An international network of social scientists examining the development & diversity of religious cognition & behavior. Views our own. Funded by @templeton_fdn
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The Developing Belief Network (DBN) is composed of 10 research teams, including 30 individual researchers working in at least 30 distinct cultural and religious communities in 18 countries!
Check out our website to learn more! 👇
developingbelief.com/researc…
Still accepting submissions for the @cogdevsoc preconference on Theory Theory in April!
See below for information on submissions and registration! 👇
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What's the role of developmental relationships in young people's lives and spiritual development across Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faith communities? See “Seen and Heard: Learning from Young People's Experiences Sharing Power in Faith Communities” at z.umn.edu/7dxo
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PhD studentship available on Explaining Atheism. Recipient will work on a cross-cultural survey project as well as additional research of their own interest. Supervised by me and @aiyanakoka Closes Feb18. qub.ac.uk/schools/Instituteo…
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🚨PhD Studentships (Queen's University Belfast)🚨
Just a reminder that (as well as grant money you can apply for), we have two PhD studentships for UK students as part of the Explaining Atheism project. Application deadline is Feb 18!
qub.ac.uk/schools/Instituteo…
The keynote symposium features 4 leading scholars & their cutting-edge research that is pushing the field’s understanding of “folk theories” forward: Florencia Anggoro (@floanggoro), Julian Jara-Ettinger (@JaraEttinger), Kristin Shutts, & Jinjing Jenny Wang (@JinjingJenny1)
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We invite early-career* researchers to submit proposals for poster and 5-minute flash talk presentations on any topic related to 'theory-theory' broadly!
*including but not limited to: undergrad students, grad students, postdocs, assistant professors, & research staff
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To submit a proposal to present a poster or flash talk, please fill out the following Google Form by 11:59pm ET on February 15, 2022:
forms.gle/gnyjRGFwAaJnwiwD8
Decisions will be sent out by March 4, 2022.
Please share widely! We look forward to seeing you in Madison, WI!
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We invite you to join us & reflect on how this theoretical perspective has evolved over the past 3 decades, how the diversification of our methods & content areas has pushed this collective research program forward, & what questions & controversies remain to be explored.
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This pre-conference features Fireside Chats with Susan Gelman, Alison Gopnik (@AlisonGopnik), Henry Wellman, Michelene Chi, John Coley, Tamsin German (@tamsingerman1), Paul Harris, & Chuck Kalish
(@cwkal) - hosted by Kara Weisman (@kgweisman) & Kirsten Lesage (@kirstenlesage)
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“Theory-theory turns thirty-something: Reflections and new directions”
DBN Members Kara Weisman, Kirsten Lesage, Rebekah Richert, & Kathleen Corriveau organized a pre-conference at CDS (@cogdevsoc) on April 21, 2022 in Madison, WI!
Info + Call for Submissions below! 👇
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There is less than a 1 in 20 chance of meeting a pupil from the other main religious tradition in 70% of NI schools...
We study effects of segregation in schools on developing #beliefs, #empathy, and #prosociality towards others
@HelpingKidsLab @DevBelief @TempletonWorld
No religious mix in nearly 30% of schools in Northern Ireland, analysis by integrated education body reveals bbc.in/3wytQQY
Save the date for a @cogdevsoc pre-conference on "Theory-Theory turns 30-something: Reflections and new directions" - organized by DBN members @kgweisman, @kirstenlesage, @rebekah_richert, & Kathleen Corriveau!
April 21, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin!
Thrilled to announce that the @cogdevsoc pre-conference I co-organized with @kgweisman, @rebekah_richert, and Kathleen Corriveau was accepted!!
Topic is “Theory-Theory turns 30-something: Reflections and new directions.”
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Postdoc job link is here. We will also be hiring a second data management specific postdoc next year to be based at Brunel. Just as a heads up to anyone who might be interested. xitter.cf/aiyanakoka/status/1457…
🚨POSTDOC JOB ALERT🚨
Jon Lanman, Lois Lee, and I will be hiring a postdoctoral researcher for 33 months as part of the Templeton funded Explaining Atheism project starting Jan 2022. Position will be at QUB. Ask me all your questions! jobs.ac.uk/job/CKO905/resear…
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🚨PROJECT MANAGER JOB ALERT🚨
As well as a postdoc (see previous tweet), we will be hiring a full time project manager as part of the Explaining Atheism project. At QUB, 33 months fixed term.
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_web…
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Also, possibly a good time to mention that the three of us along with @SSBullivant, and Miguel Farias, got a giant Templeton grant and will be running a sub granting scheme on the causes of Atheism. More on that soon.
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🚨POSTDOC JOB ALERT🚨
Jon Lanman, Lois Lee, and I will be hiring a postdoctoral researcher for 33 months as part of the Templeton funded Explaining Atheism project starting Jan 2022. Position will be at QUB. Ask me all your questions! jobs.ac.uk/job/CKO905/resear…
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Delighted to be involved in this beautiful piece of work led by #AysePayir now accepted in Cognitive Science! Alongside @kcllyix @tellidavoodi @jencleggpetz #PaulHarris #KathleenCorriveau @SLL_BostonUni
Link to preprint: osf.io/f32zg/
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Looks of great interest to members of @DevBelief network! – at Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
🚨New paper on "Cultural similarity among coreligionists..." in @PNASNews w/ White & Norenzayan. Are major world religions "super-ethnic" identities, crossing national borders as predicted by cultural evolution? Yes. Tested using CFst.
Link: pnas.org/content/118/37/e210… 1/
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Do we intuitively view minds as separable from bodies? In a new Psych Review paper, @michael_barlev and I review evidence from infant cognition and religious cognition and argue no; dualism is a counterintuitive idea that must be learned.
psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-…
