András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Come work with us at the most biodiverse university campus of Ireland 🌳 @uniofgalway.bsky.social 000
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Luke Brunning @lukebrunning.bsky.social · 14/02/2026How do books go down on dating apps and why does it matter? I contributed to this: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...theguardian.com‘His favourite book was by Jordan Peterson, which was a massive ick’: how books perform on dating appsMentions of reading in Tinder bios are up 29% in the last year. But is searching for a fellow fan of one’s favourite author really a shortcut to compatibility? 034
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 25/11/2025#Violenceagainstwomen often happens in a sexual context. In this fundamental paper Professor @debbyherbenick.bsky.social and her team demonstrates that 1 in every 5 women in the USA experienced various forms of #roughsex without their consent or permission. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comPrevalence and Demographic Correlates of “Rough Sex” Behaviors: Findings from a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey of Adults Ages 18–94 Years - Archives of Sexual BehaviorRough sex behaviors have become prevalent among young adults in the U.S. and internationally. However, little is known about these behaviors at the population level. Using nationally representative su... 052
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025My fight for equality that shattered Ireland’s academic glass ceiling | Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...irishtimes.comMicheline Sheehy Skeffington: My equality fight that shattered the academic glass ceilingIt is 10 years since I won a landmark gender discrimination case. Was it all worth it? 042
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Cynthia Graham, Ph.D. @cygraham.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Issue 7 of #JSexResearch is now available online with contributions from @jamesbrooksphd.bsky.social @andraskolto.bsky.social @liamwignall.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjsr20/6... @kinseyinstitute.bsky.social @sexsciencesociety.bsky.socialtandfonline.comThe Journal of Sex ResearchVolume 62, Issue 7 of The Journal of Sex Research 053
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025🤩 CONFERENCE TOMORROW! We are excited to meet to our more than 170 delegates and learn about the fascinating work in #SexualHealthPromotion in Ireland. Check the scientific programme and the Book of Abstracts: www.hprcconference.ie Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! #HPRC2025 044
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025📈 You are cordially invited to the launch of "Trends in Health Behaviours, Outcomes and Contexts: 1998 - 2022" report, on 3 June 2025 (Tue) 2 PM at @roinnslainte.bsky.social (registration from 1:30 PM). To attend in person, register at ti.to/healthy-irel... 133
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Williams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 09/05/2025LGBT people are five times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent crime. bit.ly/LGBTviolentcrime 064
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS ONE WEEK AWAY! The deadline to submit abstract proposals is May 14th! Non sexual health proposals are also welcome. Please register and submit here: www.hprcconference.ie #hprc2025 034
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 29/04/2025You are warmly welcome to our Annual Health Promotion Conference #hprc2025, dedicated to Sexual Health Promotion. Please note we also consider abstracts from other areas of #healthpromotion too. Register & submit your abstract at: www.hprcconference.ie 032
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦WHO @who.int · 23/04/2025Over 12 million teenage girls give birth each year, affecting health as well as education, social connection & future employment. WHO calls for urgent action to: ✔️ End child marriage ✔️ Keep girls in school ✔️ Improve access to sexual & reproductive health services & info. 🔗 bit.ly/4cIGwdf 8504144
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025The Early Bird registration fee for the #HealthPromotion Conference is available for another week until April 21st 2025! You can register and submit an abstract at www.hprcconference.ie. Deadline for the abstracts is 7th of May. We are looking forward to seeing you in Galway in June! #HPRC2025 034
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/04/2025Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comSeniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die OffSometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives. 172110193767
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦HSE Ireland @hselive.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in Ireland. Protect yourself and your family by being SunSmart, even when it’s cloudy. Follow the 5 S’s: 👕 Slip on clothing 🧴 Slop on sunscreen (SPF 30+ for adults, 50+ for children) 👒 Slap on a wide-brimmed hat ⛱️ Seek shade 😎 Slide on sunglasses 023
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Our Annual #HealthPromotion Conference website is now live!! 🥳 You can register and submit an abstract at www.hprcconference.ie. An Early Bird registration fee is available until April 21st, and the deadline for abstracts is May 7th. We are looking forward to seeing you in Galway in June! #HPRC2025 056
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Rape Crisis Ireland @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social · 02/04/2025“Ringing the #RapeCrisis helpline was one of the most life-changing events in my life. I got to be listened to, heard, believed. I was minded in a very skilful way” - rape survivor, Martin Vernon, speaking on Ireland AM >> www.rapecrisisireland.ie #SupportingSurvivors #EndSexualViolenceNow 022
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Pleased to see my sexuality and gender scholar peers (as editors) taking this stance, and challenging the political encroachment on academic freedom under the current US Administration. @cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊ Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Researchtandfonline.comStatement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender ResearchPublished in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025) 05623
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Jane Ogden @janeogden.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Latest inews piece! Why debate is getting harder at uni! 052
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025reminder that @kennysbookshop.bsky.social is the longest-running online bookshop *on the entire internet* (!!!) they have FREE postage in ireland (and it's not so expensive to mainland europe, either) don't give any money to jeff bezos and his employee-abusing company, go straight to kennys.ie 8271142
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 23/03/2025On 18 March 2025, the Hungarian Parliament passed a law that prohibits events which depict #homosexuality, effectively erasing comprehensive #sexeduxation and Pride. Read a statement by the LGBTQ+ Section of the Hungarian Psychological Association here ➡️ affirmativpszichologia.hu/statement-of...affirmativpszichologia.huStatement of the Section of LGBTQ+ Psychology of the Hungarian Psychological Association on the legislative changes that stigmat22 March 2025 In the last 10 years we have been witnessing significant recession in the rights of Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual, 010
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Sexual health research grants (HIV and STIs) are dropping like flies. HIV research is especially being targeted. The field is being decimated and I can't begin to explain how bleak the mood is, and the fear of what comes next after this #IDSky #HIVSky #SaveHIVFunding 46927
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Leigh Bowery tore up cultural hierarchies not just as a form of political activism, but as a way of making sense of who he really was artreview.com/leigh-bowery...artreview.comLeigh Bowery Through the Looking GlassThe artist and performer tore up cultural hierarchies not just as a form of political activism but as a way of making sense of who he really was 0113
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Morten Skovdal @mskovdal.bsky.social · 17/02/2025📢 My new book 'Paradoxes of PrEP for HIV prevention' is out and available for FREE online! 👇 I show that users often face contentions, uncertainties, and dilemmas due to paradoxical ideas, such as being both healthy and a patient. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook-oa/... 1135
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025🚨 CONFERENCE NEWS From Awareness to Action: Advancing #Sexualhealth Promotion Next week we will launch our Conference Website with registration and abstract submission platforms. Looking forward for oral presentation / poster / workshop proposals. Thanks for sharing the news! ☘️ #HPRC2025 087
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl... 51538308
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 09/03/2025‼️ A pregnant woman or new mother dies every two minutes across the 🌐 – and this is only the tip of the iceberg, as many more are in serious danger. Risks include infections, unsafe abortion, haemorrhage and suicide due to post-natal depression. 100
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 01/03/2025If humans are ‘bundles of habits,’ can we take control of them?tcnv.linkFive essential strategies to master your habitsIf humans are ‘bundles of habits,’ can we take control of them? 1132
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Probably this is the biggest of all their hubrises, and they will pay a dear price for it. 000
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I'd probably die of withdrawal symptoms if i couldn't eat any more junk food 🙈 still would like to see this globally & for an extended period, especially the #BoycottAmazon bit! #24HourEconomicBlackout 020
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 20/02/2025A fantastic day today at our Postgrad Open day 🥳 If you are interested in our Health Promotion courses, please do get in touch. More information here: www.universityofgalway.ie/hpr/ @universityofgalway.bsky.social #HealthPromotion #postgradopenday @allisoningalway.bsky.social 021
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 23/02/2025🚫🏳️🌈 Viktor Orbán announced that Pride events won’t be allowed in Hungary and vowed to fight the “drug crisis.” Let’s revisit his hypocrisy: MEP József Szájer, his old friend and ally, was caught fleeing an all-male s€x party in Brussels during lockdown—with drugs in his backpack. 👇Watch & share!👇youtube.comSzájer József elfogása (Capture of József Szájer)YouTube video by Little Raver 03810
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 21/02/2025Buy. Paper. Books. (and download ownable ebooks onto your own devices) New from me at @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/issue-261/ 18681170
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Michelle Kelly-Irving @mkellyirving.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Sigh another day, another colleague falls foul of post-hoc power calculation requests by a grant reviewer @lakens.bsky.social 's blog page comes in handy for this nonsense #episky daniellakens.blogspot.com/2014/12/obse...daniellakens.blogspot.comObserved power, and what to do if your editor asks for post-hoc power analysesThis blog post is now included in the paper "Sample size justification" available at PsyArXiv. Observed power (or post-hoc power) is th... 1298
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦James Larkin @jameslarkin13.bsky.social · 18/02/2025“I have even been told to tone it down, and that this is how it is, and it’s a rite of passage. The fear of speaking out is huge, but I don’t accept that this is a rite of passage – it is a hiring choice.“ TCD PhD student @conorreddy95.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...irishtimes.comCrisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career 054
András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @andraskolto.bsky.social · 17/02/2025We are looking forward to meeting colleagues interested in #sexualhealth #sexresearch #healthpromotion at Galway 🇮🇪 on 26 June 2025. Call for abstracts coming soon. Thank you for spreading the news! #HPRC2025 010
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025If you're tired of using "Winging it" as your guide to managing your research study data, I recommend checking out "Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research" instead to learn foundational practices for creating effective data management workflows. datamgmtinedresearch.com 1478
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Hardy Schwamm @hardyschwamm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Good news stories are needed more than ever. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgRenowned scientific integrity investigator endows fund to support fellow sleuthsMicrobiologist Elisabeth Bik donates $200,000 to support training, travel 032
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Health Promotion at University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Please join us for our upcoming HPRC research seminar with Prof. Janet Fanslow who will present on "Understanding the population prevalence of violence and exploring why it matters for physical and mental health" Date: 19th March 2025 Time: 12.30-14.00 Venue: Áras Moyola, Lecture Room 5 (room 225) 021
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/02/2025Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’theguardian.comDanes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island Since returning to the presidency last month, Donald Trump has called for Canada to become the 51st US state, suggested he might take over the… 881779317
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 11/02/2025We have #JustPublished a package of 5 annual epidemiological reports on #STIs - #gonorrhoea, #chlamydia, #syphilis, #CongenitalSyphilis, #LymphogranulomaVenereum. The conclusion of them all is - STI cases continue to rise across Europe. Read our press release: bit.ly/ECDCSTIs2025 #EpiSky #IDsky 34819
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures! Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not! Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 661253718
Reposted by András Költő 🇪🇺 🇺🇦The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/02/2025“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av 14627359