Mirela Zaneva
@iammirela.bsky.social
poverty & health inequalities researcher
also: stats, open science, neurodiversity, and access. (cover photo from my home town reads "no more poverty")
also: stats, open science, neurodiversity, and access. (cover photo from my home town reads "no more poverty")
Check our preprint out for some specific recommendations and examples on neurodiversity-affirming language for ADHD 🎉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Toward Neurodiversity-Affirming Language for ADHD
@ejfriedel.bsky.social & team what a super paper with wonderful suggestions for thinking about language and tables to explain everything!
I love this, thank you!
PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
@ejfriedel.bsky.social & team what a super paper with wonderful suggestions for thinking about language and tables to explain everything!
I love this, thank you!
PsyArXiv. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Check our preprint out for some specific recommendations and examples on neurodiversity-affirming language for ADHD 🎉 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well.
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Results from study of mental health in 92 countries (n>53,000): People are not doing well.
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
- U-shape for age is gone: Young adults lowest health, highest illness
- Education still matters (a lot)
- 45% of older people live alone
- Hybrid work > 100% remote or in-person
Preprint: osf.io/3jyda_v1
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
New paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New paper from my group, led by Carolina Guzman Holst
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This is a secondary analysis of data from the high-quality MYRIAD trial, a universal school-based mindfulness intervention
Summary below (🧵)
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
My pick!
I've said this for about two decades but Anne Carson should receive the Nobel for literature, just on the strength of If Not, Winter, Eros, the Bittersweet, Men in the Off Hours, the "Red" collections, and her Antigonick.
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04...
Throwing Yourself Into the Dark: A Conversation with Anne Carson by Kate Dwyer
April 17, 2024 – “Just think about something and follow it down to where it gets true.”
www.theparisreview.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My pick!
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸
How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...
How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...
AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings
www.science.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸
How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...
How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Come work on a super cool project with a super cool team, led by the fanstastic @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @drhollybear.bsky.social
🚨 Interested in a fully funded DPhil at Oxford?
🌏 We’re recruiting for an MRC iCASE studentship on conversational AI for youth mental health.
Join an amazing team using youth voice to shape global digital health.
⏳ Deadline: 2 Dec 2025
💡 Get in touch to chat!
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/4ua4j46h
🌏 We’re recruiting for an MRC iCASE studentship on conversational AI for youth mental health.
Join an amazing team using youth voice to shape global digital health.
⏳ Deadline: 2 Dec 2025
💡 Get in touch to chat!
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/4ua4j46h
September 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Come work on a super cool project with a super cool team, led by the fanstastic @minafazeloxford.bsky.social & @drhollybear.bsky.social
1 in 20 people who discontinue contraception while still needing it – whether for pregnancy prevention or safer sex – do so because they perceive negative impacts on their sex lives. Our new paper is out now at the journal of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
The Sex Effect: the prevalence of sex life reasons for contraceptive discontinuation. A systematic review and meta-analysis.: Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters: Vol 0, No ja
Browse all journals
www.tandfonline.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
1 in 20 people who discontinue contraception while still needing it – whether for pregnancy prevention or safer sex – do so because they perceive negative impacts on their sex lives. Our new paper is out now at the journal of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
AmplifyChange proudly supports orgs improving access to #SRHR incl. #contraception in their communities. Read a new report that shows that #pleasure drives people’s decision-making around contraceptive use: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26410397.2025.2552589
#WorldContraceptionDay
#WorldContraceptionDay
September 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
AmplifyChange proudly supports orgs improving access to #SRHR incl. #contraception in their communities. Read a new report that shows that #pleasure drives people’s decision-making around contraceptive use: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26410397.2025.2552589
#WorldContraceptionDay
#WorldContraceptionDay
Come to our webinar on the 26th where we'll present results from our latest systematic review on contraceptive discontinuation! W/ colleagues from WHO, Pleasure Project, Young and Alive. events.humanitix.com/sex-satisfac...
Sex, Satisfaction, and Switching: The Questions Contraceptive Research and Implementation Forgot to Ask
Launching a systematic review by the World Health Organization and The Pleasure Project on contraception use and sexual pleasure.
events.humanitix.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Come to our webinar on the 26th where we'll present results from our latest systematic review on contraceptive discontinuation! W/ colleagues from WHO, Pleasure Project, Young and Alive. events.humanitix.com/sex-satisfac...
a wonderful few days at a writing retreat with @mhrincubator.bsky.social got lots of writing done & met some great colleagues 📝🔬 do check out for future retreat dates and other events mentalhealthresearch.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
a wonderful few days at a writing retreat with @mhrincubator.bsky.social got lots of writing done & met some great colleagues 📝🔬 do check out for future retreat dates and other events mentalhealthresearch.org.uk
"The character of a growing share of psychological research is determined not by a method-neutral commitment to the best ideas and techniques, but in large part by the capabilities, proclivities and biases of the AI systems driving research activity."
New preprint by William D'Alessandro and myself:
The promise and peril of AI surrogacy in psychological research
osf.io/preprints/ps...
The promise and peril of AI surrogacy in psychological research
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
August 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"The character of a growing share of psychological research is determined not by a method-neutral commitment to the best ideas and techniques, but in large part by the capabilities, proclivities and biases of the AI systems driving research activity."
Thrilled our work received a SIPS Commendation Prize 🥳
✨ The Annotated introductory reading list for neurodiversity is a stepping stone for those wishing to learn more about neurodiversity. buff.ly/67f2F6q. The contributors would like to acknowledge @forrt.bsky.social
Point of View: An annotated introductory reading list for neurodiversity
A collaboratively developed annotated reading list expands upon core themes in neurodiversity, aiming to enhance understanding and to promote rigorous, destigmatizing, and inclusive practices in…
elifesciences.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thrilled our work received a SIPS Commendation Prize 🥳
Reward models steer LLM behavior but we’ve never looked this closely at them. This deep analysis reveals big inconsistencies, surprising biases, and base-model effects. Insightful work. Catch @brianchristian.bsky.social & @tsvetomira.bsky.social at #FACCT2025
Reward models (RMs) are the moral compass of LLMs – but no one has x-rayed them at scale. We just ran the first exhaustive analysis of 10 leading RMs, and the results were...eye-opening. Wild disagreement, base-model imprint, identity-term bias, mere-exposure quirks & more: 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reward models steer LLM behavior but we’ve never looked this closely at them. This deep analysis reveals big inconsistencies, surprising biases, and base-model effects. Insightful work. Catch @brianchristian.bsky.social & @tsvetomira.bsky.social at #FACCT2025
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
Applications for our 2025 Paper Writing Retreat are open!
Trying to find the time, space & energy to work on that #mentalhealth and/or #addiction #research paper? Apply for our fully-funded retreat with dedicated writing time, tasty food & the chance to network!👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/pwr25/
Trying to find the time, space & energy to work on that #mentalhealth and/or #addiction #research paper? Apply for our fully-funded retreat with dedicated writing time, tasty food & the chance to network!👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/pwr25/
April 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Applications for our 2025 Paper Writing Retreat are open!
Trying to find the time, space & energy to work on that #mentalhealth and/or #addiction #research paper? Apply for our fully-funded retreat with dedicated writing time, tasty food & the chance to network!👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/pwr25/
Trying to find the time, space & energy to work on that #mentalhealth and/or #addiction #research paper? Apply for our fully-funded retreat with dedicated writing time, tasty food & the chance to network!👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/pwr25/
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
Are adolescents sensitive about sensitive data?
In our new @oxwell.bsky.social publication, we explore students' concerns about taking part in research including sensitive topics such as mental health & maltreatment.
Headlines below, w/ substantial implications for research design & analysis ⬇️
In our new @oxwell.bsky.social publication, we explore students' concerns about taking part in research including sensitive topics such as mental health & maltreatment.
Headlines below, w/ substantial implications for research design & analysis ⬇️
Are Adolescents Sensitive About Sensitive Data? Exploring Student Concerns About Privacy, Confidentiality, and Data Use in Health Research
We quantitively explored adolescents' concerns about privacy, confidentiality, and data use in health research and their potential impact on the accur…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Are adolescents sensitive about sensitive data?
In our new @oxwell.bsky.social publication, we explore students' concerns about taking part in research including sensitive topics such as mental health & maltreatment.
Headlines below, w/ substantial implications for research design & analysis ⬇️
In our new @oxwell.bsky.social publication, we explore students' concerns about taking part in research including sensitive topics such as mental health & maltreatment.
Headlines below, w/ substantial implications for research design & analysis ⬇️
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
New paper out today reveals scale of inequalities in social care!
💰 Care homes are better rated with more self-funded residents
👔 But inequalities in care only exist in the for-profit sector
📈 Outsourcing to for-profit sector accelerates inequalities of two-tier care
Link: doi.org/10.1093/agei...
💰 Care homes are better rated with more self-funded residents
👔 But inequalities in care only exist in the for-profit sector
📈 Outsourcing to for-profit sector accelerates inequalities of two-tier care
Link: doi.org/10.1093/agei...
May 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New paper out today reveals scale of inequalities in social care!
💰 Care homes are better rated with more self-funded residents
👔 But inequalities in care only exist in the for-profit sector
📈 Outsourcing to for-profit sector accelerates inequalities of two-tier care
Link: doi.org/10.1093/agei...
💰 Care homes are better rated with more self-funded residents
👔 But inequalities in care only exist in the for-profit sector
📈 Outsourcing to for-profit sector accelerates inequalities of two-tier care
Link: doi.org/10.1093/agei...
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
DON'T MISS: "Moving through the fog: considering #causality in health inequalities research"
The next Alan Turing Institute Causal Inference Interest Group seminar with @mkellyirving.bsky.social on 12th May 2025 at 3pm BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
The next Alan Turing Institute Causal Inference Interest Group seminar with @mkellyirving.bsky.social on 12th May 2025 at 3pm BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
May 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
DON'T MISS: "Moving through the fog: considering #causality in health inequalities research"
The next Alan Turing Institute Causal Inference Interest Group seminar with @mkellyirving.bsky.social on 12th May 2025 at 3pm BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
The next Alan Turing Institute Causal Inference Interest Group seminar with @mkellyirving.bsky.social on 12th May 2025 at 3pm BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
Updating the HDI is a key function of this report, and the picture is sobering:
We have yet to recover from pandemic-era setbacks; and inequality is increasing. Development pathways through manufacturing and exports are narrowing, as conflicts and crises abound.
We have yet to recover from pandemic-era setbacks; and inequality is increasing. Development pathways through manufacturing and exports are narrowing, as conflicts and crises abound.
May 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Updating the HDI is a key function of this report, and the picture is sobering:
We have yet to recover from pandemic-era setbacks; and inequality is increasing. Development pathways through manufacturing and exports are narrowing, as conflicts and crises abound.
We have yet to recover from pandemic-era setbacks; and inequality is increasing. Development pathways through manufacturing and exports are narrowing, as conflicts and crises abound.
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
We are live!
Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings.
Check out our website and blog post about the journal:
🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep
📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...
Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings.
Check out our website and blog post about the journal:
🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep
📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...
![[Editorial: Introducing the Journal of Robustness Reports]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4bdpxswsa5p65ni7dd2f7f5y/bafkreia6p2iuq3bb4q2v5bsemv4wuw6q43635ppvcv7t2cfx7pqr74alxu@jpeg)
April 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are live!
Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings.
Check out our website and blog post about the journal:
🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep
📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...
Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings.
Check out our website and blog post about the journal:
🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep
📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
Daniel Kahneman died by assisted suicide in Switzerland.
I think it's really wrong that most liberal countries don't permit this.
It's an extremely severe restriction of individual liberty not to allow people to decide over their own death in this way.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
I think it's really wrong that most liberal countries don't permit this.
It's an extremely severe restriction of individual liberty not to allow people to decide over their own death in this way.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Essay | The Last Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on Decisions
Shortly before Daniel Kahneman died last March, he emailed friends a message: He was choosing to end his own life in Switzerland. Some are still struggling with his choice.
www.wsj.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Daniel Kahneman died by assisted suicide in Switzerland.
I think it's really wrong that most liberal countries don't permit this.
It's an extremely severe restriction of individual liberty not to allow people to decide over their own death in this way.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
I think it's really wrong that most liberal countries don't permit this.
It's an extremely severe restriction of individual liberty not to allow people to decide over their own death in this way.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Really interesting and important work, relevant to all working with questionnaires / survey data.
Hey Bluesky! I’m excited to share my new preprint with @matanmazor.bsky.social and @ruvidar.bsky.social, where we show that surface-level questionnaire filling behaviours drive correlations between mental health and metacognition (confidence ratings). osf.io/preprints/ps... [1/14]
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media.tenor.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Really interesting and important work, relevant to all working with questionnaires / survey data.
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
Do you prefer ‘a person with ADHD’ or ‘an ADHDer’?
If you have ADHD (and you are 18+ years), we would like to know what you think as part of our research on disability language preferences. To have your say, you can complete a 10 – 15 minute survey deakin.au/4iqPuOi
#ADHD #ADHDAwareness
If you have ADHD (and you are 18+ years), we would like to know what you think as part of our research on disability language preferences. To have your say, you can complete a 10 – 15 minute survey deakin.au/4iqPuOi
#ADHD #ADHDAwareness
March 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Do you prefer ‘a person with ADHD’ or ‘an ADHDer’?
If you have ADHD (and you are 18+ years), we would like to know what you think as part of our research on disability language preferences. To have your say, you can complete a 10 – 15 minute survey deakin.au/4iqPuOi
#ADHD #ADHDAwareness
If you have ADHD (and you are 18+ years), we would like to know what you think as part of our research on disability language preferences. To have your say, you can complete a 10 – 15 minute survey deakin.au/4iqPuOi
#ADHD #ADHDAwareness
📖 Excited to share our new article, out now in @elife.bsky.social: elifesciences.org/articles/102... Our annotated readling list on neurodiversity is a result of the collaborative efforts of a fantastic, multidisciplinary & neurodiverse team
Point of View: An annotated introductory reading list for neurodiversity
A collaboratively developed annotated reading list expands upon core themes in neurodiversity, aiming to enhance understanding and to promote rigorous, destigmatizing, and inclusive practices in resea...
elifesciences.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:58 PM
📖 Excited to share our new article, out now in @elife.bsky.social: elifesciences.org/articles/102... Our annotated readling list on neurodiversity is a result of the collaborative efforts of a fantastic, multidisciplinary & neurodiverse team
Reposted by Mirela Zaneva
A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 2:02 AM
A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.