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Graduating PhD student Juhee Kang explores how testing and mass data collection evolved in 20th-century Japan, where they became central across society. In her Harvard Horizons project, “Numbers, Minds, and Society,” Kang charts the path of psychological tests from scientific novelty to the bulwark of “scientific management” and meritocracy. Her findings lead her neither to condemn nor promote testing but to call for transparency and public discussion as humanity enters an age governed by algorithms. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3wxqdiK

In today's University of Oulu Brown Bag seminar we heard magnificent talks from Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia co-funded FRONT - Frontiers of Arctic and Global Resilience profiling theme's professor Maria Ojala and our Fulbright Finland and The Fulbright Program scholar, associate professor Julie Shortridge from the Virginia Tech. Maria and Julie were discussing the importance of researching resilience from multiple points of view - psychology, infrastructure, physical sciences etc. This would maybe also strengthen our agency? Can we change the systems? Interesting and thoughtprovoking discussions! #interdisciplinarity #interdisciplinary

Through which concepts and methods do different disciplinary traditions engage with emotions in migration research? How does the politics of knowledge production shape the way researchers navigate and narrate the affective dimensions of mobility? Please join us on 19 February if you're interested in emotion and affect in migration research. And please share and spread the word!

16th May, I will be defending my PhD project 13.00-16.00 (sharp) about the development of wealth and inequality in Central Europe when herders from the Ukrainian steppe spread across Europe c. 5000 years ago, creating the genetic makeup of most North Europeans today, and most likely also spreading the Indo-European language family (still dominant in Europe today). My thesis also proposes new methods for "measuring" prehistoric wealth. At the defence I will also give a preview of a new app I am developing which easily (and flexibly) calculates grave wealth display and inequality from any grave good dataset, and which is also a platform for accumulating and visualizing grave wealth and inequality data globally throughout human (pre)history. If you come to the reception it would be especially helpful if you click "deltager/participate" on this FB event so I have an idea how much drinks/snacks to buy beforehand. https://lnkd.in/dVkaVWza Opponents will be Volker Heyd (University of Helsinki), Quentin Bourgeois (Leiden University), and Eva Andersson Strand (University of Copenhagen) For those who cannot be there in person, we will try to set up a simple camera and zoom connection, but I cannot guarantee the production quality on that.

Discover how Spinoza's philosophy can shed light on the roots of extreme radicalism. Dr. Jerome Premmereur explores this intriguing connection in his latest research. https://lnkd.in/gUU6ZaMi Dive into the insights here: https://lnkd.in/ghu4Qj6y 

Please join us for a GLOCAL Hotspot seminar on 'Emotion and Affect in Migration Research' on 19 February 2025 at Radboud University with the inspiring Anja Franck and Dawit Haile. More information here: https://lnkd.in/e-Dndd_M Migration, and thereby the study of migration, is riddled with emotions – ranging from fear, despair, and anxiety to hope, excitement, and ambition. In this seminar, we reflect on emotion and affect as a subject of analysis in migration research and on the role that affective relationalities and emotions play in research processes. 

Its a Spatial Saturday 🚀👨🚀 What if you could start your weekend with just an interest in #SpacePsychology, and have a certificate on the topic by Monday morning, from the fantastic School of Disruption | Titan? Curious about it? Have a look at our "out of this world" Space Psychology course to discover more about this exciting field of practice and scientific enquiry 🌍🌕 👉 Just follow the link!

Save the date: GLOCAL Hotspot seminar on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 How do emotions affect migration studies? Join us at Radboud University for a thought-provoking seminar on Emotion and Affect in Migration Research!

📢 Top 10 Researchers from Stanford/Elsevier’s 2024 List for each country! 🎉 1️⃣ 6️⃣ Sixteenth list of this series featuring the top researchers from South Korea 1: Richard M Ryan 2: Heesup Han 3: Park, Nam Gyu . . Check out the full list here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dHKK7cgk 💡 Which country's list should we compile next? Let us know in the comments! #Koreanscientists #StanfordElsevier2024 #ScientificInnovation #StanfordElsevierList2024