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Kathryn Francis

@kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
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Senior Researcher. Moral psychology & xphi. Interested in understanding moral conflict in human-animal/nature relations 🐷🍃 and bioethics 💊. Exploring innovative methods like VR.

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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Come join my team at NUS! Working on empirical and experimental studies around public attitudes and psychology around AI, longevity, precision medicine, genomics. Research Fellow (Quantitative Research) careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...
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Research Fellow (Quantitative Research)
Research Fellow (Quantitative Research)
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joannad-c.bsky.social @joannad-c.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hiring! 🧠❤️🤔If you’re a philosopher working in ethics/ x-phi/ empirically informed moral philosophy / moral psychology / applied ethics, consider applying for a 2.5 year research postdoc with me in my lab at Oxford. Deadline noon 16th Oct. Details 👉 philjobs.org/job/show/32101 Hit me up with q’s!
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We’re hiring! Four new roles in the Design Bioethics Lab @ox.ac.uk Join our team working across bioethics, neuroethics, psychology, and mental health research. Roles will support 'ARIADNE', exploring how AI could support clinical evaluation of psychosis risk. Please share! Links below🧵
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Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Read about Dani’s fascinating work on his website: danielmartinruiz.com/projects/ani... Follow the researchers to stay updated: @damartin.bsky.social @ivarr.bsky.social @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk @universidadgranada.bsky.social sky.social
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The Animal Dilemmas Project | A. Daniel Martín R.
Who do we see as deserving our moral concern?
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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 24/10/2025
The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived! THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️ I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️ Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏
A book called the Psychgeist of pop culture, the legend of Zelda sitting on top five other books in the same series. The background is a mountain landscape.
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Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk · 30/07/2025
We're delighted to welcome @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social to the position of Senior Researcher in Moral Psychology and Design Bioethics, at the Uehiro Oxford Institute. Read more about Kathryn here: www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ka... #morality #emergingtech #ethics #welcome
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PHAIR @phair-society.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📣 Speaker Announcement: We look forward to hearing about how diets shape activism and moral expansiveness. Join us at this year's PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025 (July 2-5) in Edinburgh: phair2025.co.uk
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Annayah M.B. Prosser @annayahprosser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Excited to be attending @phair-society.bsky.social this year in Edinburgh with @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social , Elise Hankins and Daniel Martin! 💪
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Jim AC Everett @jimaceverett.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Looking forward to presenting today at 4pm in the Oxford Uehiro Institute talking about work with my PostDoc Scott Claessens and my PhD student Pierce Veitch on how we view others who outsource different tasks to AI and the role that effort plays in shaping perceptions of others.
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joannad-c.bsky.social @joannad-c.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Super excited for our lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social to be hosting a talk by the brilliant @jimaceverett.bsky.social today on his group's latest work on moral reasoning and AI 👇
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Cillian McHugh @cillianmchugh.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Very excited for our Symposium this morning on context effects in Moral Judgment. With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social Dries Bostyn & Connie Chiu #SPSP2025
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Jim AC Everett @jimaceverett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Looking forward to our session tomorrow at #SPSP2025 at the intersection of AI and moral psychology. Be there Saturday at 11am in the Four Seasons Ballroom!
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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Reminder of the call for abstracts! Deadline approaching: Basel-Oxford-NUS Experimental Philosophical Bioethics (BioXPhi) Summit 2025 | hosted at the University of Basel, keynotes by Edmond Awad and Matti Wilks
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Basel-Oxford-NUS BioXPhi Summit 2025 | Institute for Biomedical Ethics | University of Basel
Institute for Biomedical Ethics
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The deadline for the EASP summer school has been extended to 8th Jan! All topics below ⬇️ @jimaceverett.bsky.social and I are co-leading the Moral Psychology & AI workstream - interested PhD students, please do apply! Get in touch if you have any questions 🙂
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
In January, I'll be leaving Keele Uni. It's been an exciting 4-years & I'll miss my awesome colleagues (& idyllic campus). In 2025, I'm joining the School of Psychology at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social & creating the Moral Minds Lab 🧠 On to the next adventure... But first...rest & holidays🎄
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Cool to see our research led by @rkapitany.bsky.social summarised in the New Scientist @newscientist.bsky.social! Does Santa make children act nicer around Christmas?
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Not that other guy, that's for sure @neogliberal.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Happy to release a pre-print 5 years in the making! "A two-wave longitudinal study of children’s prosocial behavior during Christmas." It's currently under review at Current Research in Behavioral Sciences. Watch this space. osf.io/preprints/os...
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Could anyone help me to track down *accurate* statistics on the number of vegans and vegetarians across countries worldwide? I'm looking for accurate country-level data - TIA!
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Kristof Dhont @kristofdhontphd.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
📣 Excited to announce the PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025! July 2–5, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh The conference brings together researchers from the social & behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world Info and updates: phair2025.co.uk
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Excited to be involved in this and to be working with @jimaceverett.bsky.social! Please do apply to join us in lovely Canterbury next summer. #moralpsychology #EASP
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
The power of virtual reality… Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised? www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The power of virtual reality | BPS
Ella Rhodes hears from those using the technology: has its early promise been realised?
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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Excited to announce that through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (moralconsortium.psu.edu), I will be hosting a special cross-over conference with the Moral Psychology Research Group (sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) this November! More details below... 1/n
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Cillian McHugh @cillianmchugh.bsky.social · 09/04/2024
And Published!! (at www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.ul.ie/science/arti... ) We clarify the influences of and instrumentality (means/side-effects) personal force on moral judgments Again thanks to coauthors @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons!
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Cillian McHugh @cillianmchugh.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
After a very quick minor revisions this has now been accepted! 🥳🥳🥳 (With @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social @jimaceverett.bsky.social & Shane Timmons )
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Kristof Dhont @kristofdhontphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
New research by Maria Ioannidou et al shows that increased awareness of harm to dairy cows reduces moral concern & mind attribution to cows, yet also increases dairy reduction intentions, especially among those higher on speciesism www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
If you're free and want to attend a public lecture I'm giving in Oxford on moral decision making in #VR please join :) 👇 30th November 10.30am Oxford Martin School #moralpsych bookwhen.com/uehiro#focus...
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
My fantastic colleague Claire Monroy is looking for a postgraduate RA to assist with an EEG project investigating cognitive development of deaf & hearing infants. Please share widely! #AcademicTwitter #psychology ce0639li.webitrent.com/ce0639li_web...
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Kathryn Francis @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
PhD opportunity in Psychology at Keele University(UK)! If you're interested in human-animal relations, speciesism, and dietary identity please get in touch with me 😊 Please share widely #moralpsychology #psychology #PhD www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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PhD studentships in the School of Psychology at Keele University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Programme - PhD studentships in the School of Psychology at Keele University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Cillian McHugh @cillianmchugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
International Moral Psychology Seminar Series returns this October 2nd at 12pm EST. Flashtalk: Brandon Bretl Main talk: Niels Skovgaard-Olsen With @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social and Jim Everett (not sure if he's here yet) Click below to register #PsychSciSky #SocialPsycSky
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IMP Seminar Series Monday 2nd October: Dr. Niels Skovgaa...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IMP Seminar Series Monday 2nd October: Dr. Niels Skovgaard-Olsen & Dr. Brandon Bretl. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining...
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