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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 18h

EJSP is looking for contributions to a special issue on “Remembering Climate Disasters, Imagining Climate Futures: Collective Memory, Identity, and Action in a Changing Climate”. More information: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... Deadline for expressions of interest: November 30, 2026

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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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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The European Journal of Social Psychology (EJSP) is looking for proposals for a special issue. Deadline: September 1, 2026. More information can be found here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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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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tealhelixproject.bsky.social @tealhelixproject.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📌 #TealHelix held its 3rd 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐚 on 27-28 April bringing partners together to discuss WP progress, pilots plans and priorities & GoGreen Hub co-creation activities. As we move further into the project's second year, we are excited for what's ahead! 🌱

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New paper: We examine the role of counterfactual thoughts in bereavement and prolonged grief. Thoughts about how the death could have been prevented, increased levels of grief illustrating dysfunctional aspects of counterfactuals in such situations. doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Voting in an old water tower. Only in the Netherlands. #gemeenteraadsverkiezingen

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Looking forward to meeting everyone at the EASP small group meeting on "Counterfactual thinking and its role in cognition and communication" starting later today here in Groningen sites.google.com/rug.nl/count...

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Counterfactual meeting

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We're looking for a PhD student working on the (mis)perception of social norms in social networks (in collaboration with Vincent Buskens at Utrecht University). Deadline: April 1, 2026. More information here: socion-program.org/vacancy/phd-...

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PhD position-The (Mis)Perception of Social Norms in Dynamic Social Networks - SOCION

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

New paper just published with @valentinmang.bsky.social and Bob Fennis looking at how people view someone who shares conspiracy theories

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Great piece by Anna Kende and Joszef Pantya on how do defend academic freedom in illiberal times. Their insights from working in Hungary are (unfortunately) increasingly relevant elsewhere: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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A Social Psychological Perspective on How to Preserve Academic Freedom in Illiberal Political Contexts

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Our paper investigating the action/inaction distinction in the context of group-based regret has just been published (w/ Xin Wang and Martijn van Zomeren) www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Are leaders blamed for disasters that eventually did not occur? The answer points to the crucial impact of partisanship in assigning blame for events that almost happened. @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social w/ Matejas Mackin, @danieleffron.bsky.social, and Neal Roese authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Valentin Mang @valentinmang.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

New paper out in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social ! We (@kwinter.bsky.social, @kaiepstude.bsky.social , Bob Fennis and I) found that encouraging counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories (i.e., clicks on, and reading times for, conspiracy articles). A 🧵 1/n

Screenshot of the abstract for the article "If only I had not fallen down the rabbit hole: Counterfactual thinking reduces engagement with conspiracy theories" in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

For the German speakers interested in listening to a conversation on nostalgia: Ich hatte ein interessantes Gespräch mit @tobiasbecker.bsky.social und Magdalena Nowicka, moderiert von Eva Röder. von SWR Kultur.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The deadline for the meeting on counterfactuals is coming up. Don't forget to send in your contribution.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We're organizing an EASP small group meeting on counterfactuals in March 2026. More details can be found here: www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...

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tealhelixproject.bsky.social @tealhelixproject.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

TealHelix consortium met in Amsterdam to align efforts, discuss progress, and collaborate! 🤝A key highlight was engaging with our Stakeholder Board, whose expertise adds great value to the project. A huge thank you to VU Amsterdam for hosting—excited for the next steps! 💚

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

New paper on responding to negative feedback: We find different profiles of people differing in their responses to negative feedback. Whether the goal to actually perform better is crucial. Led by Felix Grundmann, and in collaboration with @sussch.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Multiple goal salience and emotion regulation in negative-feedback situations: A latent profile analysis

People react very differently to negative feedback. From an emotion-regulation perspective, this can be explained by reference to their salient goals,…

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Social Psychology - Hogrefe @socpsyjournal.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Out today! Our Editor (@akfetterman.bsky.social) lays out his vision for the journal. Specifically, he calls for daring research that refocuses on the human experience, tackles real-world issues, & causes (good) trouble in the field. Free Access: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...

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Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Jannis Kreienkamp received the 2024 dissertation award of the Dutch social psychology association (ASPO) for his work on the challenges studying how individuals adapt to a new culture. The work resulted in 3 excellent papers: doi.org/10.1177/1088... doi.org/10.1177/0146... doi.org/10.1080/0027...

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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

We kick off the annual ASPO conference with a welcome from Hedy Greijdanus at Groningen Forum

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Valentin Mang @valentinmang.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

If you're interested in research on misinformation and conspiracy beliefs, I can highly recommend checking out this special issue!

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The conference program for the annual meeting of the social psychologists in the Netherlands (ASPO) is online now: sites.google.com/rug.nl/aspo2... Registration for conference participation is still possible until the end of the week.

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

The European Journal of Social Psychology is looking for junior consulting editors www.easp.eu/news/itm/ejs...

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EJSP seeks Junior Consulting Editors

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

A nice summary that includes our work on moral inconsistency and counterfacyals thoughts:

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

We're looking for a future PhD student at the University of Groningen for a project focusing on the intersection between social and consumer psychology. The main focus is on processes that motivate individuals to buy sustainable products: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... (deadline: June 26, 2024)

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Our editorial outlining the new policies at EJSP is online now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

New paper: We investigate how individuals respond to negative feedback and how situational goals influence our responses to it. doi.org/10.1037/xge0...

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Yasin Koc @spyasin.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

I am super excited to announce that we are hosting the next EASP Summer School in Košice, Slovakia from 8th – 19th July, 2024. We have fantastic teachers teaching fantastic workshops. Check out and spread the word! Let's have a great time together. sites.google.com/view/easpsum...

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Valentin Mang @valentinmang.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Happy to announce that a part of my PhD research has just been published! Together with my supervisors, Bob Fennis and @kaiepstude.bsky.social, we examined how the need to evaluate shapes the effects of exposure to conspiracy theories on behavioural intentions authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Kai Epstude @kaiepstude.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Our new paper tracking the needs and experiences of migrants using experience sampling methods is out in PSPB. We show that situational need satisfaction is a very consistent predictor of attitudes towards the outgroup. Jannis Kreienkamp is the lead author! Congrats to him. doi.org/10.1177/0146...

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