Hakan Çakmak
@hakancakmak.bsky.social
social/political psychologist • researching social change, intergroup relations, and politicisation processes • potty-mouthed and plainspoken • doesn't/matter • posting in 🇬🇧🇹🇷🇳🇱
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Proud to announce that our paper with Mortada Al-Amine, “Who holds the banner ‘Never Again’? The effects of protesters’ identity and audiences’ ideology on perceived unfairness of police treatment”, has been published in the International Journal of Social Psychology.
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0213...
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0213...
September 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Proud to announce that our paper with Mortada Al-Amine, “Who holds the banner ‘Never Again’? The effects of protesters’ identity and audiences’ ideology on perceived unfairness of police treatment”, has been published in the International Journal of Social Psychology.
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0213...
Link: doi.org/10.1177/0213...
A respondent from the paper "Between two worlds: the scientist’s dilemma in climate activism" by @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social & colleagues.
Horrendous acts are done in our name, funded by our taxes. Our silence—our cowardice—doesn’t even protect our grants. This speaks beyond climate change, IMO.
Horrendous acts are done in our name, funded by our taxes. Our silence—our cowardice—doesn’t even protect our grants. This speaks beyond climate change, IMO.
April 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A respondent from the paper "Between two worlds: the scientist’s dilemma in climate activism" by @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social & colleagues.
Horrendous acts are done in our name, funded by our taxes. Our silence—our cowardice—doesn’t even protect our grants. This speaks beyond climate change, IMO.
Horrendous acts are done in our name, funded by our taxes. Our silence—our cowardice—doesn’t even protect our grants. This speaks beyond climate change, IMO.
In this regard, you may find this parag from our discussion helpful, I believe.
March 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In this regard, you may find this parag from our discussion helpful, I believe.
Chuffed to announce that my second PhD paper, titled "Who Sees Our Mistreatments? The Impact of Ingroup Transgression Visibility on Solidarity with Outgroup Victims," was accepted for publication in JCASP! The original idea came from my brilliant master's student, Merel van der Ham—shoutout to her!
March 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Chuffed to announce that my second PhD paper, titled "Who Sees Our Mistreatments? The Impact of Ingroup Transgression Visibility on Solidarity with Outgroup Victims," was accepted for publication in JCASP! The original idea came from my brilliant master's student, Merel van der Ham—shoutout to her!
Our registered report with @valentinmang.bsky.social and @feitenglong.bsky.social has now been published in BJSP! We examined the radicalizing effects of different Great Replacement conspiracy narratives (Muslim vs. left-wing conspirators). See the link for the paper: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our registered report with @valentinmang.bsky.social and @feitenglong.bsky.social has now been published in BJSP! We examined the radicalizing effects of different Great Replacement conspiracy narratives (Muslim vs. left-wing conspirators). See the link for the paper: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
The first paper of the new year has been accepted for publication in BJSP! This work is in collaboration with the brilliant @valentinmang.bsky.social and @feitenglong.bsky.social. Feel free to contact me if you're interested in the preprint version.
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The first paper of the new year has been accepted for publication in BJSP! This work is in collaboration with the brilliant @valentinmang.bsky.social and @feitenglong.bsky.social. Feel free to contact me if you're interested in the preprint version.
I had the pleasure of giving a talk today at the University of Edinburgh about my PhD research on outgroup solidarity in response to ingroup transgressions. Many thanks to @drannetempleton.bsky.social for the kind invitation and for organising everything so thoughtfully!
November 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I had the pleasure of giving a talk today at the University of Edinburgh about my PhD research on outgroup solidarity in response to ingroup transgressions. Many thanks to @drannetempleton.bsky.social for the kind invitation and for organising everything so thoughtfully!
Finally, something like this is out in PSPR!
Identities, ideologies, status quos... Exactly where these variables and their antecedents operate in predicting individual responses to political realities hadn't been starkly addressed in mainstream psychology until now.
See: doi.org/10.1177/1088...
November 22, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Finally, something like this is out in PSPR!
Identities, ideologies, status quos... Exactly where these variables and their antecedents operate in predicting individual responses to political realities hadn't been starkly addressed in mainstream psychology until now.
See: doi.org/10.1177/1088...
Today, I gave a seminar talk about my PhD research, "High-Status Group Solidarity Against Ingroup Transgressions," at Queen's University Belfast. I would like to sincerely thank Gülseli Baysu for inviting me and organising everything so elegantly.
November 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Today, I gave a seminar talk about my PhD research, "High-Status Group Solidarity Against Ingroup Transgressions," at Queen's University Belfast. I would like to sincerely thank Gülseli Baysu for inviting me and organising everything so elegantly.
It was a pleasure to present my final PhD work at University of Sussex to the Collective Action and Resistance Research Group last week. I would like to thank Yara Zebian and Julia Schreiber for diligently organising everything, and the whole group for their engagement and insightful feedback!
November 12, 2024 at 7:38 PM
It was a pleasure to present my final PhD work at University of Sussex to the Collective Action and Resistance Research Group last week. I would like to thank Yara Zebian and Julia Schreiber for diligently organising everything, and the whole group for their engagement and insightful feedback!
Our project with @ezgikara.bsky.social & @iremsakarya.bsky.social is out in Political Psychology! The title says it all, but in brief:
Strategic emotion communication during "controversial" collective actions can be somewhat beneficial for support for policy change.
Link: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Strategic emotion communication during "controversial" collective actions can be somewhat beneficial for support for policy change.
Link: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
October 8, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Our project with @ezgikara.bsky.social & @iremsakarya.bsky.social is out in Political Psychology! The title says it all, but in brief:
Strategic emotion communication during "controversial" collective actions can be somewhat beneficial for support for policy change.
Link: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Strategic emotion communication during "controversial" collective actions can be somewhat beneficial for support for policy change.
Link: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
My first side project with @feitenglong.bsky.social is also out in BJSP!
In brief: We implemented recent theorising on the potential influences of ingroup norms on outgroup solidarity in the Dutch context. The consistent finding is that only leftists were susceptible to these norms.
In brief: We implemented recent theorising on the potential influences of ingroup norms on outgroup solidarity in the Dutch context. The consistent finding is that only leftists were susceptible to these norms.
June 19, 2024 at 10:53 AM
My first side project with @feitenglong.bsky.social is also out in BJSP!
In brief: We implemented recent theorising on the potential influences of ingroup norms on outgroup solidarity in the Dutch context. The consistent finding is that only leftists were susceptible to these norms.
In brief: We implemented recent theorising on the potential influences of ingroup norms on outgroup solidarity in the Dutch context. The consistent finding is that only leftists were susceptible to these norms.
My first PhD work is now out in PSPB!
In brief: Prior work found that highly identified transgressor group members may act in solidarity with victims due to ingroup image concerns. Partially replicating this, we showed that justice concerns may motivate low-identifiers.
In brief: Prior work found that highly identified transgressor group members may act in solidarity with victims due to ingroup image concerns. Partially replicating this, we showed that justice concerns may motivate low-identifiers.
June 19, 2024 at 10:52 AM
My first PhD work is now out in PSPB!
In brief: Prior work found that highly identified transgressor group members may act in solidarity with victims due to ingroup image concerns. Partially replicating this, we showed that justice concerns may motivate low-identifiers.
In brief: Prior work found that highly identified transgressor group members may act in solidarity with victims due to ingroup image concerns. Partially replicating this, we showed that justice concerns may motivate low-identifiers.
Chuffed to see that our research proposal with @valentinmang.bsky.social & @feitenglong.bsky.social received in-principle acceptance as a Stage 1 registered report from BJSP. Stay tuned for Çakmak, Mang & Long (possibly 2025).
June 18, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Chuffed to see that our research proposal with @valentinmang.bsky.social & @feitenglong.bsky.social received in-principle acceptance as a Stage 1 registered report from BJSP. Stay tuned for Çakmak, Mang & Long (possibly 2025).
Another excellent piece of news🔆
Our paper with Ezgi Kara (@ezgikara.bsky.social) and İrem Sakarya (@iremsakarya.bsky.social) made it into Political Psychology! ✌️
I'd like to take the opportunity here to extend a huge round of applause to them for being brilliant minds and excellent researchers! 👏
Our paper with Ezgi Kara (@ezgikara.bsky.social) and İrem Sakarya (@iremsakarya.bsky.social) made it into Political Psychology! ✌️
I'd like to take the opportunity here to extend a huge round of applause to them for being brilliant minds and excellent researchers! 👏
April 15, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Another excellent piece of news🔆
Our paper with Ezgi Kara (@ezgikara.bsky.social) and İrem Sakarya (@iremsakarya.bsky.social) made it into Political Psychology! ✌️
I'd like to take the opportunity here to extend a huge round of applause to them for being brilliant minds and excellent researchers! 👏
Our paper with Ezgi Kara (@ezgikara.bsky.social) and İrem Sakarya (@iremsakarya.bsky.social) made it into Political Psychology! ✌️
I'd like to take the opportunity here to extend a huge round of applause to them for being brilliant minds and excellent researchers! 👏
Chuffed that my first PhD chapter made it into PSPB! ✌️
Hard work paid off, and this is just the beginning! Now, let the celebration commence! 🍾
Thanks to my dear supervisors, Ernestine Gordijn, Yasin Koç (@spyasin.bsky.social), and Katherine Stroebe.
Hard work paid off, and this is just the beginning! Now, let the celebration commence! 🍾
Thanks to my dear supervisors, Ernestine Gordijn, Yasin Koç (@spyasin.bsky.social), and Katherine Stroebe.
April 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Chuffed that my first PhD chapter made it into PSPB! ✌️
Hard work paid off, and this is just the beginning! Now, let the celebration commence! 🍾
Thanks to my dear supervisors, Ernestine Gordijn, Yasin Koç (@spyasin.bsky.social), and Katherine Stroebe.
Hard work paid off, and this is just the beginning! Now, let the celebration commence! 🍾
Thanks to my dear supervisors, Ernestine Gordijn, Yasin Koç (@spyasin.bsky.social), and Katherine Stroebe.
As Lerner & Miller (1978, p. 1031)* aptly put it, distant misfortunes become "more unjust" to you and deserving of your (asymmetric) solidarity only when they relate to your own world.
Some writings hold greater significance at certain times.
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Some writings hold greater significance at certain times.
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October 9, 2023 at 11:57 AM
As Lerner & Miller (1978, p. 1031)* aptly put it, distant misfortunes become "more unjust" to you and deserving of your (asymmetric) solidarity only when they relate to your own world.
Some writings hold greater significance at certain times.
👇
Some writings hold greater significance at certain times.
👇
Placing friendly posters around the buildings while responding to international students' complaints with, ".... studying in the Netherlands is still an order of magnitude cheaper, for example, the United States.").
Performative acts are simply tedious hard work.
See: ukrant.nl/non-eu-inter...
Performative acts are simply tedious hard work.
See: ukrant.nl/non-eu-inter...
October 4, 2023 at 8:52 AM
Placing friendly posters around the buildings while responding to international students' complaints with, ".... studying in the Netherlands is still an order of magnitude cheaper, for example, the United States.").
Performative acts are simply tedious hard work.
See: ukrant.nl/non-eu-inter...
Performative acts are simply tedious hard work.
See: ukrant.nl/non-eu-inter...
Reminded me of this gem! You should stand by the board to create the open science version of this meme 😂
September 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
Reminded me of this gem! You should stand by the board to create the open science version of this meme 😂