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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell

@draislingod.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in Psychology at University of Limerick. Social psychologist interested in social identity, stigma, and health. Associate Editor at BJSP.

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MSc Applied Social Data Analytics - UL @msc-social-data-ul.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Applications are open! Go to www.ul.ie/gps/courses/... for more info. #StayCurious #StudyatUL
Promotional poster to apply for the master's programme
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Just got a paper rejected from Nature Scientific Reports the other day. Perhaps the problem was that we wrote it ourselves!
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WHO @who.int · 14/11/2025
Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. #Diabetes can affect anyone, at any stage of life. Support at home, school, work and during pregnancy makes a real difference. Listen, learn and show up for those living with diabetes. More info 🔗 bit.ly/4hUOjY0
A four-panel illustration showing that diabetes can affect people at any stage of life.
Top left: A child stands with one foot on a football while checking their blood glucose with a small device.
Top right: A pregnant woman sits comfortably on a sofa and checks her blood sugar while another woman looks on supportively.
Bottom left: A middle-aged construction worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest checks his glucose monitor while speaking with a colleague.
Bottom right: An older woman in a wheelchair reads a book with a smiling young girl beside her, who is holding a cat. The panels are labelled: “Diabetes can… affect people… at any stage… of life.”
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: are you a headphone dodger? Aoife Ryan-Christensen finds out why some people play their phones out loud on buses and trains - with insights from @draislingod.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Why do some people play their phones out loud on buses & trains?
New social norms and behaviour are behind the rise of headphone dodgers on public transport showing zero consideration for those around them
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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Are you a headphone dodger? Aoife Ryan-Christensen finds out why some people play their phones out loud on buses and trains - with insights from @draislingod.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Why do some people play their phones out loud on buses & trains?
New social norms and behaviour are behind the rise of headphone dodgers on public transport showing zero consideration for those around them
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I didn't *think* I was confused, yet I still learned something new! #vote #connolly4president #aras2025 #speirgorm
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This ad is a new low in smearing for Heather Humphreys. Barristers operate on a taxi-rank basis*, they don’t choose clients. The financial meltdown was caused through a failure to regulate the banks by FG & FF. She really must think the public is as ignorant as herself! #Aras25
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EASP Strasbourg 2026 @easp2026.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Welcome! This is the official account of the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology 2026. Here, we'll be sharing all the important updates and information related to the upcoming congress. Feel free to visit our official website for more details: easp2026strasbourg.com
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Get ready to present your research, engage with cutting-edge research in the field, connect with the social psychology community, find new collaborators, expand your network, and much more!
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Mete Sefa Uysal @metesefauysal.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res... If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me - Activism - Social movements - Resistance - Solidarity - Leadership - Intergroup conflict
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ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
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Tony (Xin) Su @tony-su.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
🚨Calling All Health and Emergency Service Professionals across Ireland and UK! 🚨🧑‍⚕️🧑‍🚒👮‍♀️ Are you a #nurse, #doctor, #police officer, #firefighter, #paramedic with 2+ years of experience? Have you experienced #burnout in the course of your career? We want to hear from you!
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Watch: Mary Robinson speaks out against Israel's aid embargo on visit to Gaza crossing point
Wheelchairs, crutches, and children's books among items blocked by Israel according to former Irish president who spoke passionately at the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Louder. LOUDER. Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness
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Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness
Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland — from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/07/2025
Israel blocking aid from Gaza is creating ‘chaos and death’, say humanitarian groups
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Israel blocking aid from Gaza is creating ‘chaos and death’, say humanitarian groups
Letter signed by agencies including Doctors Without Borders condemns Israeli military attacks on Palestinians More than 100 aid agencies issued a dire warning that “mass starvation” was spreading across Gaza and urged Israel to let humanitarian aid into the besieged strip to alleviate the growing man-made hunger crisis. A letter signed by 109 agencies including Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam International and Amnesty International says the Israeli government is blocking humanitarian organisations from effectively distributing life-saving aid. Continue reading...
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Doctors in Gaza are warning hundreds of babies are at risk of death. Israel is blocking deliveries of baby formula - formula that’s needed because their mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed them. I’m not sure I’ve ever read a worst sentence. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
An excellent thread.
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Chris Cocking @chriscocking.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Sad news from #Liverpool yesterday and my thoughts with those affected. But media reports of 'panic' as crowds scatter are misplaced, as fleeing imminent danger is a perfectly sensible & rational response www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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Liverpool parade latest: Child and adult seriously hurt and dozens more injured after car ploughs into Liverpool crowd
Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram cautions against speculation, after 27 people were taken to hospital and 20 others were treated at the scene.
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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
David, our Departmental Assistant in Psychology @micireland.bsky.social is hoping to speak to young adults (18-25) in the Limerick area with at least one migrant parent for his postgrad research on second-generation identity and belonging. Reposts appreciated, #Spéirghorm! Particularly in Limerick.
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Crab Man @crabman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New game for you all: ask google what a made-up phrase means.
The phrase "hoop hoop hoop hoop hoop" can be interpreted in a few ways. It's most likely a playful or humorous way of saying "basketball" or referring to playing basketball, as "hoops" is slang for basketball. However, it could also be a simple repetition of the word "hoop" to emphasize the circular shape of a hoop, a ring, or the hula-hoop. The phrase "making the milk sizzle" likely refers to the act of causing something, particularly a product or idea, to be exciting, interesting, or even to be very hot. It's a metaphor for creating an emotional connection or a sense of excitement around something. The word "sizzle" itself suggests a hissing sound, often associated with food cooking in a pan, and this sound is used to describe the emotional impact of a product or idea on a customer. The phrase "stringing beans for pleasant means" suggests a pleasant social activity or event, often involving family or friends, where green beans are being prepared or eaten according to the Dictionary of American Regional English.
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Crowds & Identities @crowdsidentities.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Shared social identity transforms social relations in imaginary crowds @ukri.org funded. doi.org/10.1177/1368...
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A fantastic new masters programme is launching in our department this September - the MSc in Clinical and Community Psychology! Applications open now.
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · 10/04/2025
📣 COS is excited to launch the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB)! Seeking researchers with expertise in quantitative methods in health behavior, public health, epidemiology, health policy, & related fields for this large-scale, multi-team replication effort. ➡️ Details: www.cos.io/rphb
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Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB)
The Center for Open Science (COS) is launching the Replicability Project: Health Behavior (RPHB), which is a large-scale, multi-team effort to help support a transparent and trustworthy foundation in ...
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 01/04/2025
@orlamuldoon.bsky.social helped the public better understand gender-based violence by speaking to media and shaping public discussions. Her work led to concrete policy changes. This #ERCengage winner's research 👉 bit.ly/4lc3Qnp @unioflimerick.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SciComm
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 01/04/2025
THREAD Today Altmetric is announcing a major development in collaboration with the Brain Occipital Lobe Learning Observation Centre Kalhausen-Strasbourg. From today Altmetric will be able to determine what research paper you're thinking of, regardless of what you're actually writing/saying. 1/17
Screenshot of the new Altmetric Explorer integration of Thoughts.

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #PsySky #Brain #Machine #Interfaces
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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Today UL has made the decision to no longer post on X If you're one of our new Bluesky followers, check out our UL Starter Pack of academics, researchers, departments & faculties: go.bsky.app/6E5Dav8 #StudyatUL
Why we are no longer posting on X  

In line with University of Limerick’s ongoing commitment to providing engaging, transparent, diverse and positive communications through our digital channels, the University has conducted a review of its presence on the X platform (formerly Twitter). 

Due to the sustained decline in engagement, concern as to the veracity of performance data, the prevalence of automated traffic, an ongoing EU regulatory review, and the increased presence of toxic content, UL will cease posting on the X platform. This decision aligns with our commitment to responsible digital communication and safeguarding our online community as well as our own team members. The University will continue to prioritise social media platforms that provide a safe, engaging, and effective environment to communicate with our audiences, while remaining open to reassessing this decision should the platform’s content moderation practices and user experience significantly improve in future
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2025
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
#MeaslesIsADangerousVirus with multiple harms including major #ImmuneSystem damage #SharedFacts #HealthScience
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
An excellent summary of our systematic review on the link between internalized and anticipated stigma and depression - thank you!
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
❓ Can you help? 🔎 We are looking for healthcare professionals in the UK or Ireland who look after couples at the time of a second trimester pregnancy loss (or subsequent pregnancies) to complete our survey 🙏 Please share if you can 🔗 forms.office.com/e/xqRzJTqCqG @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social
Flyer for the PASTeL-3 study: Pregnancy after second trimester loss". We are looking for healthcare professionals in the UK or Ireland to please complete our survey. "If you need further information please contact Dr Andrea Woolner: a.woolner@abdn.ac.uk. Logos: Tommys, University of Birmingham, UCC, The University of Manchester, University of Aberdeen.
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Pregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📣 We are inviting parents to join a group discussion about perinatal death reviews that happen in maternity hospitals / units in Ireland 🔗 More information: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @emilyoconnor.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social 🦋 Funded by Féileacáin 🙏 Please share if you can
Study Flyer: Study details with a QR code to further information. PLRG, NPEC, INFANT and UCC Logos. More information at https://www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancyloss/researchprojects/achieve/parentfocusgroups/
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Study Flyer: Study details with a QR code to further information. PLRG, NPEC, INFANT and UCC Logos. More information at https://www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancyloss/researchprojects/achieve/parentfocusgroups/
Study Flyer: Study details with a QR code to further information. PLRG, NPEC, INFANT and UCC Logos. More information at https://www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancyloss/researchprojects/achieve/parentfocusgroups/
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Relatable 🤣 No matter what plants people tell me are hard to kill, I've managed to exceed those expectations every time.
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I couldn't agree more. It does bother me that a PhD student withdrawing would be considered a bad sign on my supervisory record when in fact, it may have been a very wise and insightful decision on the student's part, supported totally by their supervisor.
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you are interested in social identity, social identity loss, adoption, trauma, and/or mother and baby homes, you should 1. Read our paper, out today, open access! And 2. Follow @dearbhlamo.bsky.social! #socialpsyc Well done Dearbhla on a fabulous first PhD paper.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children.

Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything.

“Are you feeling all right?” I asked her.

“I feel all sleepy,” she said.

In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.

The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.

On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
'“It's that feeling that you can't get away”: Motherhood, gender inequality and the stress process during extreme events' Important new study from @evangelospsych.bsky.social @pjsaaved.bsky.social & team bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
The impacts of extreme events can intersect with pre-disaster systemic inequalities and deficiencies, exacerbating distress. This paper contributes to the existing literature by exploring the psychos...
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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We are excited to organise an EASP Small Group Meeting on “Advancing Intersectional and Multiple Categorization Research in Social Psychology” in Chemnitz, Germany on 26-28 June 2025. Come join us in this unique meeting. www.easp.eu/news/itm/cal... #SocialPsyc
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Call for Submissions: EASP Small Group Meeting on “Advancing Intersectional and Multiple Categorization Research in Social Psychology”
Social Psychology News Articles
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I've just cut a grant application in half, literally. It only took about 90 mins. So then I felt simultaneously really impressed with myself and aware that this level of productivity can only mean an afternoon slump 🫠
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Brb, going to take all the batteries out of the metal tin they lived in until just now 😬
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Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
#TheDayShelleyWoodhouseWokeUp is 99p for a limited time and storming the international charts! Here’s the link if you fancy buying a copy: www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Shelley-...
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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Research on health inequalities among the Irish in Britain has fallen into something of a lull since the 00s, so this is an important update from @roswillis.bsky.social . #spéirghorm
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I was just awarded a Digital Badge for a course I completed last semester: "GenAI for Teaching and Learning: How to do it right". Hopefully my learning will benefit me, my colleagues and our students!
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GenAI for Teaching and Learning: How to do it right
This open course is designed to facilitate the development of participants' Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy so that they can explore and innovate using Generative AI (GenAI) within their teaching, learning, and assessment practices. In light of the potential opportunities and challenges of these technologies, this course will facilitate participants in exploring the fundamentals of GenAI and AI Literacy, whilst focusing on an ethical practice. Participants will consider innovative ways in which they can respond to the challenges arising from the impact of these technologies in Higher Education. Completion of this course will support participants in developing a GenAI teaching strategy to apply to their own practice.
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Dr. Aisling O'Donnell @draislingod.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Our family's first snowman #sneachta
A family of 5 standing around a snowmanA snowman with a yellow scarf and black hat
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Stop Getting Emails on Holidays You Celebrate With This One Weird Hack: Don't Check Your Email On Holidays You Celebrate. #AcademicSky
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Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
It also makes it harder for them to ban books.
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
- Social Psychology Job - Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the London School of Economics specialising in socio-cultural psychology, communication psychology, and/or political psychology Closing date: 2nd March 2025 #SocialPsyc PoliPsy #PsychJobs #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Assistant Professor in Social Psychology
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-ali...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Lecture capture: a second chance? @emilynordmann.bsky.social on how her thinking and research on this has progressed. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Compassion… an act of defiance. Catriona Shelly, Dearbhla Moroney and Orla Muldoon review the film, 'Small Things Like These'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Compassion… an act of defiance | BPS
Catriona Shelly, Dearbhla Moroney and Orla Muldoon review the film, 'Small Things Like These'.
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