Benjamin Ruisch

Ass’t Professor of Psych, University of Kent l Tweeting cutting-edge social science | Political Psychologist, Polarization & Ideology |

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

Contribute to our upcoming special issue of Political Psychology: “Crowdsourcing the Next Generation of Ideas in Political Psychology.” A radical new approach to academic publishing! Read more at https://t.co/OI0iR7y8MN @manos_tsakiris @LeorZmigrod @_pruthie

[Olivia Miller @OliviaPRKent]

Great insight from Dr @benruisch @KentPsychology in @ClaireGilbodyD's article today

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

ChatGPT-generated prompt: "Create images that illustrate the underlying mechanisms that drive individuals to seek and defend the status quo even when it is not in their own interest. Each image must show the distinct cultural influences that mold these mechanisms."

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

For our new Crowdsourcing special issue of @Journal_PoPs, we solicited reviews from experts—and (just for fun) the latest AI. We also asked DALL-E to translate researchers' proposals into visual form.

The results were...unexpected

Here are a few highlights (🧵):

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

ChatGPT-generated prompt: "Create an image of a politician drowning in information overload, trying to hold on to persuasive counterarguments but failing.”

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

ChatGPT-generated prompt: "Create an image representing a political elite telling the Wedge Lie to a crowd of people..."

[Adrian Lüders @Adrian_Lueders]

@benruisch Chapeau for this amazing work folks! A pity that our proposal didn’t make it to the top 20, but the feedback we received was helpful anyway and shows the enthusiasm of the guest editor board. Also, we now already have a nice visual abstract for a potential future publication! ;)

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

The results are in!

We've analyzed the expert survey to see which proposals will advance to the next stage. The selected proposals span 17 countries & a stunning range of methods/topics.

Thanks again to all who contributed—& stay tuned for more updates!
https://t.co/OI0iR7PKbn

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

There’s still ONE WEEK LEFT to help shape the next generation of ideas in Political Psychology

Have some fun rating cutting-edge research proposals—and in the process, help us democratize scientific publishing

@manos_tsakiris @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod

https://t.co/ra63vtyr4G

[Bert Bakker @bnbakker]

It is really not a lot of work to complete this survey and actually fun to read and evaluate some cutting-edge ideas. So help @benruisch @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod & @manos_tsakiris out to complete this survey and shape the future of the discussions in Political Psychology

[Manos Tsakiris @manos_tsakiris]

Stage 2 of an attempt at a democratized publishing system has launched! Pol/social psychologists & pol sci are invited to review abstracts submitted to the special issue of @Political_Psy. Help us (@benruisch @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod @manos_tsakiris) to make this effort a success

[Tylor Cosgrove @Tylorcos1]

A fun and novel way of determining which studies are original, well designed and likely to make a unique contribution. 👇 if you’d like to contribute to the process by evaluating 10 abstracts for the special edition in political psychology. Hope to see more of this in the future!

[Manos Tsakiris @manos_tsakiris]

Help us by assessing the abstracts submitted for the Special Issue in @Journal_PoPs 👇🏽

[Roi Shir @Roi_Shir_Dishon]

And so, the race has begun! Our proposal ( @KalishYuval and me - representing @WHU_edu ) is one of many very interesting topics. If you are interested in the future of political science research, feel free to join the experts ratings here : https://t.co/hJis0PoEg6

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

The Expert Survey is live!

If you didn't submit to our special issue but still want to shape the next generation of ideas in political psych—click the link

In 15 min, you'll help democratize scientific publishing by choosing what YOU want to see in print https://t.co/ra63vtyr4G

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

@JimACEverett Thanks, Jim!

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

Our new crowdsourced special issue of Political Psychology received nearly TWO HUNDRED submissions. A huge thanks to all who contributed!

Stay tuned to see a breakdown of the hottest topics and methods—and, of course, details on the expert survey!

https://t.co/TIovndL67D

[Benjamin Ruisch @benruisch]

@bnbakker Thanks, Bert, for all your help in spreading the word!