This week, I had the privilege of organising a celebration of women in academia with @holmyers.bsky.social. International Women's Day occurs on the 8th of March and is an important celebration to commemorate women's fight for equality. We had an incredible selection of amazing speakers ♀️ 🎓
It's #EatingDisorderAwarenessWeek - a time for support, advocation & learning. Yet disabled/neurodivergent experiences are less well known.
Help change that! If you're UK based, are 18+, and identify as neurodivergent AND/OR disabled please take part in my study!
tinyurl.com/2k2rmre3
#EDAW2026
Job alert!!
We're looking for a Postdoc and two RAs on a 3-year project examining the effects of smartphones on sleep and mental health in adolescents. Details below:
RA: tinyurl.com/7h6zrz2k
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/ykmsk757
Please repost :)
Looking for schools in the Yorkshire area to take part in my research!
From next year, it will be compulsory for schools to teach about online misogyny! 📱
Does your school want to be ahead of the game in trialling a new intervention lesson for online misogyny? @ellenrlavender.bsky.social is looking for Year 7 classes in/around York to participate in an "Understanding Sexism" lesson in the new year. Find out more at sunray.york.ac.uk/research-opp...
What an incredible woman and life well lived ❤️ A childhood inspiration and role model for so many of us who have gone on to study animal minds & behaviour 🐵🦍🦧
Searching for participants! If you could please share with your schools I’d be very grateful!
This is something that will be compulsory to teach in schools from September 2026!
I'm looking for secondary schools in the Yorkshire area to take part in an intervention to help children critically engage with sexist content online!
If you know any teachers or schools that might be interested, please ask them to drop me an email on erl541@york.ac.uk for more information :)
Flashcards with notes on for a lesson
Getting ready for data collection at the end of September has me revisiting my revision days! Catch me delivering a manosphere intervention in schools 📱👩🏫
Congratulations!
Trying to wrap these up before September- so close now! 😮💨Looking for people based in York to take part in an interoceptive lab experiment and/or an MEG experiment. Reimbursement for both. See details: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l... @cejpreston.bsky.social @alexandrapike.bsky.social
📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
New report on understanding the drivers of declining youth mental health
To effectively respond to worsening mental health, we need to understand not just what is happening, but *why*
We used an evidence-based approach to unpack common explanations
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youthfuturesfoundation.org/publication/...
Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...
Thank you!
Delayed post due to travelling down to Glastonbury straight after, but excited to share that I attended my first conference as a PhD student!
I presented a poster of my proposed methodology at the Annual Psychology PGR Conference for the University of York and York St John.
When your team's work - based on six years of research - gets cited but the core message is ignored, because 38 men say it's no big deal 😡 @mantrap.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"[MGTOW] been described as misogynistic, but Ofcom’s interviewees insisted it was not because it was about choosing to live without women, not hating them."
Fun fact: there is rather a lot of woman hating
source: I literally wrote a book about this group
If you're interested in @ellenrlavender.bsky.social's work more broadly, you can sign up to be contacted about future opportunities via the QR code below.
Two new research opportunities! @ellenrlavender.bsky.social & team have developed a lesson to encourage adolescents to critically engage with sexist social media content. They are looking for (a) teacher feedback via focus groups, & (b) Year 7 classes to trial. See sunray.york.ac.uk/research-opp...
Thank you Lucy (sorry I've only just seen this) - my lab studies online misogyny!
Hello! I'm looking for teachers to take part in upcoming research projects for my PhD. If you're a teacher interested in taking part the link is here: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
I'd appreciate it if you could share with any teachers you know too who might be interested!
Late to the party due to forgetting BlueSky exists but! I'm super proud of this piece and look forward to taking this train of thought further in the future
TL;DR of it: BMI should be used with careful and specifc consideration, nuance, and contextual acknowledgement
#BMI
New #ECR blog posts! 🔥
Georgie Burton @gburton221.bsky.social dives into the (in)appropriateness of Body Mass Index (#BMI), exploring its history, its role in discrimination, and whether these measures should even be used. Read her thought-provoking analysis here: shorturl.at/sPq7y
|| New Publication (Nature Communications)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
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Hello I am still looking for people to participate in my first PhD project.
If you are someone who struggles with disordered eating or supports individuals with disordered eating your help would be much appreciated.
Please email me at holly.myers@york.ac.uk for the link to take part 😊
A new study by @yorkpsychology.bsky.social has shown that 90% of secondary school teachers and 68% of primary teachers strongly feel that schools would benefit from teaching material addressing online misogyny
#Openaccess paper available in @plosone.org 🔓 📃
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299339
Very proud of you 🥺🧡
