Gizem Arikan

Very much looking forward to the opportunity to present our work on Friday and to the discussion!

Many thanks to @sotonpolitics.bsky.social for the invitation and the opportunity to share this work with such an engaged audience. I truly appreciated the generous feedback and questions on this work in progress, and the friendly and welcoming department!

Applications are open for the 2026 ISPP Academy!
The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Academy takes place July 13–15, 2026 at the University of Newcastle, UK.
Deadline: March 1, 2026
Apply here: https://bit.ly/3LTXX1E

Now officially published in jpeaceresearch.bsky.social.

Link to full-text:
academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

#PoliticalScience #PoliticalPsychology

Photo of Trinity College Dublin taken by Stefan Müller

Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:

– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in Political Economy at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Political Economy at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

🚨Our department @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social is advertising three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions:

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We definitely should! Celebrations are in order 😊

Congratulations, Laura! 👏🤩

Is Christian religiosity driving backlash against Muslims in Western Europe? 📺 Watch the video, or read the full paper (open access) here 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Many of the ARDA's learning modules have been updated to include the latest data from the 2024 General Social Survey. These modules are designed to be incorporated into class syllabi or used for individual skill development.

Explore and download the modules at www.thearda.com/teaching/col....

Immigrants’ attitudes towards immigration: convergence towards majority views or ethnoracial polarization? After decades of research on attitudes towards immigration among the ethnic majority, scholarly interest has recently shifted to investigate these attitudes among immigrants themselves. Drawing on ...

New publication on immigrant attitudes toward immigration in 🇫🇷

We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

And why is this important? Because most research assumes minority groups respond uniformly to discrimination, but our findings reveal that education and integration create vastly different coping strategies within the same community!

This is consistent with a dissociation-detachment mechanism, where more integrated members of a stigmatized group distance themselves from the in-group to buffer against the negative psychological impacts of discrimination.

🔗Link to pre-print: gizemarikan.com/wp-content/u...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel we find nuanced effects of terrorism on Muslims in Germany: More educated and more integrated respondents are less likely to feel discriminated against after attacks, compared to those with lower levels of education or integration.

Abstract of effect of terrorism on religious minorities' perceived discrimination, Journal of Peace Research

🎉 Very happy to share that our paper with Judit Ralbovszki got accepted at the Journal of Peace Research!

Most research focuses on the effect of terrorism on majority attitudes, but what about the minorities who often become targets of backlash?

We cannot allow this to stand anymore! We have prepared a petition calling for a boycott of the next ISPP 2026 conference in Newcastle, UK, unless the Executive Committee resigns or responds to our concerns. Please read and sign the petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Is there a link between supporting authoritarianism and personal religiosity? 🤔

The latest in the school's excellent Meet the Expert series, with Prof @gizemarikan.bsky.social discusses this fascinating question. Watch below!

@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

... and if you want a longer answer with less emocis and more footnotes, you can check out our research on religious motivations and my paper on authoritarianism here:

🔗https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10384055
🔗https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9902901/pdf/10.1177_01461672211070923.pdf

Is authoritarianism linked to religiosity? Here’s my bite-sized answer in an 80-second video! ⏱️📽️👇

24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026 24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026

PSA: If you're currently in Prague for #ISPP2025, you might also like joining the 24 Hours of Political Psychology in Vienna in February!
No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊
Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026

And just like that, the 2025 #ISPPAcademy has wrapped! 🎉 Huge thanks to our incredible fellows for their engagement, enthusiasm, and vibrant energy throughout. My sincere gratitude also goes out to our dedicated instructors, and to my amazing assistant Sofia Jesus and the event team. 🙂 #ISPP2025

Thank you for the nice words, Martin. I hope to see you in one of the future ISPP meetings -hopefully next year?

For our last session of the day, we're with Shawn Rosenberg debating the causes and consequences of the rise of right-wing populism.

Thanks to our fellows for all the thought-provoking and engaging questions! @polpsyispp.bsky.social

Day 3 of the #ISPPAcademy! We had highly engaging discussions starting with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social's session on the emotions and democratic politics and the cutting-edge research done in the #HotPoliticsLab.

We then continued with ‪@iriszez.bsky.social discussing conspiracy theories.

Congratulations, Gijs!

The last session of the day featured ‪@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social‬'s research on the developmental peacebuilding model and all the exciting work happening at her Helping Kids Lab:
🔗 helpingkidslab.com

📢 Laura is also hiring two postdocs! More info here:
bsky.app/profile/laur...

We then had a great discussion with @lizsuhay.bsky.social on causal attributions in politics and her upcoming book 📘 Debating the American Dream: How Explanations for Inequality Polarize Politics.
To learn more about her book 👇 www.russellsage.org/publications...

On Day 2 of the @polpsyispp.bsky.social‬ #ISPPAcademy, we kicked things off with Nicholas Valentino’s lecture on best practices for public opinion survey measurement. ✏️

Looking forward to your session today, Laura! 🙂

Our very own Academy fellows also led insightful brainstorming sessions.

An inspiring first day! We're already looking forward to tomorrow! 🙂