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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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More Information Does Not Mean More Truth: Jagiellonian University Researchers Explain Why It Is So Hard to Change Our Minds in the Age of Algorithms
12.08.2026
Why do two people who read the same article draw entirely different conclusions from it? A team from the Jagiellonian University's Behaviour in Crisis Lab – Dr Anna Knorr and Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska – show in their published analysis, “Democracy in the Age of Algorithms,” that the answer lies not only in how social media function, but above all in how the human brain works. The authors combine insights from cognitive neuroscience with research on the architecture of digital platforms to explain why facts so rarely change our minds – and what this means for the future of democracy.
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Between Polarization and Fragmentation: A New Perspective on Europeans’ Political Identities
10.08.2026
Is Europe really divided into two opposing political camps? A study conducted within the DigiPatch project and published in Media Psychology suggests that reality is far more complex than the dominant narrative of polarization implies. An analysis of data from five European countries shows that contemporary political identities form a multidimensional mosaic that cannot be reduced to a simple left-right divide.
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Nie tylko studenci. UJ sprawdza, co wpływa na zdrowie psychiczne pracowników nauki
06.08.2026
„Rozmawiajmy o zdrowiu psychicznym, bo każdy ma wpływ na dobrostan innych ludzi” – mówił w Radiu Kraków dr hab. Hubert Kaszyński, prof. UJ, lider grupy badawczej Zdrowie psychiczne w organizacji - perspektywa badań nad instytucją w Behaviour in Crisis Lab i kierownik projektu „Zdrowa Akademia”, który ma pokazać, jak organizacja pracy wpływa na kondycję psychiczną środowiska akademickiego.
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Jagiellonian University Research Team Launches the “Healthy Academia” Project
03.08.2026
A research team from Jagiellonian University has launched the “Healthy Academia” project, aimed at providing an in-depth assessment of mental health and its determinants within the academic community in Poland. The initiative is made possible through support from the Ministry of Science, which has recognised the need for comprehensive research into the functioning of higher education in all its dimensions.
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Newsletter #7
27.07.2026
Several more months of intensive research activity, international collaboration, and knowledge dissemination are behind us. In the seventh issue of the Behaviour in Crisis Lab newsletter, we look back on the most important events of the first half of 2026 – from conferences and lectures, through publications and media engagement, to research initiatives and events bringing together the international community of scholars studying human behaviour in times of polycrisis.
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