It was a pleasure to present some of my theoretical and empirical work in Marburg Social Psychology Marburg earlier this week.

And even more of a pleasure to hear about the exciting social, cultural, and political research being undertaken in the department.

Thanks for having me!

This afternoon Dr Brett Heasman and I had a body doubling writing + thinking session to try to process and parse out some of the ideas we've had over #ISTP2024 . I read this (super cool) paper and put together a plan for a reaction on how we might apply the thoughts to ED research.

World-making Psychology at #ISTP .
Séamus Power focuses on the Irish context then proposes 4 scenarios for psychology

Brady Wagoner & Sara Awad show how theorists saw the crowd as the vital basis of our rationality (Durkheim) & also as the basis of irrationality (Tarde/Le Bon)

Interested in the political psychology of A.I.?

Jonas R. Kunst (@kunstjonas.bsky.social) has an exciting Ph.D. opportunity 👇

Ever wanted to write a popular science #book ? We wrote a 3-part series on the topic.

In Part I, we described how to go From an Idea to the Proposal. powerofusnewsletter.com/p/how-to-write…

In Part II, we described The Auction, Writing, and Promotion aspects of the process.

The University of Chicago reiterates its core principle - the free expression of diverse viewpoints - in relation to a small student encampment on the main quad.

The statement from President Paul Alivisatos:

president.uchicago.edu/from-the-presi…

Excited to deliver this talk online next Thursday. If you're available, feel free to join.

Details in the message below 👇

Excited to deliver this talk online next Thursday. If you're available, feel free to join.

Details in the message below 👇

This is a really neat idea 👇

🚨 New paper! 🚨 Rice theory = labor and irrigation networks of rice farming causes collectivism, but causality is hard to nail down in the pesky real world. Then THIS happened... nature.com/articles/s4146…

In defense of anthropology....

The decimation of Anthropology at UK universities (Kent 😭; us at Goldsmiths facing becoming unviable due to rendundancies) is incredibly short-sighted.

A short 🧵 giving 8 reasons why the world needs anthropology and anthropologists, now more than ever 1/9:

What's the best thing about being on the editorial board of Current Opinion in Psychology?

Nominating visionaries like Phil Hammack, PhD &
Liam Wignall to assemble an edition on sexual and gender diversity in the twenty-first century.

Editorial here:
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thanks to Joe Rogan for letting me lay out my full story about teen mental health, and then pushing back on parts. I suggest 4 new norms to solve the problem. Joe fears we are too far gone to change these norms:
youtube.com/watch?v=jOC-Ry…

Exciting things happening with our neighbors across the street!

First, the Department of Sociology, at the University of Copenhagen, announced open Ph.D. slots, then tenure track assistant professorships, now an open search for a Full Professor.

See details below 👇

Exciting new Ph.D. position is available in Health and Environmental Psychology at the University of Copenhagen.

Details: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=1615…

Deadline: May 1st, 2024.

Excellent opportunity to do a Ph.D. at the Department of Psychology, at the University of Copenhagen, with Karen-Inge Karstoft.

The project - which I have a small involvement with - focuses on the Ukrainians in Denmark.

Deadline: 15 April 2024

Details: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=1611…

The Department of Sociology, at the University of Copenhagen, is seeking at least one tenure track assistant professor.

It's an open call, in a great department, and junior salaries at KU are globally competitive.

Deadline: 29th April 2024

Details: 👇