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Psychology at the Frontiers: Asylum Interviewing and Decision-Making. Led by Prof. Jan Antfolk and Prof. Julia Korkman at Åbo Akademi University.
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· Dec 11
We are excited to launch our Network website! Check out our site for more information on our project, team, publications, and events! Find the site here - sites.abo.fi/psych-aid/
Last week, our doctoral researchers Malin Ekelund and Obed Appiah, and PI @janantfolk.bsky.social took part in the (Re-)Constructing Credibility in Refugee Status Determination Workshop by @mobileucph.bsky.social. Thanks for having us!✨
Can’t wait for the upcoming special issue! 📖
Can’t wait for the upcoming special issue! 📖
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Last week, our doctoral researchers Malin Ekelund and Obed Appiah, and PI @janantfolk.bsky.social took part in the (Re-)Constructing Credibility in Refugee Status Determination Workshop by @mobileucph.bsky.social. Thanks for having us!✨
Can’t wait for the upcoming special issue! 📖
Can’t wait for the upcoming special issue! 📖
📣 Upcoming talk alert!
Our doctoral researcher Malin Ekelund will be delivering an insightful talk titled:🎙 “Adjudicating Asylum Claims of Sexual or Gender Minority Applicants”.
🗓️ Date: October 15
🕛 Time: 12:00–13:00 (EET)
🔗 Join here: aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6592539571...
Our doctoral researcher Malin Ekelund will be delivering an insightful talk titled:🎙 “Adjudicating Asylum Claims of Sexual or Gender Minority Applicants”.
🗓️ Date: October 15
🕛 Time: 12:00–13:00 (EET)
🔗 Join here: aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6592539571...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
📣 Upcoming talk alert!
Our doctoral researcher Malin Ekelund will be delivering an insightful talk titled:🎙 “Adjudicating Asylum Claims of Sexual or Gender Minority Applicants”.
🗓️ Date: October 15
🕛 Time: 12:00–13:00 (EET)
🔗 Join here: aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6592539571...
Our doctoral researcher Malin Ekelund will be delivering an insightful talk titled:🎙 “Adjudicating Asylum Claims of Sexual or Gender Minority Applicants”.
🗓️ Date: October 15
🕛 Time: 12:00–13:00 (EET)
🔗 Join here: aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6592539571...
We’re excited to have Anastasiia Valiavko join our team! 🎉 Please welcome Anastasiia, a doctoral researcher studying attitudes toward survivors of sexual violence in the Russia-Ukraine war. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us with questions or opportunities for collaboration!
October 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We’re excited to have Anastasiia Valiavko join our team! 🎉 Please welcome Anastasiia, a doctoral researcher studying attitudes toward survivors of sexual violence in the Russia-Ukraine war. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us with questions or opportunities for collaboration!
📢 New pre-print alert by Malin Ekelund, Jenny Skrifvars, Hedayat Selim, and @janantfolk.bsky.social!
📑 The study explores how stereotypes and social perceptions shape credibility assessments in asylum cases involving sexual identity.
Link below!
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/acwp3_v1
📑 The study explores how stereotypes and social perceptions shape credibility assessments in asylum cases involving sexual identity.
Link below!
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/acwp3_v1
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
📢 New pre-print alert by Malin Ekelund, Jenny Skrifvars, Hedayat Selim, and @janantfolk.bsky.social!
📑 The study explores how stereotypes and social perceptions shape credibility assessments in asylum cases involving sexual identity.
Link below!
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/acwp3_v1
📑 The study explores how stereotypes and social perceptions shape credibility assessments in asylum cases involving sexual identity.
Link below!
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/acwp3_v1
Welcome Siyu Li to the Psych-AID team! 🎉 Siyu joins as a doctoral researcher, working on Avatar Training to help interviewers use better questions & supportive statements. Reach out for collabs!
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Welcome Siyu Li to the Psych-AID team! 🎉 Siyu joins as a doctoral researcher, working on Avatar Training to help interviewers use better questions & supportive statements. Reach out for collabs!
📢 New paper alert by Hedayat Selim and colleagues!
📑 In Finnish asylum interviews with sexual minority applicants, most questions focused on sexual orientation over persecution risk. More open questions could support fairer decisions.
🔗 lnkd.in/gz-2wPaD
📑 In Finnish asylum interviews with sexual minority applicants, most questions focused on sexual orientation over persecution risk. More open questions could support fairer decisions.
🔗 lnkd.in/gz-2wPaD
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September 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
📢 New paper alert by Hedayat Selim and colleagues!
📑 In Finnish asylum interviews with sexual minority applicants, most questions focused on sexual orientation over persecution risk. More open questions could support fairer decisions.
🔗 lnkd.in/gz-2wPaD
📑 In Finnish asylum interviews with sexual minority applicants, most questions focused on sexual orientation over persecution risk. More open questions could support fairer decisions.
🔗 lnkd.in/gz-2wPaD
The Psych-AID team is growing! We are happy to welcome Dilhan Töredi as a new postdoctoral researcher in our team. Dilhan will be working on applying an innovative experimental lie paradigm where the ground truth of asylum claims is known.
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The Psych-AID team is growing! We are happy to welcome Dilhan Töredi as a new postdoctoral researcher in our team. Dilhan will be working on applying an innovative experimental lie paradigm where the ground truth of asylum claims is known.
🍂 Psych-AID kicked off fall in the Turku archipelago! We welcomed our new members with a visit to Nauvoo—exploring Paratiisi (combined winery and art gallery), kayaking, and ending with pizza & board games. We are excited for the season ahead!
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🍂 Psych-AID kicked off fall in the Turku archipelago! We welcomed our new members with a visit to Nauvoo—exploring Paratiisi (combined winery and art gallery), kayaking, and ending with pizza & board games. We are excited for the season ahead!
We are thrilled to bring back our Meet the Team series to introduce our newly recruited team members! Catharina Walldén has just joined the Psych-AID network as project manager. Aside from these responsibilities, Catharina is also a doctoral researcher in evolutionary psychology.
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
We are thrilled to bring back our Meet the Team series to introduce our newly recruited team members! Catharina Walldén has just joined the Psych-AID network as project manager. Aside from these responsibilities, Catharina is also a doctoral researcher in evolutionary psychology.
Some shots from Hedayat Selim's doctoral defence last month. Professor Hilary Evans Cameron (Toronto Metropolitan University) served as opponent, and Prof. @janantfolk.bsky.social as custos. Many congratulations to Dr Selim for this achievement!
🔗https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/193050
🔗https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/193050
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Some shots from Hedayat Selim's doctoral defence last month. Professor Hilary Evans Cameron (Toronto Metropolitan University) served as opponent, and Prof. @janantfolk.bsky.social as custos. Many congratulations to Dr Selim for this achievement!
🔗https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/193050
🔗https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/193050
Doctoral Researcher Hedayat Selim will publicly defend her doctoral thesis entitled "Psychological aspects in the evaluation of asylum claims based on sexual orientation" this coming Friday, 22 August 2025.
More information below:
🔗 www.abo.fi/en/event/pub...
More information below:
🔗 www.abo.fi/en/event/pub...
August 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Doctoral Researcher Hedayat Selim will publicly defend her doctoral thesis entitled "Psychological aspects in the evaluation of asylum claims based on sexual orientation" this coming Friday, 22 August 2025.
More information below:
🔗 www.abo.fi/en/event/pub...
More information below:
🔗 www.abo.fi/en/event/pub...
We are incredibly proud of our Psych-AID team members for bringing home three awards from this year’s @eapl.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 (Lithuania)!
August 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
We are incredibly proud of our Psych-AID team members for bringing home three awards from this year’s @eapl.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 (Lithuania)!
✨Psych-AID at the @eapl.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 (Lithuania): Four members of the Psych-AID network had the opportunity to present their research on the psychology of asylum evaluations on day 2 of #EAPL2025.
August 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
✨Psych-AID at the @eapl.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 (Lithuania): Four members of the Psych-AID network had the opportunity to present their research on the psychology of asylum evaluations on day 2 of #EAPL2025.
✨Psych-AID at @eapl.bsky.social in Vilnius: Participating in a panel on investigative psychology at hashtag#EAPL2025, our Doctoral Researchers Hedayat Selim and Obed Kwame Appiah each presented their recent studies on the influence of cognitive bias in the context of asylum decision-making.
August 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
✨Psych-AID at @eapl.bsky.social in Vilnius: Participating in a panel on investigative psychology at hashtag#EAPL2025, our Doctoral Researchers Hedayat Selim and Obed Kwame Appiah each presented their recent studies on the influence of cognitive bias in the context of asylum decision-making.
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After an amazing conference in Vilnius, congratulations to the EAPL 2025 Student Award winners!
🏆 First Prize: Milli Melodia Marika Leinonen
🥈 Second Prize: Weronika Bandarzewska
🥉 Third Prize: Obed Appiah
🖼 Best Poster: Md Yeasir Yunus @yeasiryunus.bsky.social
Details: eapl.eu/young-members/
🏆 First Prize: Milli Melodia Marika Leinonen
🥈 Second Prize: Weronika Bandarzewska
🥉 Third Prize: Obed Appiah
🖼 Best Poster: Md Yeasir Yunus @yeasiryunus.bsky.social
Details: eapl.eu/young-members/
Students – European Association of Psychology and Law | EAPL
eapl.eu
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
After an amazing conference in Vilnius, congratulations to the EAPL 2025 Student Award winners!
🏆 First Prize: Milli Melodia Marika Leinonen
🥈 Second Prize: Weronika Bandarzewska
🥉 Third Prize: Obed Appiah
🖼 Best Poster: Md Yeasir Yunus @yeasiryunus.bsky.social
Details: eapl.eu/young-members/
🏆 First Prize: Milli Melodia Marika Leinonen
🥈 Second Prize: Weronika Bandarzewska
🥉 Third Prize: Obed Appiah
🖼 Best Poster: Md Yeasir Yunus @yeasiryunus.bsky.social
Details: eapl.eu/young-members/
✨Psych-AID & collaborators at @eapl.bsky.social: On day 1 of #EAPL2025, our team members and partners participated in the symposium "Novel perspectives on interviewing and decision-making in the asylum context," co-chaired by Drs Jenny Skrifvars & Laura Stevens.
August 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
✨Psych-AID & collaborators at @eapl.bsky.social: On day 1 of #EAPL2025, our team members and partners participated in the symposium "Novel perspectives on interviewing and decision-making in the asylum context," co-chaired by Drs Jenny Skrifvars & Laura Stevens.
✨ Psych-AID & collaborators at the @eapl.bsky.social annual conference 2025 (Lithuania):
Before the official start of the #EAPL2025, our collaborators and researchers participated in the pre-conference workshop on Avatar Technologies in Interview Research and Training.
Before the official start of the #EAPL2025, our collaborators and researchers participated in the pre-conference workshop on Avatar Technologies in Interview Research and Training.
August 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
✨ Psych-AID & collaborators at the @eapl.bsky.social annual conference 2025 (Lithuania):
Before the official start of the #EAPL2025, our collaborators and researchers participated in the pre-conference workshop on Avatar Technologies in Interview Research and Training.
Before the official start of the #EAPL2025, our collaborators and researchers participated in the pre-conference workshop on Avatar Technologies in Interview Research and Training.
✨ The Psych-AID Network, along with our partners and collaborators, have had an incredibly productive week at #EAPL2025 (the annual conference of @eapl.bsky.social) held this year in the heart of the old town of beautiful Vilnius, Lithuania!
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
✨ The Psych-AID Network, along with our partners and collaborators, have had an incredibly productive week at #EAPL2025 (the annual conference of @eapl.bsky.social) held this year in the heart of the old town of beautiful Vilnius, Lithuania!
Reposted by Psych-AID
This was a great symposium on "Novel perspectives on interviewing and decision making in the asylum context". Thanks for organizing Jenny Skrifvars and Laura Stevens @psychaid.bsky.social!
On the first day of the #EAPL2025 conference in Vilnius, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social presents the recently developed ALLP training on cross-cultural communication for interviewers @vucriminologie.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This was a great symposium on "Novel perspectives on interviewing and decision making in the asylum context". Thanks for organizing Jenny Skrifvars and Laura Stevens @psychaid.bsky.social!
📢 PROJECT FUNDING NEWS: To kick off the new academic year, the Psych-AID network is thrilled to share an exciting update: Our PI @janantfolk.bsky.social was recently awarded a research grant by the Research Council of Finland!
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢 PROJECT FUNDING NEWS: To kick off the new academic year, the Psych-AID network is thrilled to share an exciting update: Our PI @janantfolk.bsky.social was recently awarded a research grant by the Research Council of Finland!
Last week, the Psych-AID Network was proudly represented at the 2025 annual conference of @officialsarmac.bsky.social (the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition), held in Ireland.
June 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Last week, the Psych-AID Network was proudly represented at the 2025 annual conference of @officialsarmac.bsky.social (the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition), held in Ireland.
After a long Finnish winter, the Psych-AID team welcomed a refreshing change of scenery with a spring retreat to the beautiful island of Brännskär in the Turku archipelago last month!
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
After a long Finnish winter, the Psych-AID team welcomed a refreshing change of scenery with a spring retreat to the beautiful island of Brännskär in the Turku archipelago last month!
📢 New pre-print alert! In their new manuscript, @janantfolk.bsky.social, Laura Stevens, Emilia Lundsten, Jenny Skrifvars & Hedayat Selim use data from 255 respondents to investigate how personal immigration attitudes, gender, and age shape beliefs about asylum decisions.
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📢 New pre-print alert! In their new manuscript, @janantfolk.bsky.social, Laura Stevens, Emilia Lundsten, Jenny Skrifvars & Hedayat Selim use data from 255 respondents to investigate how personal immigration attitudes, gender, and age shape beliefs about asylum decisions.
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Thank you for the shoutout, Prof. @anneliesvrede.bsky.social!
Also check out this fascinating research by Selim,
@juliakorkman.bsky.social, @epirjata.bsky.social and @janantfolk.bsky.social showing that bi asylum seekers are less likely to be believed and granted asylum and more likely to experience identity denial www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@juliakorkman.bsky.social, @epirjata.bsky.social and @janantfolk.bsky.social showing that bi asylum seekers are less likely to be believed and granted asylum and more likely to experience identity denial www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Asylum claims based on sexual orientation: a review of psycho-legal issues in credibility assessments
The number of people seeking asylum based on their sexual orientation is expected to continue increasing. Assessing the credibility of such claims to determine whether asylum-seekers meet the crite...
www.tandfonline.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thank you for the shoutout, Prof. @anneliesvrede.bsky.social!
Dr. Jenny Skrifvars and Doctoral Researcher Hedayat Selim recently presented their research within the theme "The psychology of asylum interviewing and decision-making: Findings from Finland" at the PALOMA research network seminar hosted at THL, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.
May 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Dr. Jenny Skrifvars and Doctoral Researcher Hedayat Selim recently presented their research within the theme "The psychology of asylum interviewing and decision-making: Findings from Finland" at the PALOMA research network seminar hosted at THL, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.