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Join the Global Crises Project: An International Call for Collaborators
Behaviour in Crisis Lab at Jagiellonian University invites researchers from around the world to join the Global Crises Project, a large-scale international research initiative conducted in collaboration with the Centre for the Politics of Feelings at Royal Holloway, University of London, and affiliated with the Psychological Science Accelerator (PSA).
Researchers interested in participating are invited to submit an expression of interest by 31 October 2026.
Researchers interested in participating are invited to submit an expression of interest by 31 October 2026.
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Society and Science SPIN 2026 Conference: “Science for Everyone?”
28.09.2026
The nationwide Society and Science SPIN 2026 Conference will take place on 6–8 October 2026 at the Małopolska Science Centre Cogiteon in Kraków. Organised jointly by the SPIN Society and Science Association and the Małopolska Centre of Science Cogiteon, this year's edition is held under the theme “Science for Everyone?”. The conference will open with a keynote lecture by Professor Małgorzata Kossowska, leader of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab.
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How Do Societies Respond to the Threat of War? NATO Funds an International Research Project Involving the Behaviour in Crisis Lab
15.09.2026
The project “Social Cohesion, Resilience and Preparedness in Poland & Ukraine (LOCALE)” has been awarded funding under NATO's Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme. The consortium brings together researchers from the United Kingdom, Poland, and Ukraine under the leadership of Dr Marek Palace (Liverpool John Moores University), including Professor Małgorzata Kossowska, Head of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab at Jagiellonian University. Over the next 24 months, the team will investigate how civilian societies develop social cohesion, resilience, and preparedness in response to war-related threats and security crises.
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The Limits of Belief Change. Why Ideological Extremity Matters More Than Ideological Direction
15.09.2026
Why do some people revise their views when confronted with convincing counterarguments, while others remain firmly attached to their existing beliefs? A research team from Jagiellonian University, consisting of Małgorzata Kossowska, Gabriela Czarnek, Anna Knorr, Paulina Szwed, and Agata Andrysiak, addresses this question in their article "The Ideological Boundary of Belief Change", published in the European Journal of Social Psychology. Their findings suggest that resistance to counterarguments depends less on whether a person identifies with the political left or right and more on how ideologically extreme their views are.
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Certinformacja odpowiedzią na dezinformację.
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska współautorką nowego raportu UJ i PAP
11.09.2026
Podczas XXXV Forum Ekonomicznego w Karpaczu, 9 września, zaprezentowano raport „Dezinformacja i bezpieczeństwo. Definicje, mechanizmy, rekomendacje”, opracowany przez naukowców Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego we współpracy z Polską Agencją Prasową. Współautorką publikacji jest prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska, liderka Behaviour in Crisis Lab. Raport przedstawia interdyscyplinarną analizę współczesnego środowiska informacyjnego, podejmuje problem bezpieczeństwa poznawczego i proponuje nowe pojęcie – certinformację, rozumianą jako prawdziwą i zweryfikowaną informację stanowiącą fundament odporności na dezinformację.
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Why Do We Care So Much About the Recognition of Others? A New Scale Measures the Desire for Significance
10.09.2026
What drives people to engage in exceptionally demanding actions, devote themselves to important causes, or sometimes even make risky or radical choices? One answer may lie in the need for significance: the desire to be someone who matters, who is respected and valued by others. An international team of researchers, including scholars from Behaviour in Crisis Lab, has developed and validated a new instrument designed to measure this motivation.
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