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🏳️‍🌈New paper alert! Excited to see our paper (/w Christiane Büttner and Sven Kachel) on #ostracism of sexual minorities published in Society for Personality and Social Psychology PSPB!

Want to learn more about #LGB ostracism, but have no time for reading yet another paper? No problem, just check out the press release or the reel with Christiane Büttner !

It‘s always great to be back at University of Basel , particularly to the 10th anniversary of the PhD program #societyandchoice that I attended and later on helped to coordinate! Amazing to see how the program developed in recent years and to reconnect with my former colleagues!

Excited to welcome Muireann O'Dea coming in as a new member to join our lab! Welcome to Germany and to RPTU, Muireann!

Incredibly proud of Christiane Büttner who masterfully defended her PhD in August. Congratulations and well done, Dr. Büttner - I am excited so see what will come next for you!

If your X feed is suddenly full of explicit content, it is likely because you were following a popular academic satire account („Shit Academics Say“) that got hacked. Unfollowing the account will fix the issue!

Kicking off the winter semester with a visit by Maayan Dvir from אוניברסיטת רייכמן Reichman University today who gave an insightful talk about „Why we should treat sexual objectification as a form of of ostracism“! It was great to have you here, Maayan!

The right to vote is an important part of a democracy, but not everyone uses it. Natalia Bogatyreva has investigated how social exclusion impacts voting behavior. unibas.ch/en/News-Events…

New paper: buff.ly/3ZcAz30 During the Covid-19 pandemic, many researchers felt the urge to contribute to the societal goal of curbing infection rates and alleviating the stress people experienced. Many thus (hastily) did "Covid Research".

Super excited to see this great collaboration paper lead by Christoph Kenntemich and Christiane Büttner in print! Two studies with Twitter/Reddit data show that people post faster following an unpopular post, possible indicating a need for acknowledgement following exclusion on social media

I gave a public lecture 👩‍🏫 CampusKultur | TU Kaiserslautern RPTU about understanding and dealing with #ostracism tonight. Really enjoyed the stimulating discussion with a very engaged audience afterwards! ☺️#ostracismmatters #alittleattentioncangoalongway

Interested in ostracism research but tired of reading yet another experimental study? Then check out our paper led by Christiane Büttner about studying ostracism and responses to ostracism outside of the lab using experience sampling!

Good papers lead to more questions than they answer. That's because (as Blaise Pascal wrote) knowledge is like a sphere: the larger it gets the larger also its surface, which is its interface with the unknown.

While the silent treatment may seem like a temporary coping mechanism during conflicts, it is often used as a tool for manipulation, control, and punishment. Here's why it can be so harmful in relationships. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invisi…

🚨New paper alert! In a series of studies published in JPSP, our research team led by Christiane Büttner shows that grandiose narcissists report more ostracism - and why.

📍 We are pleased to announce the third edition of the summer school on Social Connections and Well-Being in the Digital Era. 📌 For more details on the program, the list of speakers, and logistics, visit the school’s homepage: cwde.lakecomoschool.org Registration is now open!