Research shows that three factors sustained engagement: fear of Russian aggression, a sense of closeness, and the norm of solidarity – the belief that helping is natural and expected in society. We invite you to read the résumé of the publication, which offers an in-depth analysis of Polish society’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with particular attention to assistance provided to refugees.

A summary is also available in Ukrainian.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered a wave of suffering and traumatic experiences among the civilian population. Recent research shows that loneliness and low psychological resilience are key factors increasing the risk of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and reduced quality of life, highlighting the importance of social support and intervention strategies.

Is it really “us” and “them”? Or maybe we are all in this together? We’ve just explored what shaped the mechanisms of helping. But what made these helping behaviors persist over time?

Find out in our next summary, available in Ukrainian and Polish!

AI-powered chatbots can genuinely change voters’ attitudes and do so more effectively than traditional political advertising. Even a brief conversation with a language model can shift voting preferences by several percentage points, according to an international study published in Nature with the participation of Dr. Gabriela Czarnek from the Behaviour in Crisis Lab at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University.

Dr Gabriela Czarnek’s, a researcher at the Behaviour in Crisis Lab at the Institute of Psychology of Jagiellonian University, article has just been published in Nature – one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world! In the paper “Persuading Voters using Human-AI Dialogues”, an international research team – including Dr Czarnek – shows that even a short conversation with an AI chatbot can shift voters’ preferences, and does so more effectively than traditional political advertising.