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Ana-Maria Bliuc

@anamariab99.bsky.social
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Social & political psychologist at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Interested in the study of polarisation and online communities in political and health domains (including addiction recovery). 🇹🇩🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 17/04/2026
How do groups sustain cooperation for sustainability when they’re in the minority? New evidence highlights the role of communication and political orientation. 🌱 @rrsfhansen.bsky.social @brybuck.bsky.social @anamariab99.bsky.social rebeccakoomen.bsky.social et al 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Cheap-talk and left-wing political orientation boost cooperative sustainability when politically outnumbered - Communications Sustainability
Democrats cooperate more than Republicans in politically heterogeneous groups, but sharing nonbinding pledges of intended actions helps groups cooperate to sustain a shared resource, according to an o...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Happy to share our new CREST article on online polarisation. We argue that polarisation risk is not only about what is said online, but how quickly confident, highly visible voices can reshape debate. www.crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/char...
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Charismatic Influencers, Certainty, and their effect on Polarisation Online
Small increases in influencer appeal and activity can produce disproportionately large effects on polarisation online, rapidly driving communities toward entrenched division.
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Very excited to share this new paper led by @rrsfhansen.bsky.social just published in Communications Sustainability: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Cheap-talk and left-wing political orientation boost cooperative sustainability when politically outnumbered - Communications Sustainability
Democrats cooperate more than Republicans in politically heterogeneous groups, but sharing nonbinding pledges of intended actions helps groups cooperate to sustain a shared resource, according to an o...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Delighted to share our new systematic review on populist communication. Open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The emotional logic of populist communication: a systematic review
This article systematically reviews recent empirical research on the role of emotions in populist politics. Following PRISMA guidelines, we review 51 peer-reviewed studies published between 2017 an...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Populism in the age of social media: A systematic review of recent digital populism research - Ihsan Yilmaz, Ana-Maria Bliuc, Robb Norrie, Chloe M Smith, James Smith, Cerys Evans, Daniel S Courtney… |...
Our new review paper on digital populism is out today on New Media & Society!! Please have a look and get in touch if you have any feedback or questions ☺️ Ihsan Yilmaz Robb Norrie Daniel Courtney Dan...
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The current situation at the University of Dundee is that we are not getting our annual pay increase and that promotion processes are paused. At the same time the uni is refusing to rule out compulsory redundancies, it is advertising over 20 new senior management jobs for academic staff.
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A true reflection of what university staff feel about the current Higher Education crisis. If you missed the Scottish Parliament Committee’s evidence session on Wednesday you can watch it here. Thanks to the ECYP Committee for inviting us to take part. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...
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Education, Children and Young People Committee | Scottish Parliament TV
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Please consider participating in our study: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/dis...
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Attitudes towards current social issues in UK
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Our new paper is out in Technology in Society: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We use simulations and a new dynamic measure of polarisation to track how quickly societies become more divided over time.
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The Effect of Charismatic Influencers on Polarization Online: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach
In the face of increasing online polarization, understanding the role of charismatic influencers in shaping public discourse is crucial for those deve…
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Please consider joining us in summer for this conference in my home town: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-future...
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The Future of Democracy
This conference invites us to look hard at what puts democracy at risk and at what helps it stay strong.
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Congrats, Daniel! An excellent paper 👏
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
For my Australian friends and colleagues - please consider participating and/or circulating in your networks this survey on meat consumption, masculinity and national identity ran by Robb Norrie, our PhD student at Dundee: surveyswesternsydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thank you! 🙏
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Daniel Barnett @danielbarnett7.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It has certainly been a productive last few days! Huge thanks to my fellow panelists @anamariab99.bsky.social @thia-sagh.bsky.social and Maitland Waddell for a great panel and conference!
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Huge congratulations to Dr Daniel Barnett (Daniel Barnett), who passed his PhD viva on Tuesday 1 July. | Ana-Maria Bliuc
Huge congratulations to Dr Daniel Barnett (Daniel Barnett), who passed his PhD viva on Tuesday 1 July. Just two days later, he chaired the panel on "Social Identity, Conflict & Collective Act...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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So proud of Joanna H., who attended her first #ISSP annual conference in Prague and presented her poster, "How Far-Right Groups Use National Identity to Assert Legitimacy: A Systematic Review&quo...
So proud of Joanna H., who attended her first #ISSP annual conference in Prague and presented her poster, "How Far-Right Groups Use National Identity to Assert Legitimacy: A Systematic Review&quo...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Congratulations to Daniel Courtney, who had a big week — submitting his PhD thesis on Monday and presenting his paper "Why Is Everyone an Expert Online? | Ana-Maria Bliuc
Congratulations to Daniel Courtney, who had a big week — submitting his PhD thesis on Monday and presenting his paper "Why Is Everyone an Expert Online? Establishing the Mechanism of the Opinion-...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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At #ISPP2025 with my fellow roundtable panellists, Mike Quayle, Olivia Brown, Adrian Lüders and our dearest friend, Emma F Thomas, just before our session "Polarization in the Age of Social Media...
At #ISPP2025 with my fellow roundtable panellists, Mike Quayle, Olivia Brown, Adrian Lüders and our dearest friend, Emma F Thomas, just before our session "Polarization in the Age of Social Media...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So proud of @danielbarnett7.bsky.social who had his viva today. Congrats Dr Barnett! Many thanks to the examiners Dr Sandra Obradovic and @thia-sagh.bsky.social, and the panel chair @chrisbenwell.bsky.social who made the whole experience so positive! 🎉👏
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Danny Courtney @dannycourtney.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Big June announcements: 1: Thesis submitted!🎉 2: My first two preprints...preprinted? Huge thanks to @anamariab99.bsky.social, both my PhD supervisor and co-author on both papers. Preprints in following posts...
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The University of Dundee has a women problem “In our view this culture of sexism runs deeper than the sidelining of women speaking up and out and persists beyond the ignominious end of Iain Gillespie’s tenure as Principal of the university.” www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...
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'We're female professors, here's why we think Dundee University has a women problem'
Professors Angela Daly and Annalu Waller say Dundee University is destroying its commitment to gender equality in STEM.
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. | Richardt Hansen
Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. Read it here: http...
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Dundee. Fantastic news in our fight to save jobs, as interim Principal Prof Nigel Seaton confirms that there will be no redundancies. A massive victory for everyone who has supported us. Looking forward to receiving the removal of Section 188 in writing.
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
We are extremely concerned by the letter from Ernst and Young, auditors at the University of Dundee. The letter suggests that executives submitted inaccurate responses during the auditing process. 1/2 www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
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Letter from Ernst and Young LLP to the Court of the University of Dundee
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The University of Dundee is currently trying to make 100% of female research Professors in the School of Science and Engineering redundant. 100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS! Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.
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Kate W @drawkwardeng.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
One of the most frustrating things about this crisis is the continually poor communication with staff and students. Reading about what is likely to happen to you in the media creates such distrust in management.
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
New paper out in BJSPl! We examine how pro-Russian supporters in Romania & Moldova use identity-driven narratives to justify the war in Ukraine via moral disengagement & social creativity. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso... #UkraineWar #CollectiveIdentity #MoralDisengagement #Polarisation
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
PhD opportunity in Australia (unfortunately for Aus residents only): www.linkedin.com/posts/ihsan-...
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Become an expert in the humanities and social sciences with a PhD from… | Ihsan Yilmaz
I am looking for a PhD student who wants to work on sharp power. To be supervised and trained by me and the fabulous team of Ana-Maria Bliuc John Betts…
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee. Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee. Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632 youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
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We Are The 632: University of Dundee staff speak out
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Daniel Barnett @danielbarnett7.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Had a great time yesterday presenting my research on Far-Right Narratives in Far-Right Online Spaces on our panel Pushing the Envelope in Social Identity Theory! Looking forward to some other great talks today at #SPSP2025
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Brilliant talk by @danielbarnett7.bsky.social at the #Contemporary Histories of Populist Success in Central and Eastern Europe -- A Collaborative Seminar between the University of St. Andrews and Charles University. Now taking questions from the audience! 👏
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優noD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot · 12/03/2025
Some strong words here, and he's not alone 👇 JIM SPENCE: Dundee University staff I know are incandescent with rage – and no wonder Former University of Dundee rector Jim Spence reacts to the devastating job cuts at the institution. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/5... @thecourier.co.uk
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JIM SPENCE: Dundee University staff I know are incandescent with rage – and no wonder
Former University of Dundee rector Jim Spence reacts to the devastating job cuts at the institution.
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Ana-Maria Bliuc on LinkedIn: #conflictresolution #narratives #peacebuilding
Great to be part of the panel on narratives at the CSD conference, expertly chaired by Zenia Duell. Thoughtful questions from an engaged audience pushed our…
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable. Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov). That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dundee University to cut 632 jobs to plug £35m deficit
The University and College Union condemned the
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 09/03/2025
Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau blocked Russia-aligned, far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election.
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Far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu blocked from Romanian presidential race
Trump’s administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
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Dr. Thia M Sagherian-Dickey @thia-sagh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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DUCU Position Paper 6 March 2025 – Dundee University and College UnionUniversity of Dundee logoSearchcontactcloseScroll leftChevron pointing downScroll rightSearchFacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Very excited to be part of this conference, and the “The Role of Narratives: Stories that Shape Power” panel!
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
If you are identifying as a man and are over 16, please consider participating in an online study on social media and masculinity conducted by my 4th year student Cerys: research.sc/participant/... Thank you!
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Dejan Stjepanović @dejanstjepanovic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Shameful decision by Dundee uni today to call police in order to disperse staff and students on a legal picket organised by @ducuuo.bsky.social
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Congrats, Daniel! That’s such an excellent outcome!
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Congrats, Danny! Well-done!
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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
New paper alert - Why is policy so important for social change? Our new collaborative paper shows that in countries where there are parental leave policies (for both parents), norms around equal division of childcare are stronger. Read here: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
Come and work with us @Sussex_Psych ! Postdoc job with Anna Rabinovich (and me) looking at group processes in pastoralist communities in Sub-Saharan Africa Please share! jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/06401739...
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Research Fellow Ref 30443 - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search
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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
"many universities publicly endorse DORA ... our data suggests this endorsement often amounts to little more than “institutional peacocking” - signalling superficial adherence to principles without truly challenging entrenched practices" bit.ly/wonkhe-article #AcademicSky #PeerReview
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The case for rethinking peer review in REF
Anna Morgan-Thomas and Adina Dudau share some recent research on peer review which raises critical questions about the future of research evaluation and the REF.
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Danny Courtney @dannycourtney.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Trying to get the last ~20 participants for my study. Longer description in the screenshot below 👇 surveyswesternsydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Celebrating Matt Belanger passing his PhD viva with flying colours! Congratulations Matt! You made your supervisors extremely proud! Many thanks to the amazing panel: Dr Andrea Mohan, (Dundee), Dr Jason Colditz (Pittsburgh), and Prof Nick Hopkins (Dundee). 🎉👏
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Check out our new Perspectives paper on polarisation as collective engagement in Communications Psychology: rdcu.be/dHbMh!
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Polarization is the psychological foundation of collective engagement
Communications Psychology - Group polarization, a result of social interaction, can underpin political polarization—the division of society into groups. While intergroup conflict and...
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Fwiw, my view irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2022/12/29/a...
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Against automated plagiarism
I've been asked, in various roles1, to give my opinion on the challenges posed by Large Language Models (LLMs)2, also known as "stochastic parrots" (Bender, Gebru, McMillan-Major, & Shmitchell, 2021),...
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
Finally meeting in real life with my brilliant colleague Susan de Groot Heupner after working together for almost a year - at the 4th conference of Emotions, Populism and Polarisation at University of Helsinki  @HEPPsinki #HEPP4
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Ana-Maria Bliuc @anamariab99.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
📢 Job Announcement📢 We are very excited to have TWO permanent Grade 8 Lectureship (Assistant Professor) positions available! Both are teaching & research based, open to any area of Psychology, particularly health, cognitive, or social. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEN380/l...
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Lecturer (Teaching and Research) - UOD1169 at University of Dundee
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer (Teaching and Research) - UOD1169 on jobs.ac.uk!
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