Sara Vestergren
@swedishprotests.bsky.social
PhD, social psychologist at University of Reading, UK, specialising in the Psychology of crowds, collective action, and climate action. Views my own. Born at 338.7ppm
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>1600 fossil fuel lobbyists
>300 big agriculture lobbyists
551 carbon capture and storage lobbyists
Are COPs where governments gather to discuss addressing climate change, or where capitalists gather to stop them?
>300 big agriculture lobbyists
551 carbon capture and storage lobbyists
Are COPs where governments gather to discuss addressing climate change, or where capitalists gather to stop them?
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
>1600 fossil fuel lobbyists
>300 big agriculture lobbyists
551 carbon capture and storage lobbyists
Are COPs where governments gather to discuss addressing climate change, or where capitalists gather to stop them?
>300 big agriculture lobbyists
551 carbon capture and storage lobbyists
Are COPs where governments gather to discuss addressing climate change, or where capitalists gather to stop them?
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Important new paper shows that mass casualties from extreme heat are likely at the current level of global warming and will only get worse the more the world warms: “mass mortality events remain plausible at near-future temperatures despite current adaptations to heat”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Important new paper shows that mass casualties from extreme heat are likely at the current level of global warming and will only get worse the more the world warms: “mass mortality events remain plausible at near-future temperatures despite current adaptations to heat”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The co-action effect is a thing. But what's the mechanism for this fascinating form of social influence?
We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The co-action effect is a thing. But what's the mechanism for this fascinating form of social influence?
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I feel 'obliged' to share this again...
'it is Trump’s willing participation in a mutual process of identity enactment, rather than any instructions contained in his speech, that should be the basis for assessing his ... responsibility for, the assault on the Capitol building'
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Examining the role of Donald Trump and his supporters in the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol: A dual-agency model of identity leadership and engaged followership
This article develops a dual-agency model of leadership which treats collective phenomena as a co-production involving both leaders and followers who …
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November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I feel 'obliged' to share this again...
Join us for the second free session (of 3) in our Collective Action series today 2-4pm GMT, hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and brilliantly organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social & @merveozturkey.bsky.social
See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
From Relief to Resistance: Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change | BPS
The second in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section, gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.
www.bps.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Join us for the second free session (of 3) in our Collective Action series today 2-4pm GMT, hosted by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social and brilliantly organised by @drselintekin.bsky.social & @merveozturkey.bsky.social
See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
See the speakers and register to get the link here: www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
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-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
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FREE online webinar from @bps-social-psych.bsky.social that may be of interest:
'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change'
6 November, 2-4pm
More details below:
www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change'
6 November, 2-4pm
More details below:
www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
From Relief to Resistance: Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change | BPS
The second in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section, gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.
www.bps.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
FREE online webinar from @bps-social-psych.bsky.social that may be of interest:
'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change'
6 November, 2-4pm
More details below:
www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
'From Relief to Resistance – Sustaining Collective Action for Structural Change'
6 November, 2-4pm
More details below:
www.bps.org.uk/event/relief...
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Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized.
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
Rising together: How collective action emerges in the face of an emergency | BPS
Dr Selin Tekin reflects on the first event in the Rising Together series, hosted by the BPS Social Psychology Section.
www.bps.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Thanks to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social for bringing my notes together from the event that @merveozturkey.bsky.social & I organized.
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
Reflections came from the responses of: @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social Dr Rim Saab and Dr Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
www.bps.org.uk/news/rising-...
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The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10:
We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants
To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants
To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10:
We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants
To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants
To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...
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'Panic'?
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:
'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:
'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘It felt like forever’: passengers recount mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train
Some initially assumed the commotion was a Halloween prank, but soon realised something awful was unfolding
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
'Panic'?
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:
'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's important to look at what passengers actually did. Not just flight, but also information and assistance:
'Amid a group of six, they were also attempting to stem the flow of blood from the head of the older man who was said to have saved the girl.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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'How Participation in Collective Action Changes Relationships, Behaviours, and Beliefs: An Interview Study of the Role of Inter- and Intragroup Processes' @swedishprotests.bsky.social
Re-reading this one from 2019 as part of my teaching preparation
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Re-reading this one from 2019 as part of my teaching preparation
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How Participation in Collective Action Changes Relationships, Behaviours, and Beliefs: An Interview Study of the Role of Inter- and Intragroup Processes| Journal of Social and Political Psychology
jspp.psychopen.eu
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
'How Participation in Collective Action Changes Relationships, Behaviours, and Beliefs: An Interview Study of the Role of Inter- and Intragroup Processes' @swedishprotests.bsky.social
Re-reading this one from 2019 as part of my teaching preparation
jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...
Re-reading this one from 2019 as part of my teaching preparation
jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/js...
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A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social
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Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act, a move so reckless it demands more scrutiny than polite debate. This matters not just for polar bears or coral reefs, but for our people, our economy, our very future.
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act, a move so reckless it demands more scrutiny than polite debate. This matters not just for polar bears or coral reefs, but for our people, our economy, our very future.
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@merveozturkey.bsky.social & I are organizing an event with the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency
Our wonderful speakers:
Dr. Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Dr. Rim Saab
Prof. @lucygobag.bsky.social
Prof. @profjohndrury.bsky.social
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Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers
Funded by @ukri.org
doi.org/10.20919/VJV...
Funded by @ukri.org
doi.org/10.20919/VJV...
Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers
Background: Public behaviour and the new hostile threats • Civil contingencies planning and preparedness for hostile threats requires accurate and up to date knowledge about how the public might beha...
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Public behaviour in response to perceived hostile threats: An evidence base and guide for practitioners and policymakers
Funded by @ukri.org
doi.org/10.20919/VJV...
Funded by @ukri.org
doi.org/10.20919/VJV...
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New book just arrived in the post! Includes chapter by me & @evangelospsych.bsky.social on collective resilience as a process in emergent groups in emergencies.
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New book just arrived in the post! Includes chapter by me & @evangelospsych.bsky.social on collective resilience as a process in emergent groups in emergencies.
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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...
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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...
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
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Rising together: how collective action emerges in the face of an emergency
Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm
Attendance is free, but you need to register.
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas
Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm
Attendance is free, but you need to register.
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency | BPS
The first in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.
www.bps.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Rising together: how collective action emerges in the face of an emergency
Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm
Attendance is free, but you need to register.
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas
Thursday (2nd Oct) 12-2pm
Attendance is free, but you need to register.
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
This is the first (of 3) session in our free online series designed as an open space to come together and share ideas
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A @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social free online event, organized by @drselintekin.bsky.social :
'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency'
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency'
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency | BPS
The first in a three part event series from the Social Psychology Section gathering emergency practitioners and researchers in the social psychology field.
www.bps.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social free online event, organized by @drselintekin.bsky.social :
'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency'
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
'Rising Together: How Collective Action Emerges in the Face of an Emergency'
www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...
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Godmorgon alla som är intresserade av klimatpsykologi, vad som skapar storskalig beteendeförändring, vad som påverkar att känna hopp & vad man bäst kan göra för klimatet - tycker ni ska anmäla er till den här endagskonferensen 22 november som Psykologer för Hållbar Utveckling ordnar. Öppen för alla!
Klimatpsykologi 2025
Psykologer för Hållbar Utveckling bjuder äntligen in till andra upplagan av klimatpsykologikonferensen. Välkomna till en dag full med spännande föreläsningar, möjligheter att knyta nya kontakter, och ...
klimatpsykologikonferensen-2025.confetti.events
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Godmorgon alla som är intresserade av klimatpsykologi, vad som skapar storskalig beteendeförändring, vad som påverkar att känna hopp & vad man bäst kan göra för klimatet - tycker ni ska anmäla er till den här endagskonferensen 22 november som Psykologer för Hållbar Utveckling ordnar. Öppen för alla!
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Remaining in or leaving climate activism –
insights from current and former activists on
sustained engagement
New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
insights from current and former activists on
sustained engagement
New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Remaining in or leaving climate activism – insights from current and former activists on sustained engagement
This study examines factors influencing sustained engagement and disengagement in climate activism, specifically within Extinction Rebellion. Through interviews with 26 current and former activists...
www.tandfonline.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remaining in or leaving climate activism –
insights from current and former activists on
sustained engagement
New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
insights from current and former activists on
sustained engagement
New from @swedishprotests.bsky.social & colleagues
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Re-reading this chapter by Carina Hoerst, @alexhaslam.bsky.social @evangelospsych.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @fergusneville.bsky.social et al. for lecture preparation for the coming term.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection | Request PDF
Request PDF | On Aug 11, 2025, Carina Hoerst and others published The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGa...
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September 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Re-reading this chapter by Carina Hoerst, @alexhaslam.bsky.social @evangelospsych.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @fergusneville.bsky.social et al. for lecture preparation for the coming term.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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The session that stood out for me, “What Can Social Psychology Do”—chaired by @swedishprotests.bsky.social—brought us together to explore how we can respond to urgent crises, for example by challenging journals, associations, and institutions complicit in, or failing to act on, the genocide in Gaza.
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The session that stood out for me, “What Can Social Psychology Do”—chaired by @swedishprotests.bsky.social—brought us together to explore how we can respond to urgent crises, for example by challenging journals, associations, and institutions complicit in, or failing to act on, the genocide in Gaza.
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Also great to catch up with @metesefauysal.bsky.social auysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social hprotests.bsky.social and hear about their work on Greta Thunberg’s climate leadership with @yasemingacar.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Making of a Movement (Together): How Climate Activists Perceive Greta Thunberg's Leadership
Drawing on the Social Identity Theory of Leadership, this study explores how Greta Thunberg's influence emerges through group processes where her leadership is sustained among climate activists by pe...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Also great to catch up with @metesefauysal.bsky.social auysal.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social hprotests.bsky.social and hear about their work on Greta Thunberg’s climate leadership with @yasemingacar.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....