Nasrallah, from Defiant Resistance to Calculated Restraint by Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail nowlebanon.com/nasrallah-from…

Honoured to receive the 2024 Best Dissertation Award from the ISPP Grateful for this recognition and motivated to continue this important work! Shoutout to my supervisors and colleagues Nikhil Sengupta Prof Aleksandra Cichocka Joe Phillips PSYPOL 📊 Psychology & Public Policy Research Unit PolPsych_Kent

حوار مفتوح للطلبة والشباب يوم السبت.

Will Salameh Be Prosecuted? by Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail nowlebanon.com/will-salameh-b…

Open War or Targeted Invasion? by Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail nowlebanon.com/open-war-or-ta…

The latest escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, now officially named Operation Northern Arrows by Israel, has pushed Lebanon into a new chapter of devastation, Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail writes: nowlebanon.com/escalation-acc…

🚨New preprint! 🚨 To address intergroup violence, we must understand its psychological drivers. Dehumanization is widely seen as a key driver. Yet, some argue it's just a way to express dislike. If true, dehumanization theories may misrepresent the motives behind violence. 🧵👇

5/ In each sample, dehumanization strongly predicted support for violence (top left panel of the fig below), over and above several measures of dislike and hostile personality traits. Indeed, dehumanization was often the strongest predictor out of all variables considered.

8/ Finally, a well-powered experiment isolated dehumanization’s causal impact on violence. Reducing dehumanization through a media intervention significantly decreased support for violence (green path in fig below), again after extensively controlling for dislike.

10/ In so doing, they clarify our understanding of the psychology driving violence and can inform efforts to ameliorate it. Full paper here: doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…

بعد الإستماع الى الخطاب الهزيل والذي فشل فيه في الخروج من السردية المتهاوية، والإستماع الى ميقاتي وحديثه عن رغبة في وقف إطلاق للنار وإرسال الجيش الى الجنوب وتطبيق ال١٧٠١؛ أصبح واضحاً أن الحزب خارج القرار السياسي للدولة وأن على عاتق بري مسؤولية الإنتقال الى الدولة.

مع استمرار العدو الإسرائيلي في اعتداءاته الهمجية المتزايدة على مختلف المناطق اللبنانية، تناول بعض وسائل الإعلام معلومات غير دقيقة حول انسحاب الجيش من مراكزه الحدودية الجنوبية لعدة كيلومترات في ظل تحضيرات العدو لتنفيذ عملية برية داخل الأراضي اللبنانية. يهم قيادة الجيش أن توضح أن

Israeli escalation, regional hesitance, and domestic uncertainty, Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail writes "Lebanon in the Crossfire": nowlebanon.com/lebanon-in-the…

The End of Hezbollah, by Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail nowlebanon.com/the-end-of-hez…

Hezbollah, Iran, US, and Israel: From Anticipated Deals to Uncertain Outcomes, Dr. Ramzi Abou-Ismail writes: nowlebanon.com/hezbollah-iran…

#YACtalk جلسة نقاش عن وضع البلد 🎤 Join us for a crucial conversation with MP Najat Saliba and Dr. Ramzi Abou Ismail 💻 Zoom 🗓️ Thursday, November 7, 2024 ⏰ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Lebanon Time) 📣 Every voice matters—let yours be heard! 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/j2vghAdhPUzYsA…

So thrilled that this paper showing how perceptions of discrimination are shaped by one’s social networks over time, led by Chloe Bracegirdle and with Nils Reimer, Danny Osborne, Ralf Wölfer and Chris G Sibley, has received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from SPSSI