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Stephan Lewandowsky
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Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk

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Stephan Lewandowsky is an Australian psychologist. He has worked in both the United States and Australia, and is currently based at the University of Bristol, UK, where he is the chair of cognitive psychology at the School of Psychological Science. His research, which originally pertained to computer simulations of people's decision-making processes, recently has focused on the public's understanding of science and why people often embrace beliefs that are sharply at odds with scientific evidence. .. more

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Sociology 19%
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h
"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin
UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.
www.gov.uk

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 5d
Indeed.

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
Of interest to: Cornelia Betsch 🖖 Philipp Schmid @@profsanderlinden.bsky.social Julie Leask AO Unbiased Science
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
... that is continuing to provide training in the ERI technique to health workers in the UK and beyond. The aim is to create a lasting legacy of our research: jitsuvaxtraining.com/. In case you are wondering, for a small start-up we are doing well. Keeping fingers crossed.
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Welcome To JITSUVAX ERI Training - JITSUVAX ERI Training
Book your ERI training now JITSUVAX Training is an exciting new social enterprise from the creators of the Empathetic Refutational Interview (ERI). The ERI is a four-step vaccine conversation framework designed specifically for health workers. It makes vaccine conversations easier and more effective. Our innovative ERI training teaches health workers how to: identify and correct […]
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
One inevitable but sad aspect of research funding is that at some point, it's over and it's time to say good-bye to the team and the project. But not in this case! We were fortunate enough to be able to set up a not-for-profit spinout, with the assistance of the University of Bristol, ...
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
We can move the needle on vaccine uptake using empathy and affirmation followed by refutation of misconceptions. (The MI, the motivational interview works equally well for uptake but the ERI has the edge in self-reports, shown below):

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
.. and we showed how effective the technique is in the field in Romania. The article is here: www.nature.com/artic... . Headline result shown below:

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
... also known as ERI. The empirical underpinning of the ERI was published here: doi.org/10.1037/hea0... ...
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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Sander van der Linden, Philipp Schmid

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 6d
Nice writeup of our now-finished JITSUVAX project: cordis.europa.eu/art... The main output of the project is the empathetic refutational interview...
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Inoculating against anti-vax messaging through empathy
Vaccine hesitancy can be overcome through personalised, empathetic conversational approaches.,,,European Commission
cordis.europa.eu

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, David Lazer, Jana Lasser

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 6d
Join us on Thursday, 12 February, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with
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🔹 Collective moderation of hate, toxicity, and extremity in online discussions 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/event/int...
International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Jana Lasser
"Collective moderation of hate, toxicity, and extremity in online discussions" Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Jana Lasser, University of Graz and Complexi...
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Stefan M. Herzog

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Ezequiel Lopez-Lopez @eloplop.bsky.social · 6d
🚨New preprint! 🚨
"Boosting metacognition in entangled human-AI interaction to navigate cognitive-behavioral drift"
arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01959

Happy to see this new work coming to the surface alongside @cabels18.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social and @stefanherzog.bsky.social
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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Richard S.J. Tol, Stephan Lewandowsky , and 6 more

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 7d
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.

He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.

Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 7d
“Be sceptical of peer-reviewed papers,” @DrJBhattachary says, because editors have conflicts (many are professionals), reviews are anonymous (mostly open), and reviewers are selected by editors (on merit and expertise).
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Peter Daszak @peterdaszak.bsky.social · 8d
Hot News from @naturehealthglobal.bsky.social Re. the documentary Blame: Nominated for major award, released in theaters in Germany/Switzerland, & US PREMIERE at the Sedona Film Festival in April 2026!!! 🧵

naturehealthglobal.org/update-blame...
UPDATE! Blame Movie: Awards, Theatrical Release, US Premiere! - Nature.Health.Global
“Blame” is a documentary movie by the Oscar-nominated, Sundance Festival award winning Swiss Director Christian Frei. The film focuses on three scientists,
naturehealthglobal.org

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 8d
Probably one of the most important questions facing UK today. Where are all the headbangers who frothed about "sovereignty" whenever someone spoke with a French accent during the Brexit convulsions?
davidrvetter.bsky.social Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 8d
*This* is what journalism is for. Just how was Palantir, a foreign company whose leaders openly call for the elimination of democracy, given ownership of significant segments of UK institutions?
pickardje.bsky.social Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 8d
New on FT website:

Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.

www.ft.com/content/5bba...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 8d
*This* is what journalism is for. Just how was Palantir, a foreign company whose leaders openly call for the elimination of democracy, given ownership of significant segments of UK institutions?
pickardje.bsky.social Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 8d
New on FT website:

Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.

www.ft.com/content/5bba...
Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson
Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client
www.ft.com

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, Jens Rydgren

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 9d
Some really striking numbers in this new survey showing the flip in European public opinion about America.

But bear in mind this is only Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, it has been harder to take the blinders off peoples' eyes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky

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Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X @burrspig.bsky.social · 9d
A must watch, Kaitlan was superb! Kaitlan Collins Schools Trump and His Goons After Smile Rant www.thedailybeast.com/kaitlan-coll... via @thedailybeast
Kaitlan Collins Schools Trump and His Goons After Smile Rant
The CNN host replayed footage of the president, JD Vance, and Megyn Kelly.
www.thedailybeast.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Stephan Lewandowsky, Georg Weizsäcker

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9d
EU tech law

EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
ec.europa.eu

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Gerald Friedman, Els Torreele

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 9d
NEW: Trump's coup is almost complete. And the attack on the press is a central piece of it. Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post cannot be allowed to be just another blip in the news cycle.

We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
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Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Patrick Dunleavy, Lesley A. Hall , and 1 more

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d
Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.

The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.

The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop , and 47 more

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jennifer uncoolidge @histoftech.bsky.social · 9d
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Joe R. Feagin, Thomas Backhaus , and 9 more

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 9d
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".

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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 9d
Just how much censorship is the Trump Administration doing? This tracker answers that Q. The results are wildly at odds with the Trump regime and conservatives' long-standing accusations of censorship by, uh, "the left", big tech, the EU, Canada, etc.. trumpcensorship.com ht @lewan.bsky.social

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 9d
Gosh, post 2/9 of the thread below had a link that required authentication, here is the direct link to the piece: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 9d
The above link mangled itself through some authentication thing in my browser. Correct link is www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions
Multiple independent research institutions have recently and repeatedly sounded the alarm that democracy is in retreat worldwide. In the United States, a British academic has painstakingly recorded mo...
www.science.org

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 9d
ugh.

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 9d
So where is the censorship if not in the DSA? It's in the USA.

The Trump administration has censored free speech in 236 actions as of today trumpcensorship.com/

Who would have thought.
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 9d
That does not mean there aren't reasons to critize the DSA, for example because it does not specify what is harmful content because that's largely left up to the EU member states doi.org/10.1080/1360..., some of whom have stricter rules than others. And that can be problematic.

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