Stylianos Syropoulos
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the College of Global Futures, Arizona State University | morality, sustainability, and intergenerational decision-making
https://www.stylianossyropoulos.com/
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I spoke with ASU assistant professor @stysyropoulos.bsky.social about this.
Researchers from Arizona State University seek to understand the reasons for people choosing whether or not to participate in grass-removal programs. The project focuses on the programs in Scottsdale.
ASU professor involved in water project studying what motivates people to remove their grass
Researchers from Arizona State University seek to understand the reasons for people choosing whether or not to participate in grass-removal programs. The project focuses on the programs in Scottsdale.
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July 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I spoke with ASU assistant professor @stysyropoulos.bsky.social about this.
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We asked over 8,700 people in 6 countries to think about future generations in decision-making, and this is what we found theconversation.com/we-asked-ove... @stysyropoulos.bsky.social
We asked over 8,700 people in 6 countries to think about future generations in decision-making, and this is what we found
When people reflect on how their actions shape the future, they are more likely to support solutions to present-day issues like poverty and inequality.
theconversation.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We asked over 8,700 people in 6 countries to think about future generations in decision-making, and this is what we found theconversation.com/we-asked-ove... @stysyropoulos.bsky.social
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Across 3 studies, we find that valuing future lives equally—regardless of their distance in time—predicts stronger interest in long-term oriented, high-impact careers.
Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social @amormino.bsky.social @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social @amormino.bsky.social @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Across 3 studies, we find that valuing future lives equally—regardless of their distance in time—predicts stronger interest in long-term oriented, high-impact careers.
Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social @amormino.bsky.social @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social @amormino.bsky.social @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
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🌍Just Announced: Join us on June 3 for the next installment of our APA Interdivisional Webinar Series on Climate Justice and Psychology! Featured speaker Amanda Carrico will discuss climate change, migration, and well-being.
RSVP here: ow.ly/LeTm50VU7WR
RSVP here: ow.ly/LeTm50VU7WR
May 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🌍Just Announced: Join us on June 3 for the next installment of our APA Interdivisional Webinar Series on Climate Justice and Psychology! Featured speaker Amanda Carrico will discuss climate change, migration, and well-being.
RSVP here: ow.ly/LeTm50VU7WR
RSVP here: ow.ly/LeTm50VU7WR
Venting about possibly the worst peer review I have received.
This review was mostly an ad hominem attack, criticizing my work outside of the scope of this paper, and concluded with this sentence:
"Please direct your considerable creativity in a direction likely to advance meaningful knowledge."
This review was mostly an ad hominem attack, criticizing my work outside of the scope of this paper, and concluded with this sentence:
"Please direct your considerable creativity in a direction likely to advance meaningful knowledge."
May 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Venting about possibly the worst peer review I have received.
This review was mostly an ad hominem attack, criticizing my work outside of the scope of this paper, and concluded with this sentence:
"Please direct your considerable creativity in a direction likely to advance meaningful knowledge."
This review was mostly an ad hominem attack, criticizing my work outside of the scope of this paper, and concluded with this sentence:
"Please direct your considerable creativity in a direction likely to advance meaningful knowledge."
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🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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📣SPSP members Angelo Cusimano and @stysyropoulos.bsky.social recently joined 70+ social scientists on Capitol Hill, advocating for crucial research funding! Read their key takeaways from the experience and where to go from here.
📰: ow.ly/yr0i50VMXZg
Photo by Liz Roll
📰: ow.ly/yr0i50VMXZg
Photo by Liz Roll
May 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📣SPSP members Angelo Cusimano and @stysyropoulos.bsky.social recently joined 70+ social scientists on Capitol Hill, advocating for crucial research funding! Read their key takeaways from the experience and where to go from here.
📰: ow.ly/yr0i50VMXZg
Photo by Liz Roll
📰: ow.ly/yr0i50VMXZg
Photo by Liz Roll
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Hey y’all! New paper with @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social & @stysyropoulos.bsky.social is out in BJSP!
We test ways to expand moral concern to future generations, with spillover benefits for distant others today.
#socialpsych #PsychSciSky #psychology
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We test ways to expand moral concern to future generations, with spillover benefits for distant others today.
#socialpsych #PsychSciSky #psychology
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
In three studies (N = 8775) including two pre-registered experiments and a pre-registered cross-national replication across five countries, we tested whether intergenerational appeals that emphasize ...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey y’all! New paper with @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social & @stysyropoulos.bsky.social is out in BJSP!
We test ways to expand moral concern to future generations, with spillover benefits for distant others today.
#socialpsych #PsychSciSky #psychology
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
We test ways to expand moral concern to future generations, with spillover benefits for distant others today.
#socialpsych #PsychSciSky #psychology
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 New preprint! What drives truly selfless giving?
Led by @kyleflaw.bsky.social! We studied effective altruists (EAs) and organ donors to strangers (ODs) comparing them to controls.
EAs & ODs ⬆️ moral expansiveness
EAs ⬆️utilitarianism
Notably, loyalty isn’t always parochial. 👀
🔗 in comments!
Led by @kyleflaw.bsky.social! We studied effective altruists (EAs) and organ donors to strangers (ODs) comparing them to controls.
EAs & ODs ⬆️ moral expansiveness
EAs ⬆️utilitarianism
Notably, loyalty isn’t always parochial. 👀
🔗 in comments!
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🚨 New preprint! What drives truly selfless giving?
Led by @kyleflaw.bsky.social! We studied effective altruists (EAs) and organ donors to strangers (ODs) comparing them to controls.
EAs & ODs ⬆️ moral expansiveness
EAs ⬆️utilitarianism
Notably, loyalty isn’t always parochial. 👀
🔗 in comments!
Led by @kyleflaw.bsky.social! We studied effective altruists (EAs) and organ donors to strangers (ODs) comparing them to controls.
EAs & ODs ⬆️ moral expansiveness
EAs ⬆️utilitarianism
Notably, loyalty isn’t always parochial. 👀
🔗 in comments!
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🌍Join the next webinar in our series on climate justice and psychology, part of a partnership with several other APA divisions! This event will focus on climate justice and American public opinion.
🗓️Date: April 18
⏰Time: 1 PM US ET
✍️Register here: ow.ly/JWv650Vyb0b
🗓️Date: April 18
⏰Time: 1 PM US ET
✍️Register here: ow.ly/JWv650Vyb0b
April 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌍Join the next webinar in our series on climate justice and psychology, part of a partnership with several other APA divisions! This event will focus on climate justice and American public opinion.
🗓️Date: April 18
⏰Time: 1 PM US ET
✍️Register here: ow.ly/JWv650Vyb0b
🗓️Date: April 18
⏰Time: 1 PM US ET
✍️Register here: ow.ly/JWv650Vyb0b
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Mark your calendars. Two weeks from today, Expanding Empathy returns through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. With a special hybrid event on political divisions & morality, with speakers from psych, philosophy, political science, sociology, communications, & anthropology. More next week!
a bunch of flames are coming out of a container in the dark
ALT: a bunch of flames are coming out of a container in the dark
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April 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Mark your calendars. Two weeks from today, Expanding Empathy returns through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. With a special hybrid event on political divisions & morality, with speakers from psych, philosophy, political science, sociology, communications, & anthropology. More next week!
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🚨New PNAS Paper w/@stysyropoulos.bsky.social 🚨
90% of US Christian religious leaders accept humans drive climate change. Sharing this info w/Christians boosts seeing climate action & voting for candidates who take climate action as consistent w/their church's values. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419705122
90% of US Christian religious leaders accept humans drive climate change. Sharing this info w/Christians boosts seeing climate action & voting for candidates who take climate action as consistent w/their church's values. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419705122
Most Christian American religious leaders silently believe in climate change, and informing their congregation can help open dialogue | PNAS
Religious leaders shape the attitudes and beliefs of their congregations. In a nationally
representative sample of U.S. religious leaders (N = 1,60...
doi.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🚨New PNAS Paper w/@stysyropoulos.bsky.social 🚨
90% of US Christian religious leaders accept humans drive climate change. Sharing this info w/Christians boosts seeing climate action & voting for candidates who take climate action as consistent w/their church's values. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419705122
90% of US Christian religious leaders accept humans drive climate change. Sharing this info w/Christians boosts seeing climate action & voting for candidates who take climate action as consistent w/their church's values. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419705122
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New preprint! Do people who care about future generations actually do less to help others today?
Across 3 studies—including both deceased and non-directed living organ donors—we find the opposite:
Concern for the distant future predicts altruism now. 🌍🫀
👉 tinyurl.com/23r4cakh
Across 3 studies—including both deceased and non-directed living organ donors—we find the opposite:
Concern for the distant future predicts altruism now. 🌍🫀
👉 tinyurl.com/23r4cakh
April 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New preprint! Do people who care about future generations actually do less to help others today?
Across 3 studies—including both deceased and non-directed living organ donors—we find the opposite:
Concern for the distant future predicts altruism now. 🌍🫀
👉 tinyurl.com/23r4cakh
Across 3 studies—including both deceased and non-directed living organ donors—we find the opposite:
Concern for the distant future predicts altruism now. 🌍🫀
👉 tinyurl.com/23r4cakh
📢New preprint!📢
How are we remembered after we're gone? In 38M obituaries (7 Billion words!) we find that:
Men & older people were memorialized with more words
Women were memorialized for care/love. This asymmetry intensified with age!
Read more: osf.io/preprints/ps...
How are we remembered after we're gone? In 38M obituaries (7 Billion words!) we find that:
Men & older people were memorialized with more words
Women were memorialized for care/love. This asymmetry intensified with age!
Read more: osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
📢New preprint!📢
How are we remembered after we're gone? In 38M obituaries (7 Billion words!) we find that:
Men & older people were memorialized with more words
Women were memorialized for care/love. This asymmetry intensified with age!
Read more: osf.io/preprints/ps...
How are we remembered after we're gone? In 38M obituaries (7 Billion words!) we find that:
Men & older people were memorialized with more words
Women were memorialized for care/love. This asymmetry intensified with age!
Read more: osf.io/preprints/ps...
New preprint: shorturl.at/BZacg; with a team of 31 researchers!
Low concern for infection + low political trust = less compliance with COVID-19 measures.
Using data from 18 countries (N = 18k), we show how distrustful complacency undermines public health especially when leaders oppose science.
Low concern for infection + low political trust = less compliance with COVID-19 measures.
Using data from 18 countries (N = 18k), we show how distrustful complacency undermines public health especially when leaders oppose science.
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New preprint: shorturl.at/BZacg; with a team of 31 researchers!
Low concern for infection + low political trust = less compliance with COVID-19 measures.
Using data from 18 countries (N = 18k), we show how distrustful complacency undermines public health especially when leaders oppose science.
Low concern for infection + low political trust = less compliance with COVID-19 measures.
Using data from 18 countries (N = 18k), we show how distrustful complacency undermines public health especially when leaders oppose science.
📢New preprint: shorturl.at/M77Bb
We surveyed 1,798 psychology PhD students. Marginalized students and students experiencing financial strain report disparities in mental health, worse program satisfaction and poorer academic experiences.
Funding & support are crucial to build a fairer academia!
We surveyed 1,798 psychology PhD students. Marginalized students and students experiencing financial strain report disparities in mental health, worse program satisfaction and poorer academic experiences.
Funding & support are crucial to build a fairer academia!
OSF
shorturl.at
March 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
📢New preprint: shorturl.at/M77Bb
We surveyed 1,798 psychology PhD students. Marginalized students and students experiencing financial strain report disparities in mental health, worse program satisfaction and poorer academic experiences.
Funding & support are crucial to build a fairer academia!
We surveyed 1,798 psychology PhD students. Marginalized students and students experiencing financial strain report disparities in mental health, worse program satisfaction and poorer academic experiences.
Funding & support are crucial to build a fairer academia!
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Nearly 90% of US Christian religious leaders believe that humans are contributing to climate change. Yet most never talk about it with their congregation (and US Christians underestimate the prevalence of this belief among their leaders). But misperception corrections help!
Now officially out in @pnas.org with @greggsparkman.bsky.social! Almost 90% of Christian religious leaders believe in anthropogenic climate change. American congregants underestimate this consensus. Communicating this has important consequences for norms and beliefs!
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nearly 90% of US Christian religious leaders believe that humans are contributing to climate change. Yet most never talk about it with their congregation (and US Christians underestimate the prevalence of this belief among their leaders). But misperception corrections help!
Now officially out in @pnas.org with @greggsparkman.bsky.social! Almost 90% of Christian religious leaders believe in anthropogenic climate change. American congregants underestimate this consensus. Communicating this has important consequences for norms and beliefs!
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
March 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Now officially out in @pnas.org with @greggsparkman.bsky.social! Almost 90% of Christian religious leaders believe in anthropogenic climate change. American congregants underestimate this consensus. Communicating this has important consequences for norms and beliefs!
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
New Preprint!
We find that close and distant future generations get less moral concern than even the most neglected human and non-human groups today. This is noted for boundless and zero-sum moral trade-offs.
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c9p8f_v1
#FutureGenerations#MoralPsychology#Psychology
We find that close and distant future generations get less moral concern than even the most neglected human and non-human groups today. This is noted for boundless and zero-sum moral trade-offs.
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c9p8f_v1
#FutureGenerations#MoralPsychology#Psychology
March 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New Preprint!
We find that close and distant future generations get less moral concern than even the most neglected human and non-human groups today. This is noted for boundless and zero-sum moral trade-offs.
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c9p8f_v1
#FutureGenerations#MoralPsychology#Psychology
We find that close and distant future generations get less moral concern than even the most neglected human and non-human groups today. This is noted for boundless and zero-sum moral trade-offs.
🔗https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/c9p8f_v1
#FutureGenerations#MoralPsychology#Psychology
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📢 New Preprint: Who cares about the future? We examine how age, ideology, SES, and other sociodemographic factors shape future-oriented thinking across 37,000+ participants worldwide.
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4et62tek
@lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4et62tek
@lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📢 New Preprint: Who cares about the future? We examine how age, ideology, SES, and other sociodemographic factors shape future-oriented thinking across 37,000+ participants worldwide.
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4et62tek
@lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social
Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4et62tek
@lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social
New Preprint!
Do parents care more about climate change? This has been debated extensively in the literature.
We find no direct evidence linking parenthood to sustainability, but we do find that its linked to legacy concerns, a key predictor of sustainable action.
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
Do parents care more about climate change? This has been debated extensively in the literature.
We find no direct evidence linking parenthood to sustainability, but we do find that its linked to legacy concerns, a key predictor of sustainable action.
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
March 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New Preprint!
Do parents care more about climate change? This has been debated extensively in the literature.
We find no direct evidence linking parenthood to sustainability, but we do find that its linked to legacy concerns, a key predictor of sustainable action.
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
Do parents care more about climate change? This has been debated extensively in the literature.
We find no direct evidence linking parenthood to sustainability, but we do find that its linked to legacy concerns, a key predictor of sustainable action.
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
New Preprint! How do scientific journal endorsements of political candidates impact trust in science? We find declines in trust, especially among moderates & conservatives, supporting research on motivated reasoning.
Link: shorturl.at/76W4G
#psychology
Link: shorturl.at/76W4G
#psychology
March 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
New Preprint! How do scientific journal endorsements of political candidates impact trust in science? We find declines in trust, especially among moderates & conservatives, supporting research on motivated reasoning.
Link: shorturl.at/76W4G
#psychology
Link: shorturl.at/76W4G
#psychology
New preprint!
When people have more resources, they allocate more to future generations—but not proportionally more.
SES also predicts greater willingness to sacrifice for future welfare. Tackling inequality and poverty might be key for longterm concern!
tinyurl.com/46kcst28
When people have more resources, they allocate more to future generations—but not proportionally more.
SES also predicts greater willingness to sacrifice for future welfare. Tackling inequality and poverty might be key for longterm concern!
tinyurl.com/46kcst28
OSF
tinyurl.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New preprint!
When people have more resources, they allocate more to future generations—but not proportionally more.
SES also predicts greater willingness to sacrifice for future welfare. Tackling inequality and poverty might be key for longterm concern!
tinyurl.com/46kcst28
When people have more resources, they allocate more to future generations—but not proportionally more.
SES also predicts greater willingness to sacrifice for future welfare. Tackling inequality and poverty might be key for longterm concern!
tinyurl.com/46kcst28
🚨Preprint #2 for today!🚨
We find Americans care about future generations more than we think—but underestimate this shared concern.
This misperception could weaken intergenerational collective action.
Link: shorturl.at/y5M95
We find Americans care about future generations more than we think—but underestimate this shared concern.
This misperception could weaken intergenerational collective action.
Link: shorturl.at/y5M95
February 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨Preprint #2 for today!🚨
We find Americans care about future generations more than we think—but underestimate this shared concern.
This misperception could weaken intergenerational collective action.
Link: shorturl.at/y5M95
We find Americans care about future generations more than we think—but underestimate this shared concern.
This misperception could weaken intergenerational collective action.
Link: shorturl.at/y5M95