John Kerr @SciComGuy
Science-Media-Psych Hybrid 🇳🇿 🇬🇧. Researching comms & comms-ing research @PHCCAotearoa @otago former post-doc @Cambridge_Uni. All views my own. New Zealand Joined February 2011-
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While the media focus more on 'dramatic' causes of death (🌪️⚡️🔥🗡️...), this doesn't appear to distort people's risk perceptions. Very interesting study! cc @alex_freeman @d_spiegel
While the media focus more on 'dramatic' causes of death (🌪️⚡️🔥🗡️...), this doesn't appear to distort people's risk perceptions. Very interesting study! cc @alex_freeman @d_spiegel
"We were reminded that an essential ingredient of any social research is for the data to be based on lived experience." @allyfgibson & @AmdBeattie grappling with AI responses in research: theconversation.com/something-felt… Via @ConversationEDU @VicUniWgtn #ArtificialIntelligence
Read this excellent conversation piece by @matthewmatix on our latest research. we report on evidence less in favour of a rabbit hole, and more in favour of a rabbit warren. cc @lingtax @SciComGuy @EddieJRClarke, Stephen Hill, and Hollie Mawson
Read this excellent conversation piece by @matthewmatix on our latest research. we report on evidence less in favour of a rabbit hole, and more in favour of a rabbit warren. cc @lingtax @SciComGuy @EddieJRClarke, Stephen Hill, and Hollie Mawson
📢📢 To what extent do people around the world trust scientists?🌍 We explored this question in 67 countries with a team of 239 researchers. Find out more about our project: tisp-manylabs.com The preprint of our main study is now available 👇 osf.io/preprints/osf/…
"As we see, with stark clarity, the influence of tobacco industry over the Govt’s smoking policies, so too we can see the strong influence of agricultural (and other) industries over the Govt’s approach to environmental policies." thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350165…
Do stereotypes about scientists' political orientation shape trust in science? Check out our new paper with @marlephie and Anna Schulte: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…
Behavioral science policy recommendations early in the pandemic were LARGELY CORRECT. Our global collaboration in @Nature covers 747 studies with an average sample size over 16,000! Evidence supports 16 of 19 claims, with lessons for science & policy. nature.com/articles/s4158…
We have a new report on Using Psychological Science to Understand and Fight Health #Misinformation This is a consensus report for @APA and @CDCgov from a team of misinformation experts on why people believe and spread misinformation We offer 8 recommendations: 1) Avoid…
🚨🚨🚨 Here's something I've been working on for months with a dedicated team of scientists and artists: an interactive feature explaining all the very, very troubling things now unfolding deep below us - and why they matter greatly to you and me nzherald.co.nz/nz/climate-cha…
Planning for future pandemics – Putting the case for an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control. @AmandaKvalsvig @Jemma_Geoghegan @ColinTukuitonga phcc.org.nz/briefing/why-w…
Do people think about #naturaldisasters and #naturalhazards differently? When it comes to preparation, maybe not so much. BUT they might /act/ differently, with important implications for public communication. Read a summary of our recent research here: eurekalert.org/news-releases/…
@PHCCAotearoa Briefing in @etangata @SciComGuy #childpoverty #HealthEquity
Want to know what Octopus.ac is, but don't want to sit through a long talk? Here are the principles in 2 animated minutes: youtu.be/SYVVoEsMZ4U
Sander van der Linden @Sander_vdLinden
16K Followers 2K Following @Cambridge_Uni Psychology Professor. Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation (2023) & The Psychology of Misinformation (2024).Paul Rudd Doppelganger
Kristian Steensen Nie.. @kristiansn89
5K Followers 3K Following Assistant Professor @cbssust @CBScph | Interested in behavior change, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation
mat marques, ph.d. ||.. @fabiovelo
1K Followers 1K Following bicycles, coffee, and social psychology. he/him. woiworung land.
Professor Karen Dougl.. @Karen_Douglas
6K Followers 988 Following Professor @UniKent @KentPsychology studying the psychology of #conspiracytheories @CONSPIRACY_FX and other interesting stuff. @easpinfo Secretary. She/her/hers.
S-J O'Connor @DrSJNZ
2K Followers 2K Following Doctor of Ecology, Journo, Cat Lady, Motorcyclist, she/her. Teaching Fellow @scieVUW, @SciComNZ president. Nō Awakairangi ahau 🇳🇿🇮🇪 On a social media break
Flavio Azevedo @Flavio_Azevedo_
3K Followers 931 Following Asst. Prof. in Interdisciplinary Social Science @Utrecht | Director of @FORRTproject | @Cambridge_Uni @FulbrightPrgrm. Open, collaborative & cumulative science.
Mikey Biddlestone @BiddlePsych
709 Followers 416 Following Research Associate @COSPIRACY_FX @KentPsychology @UniKent. Studying Misinformation | Conspiracy Beliefs | Political Psychology (he/him).
Alexandra Freeman @alex_freeman
5K Followers 315 Following Ex-Executive Director of the Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge. Creator of Octopus: https://t.co/sW4rtZPqUA
Samantha Stanley @SamanthaStanley
513 Followers 445 Following Social/environmental/political psychology researcher
Cameron Brick @CameronBrick
5K Followers 3K Following Behavior & environment. Uni of Amsterdam & Inland Norway Uni of Applied Sciences; Assoc. Editor 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷. 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 🔬 [email protected]
@[email protected] @TacianoMilfont
1K Followers 2K Following Briwi studying psychology since ages ago•Professor of Environmental Psychology•muso•surfer•dad•1st-gen PhD & Prof•Opinions mine••nullius in verba••🇧🇷🇳🇿
David Spiegelhalter @d_spiegel
87K Followers 386 Following Statistician: + evidence, risk, probability, chance, uncertainty. Emeritus Prof of Stats. Author Art of Statistics, co-author Covid by Numbers. Own opinions.
Niels G. Mede @nielsmede
2K Followers 843 Following 🔎 science communication researcher @uzh_ikmz and @wissbarometerCH | 🎓 PhD @uzh_ch | ⌛ formerly @oiioxford @UW_LSC @ifkms @HannoverIjk
Science Learning Hub @NZScienceLearn
9K Followers 6K Following Free multi-media teaching resources based on NZ science & biotech - #science, #STEMeducation & #scicomm. Funded by @MBIEgovtnz Tweets by Greta
BMC Series @BMC_series
22K Followers 3K Following A group of open access, peer reviewed journals spanning biological, physical, engineering and medical research. BMC series - Part of @BioMedCentral
Julissa Pertea @julis_perte
46 Followers 5K Following
Ryan Prety @PretyRy
98 Followers 5K Following
Milena Coxe @coxe_milen
76 Followers 5K Following
Ann Mary @annmary0816
96 Followers 960 Following showing you the fast track to building wealth before you get old. TA, charts,market analyst $10k-$50k mega trade challenge.crypto trader,portfolio manager
Poppy-may Spuck @PSpuck75317
76 Followers 5K Following
Margery Basso @ba_marger
78 Followers 5K Following
Emilee Singuefield @EmilSinguefi
43 Followers 5K Following
Rena Stefaniak @RenaStefan37313
16 Followers 3K Following
UniofOtagoWellington @OtagoWellington
2K Followers 1K Following Wellington campus of the University of Otago. We specialise in undergraduate, postgraduate programmes and research with a health sciences focus.
Keighley Perkins @keighleyperkins
773 Followers 2K Following #Linguist, PhD student, lecturer & researcher @swanseauni. Interested in #ForensicLinguistics, #OnlineGrooming, #Identity & the #RadicalRight. Views my own.
Marlene Altenmüller @marlephie
556 Followers 541 Following Social Psychology Postdoc (@LMU_Muenchen). Art Historian. Interested in #TrustInScience, #SciComm, #ArtReception, #SocialJustice & More. Now also on 🦋.
Marcus Daghlian @DagNsci
176 Followers 983 Following Neuroscience PhD student at the Spinoza Centre and University Medical Centre Groningen. (rt is essentially a reading list)
Focke Ziemssen @Ziemssen
18 Followers 495 Following
Jeremy Gretton @JeremyGretton
1K Followers 4K Following Husband | Dad | Sr. Behavioural Sci. Advisor @GovCanHealth | PhD, Social Psych @OhioState | Attitudes/Persuasion/Bias | Opinions & puns are mine 🇨🇦
Erik Løhre @LohrErik
94 Followers 254 Following Associate professor @HandelshoyskBI uncertainty, judgment and decision making, open science
Marta. @Marta_Mang
1K Followers 3K Following #psychology, #scicomm, #mentalhealth. Teaching Fellow/RA in the JDM group @UoL_NPB. She/her/(Dr.)
Hedwig Eisenbarth @H_Eisenbarth
1K Followers 441 Following biological, clinical, forensic psychologist at Victoria University of Wellington, (she/her)
Charlotte Gehrke @CharlyGehrke
492 Followers 702 Following PhD student @Norduniversitet researching #scicomm & #sciencediplomacy | managing editor @ArcticRelations 🌊 RT≠endorsement https://t.co/MIeSzmS0OM
James Paul @JamesD_Paul
17 Followers 774 Following
Karyn O'Keeffe @daydreamer_
182 Followers 418 Following PhD • Senior Lecturer @swrc_nz @MasseyUniHealth • Allergic to mornings • Research focuses on #sleep #sleephealth #shiftwork #fatigue
Resilience Challenge @ResilienceNSC
2K Followers 1K Following Research to accelerate Aotearoa NZ's resilience to natural hazards. Resilience to Nature's Challenges is 1 of 11 ten-year @MBIEsci National Science Challenges
Hudson Golino @GolinoHudson
2K Followers 864 Following Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at the Department of Psychology - University of Virginia. Views are my own.
Josh Compton @JoshCompton2011
4K Followers 4K Following @Dartmouth Prof; #InoculationTheory researcher for 20+ years in health, politics, science, climate, media, misinformation, sport & more; #CovertStutterer; #OCD
Margaret S-H @MSessaHawkins
533 Followers 466 Following Producer with @BBCWorldService audio science unit. Write things sometimes. Rarely tweet. Reach me: [email protected].
Dr Kaitlyn Martin @kaitlynmartinnz
91 Followers 196 Following Lecturer in STEM Education @AkoResearchUC @UCNZ researching aspirations and attitudes for a better world and so that everyone can see themselves in STEM.
President Zaphod Beeb.. @bistromath22
91 Followers 322 Following using twitter for the political success of Kamala Harris and Anthony Albanese; (like) research, science, engineering, technology, innovation;
Dr Jennifer Summers F.. @Dr_Jenn_Summers
266 Followers 298 Following Artist, Epidemiologist, Statistician, Medical Historian https://t.co/9QicC8t0OE @OtagoWellington PhD AKC DHMSA PGDipPH PGCapHE BSc Views my own
Fantasma Operante @FantasmaOperant
9 Followers 198 Following Conducta y vulnerabilidad. Navegando el inmenso mar cultural Conducta Existencial en Instagram
James Araci @JamesAraci
499 Followers 965 Following Lead Adviser, Science & Innovation | British High Commission: @ukinnz UK & New Zealand #science and #innovation #ScienceDiplomacy #scidip #sciencepolicy
Rob Ross @Robert_M_Ross
589 Followers 1K Following Macquarie University, Sydney. Interested in cultural evolution, delusions, metascience, misinformation, reasoning, and religion.
Princess Buttercup �.. @sckitupbuttercp
768 Followers 1K Following East Polynesia born & raised. She/her. Queer. Tāngata Tīrīti. Whakapapa to lands far away. Public Health PhD student. He mana tō te kupu.
Shona Riddell 🌊�.. @ShonaRiddell
328 Followers 461 Following Author, science communicator, sea swimming enthusiast.
Theofilos Gkinopoulos @TGkinopoulos
1K Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Interested in intergroup relations, leadership, morality and conspiracy theories.
Debbie Porteous @debbieporteous
214 Followers 718 Following
Chris Knox @vizowl
2K Followers 2K Following Head of Newsroom Data @nzherald | Interested in all the ways data can be used in journalism | tools are #rstats, #d3js and #sveltejs | @[email protected]
Katie Kenny @kennykatie
2K Followers 1K Following Explainer editor, @RadioNZ. Formerly national correspondent, @NZStuff.
Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel
56K Followers 2K Following Psychology Prof @NYUPsych | author of @PowerOfUsBook & newsletter (https://t.co/bG3QVlNURs) | Director of @vanbavellab | On sabbatical
Sander van der Linden @Sander_vdLinden
16K Followers 2K Following @Cambridge_Uni Psychology Professor. Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation (2023) & The Psychology of Misinformation (2024).Paul Rudd Doppelganger
Kristian Steensen Nie.. @kristiansn89
5K Followers 3K Following Assistant Professor @cbssust @CBScph | Interested in behavior change, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation
mat marques, ph.d. ||.. @fabiovelo
1K Followers 1K Following bicycles, coffee, and social psychology. he/him. woiworung land.
Professor Karen Dougl.. @Karen_Douglas
6K Followers 988 Following Professor @UniKent @KentPsychology studying the psychology of #conspiracytheories @CONSPIRACY_FX and other interesting stuff. @easpinfo Secretary. She/her/hers.
S-J O'Connor @DrSJNZ
2K Followers 2K Following Doctor of Ecology, Journo, Cat Lady, Motorcyclist, she/her. Teaching Fellow @scieVUW, @SciComNZ president. Nō Awakairangi ahau 🇳🇿🇮🇪 On a social media break
Flavio Azevedo @Flavio_Azevedo_
3K Followers 931 Following Asst. Prof. in Interdisciplinary Social Science @Utrecht | Director of @FORRTproject | @Cambridge_Uni @FulbrightPrgrm. Open, collaborative & cumulative science.
Stephan Lewandowsky @STWorg
11K Followers 2K Following Prof Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol). Research in misinformation. Australian, British, European, rootless cosmopolitan. also @[email protected]
Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni
843K Followers 2K Following Research, news and events from the University of Cambridge
Mikey Biddlestone @BiddlePsych
709 Followers 416 Following Research Associate @COSPIRACY_FX @KentPsychology @UniKent. Studying Misinformation | Conspiracy Beliefs | Political Psychology (he/him).
Alexandra Freeman @alex_freeman
5K Followers 315 Following Ex-Executive Director of the Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication, University of Cambridge. Creator of Octopus: https://t.co/sW4rtZPqUA
Samantha Stanley @SamanthaStanley
513 Followers 445 Following Social/environmental/political psychology researcher
Cameron Brick @CameronBrick
5K Followers 3K Following Behavior & environment. Uni of Amsterdam & Inland Norway Uni of Applied Sciences; Assoc. Editor 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷. 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 🔬 [email protected]
@[email protected] @TacianoMilfont
1K Followers 2K Following Briwi studying psychology since ages ago•Professor of Environmental Psychology•muso•surfer•dad•1st-gen PhD & Prof•Opinions mine••nullius in verba••🇧🇷🇳🇿
Gordon Pennycook @GordPennycook
11K Followers 2K Following Associate Prof @Cornell (formerly @UWaterloo/@Yale/@Hill_Levene). Reasoning, beliefs, misinfo, BS, etc. Peddler of gifs, polls. Dad. he/him
David Spiegelhalter @d_spiegel
87K Followers 386 Following Statistician: + evidence, risk, probability, chance, uncertainty. Emeritus Prof of Stats. Author Art of Statistics, co-author Covid by Numbers. Own opinions.
Daniël Lakens @lakens
32K Followers 2K Following Experimental Psychologist @TUeindhoven. Co-host of @nulliusverbapod. Improving Stats Textbook https://t.co/PxngSRZ02S Omnia probate
David Farrier @davidfarrier
180K Followers 2K Following WEBWORM / FLIGHTLESS BIRD / DARK TOURIST / TICKLED / MISTER ORGAN / https://t.co/qBjwYGN8Ro / [email protected]
Russell Brown @publicaddress
77K Followers 2K Following Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, dad-DJ, seeker of joy. @publicaddress.bsky.social https://t.co/vvQNGvH9eX
UniofOtagoWellington @OtagoWellington
2K Followers 1K Following Wellington campus of the University of Otago. We specialise in undergraduate, postgraduate programmes and research with a health sciences focus.
Spilt Milk Law @SpiltMilkLaw
281 Followers 3 Following your favourite lawyer's favourite lawyers. get $50 off with promo code TRIBBO at https://t.co/q4e0iS35hD.
Atlas Network @AtlasNetwork
20K Followers 462 Following Strengthening the Worldwide Freedom Movement
Hedwig Eisenbarth @H_Eisenbarth
1K Followers 441 Following biological, clinical, forensic psychologist at Victoria University of Wellington, (she/her)
Charlotte Gehrke @CharlyGehrke
492 Followers 702 Following PhD student @Norduniversitet researching #scicomm & #sciencediplomacy | managing editor @ArcticRelations 🌊 RT≠endorsement https://t.co/MIeSzmS0OM
Ashley Bloomfield @AshBloomfield
22K Followers 183 Following Public health doctor, founding member of the Wellington Menace mountain biking group
Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox
3.0M Followers 1K Following Science, music and increasingly wondering about what it all means ....
Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah
17K Followers 571 Following Working at the confluence of studying influence operations, truth decay, information integrity & meaningful policies to address online harms.
Karyn O'Keeffe @daydreamer_
182 Followers 418 Following PhD • Senior Lecturer @swrc_nz @MasseyUniHealth • Allergic to mornings • Research focuses on #sleep #sleephealth #shiftwork #fatigue
Dr Jennifer Summers F.. @Dr_Jenn_Summers
266 Followers 298 Following Artist, Epidemiologist, Statistician, Medical Historian https://t.co/9QicC8t0OE @OtagoWellington PhD AKC DHMSA PGDipPH PGCapHE BSc Views my own
Dr Rawiri Taonui @RawiriTaonui
8K Followers 3K Following Papa of 4, koro of 2, retired professor, independent writer, indigenous & human rights, chess, mōteatea, symphony, opera, weightlifting, boxing & rugby
Koi Tū: The Centre f.. @InformedFutures
703 Followers 250 Following Think tank and research centre @AucklandUni focused on long-term national and global issues challenging our future.
ECR Forum (NZ) @rsnzecr
920 Followers 582 Following Aotearoa New Zealand’s Early Career Researcher Forum, established through Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2016 #rsnzecr
PhD: Unpacked @phd_unpacked
32 Followers 52 Following Making New Zealand University research more accessible through podcasts. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Season 2 out now!
Katie Kenny @kennykatie
2K Followers 1K Following Explainer editor, @RadioNZ. Formerly national correspondent, @NZStuff.
Public Health Communi.. @PHCCAotearoa
439 Followers 217 Following Providing high-quality analysis and commentary from public health researchers for the public, the media, and decision-makers. https://t.co/emoDCrRUmj
Eric Crampton @EricCrampton
6K Followers 1K Following Chief Economist at the NZ Initiative. Adjunct Senior Fellow, Economics, @ucnz. If this ship sinks: @[email protected] or @ericcrampton.bsky.social
Kimberley O'Sullivan @DrKimOS
452 Followers 355 Following Researcher exploring #energypoverty, housing, and energy use through a public health lens. Mixed methods, participatory, qual. she/her RTs ≠ endorsement
Democracy Project @Dem_Project
1K Followers 1K Following The Democracy Project: "Promoting critical thinking, debate, and engagement on politics" - hosted by Victoria University of Wellington
Irina Dallo @DalloIrina
172 Followers 235 Following Environmental & Social Scientist / Postdoc Researcher @seismoCH_D / Hazard & Risk Communication / Transdisciplinary Research / Athletics Trainer
Julia S Becker @Disastersmatter
165 Followers 132 Following
Viktoria Cologna @colognav
2K Followers 2K Following Postdoc @uzh_ikmz & @ETH_enㅣPreviously @Harvardㅣ Environmental psychology, trust in science, science-policy interface
Theresa Marteau @MarteauTM
2K Followers 257 Following
Te Ara Paerangi Com -.. @AraPaerangiCom
476 Followers 448 Following We are a community of people working together for a better collective future using research, advocacy, and capability building. Come join us.
Bryce Edwards @bryce_edwards
15K Followers 3K Following Political commentator and analyst. Columnist with @nzherald and @guardian NOTE: I'm currently not checking notifications (or replying)
Doomscrolling Reminde.. @doomscroll_bot
118K Followers 2 Following telling you to drink water, sit up straight, and stop doomscrolling. (bot-in-progress by @karenkho) (current avi: Frog from Meika gafu by Matsumoto Hoji, 1814)
Michael S. Daubs PhD @mdaubs
580 Followers 1K Following Honorary Research Fellow @WellingtonUni | Co-Director @ISPRL_THW 🇨🇦 in 🇳🇿 (he/him) | @[email protected]
Dylan Reeve @DylanReeve
15K Followers 2K Following I write stuff and make TV and film. On #TheTraitorsNZ. Wrote FAKE BELIEVE. Made TICKLED (@TickledMovie). He/Him. [email protected]
Richard Edwards @ProfEdwardsNZ
1K Followers 503 Following Public health researcher working to achieve Smokefree Aotearoa/New Zealand. Personal views expressed, reposts may not be endorsements. He/him.
FACT Aotearoa - Fight.. @factaotearoa
5K Followers 951 Following FACT: concerned about the spread of harmful misinformation & conspiracy theories in Aotearoa. No party affiliation. But Qanon = a fascist ideology
Nick Ishmael-Perkins @Nick_Ishmael
871 Followers 309 Following Editor-In-Chief @cenmag. Artistic Director @theatrewretched Formerly of @SciDevNet
Bojana Većkalov (boj.. @BVeckalov
372 Followers 322 Following social psych PhD candidate @UvA @PsySciLab, interested in belief systems, science attitudes and conspiracy thinking
Roland Imhoff @rolandimhoff
2K Followers 500 Following find me at @[email protected] /@rolandimhoff.bsky.social social psych; clumsy fingers - many typos
Lisa-Maria Tanase @lisa_tanase
35 Followers 34 Following PhD student @Cambridge_Uni in Political Psychology & Behavioural Economics
Debunking Conspiracie.. @DCANZ2
3K Followers 670 Following We debunk the junk on social media and expose New Zealand’s biggest super-spreaders of disinformation. Also find us FB, YT and Mast…
NHS Million @NHSMillion
828K Followers 14K Following Creating a team of a million people who are willing to fight for the NHS and its staff at this challenging time. Here to highlight key issues and boost morale.
Simone Dohle @SimoneDohle
141 Followers 157 Following Professor of Health and Risk Communication @UniBonn | Psychological scientist | Self-regulation. Behavior change. Digital health. | Views my own.
IRIS Academic Researc.. @IRIS_Academic
242 Followers 306 Following World-class researchers dedicated to understanding infodemics & developing new methodologies to address misinformation & promote healthy information ecosystems.
Public Health Expert .. @pheblognz
117 Followers 0 Following PHE is published by the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington. It features expert commentary on key current public health issues.
Tim Chambers @tchambersnz
298 Followers 256 Following Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago, Wellington, Department of Public Health. Public health, environmental health and infectious diseases.
Marnie Prickett @minnieprickle
1K Followers 1K Following 💧mainly thinking about fresh water. loves rivers. BAgSci, MSc (Ecology). nz.💧
Dr Chris Smith @DrChrisSmith
10K Followers 68 Following BBC radio presenter on the Naked Scientists, occasional TV pundit, consultant virologist and lecturer at Cambridge University
The Naked Scientists @NakedScientists
54K Followers 2K Following Based at Cambridge University, we make science radio programmes for the BBC and other broadcasters and host a website and podcast.
Prof. Tushna Vandreva.. @Psych_Tush
648 Followers 883 Following Professor of Health Psychology @Kingston university. Research Interests: health inequalities, health promotion, ageing, social care.
Tyler Shores @tylershores
6K Followers 6K Following @Cambridge_Uni @ThinkLabCam Manager. Research: digital distraction, social media, and wellbeing. Formerly @Google @UniofOxford @Stanford @UCBerkeley
Rob Reddick @redique
1K Followers 1K Following Science Editor (UK) at @WIRED. Send pitches, tips and everything else to: [email protected]
Mark Toshner @mark_toshner
10K Followers 1K Following Uni of Cam/Assoc Prof/Physician/expert faultitasker-easily distracted/views are personal
Students Against Pseu.. @againstpseudoCU
177 Followers 325 Following A student-run society based in @Cambridge_Uni. We promote awareness around the changing landscape surrounding scientific misinformation in society.Winter jump in deaths expected: what’s most likely to kill this year? Briefing from @PHCCAotearoa via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/winter-jump…
I live by the mantra that if there are things that need changing, work to change them. And I intend to work hard!
Every year there are 2 appointments like this: not rewards for things done already but people entrusted to do good work in the future. Thank you to the Appointments Commission for the trust they have placed in me. I will do my utmost to repay it.
Warm welcome to our new #BMCPublicHealth Editorial Board Members @Lakshika, @DivyaSivaramak, @yitagesusintaye, @samie_ampaw, @humairamaheen, @SciComGuy, @ASRichardson3 and @SsaliSarah. We are looking forward to working with you!
If we move away from the 5-yearly census - do we have the statistical tools to understand and plan for our dynamic population? phcc.org.nz/briefing/count…
The Phoebus cartel engineered a shorter-lived lightbulb and gave birth to planned obsolescence spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-ligh…
h/t @SciComGuy for this video explainer youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-…
#FastTrackWatch: The Auditor General has published his concerns about the Govt’s Fast-Track Approvals Bill, especially in terms of “conflicts of interests” for the ministers involved, and the lack of transparency and accountability in their processes: oag.parliament.nz/2024/fast-trac…
For example, the development of housing on flood plains can create risk to people’s lives and livelihoods, particularly as climate change brings more frequent and intense flooding. This comes from a longer article that you can read here: phcc.org.nz/briefing/fast-… 8/8
Public health & #FastTrackBill: A 🧵 Public health is intrinsically linked to the health of the natural environment. There are 3,300 premature adult deaths per year in NZ as a result of air pollution, and around 34,000 people become ill from unsafe drinking water each year. 1/8
This @NewshubNZ Long Covid segment is really well put together. - Grounded in lived experience from @LongCovidKiwi - Findings from the PHCC LC review summarised by Adam Hollingworth & me - The actions that are needed - Comment from the Minister. Thank you for great public info.
Thank you @NewshubNZ for this piece featuring epidemiologist @AmandaKvalsvig. "We can expect future impacts of Long Covid, alongside the impacts we are already seeing." And thank you Daniel for using your precious energy to show the personal experience of living with #longcovid.
📢New Preprint!📢 @jayvanbavel, @KareenadelRosa and I go inside the "Funhouse Mirror Factory" of Social Media to explain how SM is distorting our perception of social norms-- by making moderate opinions practically invisible and over-representing the most extreme voices.
We discuss: (a) HOW moderates become invisible online (b) WHOSE opinions are amplified (c) WHAT norms are made salient, and (d) WHY false norms are more prevalent online than offline. Check out the preprint here, and let us know if you have feedback! osf.io/preprints/psya…
Mōrena! Very pink sunrise in Wellington this morning
The widely cited study by Lichtenstein et al. (1978) concluded that people overestimate the frequency of dramatic causes of death (e.g., Tornado). A new article in @CognitionJourn finds that these results do not replicate (Open Access): sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🧵1/5
Just published: examining the role of #AI as participant in qualitative research w @AmdBeattie tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/10… #AI #qualitative #qualitativeresearch #ethics #rigour #research #chatgpt #psychology
So pleased to see EasyRead versions of our latest decision aids for the NHS now out. @lfinikarides and @luna9design in particular worked v closely with EasyRead users to ensure that they now have support to take part in decisions about their own health. england.nhs.uk/personalisedca…
New paper out 📢: "When evidence changes: communicating uncertainty protects against a loss of trust." Read the paper here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09… (1/4)
This graph is nothing short of alarming Measles is extremely infectious We need ~95% vaccinated to give herd immunity It will tear through communities with these vax rates leaving a trail of sickness, long term health problems and death in its wake
We have overprotected our children in the real world while underprotecting them online. Play researcher Mariana Brussoni explains why this is a risky way to raise children. We must give children the time, space, and freedom to engage in risky play. At AfterBabel.com…
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