Curious about how psychological theories are built, tested, and refined in practice? This summer, the Theory Methods Society is launching the very first edition of the summer school Theory Building in Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (July 6β10, 2026).
theorymethodssociety.org
In Criminology we follow Schwartz paper too literally
I've just made live the updated website that accompanies my R book (www.discovr.rocks) - it's mostly finished: almost all of the chapter solutions/task solutions are done, data are live, updated info about the `discovr` package of interactive tutorials, and it's had a face lift.
Just epic (stolen from DanielTutt@TuttReal)
Me: oil on canvass
by Podeti
Epic
'God created war so that Americans would learn geography'
Mark Twain
I think I already shared this with you previously but is the best synthesis of this problem:
www.youtube.com/shorts/Pbl9Z...
Utopia
Imagine a world where colleagues at seminars and conferences ask only real questions and stop asking the βlook how intelligent and deep I amβ ones
Let's make this part of criminal law
An intro higher than 300 words, 10 years of prison; higher than 1000 words, death penalty
Oldies but goldies
My therapist had been asking me to tell her my dreams for months.
The day I finally share two dreams I had is the day she tells me Iβm fine, I donβt need any more therapyβ¦ and that sheβs planning to retire.
True story
RIP Robert Duvall.
Gave us one of the greatest lines in film history:
βI love the smell of napalm in the morningβ¦ it smells likeβ¦ victory.β
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx5N...
Great interview to George Loewenstein on hot-cold empahty gaps!
socialsciencebites.libsyn.com/george-loewe...
Optimism
by Esteban Podeti
True mark of a great mentor: they donβt leave traces or found a religion of apostles defending their theory
In criminology, you can often tell exactly who someoneβs supervisor was, and that says a lot
www.independent.org/tir/2024-fal...
Role model of academic article title
If you ever want to understand the UK higher education system and particuarly the University of Manchester, this great paper on how underachivers and mediocrity dominate secret police institutions hits close to home
Uruguay ranks among the best destinations in the world to travel to in 2026, according to the BBC
The BBC continues in its slow but steady process of annihilating its journalistic reputationβ¦
Unless this is a subtle display of British sarcasm.
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
Check this useful systematic review on RRD on crime and justice!
Hero without a cape
British scientist has forced a leading US cancer research institute to pay a $15m legal settlement after trawling through scientific papers in his spare time!
www.thetimes.com/article/3113...
No hay nadie aca, solo unos pocos academicos progres encerrados en una burbuja π₯
βοΈπ₯Ά manchester picadilly π₯ΆβοΈ
New Yearβs resolution: stop talking to people who are already convinced
Romantics still alive nowadays!
A marriage proposal...in snow βοΈπ°