Bethan Iley (she/her)
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Bethan Iley (she/her)
@bethaniley.com
🎓 PhD student in social/political psychology at QUB
🤍 Finance Manager at OLS
🔎 Research: conspiracy theories, misinformation, gender/disability identity, attitudes towards diversity, how we think about/do science
Shoutout to my incredible co-authors on this paper. George, Kayleigh, Emma and Alyssa are wonderful humans and it's a joy to work with them!!

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April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
3. This likely contributes to reinforcing harmful stereotypes in research and applied settings, limits our academic career progression, and affects our wellbeing.

4. We think it can be fixed! You'll have to read the paper to find out how. :)
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our key takeaways are:

1. Neurodivergent people often don't receive adequate representation and inclusion in curricula.

2. Where we are mentioned, we are often segregated into "abnormal psychology", rather than being included as part of the diversity of cognitive experiences.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
No specific article, this was the product of a free discussion! We had a few psychologists in the room who work with sensitive data (e.g. mental health) and movement scientists who record participants on video, so GDPR was a big concern for them
September 30, 2023 at 12:53 PM
around open scholarship and trust are reflected in broader public opinion, and how that links into more general institutional (dis)trust
September 30, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Thank you so much for the links! I’ll share them with the rest of the group too :)

Definitely agree – there’s probably a lot of work that political scientists and metascientists could do together in this area! Would be really interesting to see whether scientists’ expectations...
September 30, 2023 at 12:49 PM
This is 100% happening next time I'm near a whiteboard!!
September 30, 2023 at 12:41 PM