Paul Hanel
@paul-hph.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Essex, Department of Psychology
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New research by @eval80.bsky.social and @paul-hph.bsky.social highlights a key role for emotion in translating pro-environmental values into actions 👇
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New research by @eval80.bsky.social and @paul-hph.bsky.social highlights a key role for emotion in translating pro-environmental values into actions 👇
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
Reposted by Paul Hanel
I recommend listening to Matteo, who’s a great friend, and a great scientist, even though I don’t understand half of what he says about stats
I’ll be giving a 'Workshops for Ukraine' session on Building and Customising Statistical Models with Stan and R: An Introduction to Bayesian Inference — online on Nov 13.
Open to all, with donations supporting Ukrainian organisations.
👉 sites.google.com/view/dariia-...
#stats #rstats #statssky
Open to all, with donations supporting Ukrainian organisations.
👉 sites.google.com/view/dariia-...
#stats #rstats #statssky
Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine
Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)
sites.google.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I recommend listening to Matteo, who’s a great friend, and a great scientist, even though I don’t understand half of what he says about stats
New paper: Across 3 experiments, we found that people react more positively to a happy (vs angry) voice - no surprise here. But more interestingly, highly empathic people were especially drawn to happy voices. doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New paper: Across 3 experiments, we found that people react more positively to a happy (vs angry) voice - no surprise here. But more interestingly, highly empathic people were especially drawn to happy voices. doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
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Far more unites us than divides us. A study of 86,000 people reveals remarkable similarity in moral attitudes, values and trust across all ages, demographics & groups
Study psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/201...
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Study psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/201...
OG beautifulne.ws/781 #bnews
May 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Far more unites us than divides us. A study of 86,000 people reveals remarkable similarity in moral attitudes, values and trust across all ages, demographics & groups
Study psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/201...
OG beautifulne.ws/781 #bnews
Study psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/201...
OG beautifulne.ws/781 #bnews
Interesting study: "trust in political institutions is eroded when there is overrepresentation of those educated in the private sector."
Which is the case: "privately educated individuals—who represent >7% of the [UK] population but 30%–70% of the political cabinet" doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
Which is the case: "privately educated individuals—who represent >7% of the [UK] population but 30%–70% of the political cabinet" doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Citizens in democracies are increasingly dissatisfied with democratic governance, distrustful of elected officials and view politicians as aloof and detached. We argue that this is, in part, due to t...
doi.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Interesting study: "trust in political institutions is eroded when there is overrepresentation of those educated in the private sector."
Which is the case: "privately educated individuals—who represent >7% of the [UK] population but 30%–70% of the political cabinet" doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
Which is the case: "privately educated individuals—who represent >7% of the [UK] population but 30%–70% of the political cabinet" doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
Encouraging paper on how political repression backfires: Positive link between perceived repression and anti-government violence. "Randomized experiments revealed that thoughts about repression also motivate participation in anti-government violence."
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Political repression motivates anti-government violence | Royal Society Open Science
We examined whether political repression deters citizens from engaging in anti-government
behaviour (its intended goal) or in fact motivates it. Analyses of 101 nationally
representative samples from ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Encouraging paper on how political repression backfires: Positive link between perceived repression and anti-government violence. "Randomized experiments revealed that thoughts about repression also motivate participation in anti-government violence."
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...