Vladimir Bojarskich
@vbojarskich.bsky.social
PhD candidate - Political & Social Psychology at Uni Jena & KomRex
| online hatred | morality & politics | climate change
| online hatred | morality & politics | climate change
💥 New preprint out:
"Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate"
with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself.
How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate?
👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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"Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate"
with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself.
How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate?
👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
1/
July 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
💥 New preprint out:
"Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate"
with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself.
How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate?
👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
1/
"Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate"
with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself.
How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate?
👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
1/
📢 New publication in Peace and Conflict:
"Solidarity with Ukraine 🇺🇦? How fear- and moral-based motivations explain the psychological tug-of-war in the German public."
By @carlagrosche.bsky.social, Carolin Ziemer, myself (👈co-1st authors) & @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1037/pac0...
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"Solidarity with Ukraine 🇺🇦? How fear- and moral-based motivations explain the psychological tug-of-war in the German public."
By @carlagrosche.bsky.social, Carolin Ziemer, myself (👈co-1st authors) & @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1037/pac0...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
📢 New publication in Peace and Conflict:
"Solidarity with Ukraine 🇺🇦? How fear- and moral-based motivations explain the psychological tug-of-war in the German public."
By @carlagrosche.bsky.social, Carolin Ziemer, myself (👈co-1st authors) & @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1037/pac0...
1/🧵
"Solidarity with Ukraine 🇺🇦? How fear- and moral-based motivations explain the psychological tug-of-war in the German public."
By @carlagrosche.bsky.social, Carolin Ziemer, myself (👈co-1st authors) & @tobiasrothmund.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1037/pac0...
1/🧵
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We have created a free syllabus + teaching materials on the psychology of shared identities
It includes links to papers, lecture slides, chapter summaries, exams, interactive activities, educational videos & podcasts.
Please share with educators:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-power-...
It includes links to papers, lecture slides, chapter summaries, exams, interactive activities, educational videos & podcasts.
Please share with educators:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-power-...
May 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We have created a free syllabus + teaching materials on the psychology of shared identities
It includes links to papers, lecture slides, chapter summaries, exams, interactive activities, educational videos & podcasts.
Please share with educators:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-power-...
It includes links to papers, lecture slides, chapter summaries, exams, interactive activities, educational videos & podcasts.
Please share with educators:
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-power-...
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Our new paper analyzes 19 predictors of climate change beliefs & action across 55 countries (N=4635)
4 predictors had consistent effects across all outcomes:
1) environmentalist identity,
2) trust in climate science,
3) internal environmental motivation,
4) the Human Development Index
4 predictors had consistent effects across all outcomes:
1) environmentalist identity,
2) trust in climate science,
3) internal environmental motivation,
4) the Human Development Index
May 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our new paper analyzes 19 predictors of climate change beliefs & action across 55 countries (N=4635)
4 predictors had consistent effects across all outcomes:
1) environmentalist identity,
2) trust in climate science,
3) internal environmental motivation,
4) the Human Development Index
4 predictors had consistent effects across all outcomes:
1) environmentalist identity,
2) trust in climate science,
3) internal environmental motivation,
4) the Human Development Index
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1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟
Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist??
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test
🧵👇
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
#SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory
Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist??
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test
🧵👇
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
#SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory
OSF
osf.io
May 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟
Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist??
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test
🧵👇
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
#SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory
Does moral licensing (doing a good thing, then a less good thing) really exist??
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test
🧵👇
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
#SocialPsychology #Bayesian #Theory
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Job alert! We are looking for two postdoctoral researchers at the intersection of political psychology, science communication, and survey methodology:
-One for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization.
-One for my starting grant on the politicization of science.
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
-One for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization.
-One for my starting grant on the politicization of science.
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Postdoc Position in Political Psychology: Polarisation, Misperceptions, and the Politicisation of Science (two) | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position in Political Psychology: Polarisation, Misperceptions, and the Politicisation of Science (two) at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
April 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Job alert! We are looking for two postdoctoral researchers at the intersection of political psychology, science communication, and survey methodology:
-One for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization.
-One for my starting grant on the politicization of science.
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
-One for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization.
-One for my starting grant on the politicization of science.
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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New book out this July with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social
We present a novel approach to study #NegativeCampaigning & #Incivility 🥊 ⚔️ - focusing on public perceptions and evaluations 😱😆🤢😡
Bonus: low price (~£35) & the cover is 🤘
Pre-orders from July 5: tinyurl.com/7raa9fpf
New book out this July with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social
We present a novel approach to study #NegativeCampaigning & #Incivility 🥊 ⚔️ - focusing on public perceptions and evaluations 😱😆🤢😡
Bonus: low price (~£35) & the cover is 🤘
Pre-orders from July 5: tinyurl.com/7raa9fpf
March 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
📚📚📚
New book out this July with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social
We present a novel approach to study #NegativeCampaigning & #Incivility 🥊 ⚔️ - focusing on public perceptions and evaluations 😱😆🤢😡
Bonus: low price (~£35) & the cover is 🤘
Pre-orders from July 5: tinyurl.com/7raa9fpf
New book out this July with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social
We present a novel approach to study #NegativeCampaigning & #Incivility 🥊 ⚔️ - focusing on public perceptions and evaluations 😱😆🤢😡
Bonus: low price (~£35) & the cover is 🤘
Pre-orders from July 5: tinyurl.com/7raa9fpf
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I wanted to highlight key findings from our study and the replication, and how they extend to 2024.
Now it provides a systematic review of more than 600 scientific studies on the relationship between digitalization and democracy.
So what does science have to say? We actually know quite a bit: 1/5
Now it provides a systematic review of more than 600 scientific studies on the relationship between digitalization and democracy.
So what does science have to say? We actually know quite a bit: 1/5
March 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I wanted to highlight key findings from our study and the replication, and how they extend to 2024.
Now it provides a systematic review of more than 600 scientific studies on the relationship between digitalization and democracy.
So what does science have to say? We actually know quite a bit: 1/5
Now it provides a systematic review of more than 600 scientific studies on the relationship between digitalization and democracy.
So what does science have to say? We actually know quite a bit: 1/5
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Last year, we published a paper showing that AI models can "debunk" conspiracy theories via personalized conversations. That paper raised a major question: WHY are the human<>AI convos so effective? In a new working paper, we have some answers.
TLDR: facts
osf.io/preprints/ps...
TLDR: facts
osf.io/preprints/ps...
February 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Last year, we published a paper showing that AI models can "debunk" conspiracy theories via personalized conversations. That paper raised a major question: WHY are the human<>AI convos so effective? In a new working paper, we have some answers.
TLDR: facts
osf.io/preprints/ps...
TLDR: facts
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems!
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
February 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems!
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
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Congratulations to @drmorganalw.bsky.social who made this project a reality (some real heavy lifting!), and thanks to @markrubin.bsky.social for a terrific summary overview!
"I have a dream..."
New work by @drmorganalw.bsky.social, @lindaskitka.bsky.social and colleagues considers how people's imagined utopias and dystopias affect their willingness to engage in social change.
Open access: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
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New work by @drmorganalw.bsky.social, @lindaskitka.bsky.social and colleagues considers how people's imagined utopias and dystopias affect their willingness to engage in social change.
Open access: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
Few quotes...
February 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Congratulations to @drmorganalw.bsky.social who made this project a reality (some real heavy lifting!), and thanks to @markrubin.bsky.social for a terrific summary overview!
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New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined | Annual Reviews
A key debate in the psychology of ideology is whether leftists and rightists are psychologically similar or different. A long-standing view holds that left-wing and right-wing people are meaningfully ...
www.annualreviews.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Does participating in collective action moralize one's attitudes over time, and if so, how?
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Does participating in collective action moralize one's attitudes over time, and if so, how?
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
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Previous research shows that people sometimes view moral questions as objectively true, while other times treating them as true only relative to different perspectives. In our new paper, we present evidence that social rewards may explain this apparent inconsistency...
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Previous research shows that people sometimes view moral questions as objectively true, while other times treating them as true only relative to different perspectives. In our new paper, we present evidence that social rewards may explain this apparent inconsistency...
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This is going around again! Clearly it's time to resurrect this which I made for twitter back when it was less evil.
Types of Psych Papers
[Note: it is slightly more cynical (for humour value) than I actually am]
Types of Psych Papers
[Note: it is slightly more cynical (for humour value) than I actually am]
November 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM
This is going around again! Clearly it's time to resurrect this which I made for twitter back when it was less evil.
Types of Psych Papers
[Note: it is slightly more cynical (for humour value) than I actually am]
Types of Psych Papers
[Note: it is slightly more cynical (for humour value) than I actually am]
Are conservatives more prejudiced than liberals? 🤔
🎙️A new HateCast episode is online.🎙️
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Mark Brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social about the ideology-prejudice link, its roots, and❓about normativity & positionality.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/net...
🎙️A new HateCast episode is online.🎙️
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Mark Brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social about the ideology-prejudice link, its roots, and❓about normativity & positionality.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/net...
Episode 3: The more conservative, the more prejudiced? by HateCast
In this episode, our host Vladimir Bojarskich interviews Dr. Mark Brandt, Associate Professor of Social and Personality Psychology at Michigan State University. Together, they explore a fundamental qu...
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July 17, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Are conservatives more prejudiced than liberals? 🤔
🎙️A new HateCast episode is online.🎙️
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Mark Brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social about the ideology-prejudice link, its roots, and❓about normativity & positionality.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/net...
🎙️A new HateCast episode is online.🎙️
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Mark Brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social about the ideology-prejudice link, its roots, and❓about normativity & positionality.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/net...
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New Preprint: “(Don’t) Stop Believing”
Are conservatives generally more vulnerable to #misinformation?
Our new study suggests: Bias occurs on both sides – but in different forms (higher confirmation bias on the right, higher disconfirmation on the left). osf.io/84c36
Here's a thread ⏬
Are conservatives generally more vulnerable to #misinformation?
Our new study suggests: Bias occurs on both sides – but in different forms (higher confirmation bias on the right, higher disconfirmation on the left). osf.io/84c36
Here's a thread ⏬
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
New Preprint: “(Don’t) Stop Believing”
Are conservatives generally more vulnerable to #misinformation?
Our new study suggests: Bias occurs on both sides – but in different forms (higher confirmation bias on the right, higher disconfirmation on the left). osf.io/84c36
Here's a thread ⏬
Are conservatives generally more vulnerable to #misinformation?
Our new study suggests: Bias occurs on both sides – but in different forms (higher confirmation bias on the right, higher disconfirmation on the left). osf.io/84c36
Here's a thread ⏬
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Der Band "Psychologie der Verschwörungstheorien" ist fertig und vor einer Woche erschienen - Hurra! Ich als Herausgeber habe Exemplare, von denen ich drei gerne verschenke. Unter allen Reposts lose ich drei aus (wenn es mehr als drei sind) und schicke Euch das Buch per Post. Nur auf bluesky...
November 13, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Der Band "Psychologie der Verschwörungstheorien" ist fertig und vor einer Woche erschienen - Hurra! Ich als Herausgeber habe Exemplare, von denen ich drei gerne verschenke. Unter allen Reposts lose ich drei aus (wenn es mehr als drei sind) und schicke Euch das Buch per Post. Nur auf bluesky...
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Safe the date! The fifth meeting of the German Political Psychology Network will be held at the University of Vienna on September 19-20, 2024. Please submit your abstracts to: univiepsy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (Deadline January 31, 2024)
November 9, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Safe the date! The fifth meeting of the German Political Psychology Network will be held at the University of Vienna on September 19-20, 2024. Please submit your abstracts to: univiepsy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (Deadline January 31, 2024)
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When you discover new effects using preregistration, high power, & replicate faithfully with open materials, you get a replication rate of 86% & effect sizes 97% as big!
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2023 at 4:11 PM
When you discover new effects using preregistration, high power, & replicate faithfully with open materials, you get a replication rate of 86% & effect sizes 97% as big!
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new published paper with so many wonderful researchers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Meltem Yucel (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) just won SPSPs Emerging Scholar award!
Recently, she found that young children (between ~4 & ~8) do not perceive distributional fairness as a moral norm. Nor is it obviously conventional.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
Recently, she found that young children (between ~4 & ~8) do not perceive distributional fairness as a moral norm. Nor is it obviously conventional.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
November 7, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Meltem Yucel (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) just won SPSPs Emerging Scholar award!
Recently, she found that young children (between ~4 & ~8) do not perceive distributional fairness as a moral norm. Nor is it obviously conventional.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
Recently, she found that young children (between ~4 & ~8) do not perceive distributional fairness as a moral norm. Nor is it obviously conventional.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
#socialpsyc #PsychSciSky
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This paper reports on a survey of journal editors’ perceptions of departures from pre-registrations, and provides a template for transparently tracking and disclosing them (I really like the latter). Worth thinking about incorporating in your lab’s SOPs.
Best Laid Plans: A Guide to Reporting Preregistration Deviations: http://osf.io/dwx69/
October 26, 2023 at 8:22 PM
This paper reports on a survey of journal editors’ perceptions of departures from pre-registrations, and provides a template for transparently tracking and disclosing them (I really like the latter). Worth thinking about incorporating in your lab’s SOPs.
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So I teamed up with @giladfeldman.bsky.social and @qinyuxiao.bsky.social and others to update the collaborative effect size and confidence interval guide to be more comprehensive and computationally reproducible. Contains equations and R code for most effect sizes. matthewbjane.com/effect-sizes...
October 21, 2023 at 7:57 PM
So I teamed up with @giladfeldman.bsky.social and @qinyuxiao.bsky.social and others to update the collaborative effect size and confidence interval guide to be more comprehensive and computationally reproducible. Contains equations and R code for most effect sizes. matthewbjane.com/effect-sizes...
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Check out my conversation on the Opinion Science podcast! Thanks so much for having me @andyluttrell.bsky.social!!!
Ep 84! A lovely conversation with communication scientist @lindsayhahn.bsky.social about how entertainment media convey moral messages about right and wrong.
link.chtbl.com/OpinionSciPo...
link.chtbl.com/OpinionSciPo...
October 23, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Check out my conversation on the Opinion Science podcast! Thanks so much for having me @andyluttrell.bsky.social!!!