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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

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…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Matthew Barnfield @mbarnfield.bsky.social · 14d

Following the success of our spring seminar series earlier this year, we @psapolpsychology.bsky.social are running an autumn/winter series, with four online presentations by great scholars.

Please do register and come along to hear about some really fascinating research!

PSA Political Psychology Specialist Group @psapolpsychology.bsky.social · 14d

This time in two weeks, we will launch our autumn/winter seminar series. We have an exciting line-up of four online talks covering a range of topics in political psychology.

All presentations are on Thursdays at 12:00 UK.

Sign up to attend here!: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

Political Psychology | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Political Psychology is a multi-disciplinary group established to provide a forum for collaboration, discussion and support for political psychology scholars and practitioners as well as to facilitate...

www.psa.ac.uk

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Emily Kubin @emilykubin.bsky.social · Sep 12

🎈Thrilled to share my first ever solo author work🎈

In this chapter I uncover the relationship between social media, political polarization, and their downstream effects on political censorship.

osf.io/preprints/os...

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 1

Folks working on the social/interpersonal consequences of conspiracy beliefs, check our call for papers in our new special issue in Frontiers in Social Psychology. With the great colleagues Ricky Green, Paul Bertin, and Marta Marchlewska. Info about the topic and timeline here: shorturl.at/Wlbn9

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yes it is standard, even if you order more crisps with one drink 😁

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Igor Grossmann, PhD @igi.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨 New paper out in JEP: General! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Does adversity make us wiser?
Spoiler: Not by default.

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Mikey Biddlestone @mikeybiddlestone.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our article "Norm-enhanced prebunking for actively open-minded thinking indirectly improves misinformation discernment and reduces conspiracy beliefs" has now been published open access in JESP!
@rakoenmaertens.bsky.social
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…
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Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you're attending #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki next week, join us for panels on nationalism and the far-right in Europe and Latin America.

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hot off the press in Social Influence, in collaboration with @iborinca.bsky.social! Across 2 studies (U.S & U.K), we showed that exposure to gay men’s non-traditional roles can soften rigid masculinity in straight men, boosting emotional openness and inclusivity. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Challenging traditional masculinity: minority norms and the reimagining of male gender roles

Rigid traditional masculinity norms are linked to emotional suppression and relational strain, particularly among heterosexual men. This research examined whether sexual orientation shapes masculin...

www.tandfonline.com

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Adrian Wojcik @adwojcik.bsky.social · Jul 19

🌳 Preprint Alert 🌳

You can find out here, if anyone is interested in how the British and Poles think about the need for immediate climate action. Our study reveals that "climate delayism"—beliefs justifying inaction despite accepting climate change—is prevalent in PL/UK.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie.bsky.social · Jul 18

🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
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Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood

Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the indi....

doi.org

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Manos Tsakiris @mtsakiris.bsky.social · Jul 1

That’s the correct link :
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Islam Borinca, PhD @iborinca.bsky.social · May 22

Grateful to work on this with @drsofiastathi.bsky.social and @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...

Ameliorating War’s Shadows: The Role of War-related Memories and Meta-humanization on Intergroup Reconciliation - Islam Borinca, Sofia Stathi, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, 2025

People in post-conflict settings often carry traumatic memories that exacerbate dehumanization and obstruct reconciliation. We investigated these processes thro...

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Jesper Stromback @jesperstromback.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dags för en ny krönika i @dagensarena.bsky.social. Temat är vandelsutredningen och var den hör hemma, men också den större frågan om att inget parti – med visst undantag för SD – är tydligt med vilken målbild de egentligen har för sin politik.

Släng vandelsutredningen i papperskorgen | Dagens Arena

Vad ser de politiska partierna för mål? Vilket samhälle vill de forma?

www.dagensarena.se

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pacjournal.bsky.social @pacjournal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Throwing it back to 2024 with a #mustreadmonday recommendation 📖😊

Social Norms and Peace; how social norms influence peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

Guest edited by @iborinca.bsky.social, @mariosainz.bsky.social and @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social

Check it out! doi.org/10.1037/pac0...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Apr 11

'The Psychology of Crowd Behaviour'

www.qeios.com/read/K26NKZ

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Apr 11

We are happy to announce an deadline extension for abstract submissions for our special issue until 9th May, please share/consider submitting your work!
@ispp-pops.bsky.social @polpsyispp.bsky.social @ispp25.bsky.social @bcrisislab.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social

Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Mar 24

Still enough time to submit your work to our special issue in @ispp-pops.bsky.social , about online extreme narratives and alternative identities! @easpinfo.bsky.social @ispp-pops.bsky.social @polpsyispp.bsky.social @ispp25.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · Jan 30

📢 Call for Papers–Special Issue Alert!

How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?

@polpsyispp.bsky.social invites you to submit your work!

🔗 Learn more here: bit.ly/4gqPgop

📅 Submission deadline: April 15, 2025

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚨 Save the date! On Friday, 30 May 2025, the Behavior in Crisis Lab will host its Annual Meeting at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

This year’s theme: “Facing Crisis: Preparedness and Social Response”

👉 Please register by Saturday, 10 May 2025
umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_...

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Apr 7

@spspnews.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @apsrjournal.bsky.social @polcomm.bsky.social @ecreacomdem.bsky.social @mediacity-ecrea.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Apr 1

What fuels support for the Last Generation & other non-normative collective action? New paper w @lpummerer.bsky.social Lara Ditrich & @kwinter.bsky.social suggests beliefs in a climate-related conspiracy between politicians and industry

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Belief in a Norm‐Consistent Climate Policy Conspiracy Theory and Non‐Normative Collective Action

Believing in conspiracy theories is connected to support for non-normative collective action. One explanation might be that this is due to both being non-normative. Alternatively, it might be the cas...

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Kim Doell @kimdoell.bsky.social · Mar 27

🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology

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The Behaviour in Crisis Lab @bcrisislab.bsky.social · Mar 26

New Publications Alert! 📝🎉 Our lab members have contributed to two recent studies. Read them here:
@tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Mar 25

Glad to contribute to the book "Getting Lost: Reflections on Psychopolitical Isolation & Withdrawal" with a chapter on "Ostracism in the Era of COVID-19:Intrapersonal, interpersonal & intergroup perspectives" with Evangelia Galanaki.Thanks to the editors Matthew Bowker & Amy Buzby! shorturl.at/C1CHD

Getting Lost: Reflections on Psychopolitical Isolation and Withdrawal by Matthew H. Bowker

Getting Lost: Reflections on Psychopolitical Isolation and Withdrawal by Matthew H. Bowker at Karnac Books

www.karnacbooks.com

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Theofilos Gkinopoulos @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thanks very much!

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