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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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Healthy Academia – a new research project to examine mental health in the academic environment
20.05.2026
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new research initiative, “Healthy Academy.” The aim of the project is to conduct an in‑depth diagnosis of mental health and its determinants within the academic environment, as well as to develop recommendations for higher education institutions in Poland. The project is implemented with the support of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab research team, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Student Centre for Support and Adaptation of Jagiellonian University, and the Strategy of the Center for Higher Education Research at Jagiellonian University.
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Call for posters. Behaviour in Crisis Lab Annual Conference 2026
19.05.2026
We warmly invite researchers, PhD candidates, and students to submit poster proposals for the Behaviour in Crisis Lab 2026 Annual Conference, "Solidarity as a Social Response to an Era of Crisis".
The submission deadline has been extended to May 24, 2026.
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The submission deadline has been extended to May 24, 2026.
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Uncertainty, cognition, and epistemic authority. How do we seek knowledge?
19.05.2026
What mechanisms shape cognitive processes? What determines decision‑making and the functioning of individuals and groups under conditions of uncertainty? Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, Dr Ewa Szumowska, Karolina Bonarska, and Jakub Cacek from Behaviour in Crisis Lab address these issues in the chapter Navigating Uncertainty: Cognitive Closure, Information Processing, Epistemic Authority in the Pursuit of Knowledge, published in the Guilford Press book Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology. The authors examine research on motivations related to knowledge acquisition and the need for cognitive closure, and analyze the mechanisms of epistemic uncertainty reduction in the context of their social determinants.
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Online methodological seminar Researchers in Times of Crisis, part 14, cycle II: The Tyranny of Tenderness and the Dictatorship of Sensitivity? A Methodological Perspectiv
18.05.2026
We invite you to visit the Behaviour in Crisis Lab YouTube channel, where a recording of the 14th and final meeting of the second cycle of the methodological seminar Researchers in Times of Crisis is now available. In the May seminar, Dr hab. Małgorzata Michel, Prof. at Jagiellonian University, together with her invited guests, discuss so‑called “tender methodologies” and their place in contemporary social sciences. The entire series is organized under the auspices of Behaviour in Crisis Lab.
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BiC Lab Open Meeting: The Paradoxes of Polarization: The Unexpected Role of System Justification. A Study in 13 Countries.
18.05.2026
This Wednesday, 20 May, we invite you to another open meeting of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab. Our guest will be Prof. Xenia Chryssochoou from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, where she directs the Social and Political Psychology Lab. Her research focuses on the social construction of identity in liberal societies, migration, multiculturalism, and political participation. Join us in person or online!
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