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Alma Jeftic

@almajeftic.bsky.social
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Psychologist - Scientific Collaborator at the University of Geneva - Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute ICU Tokyo - Editor: Peace Psychology Digest at APA Division 48 - Founder of ABRIR @abrir.bsky.social

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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌍 Join me at the @btscon.bsky.social ! I’ll be leading a hackathon on Building a Global Psychology of Worry - and forming a global consortium of researchers interested in joining the project. 🕙 October 7th | 22:00 UTC | Live on Zoom 🔗 bigteamscience.github.io #stress #worry
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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#BTSCON2026 starts soon! We can’t wait to celebrate another year of big team science with all of you! 🥰 @psysciacc.bsky.social @manybabies.org @manyprimates.bsky.social @manydogsproject.bsky.social @manylanguagesc.bsky.social @cos.io @forrt.bsky.social @abrir.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org
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Big Team Science Conference
The goal of the Big Team Science Conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers, funders, and stakeholders to discuss advancements, challenges, and future opportunities relat...
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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Join us at the Big Team Science Conference, where @almajeftic.bsky.social will be leading a Hackathon live via Zoom on October 7 (22:00-23:25 UTC). "Building a Global Psychology of Worry: Co-developing a Big Team Science Initiative on Worry, Human Flourishing, and Meaning Systems Across Cultures".
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌍 Excited to share our new European Journal of Social Psychology Special Issue! Remembering Climate Disasters, Imagining Climate Futures 🌱 We welcome diverse methods, populations & perspectives. 📅 EOI: Nov 30, 2026 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... Please share widely!
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European Journal of Social Psychology Call for Papers Remembering Climate Disasters, Imagining Climate Futures: Collective Memory, Identity, and Action in a Changing Climate
The European Journal of Social Psychology is an international social psychology journal for research at the intersection of psychology, sociology & behavioural science.
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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Join us the Big Team Science Conference, where I'll be presenting live via Zoom on Tuesday, October 6 from 22:00-22:55 UTC (3 pm Arizona time). "Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Science: Recognizing Strengths and Opportunities in the Majority World"
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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Register now (for free or pay-what-you-want) at bigteamscience.github.io to catch my Unconference and lots of other great big-team-science talks, hackathons, and more!
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you so much @susannevogel.bsky.social! It’s been a pleasure to work with you and our amazing team!
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very happy to finally share this! 🎉 Our Gendered Leadership study is OUT in The Leadership Quarterly! Led by Kim Peters, I served as Project Manager for this huge international collaboration and am delighted to be second author. ❤️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Think political leader — think he or she? A multi-country test of a gender-fair language intervention to reduce gendered leadership stereotypes
Women are greatly underrepresented in positions of political leadership around the world. In seeking to explain this underrepresentation, some researc…
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Many thanks to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)for featuring me in their Member Spotlight! From growing up during the Bosnian war to working across Bosnia, Switzerland, Denmark, Japan, and beyond, it has been quite a journey. Read more: spsp.org/news/member-...
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Member Spotlight: Alma Jeftić | SPSP
Alma Jeftić is a social psychologist whose research focuses on collective memory, intergroup relations, reconciliation, peacebuilding, and inclusive scientific collaboration.
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Mans Nillson’s keynote at NERPS and United Nations University conference in #Tokyo. @ununiversity.bsky.social
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Don’t forget to follow @abrir.bsky.social! We’ll be cooking lots of cool stuff in 2026! Stay tuned 🤩🥳
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Call for Papers – New Special Issue - Peace Review The Srebrenica Genocide: 30 Years of Neglect 📅 Abstract deadline: 15 Feb 2026 🔗 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... Please share widely! #Srebrenica #CollectiveMemory #GenocideStudies #PeaceResearch
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Srebrenica Genocide – 30 Years of Neglect
Thirty years after Srebrenica Genocide, this issue explores trauma, denial, memory, resilience, and the ongoing fight against erasure and injustice.
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Das Brot kostet fünfundzwanzig Euro - lernst du Schweizerdeutsch? 😂😂
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Honoured to be this year’s recipient of the @spspnews.bsky.social International Bridge-Building Award together with @nscorralfrias.bsky.social @rimamrahal.bsky.social and @flavioazevedo.bsky.social. More information will be shared soon! @abrir.bsky.social @forrt.bsky.social
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Our next step is to pilot the workshop plan at the University of Arizona in December, so keep an eye out for updates and make sure to follow @abrir.bsky.social 🙌
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I’m increadibly proud of @abrir.bsky.social and our achievements! Make sure to read about our work and to follow us! @alelazic.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social @brendanchng.bsky.social
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This is so cool! Could you share the abstract with me?
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I’m so happy to have the opportunity to work with this amazing woman.
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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Day 1 of the 2025 Big Team Science Conference is underway!! Join us on Zoom for talks, hackathons, panels, unconferences, and more! Register for free or pay-what-you-want (all proceeds support BTS groups!) to gain access to all sessions: bigteamscienceconference.github.io/registration/
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>>> Register for the 2025 BTSCON now! *** ### BTSCON Registration Info To balance inclusivity with our funding needs, *registration fees for the Big Team Science Conference are optional*. You can pay ...
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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Do you wish there was a repository of Big-Team and Open Science resources? So do we!! Join us live via Zoom on Wednesday, October 8 from 17:00-17:55 UTC. Register now (for free or pay-what-you-want) at bigteamscience.github.io. @abrir.bsky.social @psychrstats.bsky.social @btscon.bsky.social
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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Join us at the Big Team Science Conference, live via Zoom on Wednesday, October 8 from 15:00-15:55 UTC, for our panel: "Majority world leadership in Big Team Science: Barriers, opportunities and ways forward". @iriszez.bsky.social @abrir.bsky.social @btscon.bsky.social
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Nadia Corral Frias @nscorralfrias.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Join us at the Big Team Science Conference, live via Zoom on Tuesday, October 7 from 15:00-16:25 UTC to catch our Symposium, "Big Team Science projects in the majority world". @abrir.bsky.social @iriszez.bsky.social @btscon.bsky.social
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Many of us greatly appreciate your work and activism, @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social ❤️
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Intro to the Special Issue on Transnational Memory & Identity in Eastern & Central-Eastern Europe Journal of Contemporary European Studies. From symposium at Uni Graz | sponsored by the Council for European Studies. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MemoryStudies #EasternEurope
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Transnational processes of memory, migration and identity in Central and South-Eastern Europe
This special issue examines the interplay of memory, identity, and migration in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Southeast Europe (SEE) within broader transnational European and global contexts...
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New paper out in AMPPS! We share a step-by-step guide for adopting #OpenScience in resource-limited contexts + a toolkit with repositories. Featuring success stories from Serbia, Brazil & @abrir.bsky.social Paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25… Toolkit: osf.io/gu7v4
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
ABRIR received @improvingpsych.org commendation (for the 2nd time). Words can hardly describe how proud I am of the amazing ABRIR people I work, chat, and share the same ideas & struggles with! Follow us to get to know us: @nscorralfrias.bsky.social @alelazic.bsky.social @brendanchng.bsky.social
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Submit your research to @btscon.bsky.social ! @abrir.bsky.social is one of the co-organisers. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Are you passionate about #BigTeamScience & #OpenScience? Make sure to attend BTSCON2025 between 6th and 8th October. @abrir.bsky.social is a member of the organizing team and we're very much looking forward to meeting you all! #RepresentationMatters
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
We're extremely lucky to have you, @brendanchng.bsky.social !
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Next year the conference will be in the UK which will highly influence the presence of scholars from the Majority World. I don't think many people are aware of that fact. Or, I don't believe many people think about that at all.
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Make sure to attend the 2025 @btscon.bsky.social! This year, @abrir.bsky.social is one of the hosts :) Save the date and stay tuned for more information!
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🌎✨ Excited to collaborate with @melissafloresphd.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @almajeftic.bsky.social, @brendanchng.bsky.social and others on our @orca-open.bsky.social funded #OpenScience project for and from the Majority World! Follow @abrir.bsky.social for what's ahead!
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Cannot wait to read this! Congrats to the amazing @syeducation.bsky.social and @dulcewestberg.bsky.social !
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Extremely proud to (finally) announce that @abrir.bsky.social will be collaborating with the University of Arizona (@melissafloresphd.bsky.social & @nscorralfrias.bsky.social) thanks to the ORCA Catalytic Award! Follow us for more great news! Let's keep advancing open science! #RepresentationMatters
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
As someone with both Minority & Majority World experience I can assure you that the barriers are real. Hence, I'm grateful to @hcp4715.bsky.social for giving me and my colleagues from @abrir.bsky.social the opportunity to share our work and recommendations. Read, cite, follow @abrir.bsky.social!
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thrilled to join @spenic.bsky.social & Simon Hug at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences! We'll be exploring how #intergroup #interventions can prevent ethnic #polarization in post-conflict context. More soon!
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
@abrir.bsky.social, check this research out!
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Petter Holme @pholme.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Nice commentary to our recent PNAS about the role of postdocs in academic careers: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... w @shahanmemon.bsky.social et al.
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Rethinking postdoc careers through the science of science | PNAS
Rethinking postdoc careers through the science of science
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I'm happy to announce that I've joined the Editorial Board of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (APA Division 56 flagship journal), and Junior Editorial Board of the European Journal of Social Psychology (EASP). #editorial #psychology
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Read the Peace Psychology Digest (issue 2): peacepsychology.org/peace-psycho... We dedicated it to the Black History Month and you can read articles by @gmvelez.bsky.social, @tijana-et-al.bsky.social, Karen W. Goyzueta. Don't miss our webinar on race & mental health with the amazing Denzell Brown.
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Peace Psychology Digest — APA Division 48
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Shahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
How important are your #postdoc years in the likelihood of you staying & succeeding in #academia? In our newly published paper in @pnas.org, "Postdoc Publications and Citations Link to Academic Retention and Faculty Success," we study the journey of #CareerSuccess of ~45,000 #postdocs. 🧵1/7
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
There is still some time left to submit your abstracts!
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Thank you so much @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social! You're always there for us and we strongly appreciate it!
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A starter pack to help you connect with @abrir.bsky.social! ABRIR is a diverse consortium of psych researchers, committed to reducing barriers to #OpenScience & #BigTeamScience in the Global South 🌎🌍🌏 If you're an active member or a partner org, let me know so I can add you! go.bsky.app/B8e7DLo
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology invites manuscript submissions for a Special Issue on Teaching Complex Histories: Education during and after Conflict. 🗓️Submit an abstract by 1st February 2025! Let me know if you have questions. More details: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I see that ABRIR is well covered on Mastodon too 😍
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I am beyond honored and deeply touched to be the very first recipient of the Sarah Jones Award for exceptional contribution to fostering collaboration in #OpenScience. Thank you #ResearchDataAlliance for making this happen! www.rd-alliance.org/news/aleksan...
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Aleksandra Lazić receives the 2024 ‘Sarah Jones Award for Exceptional Contribution fostering collaboration in Open Science’ - RDA
Today, during the Closing Session of the 23rd RDA Plenary Meeting in Costa Rica, Aleksandra Lazić was announced as the winner of the ‘Sarah Jones Award for exceptional contribution to fostering collab...
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
The second talk I gave @ #DON2024 was about @abrir.bsky.social 's latest project supported by the Open Research Funders Group Among other activities - ABRIR recently organized #OpenScience + #BigTeamScience hackathons💻 in hubs worldwide, incl Bosnia + Serbia (by @almajeftic.bsky.social & I) (3/4)
Title slide of the presentation with the text: ABRIR: Towards greater accessibility and equality of open and big-team science (in Serbian)A map showing that the authors of Big-Team publications that come from the Global South and Eastern Europe are underrepresented. Citation: Buchanan, E. M., & Lewis, S. C. (2023, August 29). Who does big team science?. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hqta4
A slide showing the names and countries of the project participants, with the text in Serbian: ORFG Open Scholarship Seed Award for the most recent ABRIR project 2024/2025, 4.850 USD
A slide with the text, in Serbian: Hackathons with 250+ participants in 6 ABRIR hubs: Latin America, Bosnia + Serbia, Malaysia, India, Africa, Nepal. Contains 6 posters from the different events.
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Brendan Ch'ng, PhD @brendanchng.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
🧠 Calling All Psychology Students, Lecturers, and Researchers! 🌏 Come join this hackathon event with @abrir.bsky.social on 23 October (Wed) at either 7AM and/or 3PM UTC! 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/abrir-oct2024 Don't miss this chance to shape the future of psychological research! 🚀
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ABRIR @abrir.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
🚀 Join our ABRIR Hackathon next week! We want to hear YOUR ideas on how we can work together to shape the future of diversity, inclusion & justice in #OpenScience and #BigTeamScience for psych researchers within the #GlobalSouth. Register now at bit.ly/abrir-oct2024 📩
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