Psych-AID

We officially launched our Psych-AID Network last Friday. Thank you to all of our speakers @Maahanmuuttovir, @FGaroff, @sara_landstrom, @jan_antfolk, @jkorkman, @JennySkrifvars, @hedayat_selim , Rasmus Ahlgren, @oak27oak, and Malin Ekelund.

🔍Beliefs about asylum decisions don’t arise in a vacuum. In our study, broader immigration attitudes shape how people interpret the same asylum system: more lenient attitudes ➡️ too strict; more restrictive ➡️ too lenient. 🔗 Preprint: osf.io/jh5bq/files/85…

Greetings from Psych-AID at APLS Reno!👋Our PI Jan Antfolk spoke on the reversed halo effect in refugee decisions, our postdoc Dilhan Töredi on bias in asylum decisions, and our steering member Lorraine Hope gave a keynote on culture, context & memory in interviews.

Meet our researchers at APLS! 👋 Our PI Jan Antfolk and postdoctoral researcher @DToredi are attending the American Psychology-Law Society Conference in Reno this week. If you’re there as well, feel free to stop by and say hello — we’d be happy to connect.🤝

📢 Psych-AID is now on Facebook! The Psych-AID network now has an official Facebook page where you can follow our work and stay updated on our ongoing data collections. 👉 Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/psychaid/!

📢 New paper alert! 📑 The paper presents field-based reflections from a training programme for Finnish asylum officials, identifying organisational challenges and their implications for interview practices and well-being. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fe…

We’re excited to share that the Psych-AID research team has received funding from the Nordic Gender Fund! 🎉 This support means a great deal to us and enables us to take the next steps in our work. We’re looking forward to what’s ahead — stay tuned for more updates soon!➡️

🎙️ Exciting news from Psych-AID! Our doctoral researcher Rasmus Ahlgren recently appeared on the “Oikeuspsykologiaa” podcast (Season 3, Episode 5, in Finnish), discussing his work as a doctoral researcher and the goals of the Psych-AID project. See the link in the comments.

Our doctoral researcher Malin Ekelund joined a panel on credibility in SOGIESC asylum cases at Shaping Tomorrow: Queer Asylum in Europe 🌈, calling for evidence-based evaluation, less subjectivity, and better interviewing & training 🧠✨

Last week, our doctoral researchers Malin Ekelund and @oak27oak, and PI @jan_antfolk took part in the (Re-)Constructing Credibility in Refugee Status Determination Workshop by @MobileUCPH. Thanks for having us!✨ Can’t wait for the upcoming special issue! 📖

📣 Upcoming talk alert! Our doctoral researcher Malin Ekelund will be delivering an insightful talk titled:🎙 “Adjudicating Asylum Claims of Sexual or Gender Minority Applicants”. 🗓️ Date: October 15 🕛 Time: 12:00–13:00 (EET) 🔗 #success" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">aboakademi.zoom.us/j/65925395718#…

We’re excited to have Anastasiia Valiavko join our team! 🎉 Please welcome Anastasiia, a doctoral researcher studying attitudes toward survivors of sexual violence in the Russia-Ukraine war. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us with questions or opportunities for collaboration!

📢New pre-print alert by Malin Ekelund, @JennySkrifvars, @hedayat_selim , and @jan_antfolk! 📑The study explores how stereotypes and social perceptions shape credibility assessments in asylum cases involving sexual identity. Link below! 🔗lnkd.in/dWTu7NQb

Welcome @SiyuLiiii to the Psych-AID team! 🎉 Siyu joins as a doctoral researcher, working on Avatar Training to help interviewers use better questions & supportive statements. Reach out for collabs!

📢 New paper alert by @hedayat_selim and colleagues! 📑 In Finnish asylum interviews with sexual minority applicants, most questions focused on sexual orientation over persecution risk. More open questions could support fairer decisions. 🔗 lnkd.in/gz-2wPaD

Over the past two days, a large number of #ImpleMendez members have been showcasing their pioneering research at the frontiers of vulnerability and police interviewing (in Finland, Ireland, Slovenia, Turkey, England etc) at the Second Vulnerable Accused Conference at @cardiffuni.

We are thrilled to bring back our Meet the Team series to introduce our most newly recruited team members! Catharina Walldén has just joined the Psych-AID network as project manager. Aside from these responsibilities, Catharina is a doctoral researcher in evolutionary psychology.

The Psych-AID team is growing! We are happy to welcome Dilhan Töredi as a new postdoctoral researcher in our team. @DToredi will be working on applying an innovative experimental lie paradigm where the ground truth of asylum claims is known.

🍂 Psych-AID kicked off fall in the Turku archipelago! We welcomed our new members with a visit to Nauvoo—exploring Paratiisi (combined winery and art gallery), kayaking, and ending with pizza & board games. We are excited for the season ahead!