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Boaz Hameiri

@boazhameiri.bsky.social
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Associate Professor @TelAvivUni. Head of the Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation. boazhameiri.com

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Boaz Hameiri @boazhameiri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 Call for collaborators: INTERVENE Project 📢 We're launching a large-scale, ERC-funded global study on how contexts of prejudice, polarization, and conflict shape intergroup relations—and the interventions that address them. Project website: ercintervene.com. Please share! More info 👇
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INTERVENE — ERC Project
INTERVENE: a large-scale, multi-cultural global study of contexts, psychology, and interventions in intergroup conflict. PI Prof. Boaz Hameiri. Funded by the European Research Council.
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Researchers identify a simple way to soften deep political divides
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Researchers identify a simple way to soften deep political divides
People often overestimate how much their political opponents despise them. But new research suggests that tweaking your daily news diet could help correct these toxic assumptions and unexpectedly foster a sense of connection with the other side.
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Shira Hebel-Sela @shirahebelsela.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🚨 New publication alert 🚨 Out in PSPB! We tested whether psychological intergroup interventions should be tailored to specific outcomes and specific people. Spoiler: yes. w/ Adva Gruenwald, Nimrod Nir, @boazhameiri.bsky.social, @eranhalperin75.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/
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One Size Might Not Fit All: A Tailored Approach to Psychological Intergroup Interventions - Shira Hebel-Sela, Nimrod Nir, Adva Gruenwald, Boaz Hameiri, Eran Halperin, 2026
Despite growing efforts to improve intergroup relations, the effectiveness of psychological intergroup interventions is often limited. We argue this modest impa...
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Behavioral Scientist @behscientist.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Save the Date: Neuropaz 2026 — In February, Behavioral Scientist will team up with the Neuropaz to host an event exploring the latest work and thinking at the intersection of behavioral science and peace and conflict. The event is online and free to attend. behavioralscientist.org/save-the-dat...
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Save the Date—Neuropaz 2026: Hard Truths & Paths Forward - Behavioral Scientist
In February, Behavioral Scientist will team up with the peace science organization Neuropaz to host an online event exploring the latest work and thinking at the intersection of behavioral science…
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Boaz Hameiri @boazhameiri.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Absolutely stoked to share that the @erc.europa.eu decided to support my Starting Grant proposal, INTERVENE, aiming to develop a contextualized data-driven approach for psychological intergroup interventions. So grateful to the support of the ERC, mentors, colleagues and students!
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Behavioral Scientist @behscientist.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
In this weekend’s read, Andrés Casas and @boazhameiri.bsky.social explore the science underlying an effort to maintain peace after decades of conflict in Colombia. Hearing stories transformed how people understood their former enemies. From the archive: behavioralscientist.org/what-does-it...
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What Does It Take to Build Peace After Six-Decades of Conflict? - by Andrés Casas and Boaz Hameiri - Behavioral Scientist
To help build peace in Colombia, we gave the people most affected by the conflict—victims and ex-combatants—a platform to share their stories with other Colombians across the country. Hearing those…
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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Up next, a tremendous paper led by @shirahebelsela.bsky.social finding that a semester-long virtual contact intervention improved attitudes, reduced dehumanization, and increased self-outgroup overlap among non-Muslim and Muslim students www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Virtual contact improves intergroup relations between non-Muslim American and Muslim students from the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia in a field quasi-experiment - Communications Psychol...
Virtual contact between U.S. non-Muslim and Muslim students from MENA and SE Asia regions demonstrates that online interactions can effectively reduce prejudice and dehumanization, offering a scalable...
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Communications Psychology @commspsychol.nature.com · 04/03/2025
Virtual contact between U.S. non-Muslim and Muslim students from MENA and SE Asia regions demonstrates that online interactions can effectively reduce prejudice and dehumanization. @shirahebelsela.bsky.social @boazhameiri.bsky.social @eranhalperin75.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Virtual contact improves intergroup relations between non-Muslim American and Muslim students from the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia in a field quasi-experiment - Communications Psychol...
Virtual contact between U.S. non-Muslim and Muslim students from MENA and SE Asia regions demonstrates that online interactions can effectively reduce prejudice and dehumanization, offering a scalable...
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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I'm chairing the ISPP award committee for the Jim Sidanius Early Career Award The deadline for nominations is 15 January 2025 To nominate someone, simple email me argument as to why they deserve the award and a CV of the nominee ispp.org/awards/sidan... #polisky #polpsych #prejudice #socpsych
Text from the linked website. The text reads, How to Nominate:
Nominees must be current ISPP members and within 10 years of having received their PhD. All nominations must include the following: An argument as to why he/she deserves the award and a CV of the nominee. To complete a nomination, simply send these materials to the Committee Chair by the deadline.

The award recipient will be strongly encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting and Awards Reception.

2025 Award Committee:
Chair: Mark Brandt (Michigan State University)

Email

Committee: Lene Aaroe (Aarhus University), Angel Saavedra Cisneros (Bowdoin College)

THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR 2025 NOW OPEN.  The deadline for nominations is 15 January 2025.

Winners will be notified by early April 2025.
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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
New TICS article from Samantha Moore-Berg and @boazhameiri.bsky.social on the psychology of meta-perceptions and how interventions can improve intergroup relations by correcting meta-misperceptions.
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Improving intergroup relations with meta-perception correction interventions
We explore meta-perceptions (i.e., what we think others think about reality), their impact on intergroup conflict, and the interventions correcting th…
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Boaz Hameiri @boazhameiri.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
📣 Call for collaborators: Predictors of Political Violence Project 📣 We are launching a global study to learn more about the drivers of support for political violence, with a special focus on victimhood. Sign up form: tinyurl.com/ppvpCall Please share! Please share! More info:
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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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