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The geographic diversity of this year's jSchool 2026 applicant pool was remarkable. ๐ Cross-cultural research is what the JRP is built for, and a pool this wide is where that work begins.
The volume and quality of applications this year have been remarkable. Reviewing them is the best part of this process. The JRP team is now carefully reviewing all submissions. Stay tuned for updates.
Applications are now closed. ๐ Thank you to everyone who applied to jSchool 2026. We will be in touch soon. Stay tuned.
This is the last day to apply to jSchool 2026. The deadline is tonight at 23:59 CEST (Rome time). Please check what that means in your timezone!
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๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น?
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๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Final days to apply to jSchool 2026. โณ If you have been sitting on your application, this is the push.
Check out:
Stehl P, Vyvcharuk N, Daniel N, Grilc N, Mรผller A, and Verra S (2026). Uncovering intersectional inequalities in fruit and vegetable consumption in the UK using Understanding Society data. Public Health Nutrition 29: e79, 1โ7. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Supervisor Sanne Verra and Junior Researchers Patricia Stehl, Nina Vyvcharuk, Naomi Daniel, Neลพa Grilc, and Armelle Mรผller from the 2021-22 jSchool just published in Public Health Nutrition. ๐ Congratulations to the whole team!
How to apply:
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๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐-๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
This project started at jSchool, one week in Siena, then 13 months developing the project remotely.
How to apply:
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Which emotional responses to the climate crisis motivate climate action? A jSchool 2022 team spent 13 months developing this project, and published their manuscript in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. You can explore more of the JRP outputs at jrp.pscholars.org/research
We welcome all levels of research experience.
How to apply?
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ. 100% ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐. jSchool puts you in a space full of people who are talented, hardworking, and genuinely passionate about research.
๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ?
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
Introducing our final team! Marvin Fendt and his team will study psychological inoculation interventions against misinformation. They will test if feedback-enhanced exercises can strengthen the interventions' effects. They wish to gain insights on how to foster resilience against misinformation!
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
How to apply?
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ - ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค. That's what jSchool feels like. One week in Siena. Nonstop conversation. People who actually want to talk about research non-stop.
We welcome all levels of research experience.
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
Our next team is led by Dr Lana Bojaniฤ! Her team will research suicide-related internet use, which has been found to be both common and impactful. They aim to study the reasons why people engage with it and the effects it has on suicidal individuals. ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ?
If you're a student in psychology or related field, this interests you!
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? ๐ง jschool@pscholars.org
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐. That's exactly what the JRP is for. Junior Researchers from 25-26 Cohort share why they applied to jSchool: to get their first research experience and to collaborate in an international environment!
๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ?
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
Dr Jan Mikuni and her team will study an important question: instead of using social media less, what if we focused on using it better? The team will explore if exposure to meaningful and emotionally rich content provides healthier results than just digital detox.
How to apply:
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ. Listen to Candela Carrera Sรกenz, our Junior Researcher. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐-๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐.
๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ?
1) Read the Student Application Guidance: jrp.pscholars.org/wp-content/u...
2) Submit your application: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง (๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ)
Questions? Email jschool@pscholars.org
Dr Eline Van Geert with her team will explore how everyday aesthetic choices are shaped by perception of colour, shape, and complexity, using designed patterns on products to study how cultural differences affect what we find appealing. Learn more about jSchool 2026: jrp.pscholars.org/jschool2026