Dr Sara Vestergren
@SwedishProtests
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PhD, social psychologist at Keele University, specialising in the Psychology of collective action. Views my own. She/her, born at 338.7ppm
Wirral, UK
Joined July 2013
Interested in my & @ProfJohnDrury paper "How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time"? But limited in time(or energy)? See abstract below. Full text available #openaccess
https://t.co/1K6bmUdsUr … #protest #CollectiveAction #activism
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Very excited to host the excellent @metesefauysal & @yasemin_gulsum to give a research talk at @KeelePsychology @KeeleUniversity today
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'The horror of today and the terror of tomorrow: The role of future existential risks and present-day political risks in climate activism' New from @metesefauysal @nuurimt & @SwedishProtests
https://t.co/2k043TzTTA
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In response to the urgent global climate crisis, climate activism has risen as a potent force. Decision-making regarding climate collective action includes individuals' perceptions of the anticipat...
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Time to re-read 'When do disasters trigger protests? A conceptual view of the connection between disasters, injustice, and protests', from @SwedishProtests @metesefauysal & @DrSelinTekin_
https://t.co/jkkyRa3igu
frontiersin.org
People around the globe are affected by disasters far beyond the disaster properties. Given that certain social groups are affected disproportionately, disas...
Incidents have occurred at Valencia City Hall, with clashes reported between protesters and police. Organizers had urged participants to keep the protest peaceful and to reject any violence. https://t.co/wmONpmrSTQ
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There is nothing called #naturaldisasters Disasters are political phenomena which can be followed by political response from public (experience injustice). Please see our (@SwedishProtests and @metesefauysal ) work: https://t.co/6gmaY2ka6l Thanks @ProfJohnDrury for sharing it.
frontiersin.org
People around the globe are affected by disasters far beyond the disaster properties. Given that certain social groups are affected disproportionately, disas...
Time to re-read 'When do disasters trigger protests? A conceptual view of the connection between disasters, injustice, and protests', from @SwedishProtests @metesefauysal & @DrSelinTekin_
https://t.co/jkkyRa3igu
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I'm co-editing a special issue of @PAC_journal together with @feadeh & @GhawinRiver! Submit your abstract by February 1st, 2025 if you work on #peace education! Special thanks to the amazing @lauraktaylorPHD for making this possible. #peace #education #history
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology invites manuscript submissions for a Special Issue co-edited by @alma_jeftic, @feadeh & @GhawinRiver. 🗓️Submit an abstract by 1st Febraury 2025: https://t.co/lhOJXUWLwT More details: https://t.co/EGmwovadyD
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Come to my talk -- updated link to book a place: https://t.co/F23XWjDnFv
Come to my professorial lecture: “Why crowd behaviours matter -- for psychology and society” At @Sussex_Psych @SussexUni on 26th November https://t.co/1REM06NWce
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Thread of recommended readings on the problematic concept of 'panic' in the context of mass emergency behaviour.
1/ We're producing a second edition of our Glossary for Research on Human Crowd Dynamics... which is an opportunity for me to revisit some classics and new contributions on a well-worn concept in the literature... https://t.co/MYl5PNvosQ
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Now that our lab page is live, you can see what we are doing at the Conflict and Collective Action Lab at @Sussex_Psych! https://t.co/BCuoNhf7mq
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Really pleased (and nervous) to announce my inaugural lecture will be on the 10th December. @KeelePsychology
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Very excited to see this: a National Geographic documentary about one of the biggest frauds in social science—the Stanford Prison Experiment. Based on all the new evidence. Thibault Le Texier in particular deserves major credit for his work uncovering the truth.
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Social Change Lab made a website that compiles key resources for activist groups, covering everything from finances, communications, theories of change and deciding which tactics to use. Check it out and feedback welcome!
activists-resource-hub.com
We’ve put this guide together to point you to some of the brilliant resources available for UK activists. Whether you’re new to campaigning and activism or busy doing the work, you probably have...
📢@SocChangeLab has launched the Activists Resource Hub, for people working to bring about social change! This resource has so much on offer, including great training and practical tools. https://t.co/UPmYF8mTCk⚡️
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Hi friends University of KwaZulu-Natal has advertised a number of posts in psychology. See all the links below. Professor /Associate Professor ( Clinical counselling, educational, industrial Psychology) https://t.co/gDToPNiS7c
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📣 Excited to announce the PHAIR Animal Advocacy Conference 2025! July 2–5, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh The conference brings together researchers from the social & behavioural sciences, & animal activists and advocates from around the world Info: https://t.co/d0c5Fbs63s
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The Crowds & Identities monthly meeting, expertly convened by @_freyamills, this week featuring presentation from @pjsaavedram on his important work on non-participants' view violence on protests
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Wealth inequality and community vitality affected public responses to the Australian “Black Summer” bushfires https://t.co/cJaGKKB2KE
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
This study investigates the adverse impact of community-level wealth inequality in the aftermath of a natural disaster, and explores the role of community strength (i.e., community identification,...
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Calling all filmmakers! 🎥 Entries are open for the 2025 Earth Stories Film Festival including a new “Local Filmmaker” category, which is open to residents of Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Cheshire. Read more ⬇️
keele.ac.uk
Organisers of a film festival set up by Keele University students to showcase stories about the climate crisis have announced a brand new category for local filmmakers.
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The community asked, and @JEnvPsych delivered! This new editorial confirms that the journal is now open to pure qualitative research once more. This is a great decision for inclusive, novel, and interdisciplinary research in environmental psychology. https://t.co/20yTCpUkQo
We hear responses will be coming soon on this very important issue about #qualitative research in environmental psychology. Fingers crossed we can effect change to keep our field’s main journal open to diversity of thought and knowledge production @JEnvPsych
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Great work from @SwedishProtests and colleagues @KeelePsychology
Following the Queen's death in September 2022, over 250,000 people queued to file past her coffin in Westminster Hall, allowing social psychologists to learn more about the social and cultural significance of this period of uncertainty ➡️ https://t.co/OchO0O0aAO
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Rim Saab’s powerful talk to @Sussex_Psych social psychologists today, presenting her recent research showing experimental social psych’s acquiescence to the settler-colonial status quo in historic Palestine.
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