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Kong
@kongmeng.bsky.social
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Lecturer (Asst. Prof.) in Psychology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
- I study the psychology of social media, culture and music. PhD: Kyoto University. 🇳🇿🇯🇵🇸🇬
https://liewk.github.io/
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Kong @kongmeng.bsky.social · May 21
4 years after finishing my PhD, and 7 years after I wrote the first of many iterations of R scripts, the last chapter of my dissertation is finally published at PSPB! In case anyone's ever wondered, yes machine learning can be used to study cultural differences too.
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
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dsbarra.bsky.social
How do we improve the implementation of open science? Let's start with the terms. Excellent new paper out in #AMPPS-- see this thread by @katiecorker.bsky.social! @psychscience.bsky.social
katiecorker.bsky.social Katie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · Aug 14
"Preregistration" lumps three distinct practices into one:

- Study registration
- Protocol
- Analysis plans (SAPs)

To advance open science, it's critical that we distinguish them.

🌟 🌟 Now in-press paper from Evan Mayo-Wilson, @seangrant.bsky.social, David Moher, me: osf.io/preprints/me...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
kongmeng.bsky.social
I have to admit, I started working on this as a way to skip out on writing IRB applications in Japanese as a 1st year PhD student.

Thanks for featuring our research @spspnews.bsky.social!
spspnews.bsky.social Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · May 23
📈New #PSPB research uses machine learning to map cultural differences beyond traditional theories like individualism-collectivism. The method reveals both known patterns and novel dimensions in comparing countries like USA, China, and Japan.

Learn more: ow.ly/C3bb50VXMqL
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May 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
kongmeng.bsky.social
4 years after finishing my PhD, and 7 years after I wrote the first of many iterations of R scripts, the last chapter of my dissertation is finally published at PSPB! In case anyone's ever wondered, yes machine learning can be used to study cultural differences too.
doi.org/10.1177/0146...
May 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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bethanygrowns.bsky.social
Please consider signing this petition to NZ Parliament | Pāremata Aotearoa to broaden access to academic journals in Aotearoa: petitions.parliament.nz/ef013521-d47...
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
petitions.parliament.nz
May 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
kongmeng.bsky.social
We! Are! Hiring!

Do you have a PhD in #IOPsych?
Ever thought about living and working in New Zealand?
Are you passionate about teaching #psychology?

jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...

Fresh PhD grads are welcome!
Lecturer (Teaching and Administration) in Industrial/Organisational Psychology - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
kongmeng.bsky.social
👏 👏 New Publication! Ever wondered why some folks seem more open to using #ChatGPT for counseling? We found that individuals with more trust in the counseling abilities of AI and who had anxious attachment styles were more open to adopting AI to support their mental health.
ai.jmir.org/2025/1/e68960
Attachment styles shape adoption of AI counselling tools | University of Canterbury
A University of Canterbury study has examined how trust in artificial intelligence (AI) and attachment styles influence the likelihood of adopting conversational AI (CAI) for mental health support.
www.canterbury.ac.nz
April 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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psychscience.bsky.social
The first cohort of APS Editorial Fellows share their experiences and advice for future fellows.

Read thoughts from Iván Carbajal, @chelseaboccagno.bsky.social, Leyla Loued-Khenissi,Kongmeng Liew, and Aishwarya Rajesh.
2024 Cohort Reflects on First Year of APS Editorial Fellowship
The first cohort of editorial fellows share their experiences and advice for future fellows.
www.psychologicalscience.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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richardbranson.bsky.social
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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neillewisjr.bsky.social
Normally, I'm sympathetic to the "enough about Harvard" argument, but if they're also having financial difficulty, Lord have mercy on the rest of higher ed.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Harvard Says It’s Temporarily Freezing Hiring of Staff, Faculty
Harvard University will temporarily freeze hiring as the risk of federal funding cuts by the Trump administration threatens the finances of some of the most prestigious American colleges.
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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jburnmurdoch.ft.com
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.

The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).

My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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spspnews.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our milestone 25th Annual Convention and helped to ensure that #SPSP2025 was a success. Safe travels home and we hope to see you in Chicago for #SPSP2026!

Reminder - check out presentation materials here: whova.com/portal/webap...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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veronikameduna.bsky.social
"This decision defunds Māori research and researchers by stealth" Tahu Kukutai in my latest for @science.org on cuts to the Marsden Fund, NZ's only fund for "blue-sky" research; features Paul Spoonley, @nicgaston.bsky.social et al www.science.org/content/arti...
Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy
www.science.org
December 6, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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nihilcurtis.bsky.social
In the most direct statement yet that NZ's hard right government is totally opposed to any research that might challenge the social order they support, they have stripped the Humanities & Social Science panels from the largest fund for innovative research in the country.
Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins today announced the Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift our economic growth and contributes to science with a purpose. “The Government has been clear in its mandate to rebuild our economy. We are focused on a system that supports growth, and a science sector that drives high-tech, high-productivity, high-value businesses and jobs,” Ms Collins says “I have updated the Marsden Fund Investment Plan and Terms of Reference to ensure that future funding is going to science that helps to meet this goal.” The new Investment Plan focuses on supporting research that can be of economic, environmental or health benefit to New Zealand. The new Terms of Reference outline that approximately 50 per cent of funds will go towards supporting proposals with economic benefits to New Zealand. “The Marsden Fund will continue to support blue-skies research, the type that advances new ideas and encourages innovation and creativity and where the benefit may not be immediately apparent. It is important that we support new ideas which lead to developing new technologies and products, boosting economic growth, and enhancing New Zealand's quality of life,” Ms Collins says. “The focus of the Fund will shift to core science, with the humanities and social sciences panels disbanded and no longer supported. Real impact on our economy will come from areas such as physics, chemistry, maths, engineering and biomedical sciences.
December 4, 2024 at 1:14 AM
kongmeng.bsky.social
Who else is attending #sasp2024 this year?
I'll be presenting some early results from my research on Twitch and community building tomorrow, come and say hi!
November 24, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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bethanygrowns.bsky.social
Last year, I retracted a paper that I wrote during one of my postdocs.

I have spent a lot of time trying to think about how to write about this, or whether to at all. tl;dr is below, but the good news is that our follow-up publication with new data showing the same results just came out🎉👇
Domain‐General Individual Differences in Visual Comparison: Generalisability and Stability of Visual Comparison Ability Re‐Visited
Visual comparison is the ability to ‘match’ visual stimuli like fingerprints or faces and decide whether they are from the same source or different sources (e.g., fingerprint-matching). Limited resea....
doi.org
November 17, 2024 at 2:32 AM
kongmeng.bsky.social
We are hiring in #Industrial/Organisational #Psychology! Come join us in Canterbury!

jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Lecturer (Teaching and Administration) in Industrial/Organisational Psychology - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
October 23, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
CultEvol PhD Opportunity ->
sampassmore.bsky.social Sam Passmore @sampassmore.bsky.social · Oct 28
Reposting from elsewhere:
PhD Scholarship - call for applications. Come study the cultural evolution of mentalising or religion with [Joseph Watts] at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand

josephwatts.org/2024PhDschol...
November 1, 2023 at 9:14 AM
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gobeirne.bsky.social
Want to improve #Māori hearing healthcare in Aotearoa & become a Kaimātai Ororongo? We're excited to offer 4 Māori scholarships for UC's Master of Audiology programme, covering fees for the entire degree! Applications for 2024 close 1st Dec. Please share widely through your networks across the motu!
One way to improve the provision of hearing healthcare for Māori is to increase the number of Māori audiologists in Aotearoa. To help achieve this, Te Kura Mahi ā-Hirikapo is offering up to four Māori Scholarships for our 2024 intake into the UC Master of Audiology Programme. These scholarships cover domestic course fees for the entire Masters programme! Applications close 1st Dec 2023.
October 26, 2023 at 11:56 PM
kongmeng.bsky.social
Job Alert!!!
My department has an opening for a continuing - basically tenured - position in clinical psychology!
Post-docs/fresh PhD grads please apply!

(also New Zealand is really beautiful)

jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
October 18, 2023 at 5:03 AM