Kathryn Francis
@kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology. Moral psychology, social cognition, & xphi. Interested in understanding moral conflict in human-animal/nature relations 🐷🍃 and bioethics 💊. Exploring innovative methods like VR.
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The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived!
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived!
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️
I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️
Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
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We're delighted to welcome @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social to the position of Senior Researcher in Moral Psychology and Design Bioethics, at the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
July 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We're delighted to welcome @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social to the position of Senior Researcher in Moral Psychology and Design Bioethics, at the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka...
#morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
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📣 Speaker Announcement: We look forward to hearing about how diets shape activism and moral expansiveness. Join us at this year's PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025 (July 2-5) in Edinburgh: phair2025.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📣 Speaker Announcement: We look forward to hearing about how diets shape activism and moral expansiveness. Join us at this year's PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025 (July 2-5) in Edinburgh: phair2025.co.uk
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Excited to be attending @phair-society.bsky.social this year in Edinburgh with @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social , Elise Hankins and Daniel Martin! 💪
📣 Speaker Announcement: We look forward to hearing about how diets shape activism and moral expansiveness. Join us at this year's PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025 (July 2-5) in Edinburgh: phair2025.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Excited to be attending @phair-society.bsky.social this year in Edinburgh with @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social , Elise Hankins and Daniel Martin! 💪
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Looking forward to presenting today at 4pm in the Oxford Uehiro Institute talking about work with my PostDoc Scott Claessens and my PhD student Pierce Veitch on how we view others who outsource different tasks to AI and the role that effort plays in shaping perceptions of others.
April 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Looking forward to presenting today at 4pm in the Oxford Uehiro Institute talking about work with my PostDoc Scott Claessens and my PhD student Pierce Veitch on how we view others who outsource different tasks to AI and the role that effort plays in shaping perceptions of others.
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Super excited for our lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social to be hosting a talk by the brilliant @jimaceverett.bsky.social today on his group's latest work on moral reasoning and AI 👇
Looking forward to presenting today at 4pm in the Oxford Uehiro Institute talking about work with my PostDoc Scott Claessens and my PhD student Pierce Veitch on how we view others who outsource different tasks to AI and the role that effort plays in shaping perceptions of others.
April 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Super excited for our lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social to be hosting a talk by the brilliant @jimaceverett.bsky.social today on his group's latest work on moral reasoning and AI 👇
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Very excited for our Symposium this morning on context effects in Moral Judgment.
With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social Dries Bostyn & Connie Chiu
#SPSP2025
With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social Dries Bostyn & Connie Chiu
#SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very excited for our Symposium this morning on context effects in Moral Judgment.
With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social Dries Bostyn & Connie Chiu
#SPSP2025
With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social Dries Bostyn & Connie Chiu
#SPSP2025
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Looking forward to our session tomorrow at #SPSP2025 at the intersection of AI and moral psychology. Be there Saturday at 11am in the Four Seasons Ballroom!
February 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Looking forward to our session tomorrow at #SPSP2025 at the intersection of AI and moral psychology. Be there Saturday at 11am in the Four Seasons Ballroom!
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Reminder of the call for abstracts! Deadline approaching: Basel-Oxford-NUS Experimental Philosophical Bioethics (BioXPhi) Summit 2025 | hosted at the University of Basel, keynotes by Edmond Awad and Matti Wilks
Basel-Oxford-NUS BioXPhi Summit 2025 | Institute for Biomedical Ethics | University of Basel
Institute for Biomedical Ethics
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January 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reminder of the call for abstracts! Deadline approaching: Basel-Oxford-NUS Experimental Philosophical Bioethics (BioXPhi) Summit 2025 | hosted at the University of Basel, keynotes by Edmond Awad and Matti Wilks
The deadline for the EASP summer school has been extended to 8th Jan! All topics below ⬇️ @jimaceverett.bsky.social and I are co-leading the Moral Psychology & AI workstream - interested PhD students, please do apply! Get in touch if you have any questions 🙂
🚨Deadline for EASP Summer School Extended to Jan 8th🚨
Are you a psych PhD student interested in conspiracies theories & misinformation, moral psychology & AI, intergroup relations, political cognition, human-animal relations, or close relationships?
If yes, apply now! blogs.kent.ac.uk/easp2025/
Are you a psych PhD student interested in conspiracies theories & misinformation, moral psychology & AI, intergroup relations, political cognition, human-animal relations, or close relationships?
If yes, apply now! blogs.kent.ac.uk/easp2025/
December 23, 2024 at 8:22 AM
The deadline for the EASP summer school has been extended to 8th Jan! All topics below ⬇️ @jimaceverett.bsky.social and I are co-leading the Moral Psychology & AI workstream - interested PhD students, please do apply! Get in touch if you have any questions 🙂
In January, I'll be leaving Keele Uni. It's been an exciting 4-years & I'll miss my awesome colleagues (& idyllic campus).
In 2025, I'm joining the School of Psychology at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social & creating the Moral Minds Lab 🧠 On to the next adventure...
But first...rest & holidays🎄
In 2025, I'm joining the School of Psychology at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social & creating the Moral Minds Lab 🧠 On to the next adventure...
But first...rest & holidays🎄
December 20, 2024 at 8:54 PM
In January, I'll be leaving Keele Uni. It's been an exciting 4-years & I'll miss my awesome colleagues (& idyllic campus).
In 2025, I'm joining the School of Psychology at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social & creating the Moral Minds Lab 🧠 On to the next adventure...
But first...rest & holidays🎄
In 2025, I'm joining the School of Psychology at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social & creating the Moral Minds Lab 🧠 On to the next adventure...
But first...rest & holidays🎄
Cool to see our research led by @rkapitany.bsky.social summarised in the New Scientist @newscientist.bsky.social! Does Santa make children act nicer around Christmas?
Love this story, which show that belief in Santa is not enough to get children to be nice at Christmas www.newscientist.com/article/2459...
Believing in Santa Claus doesn't make children act nicer at Christmas
You might expect a child's belief in Santa Claus – with his ability to discern whether children have been naughty or nice – would have an impact on their behaviour. But it turns out other festive trap...
www.newscientist.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Cool to see our research led by @rkapitany.bsky.social summarised in the New Scientist @newscientist.bsky.social! Does Santa make children act nicer around Christmas?
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Happy to release a pre-print 5 years in the making!
"A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas."
It's currently under review at Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. Watch this space.
osf.io/preprints/os...
"A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas."
It's currently under review at Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. Watch this space.
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
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November 26, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Happy to release a pre-print 5 years in the making!
"A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas."
It's currently under review at Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. Watch this space.
osf.io/preprints/os...
"A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas."
It's currently under review at Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. Watch this space.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Could anyone help me to track down *accurate* statistics on the number of vegans and vegetarians across countries worldwide? I'm looking for accurate country-level data - TIA!
November 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Could anyone help me to track down *accurate* statistics on the number of vegans and vegetarians across countries worldwide? I'm looking for accurate country-level data - TIA!
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📣 Excited to announce the PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025!
July 2–5, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh
The conference brings together researchers from the social & behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world
Info and updates: phair2025.co.uk
July 2–5, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh
The conference brings together researchers from the social & behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world
Info and updates: phair2025.co.uk
October 29, 2024 at 2:52 PM
📣 Excited to announce the PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025!
July 2–5, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh
The conference brings together researchers from the social & behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world
Info and updates: phair2025.co.uk
July 2–5, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh
The conference brings together researchers from the social & behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world
Info and updates: phair2025.co.uk
Excited to be involved in this and to be working with @jimaceverett.bsky.social! Please do apply to join us in lovely Canterbury next summer. #moralpsychology #EASP
So excited to be organising the EASP 2025 Summer School at Kent and leading a workstream on “Moral Psychology and Artificial Intelligence” with Kathryn Francis 🤖🧠
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
EASP Summer School 2025 - Applications are open
Social Psychology News Articles
www.easp.eu
November 12, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Excited to be involved in this and to be working with @jimaceverett.bsky.social! Please do apply to join us in lovely Canterbury next summer. #moralpsychology #EASP
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The power of virtual reality…
Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
The power of virtual reality | BPS
Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
www.bps.org.uk
October 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
The power of virtual reality…
Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Excited to announce that through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (moralconsortium.psu.edu), I will be hosting a special cross-over conference with the Moral Psychology Research Group (sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) this November! More details below... 1/n
October 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Excited to announce that through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (moralconsortium.psu.edu), I will be hosting a special cross-over conference with the Moral Psychology Research Group (sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) this November! More details below... 1/n
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And Published!!
(at www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.ul.ie/science/arti... )
We clarify the influences of and instrumentality (means/side-effects) personal force on moral judgments
Again thanks to coauthors @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons!
(at www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.ul.ie/science/arti... )
We clarify the influences of and instrumentality (means/side-effects) personal force on moral judgments
Again thanks to coauthors @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons!
April 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM
And Published!!
(at www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.ul.ie/science/arti... )
We clarify the influences of and instrumentality (means/side-effects) personal force on moral judgments
Again thanks to coauthors @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons!
(at www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.ul.ie/science/arti... )
We clarify the influences of and instrumentality (means/side-effects) personal force on moral judgments
Again thanks to coauthors @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons!
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After a very quick minor revisions this has now been accepted! 🥳🥳🥳
(With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons )
(With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons )
Just submitted my first Stage 2 Registered Report (full paper)!
Over a year collecting data >2,200 participants!
Some nice looking results.
Exciting times with @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons
Fingers Crossed IPA means a quick and painless decision at this point
Over a year collecting data >2,200 participants!
Some nice looking results.
Exciting times with @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons
Fingers Crossed IPA means a quick and painless decision at this point
March 21, 2024 at 7:47 PM
After a very quick minor revisions this has now been accepted! 🥳🥳🥳
(With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons )
(With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons )
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New research by Maria Ioannidou et al shows that increased awareness of harm to dairy cows reduces moral concern & mind attribution to cows, yet also increases dairy reduction intentions, especially among those higher on speciesism
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@kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
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@kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
January 5, 2024 at 1:53 PM
New research by Maria Ioannidou et al shows that increased awareness of harm to dairy cows reduces moral concern & mind attribution to cows, yet also increases dairy reduction intentions, especially among those higher on speciesism
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
If you're free and want to attend a public lecture I'm giving in Oxford on moral decision making in #VR please join :) 👇 30th November 10.30am Oxford Martin School #moralpsych bookwhen.com/uehiro#focus...
OUC's Public Events - Booking by Bookwhen
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November 6, 2023 at 11:38 AM
If you're free and want to attend a public lecture I'm giving in Oxford on moral decision making in #VR please join :) 👇 30th November 10.30am Oxford Martin School #moralpsych bookwhen.com/uehiro#focus...
My fantastic colleague Claire Monroy is looking for a postgraduate RA to assist with an EEG project investigating cognitive development of deaf & hearing infants. Please share widely! #AcademicTwitter #psychology ce0639li.webitrent.com/ce0639li_web...
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November 1, 2023 at 3:44 PM
My fantastic colleague Claire Monroy is looking for a postgraduate RA to assist with an EEG project investigating cognitive development of deaf & hearing infants. Please share widely! #AcademicTwitter #psychology ce0639li.webitrent.com/ce0639li_web...
PhD opportunity in Psychology at Keele University(UK)! If you're interested in human-animal relations, speciesism, and dietary identity please get in touch with me 😊 Please share widely #moralpsychology #psychology #PhD www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
PhD studentships in the School of Psychology at Keele University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Programme - PhD studentships in the School of Psychology at Keele University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 31, 2023 at 5:56 PM
PhD opportunity in Psychology at Keele University(UK)! If you're interested in human-animal relations, speciesism, and dietary identity please get in touch with me 😊 Please share widely #moralpsychology #psychology #PhD www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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International Moral Psychology Seminar Series returns this October 2nd at 12pm EST.
Flashtalk: Brandon Bretl
Main talk: Niels Skovgaard-Olsen
With @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social and Jim Everett (not sure if he's here yet)
Click below to register
#PsychSciSky #SocialPsycSky
Flashtalk: Brandon Bretl
Main talk: Niels Skovgaard-Olsen
With @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social and Jim Everett (not sure if he's here yet)
Click below to register
#PsychSciSky #SocialPsycSky
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IMP Seminar Series Monday 2nd October: Dr. Niels Skovgaa...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IMP Seminar Series Monday 2nd October: Dr. Niels Skovgaard-Olsen & Dr. Brandon Bretl. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining...
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September 26, 2023 at 8:37 AM
International Moral Psychology Seminar Series returns this October 2nd at 12pm EST.
Flashtalk: Brandon Bretl
Main talk: Niels Skovgaard-Olsen
With @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social and Jim Everett (not sure if he's here yet)
Click below to register
#PsychSciSky #SocialPsycSky
Flashtalk: Brandon Bretl
Main talk: Niels Skovgaard-Olsen
With @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social and Jim Everett (not sure if he's here yet)
Click below to register
#PsychSciSky #SocialPsycSky