Dr Ben Gibson
@bgibson49.bsky.social
Trainee Health Psychologist and Lecturer in Applied Psychology at DMU. I'm interested in long-term physical health conditions, intervention development & evaluation, optimal wellbeing, and supporting advocacy efforts.
Light summer reading:
July 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Light summer reading:
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In addition to my other concerns about AI (ethical issues, concerns about potential erosion of critical thinking skills and creativity) I'm now pondering the mental health implications of a reliance on technology. Do we risk our own decision making and critical thinking? (1/?)
June 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In addition to my other concerns about AI (ethical issues, concerns about potential erosion of critical thinking skills and creativity) I'm now pondering the mental health implications of a reliance on technology. Do we risk our own decision making and critical thinking? (1/?)
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🎉 The MHPN Annual Conference is next week!
”Building the Future of Health Psychology”.
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | ⏰ 10am-4pm | 💻 Online
Don’t miss your chance to be part of shaping the future of health psychology—register now!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/seosagnoeb
#HealthPsychology #MHPNConference
”Building the Future of Health Psychology”.
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | ⏰ 10am-4pm | 💻 Online
Don’t miss your chance to be part of shaping the future of health psychology—register now!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/seosagnoeb
#HealthPsychology #MHPNConference
May 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎉 The MHPN Annual Conference is next week!
”Building the Future of Health Psychology”.
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | ⏰ 10am-4pm | 💻 Online
Don’t miss your chance to be part of shaping the future of health psychology—register now!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/seosagnoeb
#HealthPsychology #MHPNConference
”Building the Future of Health Psychology”.
🗓️ 20 May 2025 | ⏰ 10am-4pm | 💻 Online
Don’t miss your chance to be part of shaping the future of health psychology—register now!
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/seosagnoeb
#HealthPsychology #MHPNConference
When you're trying to be supportive but you're still an academic through and through #AcademicSky
May 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
When you're trying to be supportive but you're still an academic through and through #AcademicSky
Love this from @dmuleicester.bsky.social and the @leicestertigers.bsky.social! Great advice for students (and, well, anybody) looking to manage stress and wellbeing!
www.dmu.ac.uk/current-stud...
www.dmu.ac.uk/current-stud...
Leicester Tigers share their tips for managing stress and wellbeing
James Whitcombe, Dan Kelly, Ollie Hassell-Collins and Finn Carnduff all play at the highest level of English club rugby, and know a thing or two about coping with pressure.
www.dmu.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Love this from @dmuleicester.bsky.social and the @leicestertigers.bsky.social! Great advice for students (and, well, anybody) looking to manage stress and wellbeing!
www.dmu.ac.uk/current-stud...
www.dmu.ac.uk/current-stud...
How it feels to have time to do some of my Stage 2 write-up #HealthPsychology
April 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
How it feels to have time to do some of my Stage 2 write-up #HealthPsychology
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🌟 DHP member event 🌟
Are you a Division of Health Psychology member involved in EDI work? Connect with the DHP EDI Taskforce at our free online networking event on 7 May.
Register here ⬇️
www.bps.org.uk/event/health...
#HealthPsychology #EDI #Networking
Are you a Division of Health Psychology member involved in EDI work? Connect with the DHP EDI Taskforce at our free online networking event on 7 May.
Register here ⬇️
www.bps.org.uk/event/health...
#HealthPsychology #EDI #Networking
Health Psychology EDI networking event | BPS
This online networking event is to connect DHP members involved in EDI work and to provide an opportunity for them to connect with the DHP EDI taskforce.
www.bps.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🌟 DHP member event 🌟
Are you a Division of Health Psychology member involved in EDI work? Connect with the DHP EDI Taskforce at our free online networking event on 7 May.
Register here ⬇️
www.bps.org.uk/event/health...
#HealthPsychology #EDI #Networking
Are you a Division of Health Psychology member involved in EDI work? Connect with the DHP EDI Taskforce at our free online networking event on 7 May.
Register here ⬇️
www.bps.org.uk/event/health...
#HealthPsychology #EDI #Networking
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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I've been on AL, so you know what that means... #AcademicBakes
April 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I've been on AL, so you know what that means... #AcademicBakes
Here's me still brainstorming gender-neutral alternatives to "guys" when Chidi Anagonye found the best way to address a seminar hall ✨️ years ✨️ ago.
April 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Here's me still brainstorming gender-neutral alternatives to "guys" when Chidi Anagonye found the best way to address a seminar hall ✨️ years ✨️ ago.
We're still awaiting the doi but I just *need* to share the good news: my PhD student Carly Hook has just published her first paper! 🥳
Abstract is below and you can read the full #OpenAccess article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Abstract is below and you can read the full #OpenAccess article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We're still awaiting the doi but I just *need* to share the good news: my PhD student Carly Hook has just published her first paper! 🥳
Abstract is below and you can read the full #OpenAccess article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Abstract is below and you can read the full #OpenAccess article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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We've tried to do our bit - find lots of coverage in our Covid collection www.bps.org.uk/collections/... - but @francesryan.bsky.social is right that Long Covid appears to be 'the public health crisis no one wants to talk about'.
March 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We've tried to do our bit - find lots of coverage in our Covid collection www.bps.org.uk/collections/... - but @francesryan.bsky.social is right that Long Covid appears to be 'the public health crisis no one wants to talk about'.
It was such a pleasure talking with researchers, healthcare professionals, and people with long-covid at our event last week. The clear consensus is that people with long-covid feel they are being forgotten about - so their voices (and ours!) are as important as ever!
What is it like to navigate life with #LongCovid? This visual resource, designed by people living with long covid, shares powerful insights from those with first hand experience. This #LongCovidAwarenessDay2025 let’s amplify these voices & raise awareness.
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It was such a pleasure talking with researchers, healthcare professionals, and people with long-covid at our event last week. The clear consensus is that people with long-covid feel they are being forgotten about - so their voices (and ours!) are as important as ever!
Coming together works. Collective action works. Peaceful democratic action works! It's just that certain powerful individuals don't want us to think that it does.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working
I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Coming together works. Collective action works. Peaceful democratic action works! It's just that certain powerful individuals don't want us to think that it does.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is this afternoon at 1:30! Tickets are still available if you want to join in the discussions #LongCovid
Calling all health and social care professionals: we're running a (free!) online event Wed 12th March to raise awareness of the psychosocial impacts of long COVID in dialogue with people *living with* long COVID.
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...
Long Covid: What’s Missing from the Conversation?
Rethinking how to address the psychosocial impact of living with Long Covid - join us online
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is this afternoon at 1:30! Tickets are still available if you want to join in the discussions #LongCovid
Open, accessible science is so important but so is good science communication. We need to be diversifying our efforts and reaching different audiences and I think this will need new and exciting approaches!
Science is often gatekept, and so when it’s most needed, it’s met with conspiracy theories.
I’m diving deeper into this, but in the meantime, please share or tag your favourite scientists who are online—regardless of their speciality.
I’m diving deeper into this, but in the meantime, please share or tag your favourite scientists who are online—regardless of their speciality.
February 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Open, accessible science is so important but so is good science communication. We need to be diversifying our efforts and reaching different audiences and I think this will need new and exciting approaches!
Setting a new standard for academic meetings with Warren Donnellan:
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Setting a new standard for academic meetings with Warren Donnellan:
Calling all health and social care professionals: we're running a (free!) online event Wed 12th March to raise awareness of the psychosocial impacts of long COVID in dialogue with people *living with* long COVID.
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...
Long Covid: What’s Missing from the Conversation?
Rethinking how to address the psychosocial impact of living with Long Covid - join us online
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Calling all health and social care professionals: we're running a (free!) online event Wed 12th March to raise awareness of the psychosocial impacts of long COVID in dialogue with people *living with* long COVID.
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...
Tickets are available through Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249901963...
Just in case you were worried that 'nobody is doing anything' or 'all hope is lost' 🧵👇
🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
February 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Just in case you were worried that 'nobody is doing anything' or 'all hope is lost' 🧵👇
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Hi! We've created our new Bluesky account and looking forward to connecting with some health psychologists
#healthpsychology
#healthpsychology
February 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hi! We've created our new Bluesky account and looking forward to connecting with some health psychologists
#healthpsychology
#healthpsychology
A great read and a compelling argument for #SlowAcademia - blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens?
The bibliometric infrastructure of citations has become an inescapable organising feature of academic life. Drawing on a range of evidence of the use and misuse of citations data, Stuart Macdonald …
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A great read and a compelling argument for #SlowAcademia - blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Great letter from @johnamaechi.apsintel.com in @financialtimes.com :
February 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Great letter from @johnamaechi.apsintel.com in @financialtimes.com :
Practitioner training is actually going pretty well actually #HealthPsychology.
February 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Practitioner training is actually going pretty well actually #HealthPsychology.
Reposting because I think this will be a very useful resource for myself and others in the future.
What do you think @brthomas.bsky.social?
What do you think @brthomas.bsky.social?
PRU practical guide to writing policy briefs has been downloaded 10.000 x from #OpenScienceFramework
osf.io/preprints/os...
It makes it easy to communicate relevant evidence to policy decision makers
jointly developed by
@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social & @ucl-cbc.bsky.social
@susanmichie.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/os...
It makes it easy to communicate relevant evidence to policy decision makers
jointly developed by
@nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social & @ucl-cbc.bsky.social
@susanmichie.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Reposting because I think this will be a very useful resource for myself and others in the future.
What do you think @brthomas.bsky.social?
What do you think @brthomas.bsky.social?
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The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
February 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.