Integrating local knowledge w/scientific expertise is essential for enabling more sustainable agricultural practices in smallholder farming communities. In her CASBS fellows seminar, @nasandratraravo.bsky.social argued for such "co-design" based on extensive fieldwork & experimentation in Madagascar
We think our responses to/judgments of others reflect objective characteristics of those others. But how we respond gives insight about emotions we value & that varies among cultures, as CASBS fellow Jeanne Tsai explains in an illuminating piece @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Wishing the new class as much inspiration, learning and friendship as the 2025-26 class has had this year!
Body cameras conceal reality as easily as they reveal & impact perceptions of civilians depicted in footage. Gen AI only complicates things. Writing @globeopinion.bsky.social CASBS fellow @sristovska.bsky.social argues for establishing clearer guidelines on how video can be used as evidence in court
Robbert-Jan Henkes, de vertaler van David Foster Wallace' Eindeloos vertier (Infinite Jest) bij Athenaeum Boekhandel
Soms loopt de literatuur gewoon je winkel binnen. Robbert-Jan Henkes, de vertaler van David Foster Wallace' Eindeloos vertier (Infinite Jest, 1176 pagina's, 1684 gram), was er. En wilde best op de foto om het boek te promoten. Lees dat boek! athenaeumscheltema.n...
"Bonded by Evolution" book next to Mango the toy poodle.
We're all very excited around here to read @pauleastwick.bsky.social's new book!
Is it possible to reduce water use without reducing production & income in smallholder agriculture communities? Focusing on causally interpretable field evidence from South Asia, Ram Fishman outlined four prevailing approaches & key considerations for moving forward during his CASBS fellows seminar
State-of-the-art research on the role of emotions in immigration and multicultural societies
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
Vicky Fouka is examining how immigration contributes to educational polarization along a cultural axis, as people respond more strongly to cultural than economic impacts of immigration & education changes values & life trajectories. She presented her working argument during her CASBS fellows seminar
Not a bad spot for CASBS fellows @batjamesquita.bsky.social & @profpjones.bsky.social to get some serious writing done...
#SEENatCASBS
Given rapidly aging populations, rising childlessness & reduced kinship ties across Asia, how to build societal systems where older persons can age well? Drawing on her years of research, Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan outlined elements of a conceptual framework during her CASBS fellows seminar
In this weekend’s read from the archive, @katiehoemann.bsky.social and @batjamesquita.bsky.social reveal how limited our study of emotion has been—and where we could look to correct that.
DAY 17 introducing members of the 2025-26 CASBS class
@batjamesquita.bsky.social is a two-timer. We mean that in a nice way 😏
Batja wrote a terrific book, "Between Us," while at CASBS in 2016-17. She's back to write a new book on emotional literacy ✍️
More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/batja-mesquita
Happy that we will host the IACCP 2026 conference in Leuven, Belgium
This is the culmination of years of reading, thinking, and talking with @batjamesquita.bsky.social, Dirk Geeraerts, Lyle Ungar, Yeasle Lee, Èvelyne Dussault, and Simon Devylder. I’m so proud of the roadmap we’ve created, and excited to see where it takes us (all).
In our perspective in Communications Psychology, we use findings from psychology and linguistics to show how accessing attention, construal, and appraisal through language can open new vistas for the science of emotion.
How can language be used to study, in detail and high dimension, the processes by which people understand and experience their emotions? We have some proposals: rdcu.be/eu6ZR
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
I really liked your analysis in the NYT @adam grant
@asifamajid.bsky.social @batjamesquita.bsky.social @iyadrahwan.bsky.social
So happy to spend 2025-26 at CASBS, and honored to be spending it in such great company!
Rescheduled to tomorrow, Thursday April 3, at 17:00. For the livestream, please see below.
Prof. @batjamesquita.bsky.social will give an inaugural lecture on how cultures create emotions at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Livestream: buff.ly/3gfdBDv (MS Teams).
Looking forward to it!
In the West, SHAME is regarded as one of the darkest emotions there is. In East Asia however, shame is perceived as an extremely positive emotion...
Famed psychologist @batjamesquita.bsky.social explains the difference 👇🏻
youtu.be/-WkaDhNlTxU
#mentalhealth #psychology #podcast
In the West, the idea of LOVE almost always signifies a Disney-like romantic ideal. In other cultures not so much...
Famous social psychologist @batjamesquita.bsky.social breaks down the fascinating differences 💔👇🏻
youtu.be/1qmodHYpCFQ
#relationships #relationshipadvice #love #podcast
Here's a question - when we come from different CULTURES, do we feel the SAME emotions?
Famous psychologist and author, prof. @batjamesquita.bsky.social breaks it down 💜🎙️👇🏻
YT:
youtu.be/a7St79Kf_tM
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/4G70...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#psychology
Great interview with renown social psychologist, affective scientist, and pioneer of cultural psychology @batjamesquita.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaN... How Cultures Create #Emotions
