Please note we are now also organizing an online MEXCA workshop on February 21st between 20:00 and 22:00 CET, for those working in North American time zones. Again drop me an email if you are interested. Thanks to Amanda Friesen for suggesting this!

Join us as we continue to grow this interdisciplinary association focused on innovative research, funding of open science initiatives, and training for junior scholars. Happy to answer questions!

Upcoming Friday (20.10), we have the privilege of hosting Amanda Friesen all the way from Ontario, Canada (@WesternU) the #HotPoliticsLab . She will tell us about the dynamics of face-to-face political discourse. Join us in REC-B9.22 or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/la…

It was this story that drew me to Brighton when they came up. What. A. Club. Today we take on Europe. Up the Albion!

Brighton repping on drums for The National in Cincinnati. Orange kit on pointe in this city. Go Gulls! Brighton & Hove Albion Stateside Seagulls

We proudly present to you the #HotPoliticsLab speaker series schedule for the upcoming months! Almost every Friday at 3-4PM CET at the UvA and online. Make sure to be there!

I am honoured to officially announce I am in the latest cohort of Canada Research Chairs, a tremendous program providing resources and importantly TIME to advance innovation. Check out our work/my amazing team. Now accepting new PhDs for 2024! bodypoliticslab.amandafriesen.com

Reminder Association for Politics and the Life Sciences has a new competition for three grants of $4000. Details here: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9v…. These grants are part of our commitment to funding open science through registered reports. Apps are Due OCT 1st.

New paper with Neil Fasching & Vin Arceneaux: we find (at best) inconsistent and very weak evidence for a direct association between childhood personality and adult ideology. This is a conceptual replication of some earlier work. A short thread (1/12) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

Funding alert! Association for Politics and the Life Sciences is excited to announce a new grant competition for three grants of $4000. Details here: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9v…. These grants are part of our commitment to funding open science through registered reports.

Please join our Association for Politics and the Life Sciences reception on July 9 at ISPP in Montreal! Drinks & apps 8:30 to 11:00 pm. Thomson House, University of McGill. All are welcome! Hosted by APLS council members jordan mansell Aleks Ksiazkiewicz Amanda Friesen

If you ever wonder if you're doing things right/wrong with surveys, Scott Clifford usually has an article about that. This time - it's how to reduce the spread of conspiracy theories, while studying them (with Brian Sullivan): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

This project was an interesting puzzle with a great team, putting together data from various sources and levels of analysis. Stay tuned for the expansion into a Cambridge University Press Elements book in 2024!

I've loved this team for years but this season is unreal: 'And yet De Zerbi’s attractive, joyful version of Brighton are on course to reach Europe for the first time in the club’s history.'

Great workshop for academic job market folks looking to develop teaching philosophy statements. Bonus: Melissa Baker always has the best memes.

An interview in which I turn our book into plain speak hot takes. TLDR: Religion can be bad, religion can be good in a pandemic.

My friend Jaimie Arona Krems out here doing the empirical work we all sense to be true. Turns out we want mean girls and boys at our backs.

📢If you want to present your paper at ISPP annual meeting in Montreal, PLEASE register now or decline. We need to start building the program ASAP so everyone knows when they are presenting!

For the Palmer House catwalk, please see thread below. Suit jackets cannot be worn with jeans! Figure out sport coats, my friends.

Fascinating work on bilingual response bias.