📢 Just published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin!
We examine how war-related memories shape reconciliation—and how meta-humanization can counter dehumanization and promote peace in post-conflict Kosovo.
Throwing it back to 2024 with a #mustreadmonday recommendation 📖😊
Social Norms and Peace; how social norms influence peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
Guest edited by @iborinca.bsky.social, @mariosainz.bsky.social and @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
Check it out! doi.org/10.1037/pac0...
Hot off the press in Social Influence, in collaboration with @iborinca.bsky.social! Across 2 studies (U.S & U.K), we showed that exposure to gay men’s non-traditional roles can soften rigid masculinity in straight men, boosting emotional openness and inclusivity. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rigid traditional masculinity norms are linked to emotional suppression and relational strain, particularly among heterosexual men. This research examined whether sexual orientation shapes masculin...
New paper out (w/ Russell Spears) in JESP!
We looked at what happens when international support is pulled in post-conflict Kosovo. Anger goes up, support for radical action rises, and feelings of collective victimhood deepen.
Read: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Islam Borinca, PhD
New open-access research in the European Journal of Social Psychology examines how exposure to civilian suffering in war shapes empathy, perceptions of injustice, and solidarity-based action intentions among people not directly experiencing the conflict.
doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
Islam Borinca, PhD
As global conflicts intensify, observers without direct conflict experience are increasingly exposed to war-related suffering through media coverage, yet little is known about how such exposure shape....
Grateful to work on this with @drsofiastathi.bsky.social and @tgkinopoulos.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0146...
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People in post-conflict settings often carry traumatic memories that exacerbate dehumanization and obstruct reconciliation. We investigated these processes thro...
