Michael Vliek
@vliek.bsky.social
Social psychologist @ Leiden University the Netherlands | researcher @ Knowledge Center for Psychology and Economic Behavior: www.kcpeg.nl | #OpenScience | #BehaviorChange
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#PrejudiceResearch people.... drop everything!
New meta-analysis on norms and anti-minority prejudice.... lots to learn... including how important CONTACT NORMS are!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New meta-analysis on norms and anti-minority prejudice.... lots to learn... including how important CONTACT NORMS are!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#PrejudiceResearch people.... drop everything!
New meta-analysis on norms and anti-minority prejudice.... lots to learn... including how important CONTACT NORMS are!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New meta-analysis on norms and anti-minority prejudice.... lots to learn... including how important CONTACT NORMS are!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Waarom maken mensen geen gebruik van sociale voorzieningen en toeslagen, terwijl ze er recht op hebben? Olaf Simonse van de Universiteit Leiden sprak er over tijdens een CBS-microdatamiddag voor gebruikers. Zijn promotieonderzoek leverde interessante resultaten op.
Waarom maken mensen geen gebruik van sociale voorzieningen?
Waarom maken mensen geen gebruik van sociale voorzieningen en toeslagen, terwijl ze er recht op hebben?
www.cbs.nl
May 30, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Waarom maken mensen geen gebruik van sociale voorzieningen en toeslagen, terwijl ze er recht op hebben? Olaf Simonse van de Universiteit Leiden sprak er over tijdens een CBS-microdatamiddag voor gebruikers. Zijn promotieonderzoek leverde interessante resultaten op.
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My lab was in a meeting this week working on a grant for Minerva to understand how propaganda and violent online rhetoric spill over into offline conflict around the world.
We got an email in the middle of our meeting noting that the funding program was cancelled.
So devastating for everyone.
We got an email in the middle of our meeting noting that the funding program was cancelled.
So devastating for everyone.
March 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My lab was in a meeting this week working on a grant for Minerva to understand how propaganda and violent online rhetoric spill over into offline conflict around the world.
We got an email in the middle of our meeting noting that the funding program was cancelled.
So devastating for everyone.
We got an email in the middle of our meeting noting that the funding program was cancelled.
So devastating for everyone.
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Child dying from measles just glad he isn’t autistic
Child dying from measles just glad he isn't autistic - The Beaverton
TORONTO – Quarantined in his hospital room after contracting a fatal case of measles, little Timothy Bartlet told reporters how glad he was that his parents opted not to vaccinate for fear of giving h...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Child dying from measles just glad he isn’t autistic
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Nu ook het officiële account van het Rijksmuseum en het Rijksmuseum Twente erbij en nog wat andere accounts. Dit pakket wordt regelmatig bijgewerkt. go.bsky.app/6SNszxK
February 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Nu ook het officiële account van het Rijksmuseum en het Rijksmuseum Twente erbij en nog wat andere accounts. Dit pakket wordt regelmatig bijgewerkt. go.bsky.app/6SNszxK
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Doordat veel mensen geen inkomensondersteunende regelingen aanvragen, blijft armoede vaak verborgen. Een van de grootse armoedevraagstukken de komende tijd is hoe werkenden met lage inkomens wél te bereiken, schrijft lector Anna Custers.
www.socialevraagstukken.nl/column/verbo...
www.socialevraagstukken.nl/column/verbo...
Verborgen armoede door niet gebruikte regelingen
Doordat veel mensen geen inkomensondersteunende regelingen aanvragen, blijft armoede vaak verborgen. Een van de grootse armoedevraagstukken de komende tijd is hoe werkenden met lage inkomens wél te be...
www.socialevraagstukken.nl
February 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Doordat veel mensen geen inkomensondersteunende regelingen aanvragen, blijft armoede vaak verborgen. Een van de grootse armoedevraagstukken de komende tijd is hoe werkenden met lage inkomens wél te bereiken, schrijft lector Anna Custers.
www.socialevraagstukken.nl/column/verbo...
www.socialevraagstukken.nl/column/verbo...
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'Privacywaakhond jaagt op kredietinformatiebureaus'
Heel goed dat het toezicht op Focum, EDR en Experian wordt aangescherpt.
fd.nl/economie/153...
Heel goed dat het toezicht op Focum, EDR en Experian wordt aangescherpt.
fd.nl/economie/153...
🎁 Lees gratis: Privacywaakhond jaagt op kredietinformatiebureaus
De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens verwijt de drie grote kredietinformatiebureaus in Nederland stelselmatige schending van privacy van burgers.
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November 18, 2024 at 11:57 PM
'Privacywaakhond jaagt op kredietinformatiebureaus'
Heel goed dat het toezicht op Focum, EDR en Experian wordt aangescherpt.
fd.nl/economie/153...
Heel goed dat het toezicht op Focum, EDR en Experian wordt aangescherpt.
fd.nl/economie/153...
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What I find wild about this episode is how much the story telling about the woes of science and incentives align with narratives behind shutting down science funding.
“Unethical scientists in a broken system are wasteful and creating wrong and useless results”
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“Unethical scientists in a broken system are wasteful and creating wrong and useless results”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Why Is There So Much Fraud in Academia? (Update)
Podcast Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 12/26/2024 · 1h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
What I find wild about this episode is how much the story telling about the woes of science and incentives align with narratives behind shutting down science funding.
“Unethical scientists in a broken system are wasteful and creating wrong and useless results”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
“Unethical scientists in a broken system are wasteful and creating wrong and useless results”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Let use European alternatives for digital products: european-alternatives.eu
Homepage | European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Let use European alternatives for digital products: european-alternatives.eu
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Conference: "The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Communalism." With keynotes by Debbie Bookchin, Isabell Lorey and Hannah Proctor. 9-10 January in Nijmegen. For the full programme and mor info on registration check www.vivelacommune.org
December 15, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Conference: "The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Communalism." With keynotes by Debbie Bookchin, Isabell Lorey and Hannah Proctor. 9-10 January in Nijmegen. For the full programme and mor info on registration check www.vivelacommune.org
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To tolerate habitual lying, even when it comes from someone who occasionally advances good ideas, normalizes behavior that undermines everyone’s trust, just the way falsifying data does.
Scientists should demand both intellectual rigor and personal integrity. jimcoan.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
Scientists should demand both intellectual rigor and personal integrity. jimcoan.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
The Troubling Legacy of James Coyne
Psychology's infamous bully
jimcoan.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:03 PM
To tolerate habitual lying, even when it comes from someone who occasionally advances good ideas, normalizes behavior that undermines everyone’s trust, just the way falsifying data does.
Scientists should demand both intellectual rigor and personal integrity. jimcoan.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
Scientists should demand both intellectual rigor and personal integrity. jimcoan.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
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Most emotion regulation research focuses on negative emotions. In focus groups, people said managing positive emotions (being able to cheer themselves up) was key to overcoming trauma. Now we've created a measure and have data backing up their insight. #edusky #psychscisky #academicsky
Resilient Responses to Victimization and Other Trauma: Positive Emotion Regulation and Other Understudied Psychosocial Strengths - Sherry Hamby, Elizabeth de Wetter, Katie Schultz, Elizabeth Taylor, V...
Although many psychosocial strengths have been explored, there remains a need to identify under-appreciated strengths that help people overcome trauma. The obje...
journals.sagepub.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Most emotion regulation research focuses on negative emotions. In focus groups, people said managing positive emotions (being able to cheer themselves up) was key to overcoming trauma. Now we've created a measure and have data backing up their insight. #edusky #psychscisky #academicsky
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The below is incredibly strong evidence that the vaccine-autism link is nonsense.
But a few people noticed that the prevalence graph I linked seemed to *sort of* show the opposite: that non-vax status in kids was weakly associated with a HIGHER rate of autism.
Why?
Let's look at another study.
But a few people noticed that the prevalence graph I linked seemed to *sort of* show the opposite: that non-vax status in kids was weakly associated with a HIGHER rate of autism.
Why?
Let's look at another study.
So here’s one of my favorite details about the very very very tiresome and thoroughly discredited vaccine-autism thing.
Not only has it been Looked Into it has been MAXIMALLY Looked Into. In fact, there is almost nowhere left to look.
In 2019, a study came out that was simply titanic…
Not only has it been Looked Into it has been MAXIMALLY Looked Into. In fact, there is almost nowhere left to look.
In 2019, a study came out that was simply titanic…
President-elect Trump, who has promoted the debunked theory that vaccines cause autism for more than a decade, suggested on Sunday that he would have his choice for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., look into the issue.
December 11, 2024 at 2:01 PM
The below is incredibly strong evidence that the vaccine-autism link is nonsense.
But a few people noticed that the prevalence graph I linked seemed to *sort of* show the opposite: that non-vax status in kids was weakly associated with a HIGHER rate of autism.
Why?
Let's look at another study.
But a few people noticed that the prevalence graph I linked seemed to *sort of* show the opposite: that non-vax status in kids was weakly associated with a HIGHER rate of autism.
Why?
Let's look at another study.
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New meta-analysis by Bardach et al #PsychBull
Intergroup contact does very well relative to other school interventions to reduce prejudice.
I feel like I'm watching a horserace here!
Go contact!
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... #PrejudiceResearch
December 10, 2024 at 5:12 PM
New meta-analysis by Bardach et al #PsychBull
Intergroup contact does very well relative to other school interventions to reduce prejudice.
I feel like I'm watching a horserace here!
Go contact!
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... #PrejudiceResearch
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Two PhD openings in Psychology at the University of Amsterdam about adolescents and climate friendly behavior: one co-supervised by me, and another one more on computational modeling. Thanks for sharing
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Vacancy — PhD Student Computational Modelling of Adolescents' Climate Friendly Choice
Are you interested in computational modelling of human behaviour? Do you also want to apply this interest to a societally relevant research question, that is, how to mitigate the climate crisis? Join...
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December 6, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Two PhD openings in Psychology at the University of Amsterdam about adolescents and climate friendly behavior: one co-supervised by me, and another one more on computational modeling. Thanks for sharing
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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November 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Citizens and Sodomites. Persecution and Perception of Sodomy in the Southern Low Countries (1400-1700) (Leiden: Brill, 2024) brill.com/display/titl...
November 22, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Citizens and Sodomites. Persecution and Perception of Sodomy in the Southern Low Countries (1400-1700) (Leiden: Brill, 2024) brill.com/display/titl...
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“Why were people rational before 1970 and irrational thereafter?”
Fascinating perspective on the historical unfolding of the “rationality wars” in psychology and economics by Gerd Gigerenzer.
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Fascinating perspective on the historical unfolding of the “rationality wars” in psychology and economics by Gerd Gigerenzer.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The rationality wars: a personal reflection | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core
The rationality wars: a personal reflection
www.cambridge.org
November 23, 2024 at 11:47 PM
“Why were people rational before 1970 and irrational thereafter?”
Fascinating perspective on the historical unfolding of the “rationality wars” in psychology and economics by Gerd Gigerenzer.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fascinating perspective on the historical unfolding of the “rationality wars” in psychology and economics by Gerd Gigerenzer.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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"Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification".
In their great article, Anna Wysocki et al. discuss the importance of carefully thinking about control variables. Why you wonder? 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In their great article, Anna Wysocki et al. discuss the importance of carefully thinking about control variables. Why you wonder? 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
"Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification".
In their great article, Anna Wysocki et al. discuss the importance of carefully thinking about control variables. Why you wonder? 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In their great article, Anna Wysocki et al. discuss the importance of carefully thinking about control variables. Why you wonder? 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Finally our editorial for the "What makes a good theory?" special issue is out (co-edited with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @jcskewes.bsky.social, Sashank Varma, and Todd Wareham). It's an interdisciplinary issue and the contents are transdisciplinary.
#philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪
#philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪
What Makes a Good Theory? Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Computational Brain & Behavior
Computational Brain & Behavior -
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November 14, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Finally our editorial for the "What makes a good theory?" special issue is out (co-edited with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @jcskewes.bsky.social, Sashank Varma, and Todd Wareham). It's an interdisciplinary issue and the contents are transdisciplinary.
#philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪
#philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪
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📢We are running a call for papers on *understanding and countering disinformation and propaganda* for a special issue in Behavioral Science & Policy
Check out details below👇, all disciplines and approaches welcome, please share and submit your work!
behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
Check out details below👇, all disciplines and approaches welcome, please share and submit your work!
behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
📢We are running a call for papers on *understanding and countering disinformation and propaganda* for a special issue in Behavioral Science & Policy
Check out details below👇, all disciplines and approaches welcome, please share and submit your work!
behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
Check out details below👇, all disciplines and approaches welcome, please share and submit your work!
behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
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I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 AM
I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ
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you can find out more about it on www.behaviourchangewheel.com and some of the ways it has been used at www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... - including 4 week online course.
November 17, 2024 at 5:47 PM
you can find out more about it on www.behaviourchangewheel.com and some of the ways it has been used at www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... - including 4 week online course.
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a man with glasses and suspenders is standing in front of a group of people and says science !!
ALT: a man with glasses and suspenders is standing in front of a group of people and says science !!
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November 18, 2024 at 7:23 AM
🦋 New to BlueSky?
🧪 Interested in science?
👀 Wanna find posts by scientists in specific fields?
📃 Click here for an ever-growing list of +230 science-related feeds and their hashtags: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #EduSky
🧪 Interested in science?
👀 Wanna find posts by scientists in specific fields?
📃 Click here for an ever-growing list of +230 science-related feeds and their hashtags: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #EduSky
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Want to learn/teach R? I'm still actively developing my package of learnr tutorials at github.com/profandyfiel... Just added a tutorial on multilevel models and repeated measures.
GitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio
discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Want to learn/teach R? I'm still actively developing my package of learnr tutorials at github.com/profandyfiel... Just added a tutorial on multilevel models and repeated measures.