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Hey everyone! We are introducing the first part of our Self-Assessment Team for Athena Swan, Heriot-Watt Social Sciences. Along with their other commitments, these members are working hard to help SoSS achieve the Athena Swan Bronze Award. Shoutout to all of them! 👏

Heriot-Watt Social Sciences

Negative intergroup contact: New meta-analysis of 238 samples “demonstrates that positive contact improves intergroup relations, but negative contact worsens them and is more impactful.” Open access: doi.org/10.1037/bul000… #Psychology

Thank you British Psychological Society for funding our UK Culture & Psychology Conference 2024 UCL via their Research Seminar Competition 2023! We had amazing talks by emeritus profs, lecturers, PhD and UG students from all over the world! A truly cross-cultural conference! #culture

Domestic abuse spikes 26% when England plays, 38% if they lose, and 11% the day after, win or lose. Women's safety is at the mercy of men who can’t control themselves over a football game. Yet women are labelled emotional and crazy.

Instead of celebrating the Paris 2024 Olympics. I am having a moment of silence for the child that was raped by Steven Van de Velde. theguardian.com/sport/article/…

Child rapist Steven van de Velde pictured before #Paris2024 opening ceremony. Not one person in this photo gives a single iota about victims and survivors of sexual violence. This might as well be a photo of a middle finger. Zero shame. Beach Team Nederland NOC*NSF TeamNL Lange Mannen

Looking to attend the #EdinburghFringe ? Stop by at my show on 'You Are Foreign Too' what's it about? See here: youtube.com/watch?v=WvjnlS… 15th of August, Tickets are here: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/you-r… Heriot-Watt University Centre for Applied Behavioural Sciences #culture #multiculturalism @CODIfringe

2023 then Home Secretary S Braverman said: "#Multiculturalism has failed" - really? Come to my show at #EdinburghFringe and let's have a discussion about this from a #psychological perspective. See also: youtube.com/watch?v=WvjnlS… 15th of August: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/you-r…

Humanity unfiltered at #EdinburghFringe #edinburghfringe2024 @CODIfringe tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/are-p…

Don’t worry if you missed Dr Katharina Addington-Lefringhausen performing her @CODIfringe debut at the The Stand today, she’s back on 15 August. Today’s room was packed, so get your tickets for “You’re Foreign Too!” now thestand.co.uk/fringe/2075/yo…

We’re back at @CODIfringe #edfringe today. Dr Katharina Addington-Lefringhausen will be presenting her solo show The Stand (Stand 5) at 1.40pm. In “You’re Foreign Too!” she’ll explore how we often adopt each other’s cultures, not just that immigrants adapt! thestand.co.uk/fringe/2075/yo…

Big thanks to everyone who supported me and engaged with my talk 'you are foreign too' or 'whether eating German Bratwurst turns you German'! Such a thrilling experience thanks to @CODIfringe, Susan Morrison and the brilliant The Stand at the #edfringe

If you missed Dr Katharina Addington-Lefringhausen or Alan J Gow over the first 2 weeks of #edfringe, in week 3 you’ve got *3* chances to see Psychology at Heriot-Watt team: Mioara Cristea-Sanmarty, PhD in Comedy for the Curious 20 Aug followed by Emily Messer PhD the next day; Mhairi Bowe SocPsy closes our run @CODIfringe 21 Aug. Full details in thread

In order to make elephants submit to elephant rides, they are taken from their mothers when babies and forced through a horrific training process known as "the crush," which involves physical restraints, inflicting severe pain, and withholding food and water. 💔

From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes, for research that "makes people laugh, then think". newscientist.com/article/244778…

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