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Marc Scully

@marcscully.bsky.social

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Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · Sep 2

New publication from me in Political Psychology on the phenomenon of the rise in applications for Irish passports post-Brexit and how such applicants negotiate discourses of citizenship and identity: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“I feel I should put that work in”: Discourses of effortfulness and essentialism among post‐Brexit applicants for Irish citizenship

This article explores the post-Brexit increase in applications for Irish passports through descent, and in so doing, seeks to develop a social/political psychology of diasporic citizenship. It draws ....

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 10h

Yes! Ditch the scales and use qualitative methods instead!

a man wearing a wig and headphones with the words that moment of realization above him

ALT: a man wearing a wig and headphones with the words that moment of realization above him

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 18h

"You're at a significant cultural event, when breaking news comes through of a major tragedy. The TV cameras are there anyway, so they come to you for comment. You've only learnt about this 5 minutes ago, and you don't have access to a speechwriter. The nation is looking to you to set the tone. Go."

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 18h

Here's a thought: what would authentic assessment for Presidential candidates look like? I don't think it'd look like debates.

Arguably debates assess whether someone will be a good Parliamentarian rather than a good politician, anyway: but regardless, they're not really relevant to the Presidency.

Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 19h

I honestly feel many people are sick of performatively confrontational presidential candidate debates.

The constant interruptions, prickly haranguing, random hypotheticals, repetitive dredging of controversy instead of hearing about values, character, vision.

We deserve smarter discourse.

#Aras25

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 19h

This has subsequently been picked up by the Star and the Mirror in their #traitorsirl coverage.

Appearing in the showbiz section of the redtops is something of a career first, but sure, lookit.

www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/iris...

Psychology lecturers share secrets to success for Traitors

Dr Suzanne Egan and Dr Marc Scully, lecturers in psychology at Limerick’s Mary Immaculate College, delved into the behaviours, strategies and mind games that defined the first series

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 1d

Came up with the UK Met Office vetoing "Storm Fiadh" recently as well.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 12d

Nice little illustration of the differences between rhotic and non-rhotic pronunciation here.

UK forecasters were also worried about using the Irish name 'Fíadh’ for a storm this season because they thought it sounded a little bit too much like ‘fear’.

However, in discussions, Met Éireann reassured them of its far less sinister pronunciation by sending an audio recording of how it actually sounds when spoken.

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Dr. David Clare @davidclareabu.bsky.social · 2d

As someone raised in the diaspora and a past member of various bands, 🎸 I’m delighted to see my latest journal article (“Key Preoccupations in the Work of English Rock Artists of Irish Descent”) out in the latest issue of STUDIES: AN IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW!:
www.studiesirishreview.ie/product/key-...

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 2d

Want to know more about migrant voting?

Join upcoming @globalcit.bsky.social webinar on migrant electoral rights: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Migrant electoral rights

Join this webinar to explore the most comprehensive dataset on migrant voting and candidacy rights worldwide, covering 165 countries from 1960 to 2020.

www.eui.eu

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 2d

I just sent off my voting ballot for the upcoming general elections in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

Did you know that while there must be 100 thousands of Dutch citizens abroad, surprisingly few of those are voting. In the 2023 elections, about 70k of us voted from abroad. That’s one (1!) seat in parliament.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 2d

Using “silicon sample” data.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 2d

Notable as well that Mark Bray, the Irish-American historian of anti-fascism, driven into exile by the Trump regime this week, was able to relocate to Spain on the strength of his Irish passport.

(Worth considering when #spéirghorm starts its regular grumbling about Americans with Irish passports).

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 3d

My six year old son learning some hard truths about being an Ireland supporter here.

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 3d

#PORIRL

a cartoon of ralph and lisa from the simpsons talking to each other

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 3d

Really selling it here, Ciarán!

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niamhestack.bsky.social @niamhestack.bsky.social · 4d

As the theme of #WorldMentalHealthDay this year is focused on ‘access to services’ it seems timely to throwback to research we published last year around parenting while experiencing mental health challenges and challenges in accessing support @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How can we support parents with mental health challenges?

Irish research estimates that roughly one in four families in Ireland have a parent who has experienced mental health difficulties

www.rte.ie

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 4d

Bump for the above now that comparisons are being made between #TraitorsIrl and #celebritytraitors on the BBC.

One obvious difference, continuing the point in the blog about self-presentation, is that the celebrities have pre-existing public personas that they're bringing with them to the show.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

Said a Sassenach back in Dun Laoghaire
"I pay homage to nationalist thaoghaire,
But wherever I drobh
I found signposts that strobh
To make touring in Ireland so draoghaire."

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

Reviewer 1 (left): Just doesn't approve of qualitative methods.
Reviewer 2 (centre): Is worried about generalisability and thinks you should have recruited more participants.
Reviewer 3 (right): Feels you should have preregistered your study and made your highly sensitive dataset open-access.

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

The guy on the left is why you can't get your qualitative paper published in JPSP.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

American social psychology; British social psychology; European social psychology.

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 8d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

Oileán Chléire grimly holding on to an extra 10 minutes of daylight that the rest of us have lost.

Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 6d

Noticing the nights drawing in? 🌙

October brings a big shift with most of the UK losing over 2 hours of daylight this month!

Do you enjoy the cosy evenings or miss the longer days?

Map of the UK showing daylight lost during October by region. Northern areas like Lerwick lose about 2 hours 40 minutes, Stornoway 2 hours 30 minutes, Aberdeen 2 hours 20 minutes, Glasgow and Newcastle 2 hours 10 minutes, Manchester and Birmingham 2 hours, and southern areas such as London and Plymouth about 1 hour 50 minutes. Background uses colour bands to indicate daylight loss.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

Quick and gentle reminder that if you’re over the age of about 35 (mature students excepted), *your* third level experience has very little relevance to current students.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

Ah! Thanks!

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 6d

When an article you’ve spent a lot of time on *finally* begins to pick up a few citations.

a man is pushing another man on a bike down a street

Alt: A man shakily rides a bicycle down a street at night while another man cheers.

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 7d

Argue, argue against the dying of the light!

Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 7d

Out of interest, how does all this work along the border? If you drive from Cavan to Armagh via the Drummully Polyp, does the BBC Sounds App keep cutting in and out?