Mete Sefa Uysal

Last two weeks!

The Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meeting Series meets again Mon, Feb 9: social psychologists (incl @tijana-et-al.bsky.social, @yasemingacar.bsky.social, @thia-sagh.bsky.social) & activists will discuss prefigurative movements in Lebanon, Serbia, & Turkey. Registration: tinyurl.com/prefigurative

Kurt Vonnegut's summary of what Susan Sontag saw as the lesson of the Holocaust

Here's the second-hand Susan Sontag quote, courtesy of Kurt Vonnegut

Just re-read the last paragraph of my and Megan Birney's chapter on Milgram in this great volume. Written a year and a half ago; might as well have been yesterday.

UK Culture and Psychology Meeting 2026: Indigenous Knowledges from the Majority World

The meeting will be held on 18-19 June 2026 at the University of Exeter. There is no participation fee. Submission deadline is March 15. More information in the submission link!

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Why some people speak up against prejudice, while others do not Repeated exposure to discrimination increased the likelihood of aggressive confrontation.

Repeated exposure to discrimination increased the likelihood of aggressive confrontation.

Why some people speak up against prejudice, while others do not Repeated exposure to discrimination increased the likelihood of aggressive confrontation.

I wrote about our recent paper for @uk.theconversation.com

"...it does mean that judging these responses without understanding their cultural roots risks blaming individuals for navigating systems that were never designed to protect them."

theconversation.com/why-some-peo...

Research Associate in Psychology Dr. Eric Shuman at the University of Virginia invites applications for a post-doctoral research associate with expertise in the social psychology of social protest, social change, and/or in big data, ...

I am looking to recruit a postdoc to join my lab next fall, & work on projects focused on online mobilization with social media datasets - see more details here: bit.ly/4r49x9b . If anyone knows of someone with relevant skills who is looking for a postdoc- please pass this on!

The Psychology of Crowd Behavior This review describes the social identity approach to crowd behavior. Research based on the social identity approach to crowds has grown significantly in the last 20 years, both quantitatively and qua...

'The Psychology of Crowd Behavior', Annual Review of Psychology

Final, peer-reviewed version now available open access.

Please share.

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

'Beyond the politics of demand: Prefigurative politics and the future of collective action research'

New pre-print from @swedishprotests.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social and others with important argument about how social psych approaches collective action

osf.io/preprints/ps...

Not always true that 'non-violence is key', though. Plenty of riots have led to social changes... And many effective movements have include both violence and non-violence.
@metesefauysal.bsky.social @pjsaaved.bsky.social

📣 Last paper of the year is out in the British Journal of Social Psychology! #OpenAccess

Honour across borders: How cultural norms shape prejudice confrontation in migration contexts

doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

Call for contributions for the small meeting on the social psychology of prefigurative politics is open! 🤩 This is a slightly different conference, check out the info sheet to learn more - even if you haven't worked on prefiguration yet 😉

So excited about this!

drive.google.com/file/d/1nsof...

Public worry about Palestine Action ban’s impact on UK democracy, new survey finds

Evidence that the ban affects:
- willingness to protest
- trust in government
- perception of divisions in UK

More here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Full report: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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This was a recorded session based on participants' consents and it is now available in the Resistance Psychology Network's Youtube channel:

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Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.

This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Are you looking for a PhD at the University of Exeter? If you’re a citizen or permanent resident of China consider applying to this scheme: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Check out the PhD projects that Exeter Psychology and I offer: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

The Psychology of Crowds and Leadership in the 2021 Capitol Insurrection

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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Beyond Dichotomies: Rethinking Protest Tactics and How They Shape Allyship by Mete Sefa Uysal (university of Exeter) Peer Review as Conversation (90 Minutes) Reviewers: Yasemin Gülsüm Acar (St Andrews University) and Carmen Marazzi (Clark University) Abstract: Allyship in social movements does not emerge in a vacuum. It unfolds in contested political and moral contexts where the tactics used by marginalised groups play a critical role in shaping support from the general public. Yet, existing scholarship often collapses diverse protest forms into binary categories like normative vs. nonnormative or conventional vs. radical. Recent studies on confrontational collective action (Uysal et al., 2024,2025) challenge existing categorisations that treat protest tactics as fixed and morally preferable over one another. It sees protest tactics as a continuum in which they coexist within activists’ repertoires of resistance and shifts the focus to the conditions under which individuals transition between tactics against repression. Following this critique, I aim to discuss when confrontational and disruptive actions hinder and catalyse solidarity and allyship, rather than treating them as inherently alienating. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/disruptive-protest Monday, November 10, 2025 Vancouver, Canada: 9:00; New York, United States: 12:00; London, United Kingdom: 17:00; Ramallah, Palestine: 19:00 The picture includes a headshot of Mete Sefa Uysal wearing glasses and a vertically striped shirt in a green leafy background. The picture also includes a QR code for the registration link also added to the original post.

The next session of Psychology of Resistance Virtual Meetings is next Monday, November 10:

We do a peer review as conversation with @metesefauysal.bsky.social on confrontational-disruptive protests,
@yasemingacar.bsky.social and Carmen Marazzi as discusants

To register: tinyurl.com/disruptive-p...

Are you looking for a PhD at the University of Exeter? If you’re a citizen or permanent resident of China consider applying to this scheme: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Check out the PhD projects that Exeter Psychology and I offer: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

A well-attended Crowds & identities, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, with presentation on his important work on collective action for Uyghur Muslims in China among Muslims in Turkey and the United Kingdom, by @metesefauysal.bsky.social

ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter

This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...

If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict

#PaCT
We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures"
📅 Monday, October 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST
📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z

Save the date! Next September we work on integrating social psychology and prefigurative politics, in a beautiful location :)

@fmsmallfield.bsky.social @metesefauysal.bsky.social @daclarkecruz.bsky.social @eddieclarke.bsky.social @helenlandmann.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that the 7th International Conference on Social Identity and Health will be returning to its roots at the University of Exeter.

Tuesday 23rd – Friday 26th June 2026

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS – deadline for Abstracts Monday 1st December: www.icsih.org/submissions