Our article on #polarization and the role of #influencers with John Betts & Mioara Cristea-Sanmarty, PhD is out today, please have a look! We discuss our findings based on #AgentBasedModelling of an ideologically divided society. pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orm…

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is familiar to many, but we all inevitably fail at some point to live up to its advice. The problem with the past is that there’s just so much of it, and most of us have our hands full simply dealing with the

Great start of the #ISPP2024 Santiago de Chile conference with ⁦Robb Norrie⁩’s excellent talk on Populism and positive emotions in Indonesia & Pakistan! ⁦ISPP⁩ ⁦Ihsan Yilmaz, ihsanylmz.bsky.social⁩ ⁦Open Research, University of Dundee⁩ ⁦Doctoral Academy, University of Dundee⁩

Awesome research by Mikey Biddlestone on the possibility of reducing conspiracy theories by inducing meta-conspiratorial beliefs. #ispp2024

Our panel on cross-cultural perspectives on populism at #ISPP2024 started well with ⁦Robb Norrie⁩’s presentation on digital populism and using AI in conducting systematic reviews! Well-done Robb!⁩ Ihsan Yilmaz, ihsanylmz.bsky.social⁩ ⁦Open Research, University of Dundee⁩ ⁩ ⁦⁦Deakin University⁩

Second talk in our #ISPP2024 panel was by ⁦Daniel Barnett⁩ - a comparative analysis of narratives of Christian and Islamic far-right groups in the US and Turkey. Excellent!👋 ⁦Ihsan Yilmaz, ihsanylmz.bsky.social⁩ ⁦Deakin University⁩ Open Research, University of Dundee⁩

Next, ⁦Daniel Courtney⁩ presented exciting results #ISPP2024 relations between media consumption, belief in conspiracy theories & collective action in Turkish & Indian diasporas in Australia. Well-done, Danny! ⁦Ihsan Yilmaz, ihsanylmz.bsky.social⁩ ⁦Deakin University⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦UoD Psychology⁩

The fourth talk in our panel #ISPP2024 on nostalgia in the rhetoric of pro and anti populist parties in Pakistan was by Chloe Smith ⁦Deakin University with⁩ ⁦Ihsan Yilmaz, ihsanylmz.bsky.social⁩. Her first talk at an international conference & what a brilliant job! 👋

日本人の学者へ このポッドキャストで、どんどんアメリカの学者はここからブルースカイに移動してるって。 しかも、まだ日本人の学者は見てない（それはポッドキャストじゃなくて、自分のコメント😉） fourbeers.com/115

信じられない、心が痛い。 #SUMO #Hakuho #tochinoshin