.
📺 Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=SRO0...
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These people are heroes
Budapest Pride to go ahead amid Orbán pushback
Budapest Pride to go ahead amid Orbán pushback
Some 70 members of the European Parliament taking part in the parade have been advised to carry their diplomatic passports.
dlvr.it
June 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
These people are heroes
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Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
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What does it mean to build a society of equals?
#OppAttune PhD researchers Tetiana Shyriaieva and Evangelia Vergouli argue that psychology has a vital role in shaping democratic inclusion and dignity.
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Follow our community!
#EverydayExtremism
#OppAttune PhD researchers Tetiana Shyriaieva and Evangelia Vergouli argue that psychology has a vital role in shaping democratic inclusion and dignity.
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Follow our community!
#EverydayExtremism
‘Psychology has a fundamental role to play in forging a politically constituted society of equals’ | BPS
Open University OppAttune Project PhD students Tetiana Shyriaieva and Evangelia Vergouli sit down with Stephen W. Sawyer, Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History and Director of the Center for Critica...
www.bps.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
What does it mean to build a society of equals?
#OppAttune PhD researchers Tetiana Shyriaieva and Evangelia Vergouli argue that psychology has a vital role in shaping democratic inclusion and dignity.
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Follow our community!
#EverydayExtremism
#OppAttune PhD researchers Tetiana Shyriaieva and Evangelia Vergouli argue that psychology has a vital role in shaping democratic inclusion and dignity.
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Follow our community!
#EverydayExtremism
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Being political isn’t just about elections or parties- it’s about how we engage with each other, every day.
The special issue explores how we can reclaim political agency in a polarised world.🧠💬
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Get engaged
🔸
Follow our community!
The special issue explores how we can reclaim political agency in a polarised world.🧠💬
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Get engaged
🔸
Follow our community!
Being political in divisive times | BPS
Kesi Mahendran, Sandra Obradović, Sue Nieland and Ashley Weinberg introduce this guest-edited special issue.
www.bps.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Being political isn’t just about elections or parties- it’s about how we engage with each other, every day.
The special issue explores how we can reclaim political agency in a polarised world.🧠💬
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Get engaged
🔸
Follow our community!
The special issue explores how we can reclaim political agency in a polarised world.🧠💬
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
Get engaged
🔸
Follow our community!
Does your qualitative research need some inspo?
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
There's still time to register for the @qmip.bsky.social annual conference & exchange thinking with other qualitative researchers.
📅 Registration deadline: 23 June.
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
There's still time to register for the @qmip.bsky.social annual conference & exchange thinking with other qualitative researchers.
📅 Registration deadline: 23 June.
Qualitative Methods in Psychology Conference 2025 | BPS
This year we make our way to Leeds for a gathering of academics dedicated to advancing research in our field.
www.bps.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Does your qualitative research need some inspo?
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
There's still time to register for the @qmip.bsky.social annual conference & exchange thinking with other qualitative researchers.
📅 Registration deadline: 23 June.
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
There's still time to register for the @qmip.bsky.social annual conference & exchange thinking with other qualitative researchers.
📅 Registration deadline: 23 June.
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Hi Friends dont forget to register for our conference as the deadline is approaching :)
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
Qualitative Methods in Psychology Conference 2025 | BPS
This year we make our way to Leeds for a gathering of academics dedicated to advancing research in our field.
www.bps.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hi Friends dont forget to register for our conference as the deadline is approaching :)
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...
www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...