Police use of force perceived as illegitimate can make a peaceful crowd become united in opposition to the police (and have enduring consequences)

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What happens psychologically when police use illegitimate and indiscriminate force against a peaceful crowd?

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And we seem these very same processes mapping out as a result of the policing of the campus based protests in the US. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

📢 The deadline to submit an abstract for our annual conference has been extended! You now have until May 15th to submit an abstract for symposia (panel talks) and non-symposia options (blitz talks or posters). We look forward to reading your abstracts!

Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

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I am currently @ the UKAIS 2024 conference (having a lovely time!!) but I recently wrote a brief methodological piece for the Social Psychological Review (BPS Social Psychology Section ). It's about using critical discursive psychology to explore gender-related issues such as sexting. 😊

Post-Doc Position in Moral Psychology of AI at the University of Kent, UK easp.eu/job-offers/itm…

There is still time to nominate for the 2024 BPS Social Psychology Section’s awards to Early Career Researcher and Distinguished Contribution to Social Psychology!

New research about Sweden's flight-free movement, highlighting the role of prefiguration in creating new values, meanings, and identities around avoiding (rather than merely replacing) non-essential forms of consumption.
Giulio Mattioli Michał Czepkiewicz Jörgen Larsson Johannes Stripple

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We would like to hear from people who deliver psychological therapies to talk to you about the things that might help or hinder addressing sleep disturbances as part of your routine practice.

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Type ‘how to talk about politics’ into Google and the first auto-fill suggested search is ‘…without fighting’.

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It's the Crowds & Identities regular meeting, expertly convened by Freya Mills, and with presentation on her important work on hope in collective action (at Bristol Black Lives Matter statue-toppling event) from Magi Young.

If you're interested in getting involved, the deadline for our special issue on economic inequality in qualitative psychology is this week!

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