Fergus Neville

Studies group/crowd behaviour and social influence. Senior Lecturer @univofstandrews Business School. Organsises gigs @BigRockNewport.

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

Now posting on blue sky instead @fergusneville

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

"Engaged onlooking: How organisational identification shapes public condoning of corporate corruption" accepted to EJSP! Full thread to follow soon with details. It's been the product of several years work with @MaaikeHoman @alexanderhaslam @NikSteffens and Steve Reicher.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

Most people know “groupthink” emerges in tightly knit groups when pressures for unanimity and conformity override individual members’ better judgment. A desire for group cohesion causes people to self-censor their doubts. Unexpressed, the absence of divergent views causes groups to become too confident in the wisdom of their choices.

However, the idea of groupthink is based on a myth. Many famous cases of groupthink—like the infamous Bay of Pigs invasion—were actually the result of “politicothink”. In this case, it was not the desire for conformity that led to terrible collective decisions, but an obsession with the political consequences of the decision.

We debunk this popular myth and explain the different pathways to bad group decisions in our latest newsletter: https://t.co/epQwKOMuE5

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

@Alex_Hunt1995 Congratulations Alex!

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

Limited tickets remaining for the 2nd Nov @BigRockNewport with @roseanne_reid David Webster and Mairi Sutherland!

Bios, music and tickets at this link: https://t.co/tkOaxTmKPA

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

@jamesyorkston @CreativeScots @ROZIPLAIN @ByreTheatre @EdenCourt @EastgateTheatre @MareelShetland @StrathearnArts @Whatsonscotland Fantastic show in St Andrews last night!

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

@manicpopthrlls @randolphsleap @Raveloe2 @bigrockrecords Thanks for such a great review @manicpopthrlls! The kids with their hands over their ears apparently enjoyed it, but just found the music a bit loud 😆

[Sofia Stathi @DrSofiaStathi]

📣I’m recruiting a PhD student (@UniofGreenwich Vice-Chancellor PhD Scholarship) for the project ‘Racist Hate Speech: How Bystanders Become Upstanders When Witnessing Derogatory Remarks’. Consider applying and join our team! @Kenrickforensic @jjameson 😁
https://t.co/KWMzk6ahj1

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

New on @qeios from @ESRC @UWEriot1831

"Solidarity Riots in the Diffusion of Collective Action: Doing Historical Research to Develop Theory in Social Psychology"
https://t.co/iQLBFOxVcE

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Prof Stephen Reicher, "I would appeal to you to not call these people protestors. They're not protestors"

"To call them protestors is profoundly misleading. It is to discredit a long tradition of perfectly legitimate and peaceful and important protest that has made our society better in many ways"

"What's going on is specific to these crowds.. Crowd psychology is there when people are cleaning up the streets as well as attacking the streets.. The difference is one group has an ideology of hate and violence, another has a vision of community and solidarity"

"Most people are pro immigration.. The irony is that over recent years attitudes towards immigration has become more positive.. People see immigrants as a boom rather than as a menace to the country.. Britain is one of the more liberal countries"

"If we didn't have migrants then our care service would fall apart, our NHS would fall apart.. It's important not to highlight the negative exceptions, but to show that most people are pro migrants"

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

'The August 2024 riots: Empowerment of the xenophobes'

New blogpost with brief social psych perspective on the week's awful events. Please share.

https://t.co/wcrXBDoNBV

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

Piece in today’s @thecourieruk about all things @BigRockNewport. Thanks @rebeccabaird_!

https://t.co/mHXZ1j5noZ

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

The Early Career Researcher Reviewer Mentoring Programme from @WileyPsychology covers The British Journal of Social Psychology

Get training in peer review.

https://t.co/mC1AfQTa5w

[Forgan Arts Centre @forganarts]

✨Local Musician Spotlight✨

Lughnasadh Festival is fast approaching and all of us at Forgan Arts Centre are excited to welcome you to our lush grounds and gardens!

This year we have joined forces with @BigRockNewport, who have selected the music line up for the festival.

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

New article published on the intergenerational transmission of collective action with the Saturday Mothers in Turkey. A pleasure to work with @Orhankayaa_ @yasemin_gulsum and Celal Agar!

[Orhan Kaya @Orhankayaa_]

Our article, which we have been working on for three years with @yasemin_gulsum @FergusNeville and Celal Cahit Ağar, examining the intergenerational transmission of collective action using the example of the Saturday Mothers, has been published.
https://t.co/R7zLdQPnGc

[Forgan Arts Centre @forganarts]

🎟️Ticket Giveaway - Lughnasadh

Enter our instagram ticket giveaway!

⭐️Entries close on Friday 26 July at 12pm with the three randomly selected winners to be announced later that day, get sharing and goodluck!⭐️

More here> https://t.co/YBSYu6k8iG

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

5/5
For more, see
'Why “groupthink” detracts from an explanation of the organisational failures of the UK pandemic response'
@bmj_latest @alexanderhaslam

https://t.co/CU7SeNEuqk

[Mike Quayle. @Quayle]

1/3 Hi Early Career Folks: an entry-level 5-year post is open in our Psychology department, deadline 25 July. Another will be advertised soon with more of a focus on innovative methods. https://t.co/JSjNv6mQre

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

'Beyond normative and non-normative: A systematic review on predictors of confrontational collective action'
Now with page numbers!
@metesefauysal @pjsaavedram

https://t.co/gDBx0KLxj0

[Fergus Neville @FergusNeville]

@HighMette @univofstandrews @StAndrewsAnthro @EthicsEnergy @alliance_ehl Congratulations Mette!