Gaby Hofer
@sci-gab.bsky.social
PostDoc in personality psych at University of Graz | researching sexuality, self-knowledge & person perception | dreaming of academic utopia (of open & robust science and secure jobs) | co-founder of the Graz Open Science Initiative | She/her
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Gaby Hofer
@sci-gab.bsky.social
· Sep 23
#HiSciSky!
🔎 I'm a personality researcher focusing on bias & accuracy in self- and other-perception. Also interested in anything related to gender, sexuality, relationships, open science & trust in science.
🌊 Happiest at the seaside & in communities aiming to improve science/academia.
#PsychSciSky
🔎 I'm a personality researcher focusing on bias & accuracy in self- and other-perception. Also interested in anything related to gender, sexuality, relationships, open science & trust in science.
🌊 Happiest at the seaside & in communities aiming to improve science/academia.
#PsychSciSky
Austrian has gotten so expensive that airport prices start to seem absolutely normal to me. (written while sipping my €6 cappuccino in Frankfurt)
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Austrian has gotten so expensive that airport prices start to seem absolutely normal to me. (written while sipping my €6 cappuccino in Frankfurt)
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it!
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
program
Note: The live conference schedule with links to sessions will be provided to conference registrants via email. To access the live schedule, REGISTER NOW *** >>> View the 2025 BTSCON Program *** > Not...
bigteamscienceconference.github.io
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it!
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
It’s a certain level of hell to sit in a lecture hall and see a sea of chat gtp tabs open next to full youtube videos and movies/ tv shows playing while the prof lectures
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s a certain level of hell to sit in a lecture hall and see a sea of chat gtp tabs open next to full youtube videos and movies/ tv shows playing while the prof lectures
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Hello BlueSky peeps!
Hilmar's cold opening contains not one BUT TWO articles that I want to advertise!
My co-authors and I have summarized the work we have done, the progress we achieved, and the challenges we encoutered during the last seven or so years in several #OpenScience initiatives in Graz.
Hilmar's cold opening contains not one BUT TWO articles that I want to advertise!
My co-authors and I have summarized the work we have done, the progress we achieved, and the challenges we encoutered during the last seven or so years in several #OpenScience initiatives in Graz.
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Hello BlueSky peeps!
Hilmar's cold opening contains not one BUT TWO articles that I want to advertise!
My co-authors and I have summarized the work we have done, the progress we achieved, and the challenges we encoutered during the last seven or so years in several #OpenScience initiatives in Graz.
Hilmar's cold opening contains not one BUT TWO articles that I want to advertise!
My co-authors and I have summarized the work we have done, the progress we achieved, and the challenges we encoutered during the last seven or so years in several #OpenScience initiatives in Graz.
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
New paper out with the Feminist Wonderlab and this is an important one ❤️
Incorporating feminist approaches in psychological science: why, what, and where. From @helenahartmann.com, @kohinoordarda.bsky.social, @v-meletaki.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Incorporating Feminist Practices Into Psychological Science—The Why, the What and the How
Feminism is about all forms of challenging social, economic and political power taken by a dominant group. Applying a feminist lens to scientific research brings many advantages, such as broadening th...
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New paper out with the Feminist Wonderlab and this is an important one ❤️
I'm currently at the wonderful @oegpjuwis.bsky.social #writingretreat, working on a grant proposal. Can we please arrange for all our academic events to have emotional support cats (and goats, dogs, and pigs)?
July 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm currently at the wonderful @oegpjuwis.bsky.social #writingretreat, working on a grant proposal. Can we please arrange for all our academic events to have emotional support cats (and goats, dogs, and pigs)?
In non-science news: The nin concert in Vienna was amazing!
June 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In non-science news: The nin concert in Vienna was amazing!
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
But a university is a community that thrives on differences.
Our diverse perspectives are what make it possible for us to know the world, together.
Our diverse perspectives are what make it possible for us to know the world, together.
April 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
But a university is a community that thrives on differences.
Our diverse perspectives are what make it possible for us to know the world, together.
Our diverse perspectives are what make it possible for us to know the world, together.
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Struggling to find time to write? 📚✍️ If you're a Postdoc or working on your PhD in Psychology, join us for this year's Summer School & Writing Retreat! osf.io/u97xy/
March 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Struggling to find time to write? 📚✍️ If you're a Postdoc or working on your PhD in Psychology, join us for this year's Summer School & Writing Retreat! osf.io/u97xy/
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
I asked DeepSeek to develop a scale to measure addiction to addiction scale development and of course it delivered.
March 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I asked DeepSeek to develop a scale to measure addiction to addiction scale development and of course it delivered.
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
If you haven't registered for this event yet (happening in just 2 weeks!) it only takes a second: click on the link, then scroll down to the the large "REGISTER HERE" :) there will be plenty of time for questions, and you can even send them in ahead of time! #PsychSciSky
In celebration of SIPS's 10th annual meeting, please join us for a virtual warm-up event on December 18, 2024! Early reformers will discuss challenges and improvements in psychological science. Find out more and register: improvingpsych.org/sips-2025-pr...
December 4, 2024 at 10:52 PM
If you haven't registered for this event yet (happening in just 2 weeks!) it only takes a second: click on the link, then scroll down to the the large "REGISTER HERE" :) there will be plenty of time for questions, and you can even send them in ahead of time! #PsychSciSky
#PsychSciSky, I'm super curious. Lots of us are using SEM (or other complex stats methods) on a regular basis. Did your psych degree give you the confidence to run and interpret them? Or did you get those skills elsewhere? And if so, where.
I would be VERY leery of any such things. SEM is tricky, built on lots of assumptions, and should probably only be done by experts.
I was a stat consultant for 25 years and I wouldn't do it.
I also don't know any friendly, low key books on doing surgery.
I was a stat consultant for 25 years and I wouldn't do it.
I also don't know any friendly, low key books on doing surgery.
November 27, 2024 at 4:37 PM
#PsychSciSky, I'm super curious. Lots of us are using SEM (or other complex stats methods) on a regular basis. Did your psych degree give you the confidence to run and interpret them? Or did you get those skills elsewhere? And if so, where.
Psych peeps: do you know of any super low-key, intuitive (think Andy Field) intros to structural equation modeling (ideally including examples in R/JASP/Jamovi)? I'm looking for books/videos that ideally also showcase different use cases. #PsychSciSky #SEM #statistics
November 27, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Psych peeps: do you know of any super low-key, intuitive (think Andy Field) intros to structural equation modeling (ideally including examples in R/JASP/Jamovi)? I'm looking for books/videos that ideally also showcase different use cases. #PsychSciSky #SEM #statistics
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Optimist: "the cup is half full"
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Social & personality psychologist: “We developed the one-item CUP optimism scale and plotted it against the Big Five, with 300 UG students participating for course credit. Our results are generalisable to all people, everywhere.”
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Social & personality psychologist: “We developed the one-item CUP optimism scale and plotted it against the Big Five, with 300 UG students participating for course credit. Our results are generalisable to all people, everywhere.”
Optimist: "the cup is half full"
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-)
#EMCA
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-)
#EMCA
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Optimist: "the cup is half full"
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Social & personality psychologist: “We developed the one-item CUP optimism scale and plotted it against the Big Five, with 300 UG students participating for course credit. Our results are generalisable to all people, everywhere.”
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Social & personality psychologist: “We developed the one-item CUP optimism scale and plotted it against the Big Five, with 300 UG students participating for course credit. Our results are generalisable to all people, everywhere.”
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Math problem. I have three apples and am traveling towards you at 17mph. It's not really a problem, more of a warning. Apple time, bitches.
November 22, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Math problem. I have three apples and am traveling towards you at 17mph. It's not really a problem, more of a warning. Apple time, bitches.
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
So @ourworldindata.org is making it easier to reuse our data through enhanced data downloads and a chart data API
ourworldindata.org/easier-to-re...
ourworldindata.org/easier-to-re...
We've made it much easier to reuse our data
An overview of our new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API.
ourworldindata.org
November 22, 2024 at 7:26 AM
So @ourworldindata.org is making it easier to reuse our data through enhanced data downloads and a chart data API
ourworldindata.org/easier-to-re...
ourworldindata.org/easier-to-re...
Geschlechtergerechte Sprache hilft dabei, Frauen ins Gedächtnis zu rufen! Wir sind so froh darüber, dass wir die Ergebnisse dieser Multi-lab Replikation mit euch teilen können und dass uns @de.in-mind.org dabei so toll unterstützt. 1/3
Lieber Leser,
denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern?
Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt.
Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen!
de.in-mind.org/blog/...
denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern?
Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt.
Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen!
de.in-mind.org/blog/...
November 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Geschlechtergerechte Sprache hilft dabei, Frauen ins Gedächtnis zu rufen! Wir sind so froh darüber, dass wir die Ergebnisse dieser Multi-lab Replikation mit euch teilen können und dass uns @de.in-mind.org dabei so toll unterstützt. 1/3
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Lieber Leser,
denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern?
Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt.
Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen!
de.in-mind.org/blog/...
denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern?
Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt.
Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen!
de.in-mind.org/blog/...
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Lieber Leser,
denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern?
Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt.
Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen!
de.in-mind.org/blog/...
denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern?
Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt.
Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen!
de.in-mind.org/blog/...
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Once the publishers do this + move their journal accounts here, it’s officially game over for academic X. Editors, please encourage your journals to open accounts here. Nature is already here…
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Once the publishers do this + move their journal accounts here, it’s officially game over for academic X. Editors, please encourage your journals to open accounts here. Nature is already here…
Got to hold today's undergrad differential psych lecture at our department. Today's topic was The Self and I loved, how much I learned preparing for it and (even more) discussing it with the students.
November 18, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Got to hold today's undergrad differential psych lecture at our department. Today's topic was The Self and I loved, how much I learned preparing for it and (even more) discussing it with the students.
Reposted by Gaby Hofer
Interested in sleep and memory research? 💤🧠 Then join the #ManyBeds project! 🛏️ A multi-lab, many-analysts, replication study led by @gordonfeld.bsky.social and me.
We seek contributors for data collection and analysis.
Sign up now! ✨
Learn more here: cimh-clinical-psychology.github.io/ManyBeds/
We seek contributors for data collection and analysis.
Sign up now! ✨
Learn more here: cimh-clinical-psychology.github.io/ManyBeds/
July 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Interested in sleep and memory research? 💤🧠 Then join the #ManyBeds project! 🛏️ A multi-lab, many-analysts, replication study led by @gordonfeld.bsky.social and me.
We seek contributors for data collection and analysis.
Sign up now! ✨
Learn more here: cimh-clinical-psychology.github.io/ManyBeds/
We seek contributors for data collection and analysis.
Sign up now! ✨
Learn more here: cimh-clinical-psychology.github.io/ManyBeds/
Just saw that @psyarxivbot.bsky.social shared our preprint on gender differences in (bias in) self-estimated spatial intelligence. Check it out if you want to know whether women under- and men overestimate their abilities.
Women's humility and men's lack of hubris: Gender biases in self-estimated spatial intelligence: http://osf.io/fx8a7/
July 25, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Just saw that @psyarxivbot.bsky.social shared our preprint on gender differences in (bias in) self-estimated spatial intelligence. Check it out if you want to know whether women under- and men overestimate their abilities.