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Sofia Stathi
@drsofiastathi.bsky.social
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Professor of Social Psychology | Research: intergroup relations, prejudice, collective action | Director of Social Psychology Lab - Uni of Greenwich | #FirstGen #Immigrant Born 🇬🇷🇪🇺 Living 🇬🇧

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · 1d
Our new paper(with Eva Walther & Malgorzata Kossowska)in Current Opinion in Psychology introduces a group-based motivational framework showing that willful ignorance, beyond individual, is also a group strategy shaping identity & conspiracy beliefs.Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“A community of unknowledge”: A Social-Psychological Model of the Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Social Identity-Driven Willful Ignorance and Conspiracy Beliefs
This paper explores willful ignorance as a socially motivated, group-based phenomenon closely tied to conspiracy beliefs. While prior research has emp…
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 1d
"Extremism at the Centre"

"Uncovering political diversity amongst midpoint responders on the left-right self-placement item"

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The midpoint of the left-right self-placement item is the most populated of all response options. While genuinely centrist responders opt to self-place there, it is also a convenient response option for those that cannot easily fit their politics to the left-right spectrum. Those with populist attitudes may also see the midpoint as an appropriate self-placement option, due to the thin-centred nature of populist ideology. In support of this, midpoint responders score similarly to the extreme ends of the spectrum on variables related to political system attitudes, including conspiracy beliefs and institutional trust, resulting in W-shaped relationships. Our research investigated the extent to which midpoint bumps exist across common political issues and political system attitudes, and whether subgroups of populist midpoint responders explain them. Using data from the Australian Election Study (N = 2179) and the American National Election Study (N = 8280), we found W- and M-shaped polynomial relationships primarily on attitudes towards the political system and toward immigrants. We then conducted Latent Profile Analyses on midpoint responders, using these items, finding at least one profile in each sample that represented a response pattern indicative of populist belief strands.
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 2d
Early afternoon sabbatical trail in south east London #HelloAutumn
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Jessie Baldwin @jessiebaldwin.bsky.social · 2d
When is it appropriate to deviate from a pre-registration, and how should this be done? 🧐

Join us to find out from Daniël Lakens @lakens.bsky.social at the next ReproducibiliTea!

October 28, 1pm GMT.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-and-h...

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When and How to Deviate From a Preregistration, with Prof Daniël Lakens
Prof Daniël Lakens will share guidance on appropriate circumstances and methods for deviating from a pre-registration
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you for all your efforts, Laura ❤️ your work teaches children and grown-ups alike 😁
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 5d
So lucky that the brilliant @laurahallain.bsky.social visited my daughter’s school today! Little one came home excited and inspired 💫 📕
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 6d
Lost science series is documenting the research that is being cut in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c... 🧪
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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Take Sipma @takesipma.bsky.social · 12d
Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial?

In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3)
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Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 15d
<3 I feel I have so much catching up to do, Gordon! Any cool research you uncover, please carry on sharing!
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 15d
Sabbatical mode on. What I most look forward to? Reading!
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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · 16d
Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online!

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 17d
“Democrats think 45% of Republicans support partisan murder, 20 times larger than what data show. Similarly, Republicans think 42% of Democrats support partisan murder, which is 25 times larger than reality. Americans have a fundamentally incorrect understanding of support for partisan violence.”
Study: Most Americans Do Not Support Partisan Violence | Dartmouth
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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 19d
ISPP’s Scholars Under Threat Committee call for proposals:
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23d
Republicans perceive more discrimination against people who are: White, evangelical, men & religious.

Democrats are much more likely to perceive discrimination against people who are: gay or lesbian, Black, immigrants in US legally, Hispanic, & women.
Republicans and Democrats continue to have very different views of how much discrimination many groups face in the U.S. While there have been some shifts since last year, the partisan patterns are consistent. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say most of the groups asked about face at least some discrimination. But there are exceptions among certain groups. Groups that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say experience a lot of or some discrimination: White people (55% of Republicans vs. 21% of Democrats) Evangelical Christians (57% vs. 31%) Men (42% vs. 27%) People who are religious (63% vs. 51%) Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say that 15 of 20 groups included in the survey face a lot of or some discrimination. These are the widest differences: People who are gay or lesbian (90% of Democrats vs. 50% of Republicans) Black people (94% vs. 54%) Immigrants who are in the U.S. legally (84% vs. 45%) Hispanic people (90% vs. 54%) Women (80% vs. 47%)
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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · 26d
🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

We're looking for an ambitious, impact-focused Research Fellow to join @vp-centre.bsky.social.

The role is full-time and fixed-term until 30 April 2027.

Salary: £41,064-£48,822
Based at: @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Deadline: 13 October 2025

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow, Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Are you an ambitious, impact-focussed researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in policing and vulnerable groups, the interactions between them and other service pro...
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · 27d
Interested in state-of-the-art methodologies to study social change? My brilliant colleague @drfbzen.bsky.social is hosting Dr. Agnieszka Rychwalska next week, funded by British Academy! 👉 resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/methods-in... Come and learn all things functional connectivity analysis! 🧐
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 28d
“What has happened is not that capital income trickled down, but that labour income ‘trickled up’” – @brankomilan.bsky.social on how income from capital remains a privilege of the few in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Read the post here: buff.ly/BEs46q0
New Capitalism in America, Part III - LSE Inequalities
Why is capital so concentrated and why do so few have it? Under the "new" capitalism, why do 85% of the world’s population remain capital-income destitute?
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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8
In the session Decolonization and status quo Leyla De Amicis is presenting her project Decolonizing ourselves - funded by the BPS Social Psychology Section through pump-priming (this is an annual funding opportunity for our members to help them with starting up, pilot study etc)
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BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · Sep 8
We're pleased to kick off the 2025 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference with a welcoming speech by our chair @swedishprotests.bsky.social and organisers @shelleymckeown.bsky.social & @nascherme.bsky.social
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Sep 1
Bye bye out-of-office message… you were so needed! Hello September 👩🏼‍💻 #AcademicSky
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Mete Sefa Uysal @metesefauysal.bsky.social · Aug 31
Not only their anti-immigrant rhetoric but obvious incompetence of politicians in power emboldens right-wing populist beliefs (e.g., ”Politicians talk too much and do too little," "An ordinary citizen would represent my interests better than a professional politician").
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Aug 29
New article on park inequities nationwide. This is the first U.S. analysis of disparities in park access using individual-level data. We find that White and Native American residents have more park space available, while Asian, Black, and Latino/a/x residents generally have less access to park space
Paper titled, "Park inequities between and within racial/ethnic groups in the conterminous United States: A micro-scale, individual-level analysis"
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Frank Eckerle @fmsmallfield.bsky.social · Aug 20
New pub! 📝
Solidarity with refugees depends on refugee‘s origin and gender. Partly explained through a similarity->threat link. We discuss this as a psychological expression of neocolonial geopolitics.
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This paper investigates social psychological mechanisms underlying selective solidarity with refugees in two experimental studies conducted in Germany. We hypothesized, in line with the geopolitics o...
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John Jost @johnjost.bsky.social · Aug 3
Two experiments find that reminding U.S participants that the U.S. is disproportionately responsible for climate change leads conservatives (but not liberals) to show *reduced* preferences for environmentally friendly consumption
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Climate Privilege: Defensive disbelief in climate change science
Two studies investigated climate privilege--an idea derived from existing research on racial and economic privilege. U.S. citizens consume a larger th…
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 31
Delighted to announce we received Horizon funding for our BTL-COP project (Trust and Leadership to challenge global aporophobic crime in a police Community of Practice). Led by Prof @jilljameson.bsky.social the next 3 years will bring fascinating research + practice!! 👉 www.gre.ac.uk/articles/pub...
University of Greenwich secures new €3M EU Project to build trust between communities and police across seven countries | Articles
BTL-COP aims to protect vulnerable people and build safer, more inclusive communities across Europe, enhancing social learning, trust, and leadership.
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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · Feb 18
📢 ISPP’s Open Research Lab Initiative is Live!🌍🔬

We are excited to launch this initiative, connecting Early Career Researchers (ECRs) with 17 labs worldwide to foster collaboration and academic exchange. Stay tuned for more updates and opportunities to get involved!
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 27
Yes, very true 😁
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 27
What a team, what team spirit! #Lionesses 🥳
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Simon @hantsravens.bsky.social · Jul 27
Chloe Kelly with the winning penalty!!!

#Euro2025 #England
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Simon @hantsravens.bsky.social · Jul 27
Chloe Kelly with the winning penalty!!!

#Euro2025 #England
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Sofia Stathi @drsofiastathi.bsky.social · Jul 26
How fantastic, congratulations!
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