Events

Digitalization of Youth’s Development: Attention to Body Image and Sexuality

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Digitalization of Youth’s Development: Attention to Body Image and Sexuality Prof. Chelly Maes (Université libre de Bruxelles) Prof. Chelly Maes (ULB, Department of Information and Communication Sciences) is an interdisciplinary communication scientist whose work focuses on the digitalization of youth development. She recently received an ERC starting grant for her project GENSCOPE, where she will […]

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Climate inaction: where is the “bug”? From cognitive limits to intergroup dynamics

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Climate inaction: where is the “bug”? From cognitive limits to intergroup dynamics Dr. Camille Langlais (Université libre de Bruxelles) Psychologists have studied the reasons for climate inaction since the 1990s. One widely studied barrier is psychological distance: in Western countries, climate change was long assumed to be perceived as affecting distant others, in remote places […]

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COVID memory in Belgium

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COVID memory in Belgium Dr. Magali Beylat (Université libre de Bruxelles) The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on people’s life worldwide, but what do people remember of this period? Collective memory, which we define here as shared individual memory of events, is influenced by the way people experienced the events, but also by their […]

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Reconciling Transparency and Theoretical Coherence: An Argumentation Framework to Design of Follow-Up Studies

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Reconciling Transparency and Theoretical Coherence: An Argumentation Framework to Design of Follow-Up Studies Dr. Kenzo Nera (FRS-FNRS, ULB, Belgium) Abstract: We contend that an overlooked cause of the tendency not to report null results – namely, the “file drawer” problem – lies in the difficulty of making coherent arguments out of mixed and non-significant results. […]

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Reimagining Intergroup Apologies: A Bottom-Up Approach to Social Cohesion

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Reimagining Intergroup Apologies: A Bottom-Up Approach to Social Cohesion Prof. Yasin Koç (University of Groningen, Netherlands) Abstract: Research on intergroup apologies has typically focused on official apologies and asked whether they are perceived as sincere, reduce collective guilt, or promote forgiveness. In this talk, I will argue that this emphasis overlooks two central actors in […]

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Improving Mediation Analysis in Psychology: Addressing Illusory Indirect Effects Driven by Causal Heterogeneity

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Improving Mediation Analysis in Psychology: Addressing Illusory Indirect Effects Driven by Causal Heterogeneity Prof Hilary Bergsieker (University of Waterloo, Canada) Statistical mediation analysis is both contested and widely used in psychology for testing theories about causal processes. First, I present a scoping review of mediation analyses from 3,889 eligible articles published between 2023 and 2024 in […]

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Addressing Multiple Memories of Past Ingroup Transgressions: Psychological Underpinnings of Inclusive and Exclusive Collective Memory Approaches

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Addressing Multiple Memories of Past Ingroup Transgressions: Psychological Underpinnings of Inclusive and Exclusive Collective Memory Approaches Carmen Lienen and Fiona Kazarovytska (Philipps-Universität & University of Mainz) Historical perpetrator groups are often implicated in multiple transgressions, yet psychological research on collective memory has predominantly focused on isolated instances of wrongdoing. The present research advances this literature by […]

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We are not rational beings: how we perceive our environment as a social group is influenced by emotions, and vice versa. Studying the link between emotions and social representations

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We are not rational beings: how we perceive our environment as a social group is influenced by emotions, and vice versa. Studying the link between emotions and social representations Dr. Sarah Leveaux (ULB, Brussels) The classical model of the rational human being is no longer adequate to explain collective sense-making. We argue that social perception is […]

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