Social Interaction Researchers
A starter pack for people interested in the latest interdisciplinary research on social interactions (e.g., conversation).
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@markthornton.bsky.social
@ray-neuro.bsky.social
Real world neuroscience. Neuroscience of animal societies and in the wild. Flying bats, shrinking shrews, running rats.
@juliasliwa.bsky.social
Neuroscience of social interaction (sliwalab.org) @ParisBrainInst @cnrs she/her Also on: @jsliwa_neuro@mstdn.science
@michaelle.bsky.social
Clinical Psych PhD Student, University of Michigan | EMA • Personality Pathology • Suicide | NSF GRFP Fellow, Columbia University Alum
@petitegeek.bsky.social
Computing Science prof in multimodal embodied AI, emotion, interaction at SFU in Vancouver 🇨🇦🇵🇭 Director of the Rosie Lab www.rosielab.ca Robotics nerd. Previously at SoftBank Robotics 🤖 FR/JP
@bstojanoski.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology. Ontario Tech University. Interested in neural mechanisms underlying social and cognitive development. Also basketball and tennis.
@milicanikolic.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. Emotion and social cognition. becomingsocial.org
@escross.bsky.social
Head of Social Brain Sciences group at ETH Zurich / cog neuroscientist, dancer, alpinist, runner / big fan of robots, aesthetics, jumpshots & snow / you can find me sciencing @ETH_en in Zürich! 🤩🧠🤖💃🏾🏔️🇨🇭
@maxziem.bsky.social
PhD candidate | approach-avoidance-motivation for social interaction, mental imagery, and depression | licensed psychotherapist | TU Dresden
@ryssamoffat.bsky.social
🧠Social cognition/neuroscience postdoc: ETH Zürich🇨🇭| ⛸️🏄♀️synchronized skater + surfer 🔎 https://ryssamoffat.github.io
@jenikubota.bsky.social
Assoc prof @UDelaware | social neuroscientist interested "us vs them" and "human vs AI" | Mexican, Indigenous, Japanese First Gen | #UDPBS | @UDPOSCIR | ifsnlab.org 🧠
@marycmurphy.bsky.social
Author, CULTURES OF GROWTH | Latina professor @IUPsych | Founder @EquityAccelerator focused on improving education, organizations, and inequality | Texan @ ❤️ | https://marycmurphy.substack.com/
@pvrticka.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Psychology @universityofessex.bsky.social (Colchester, UK) | PI of @soneatlab.bsky.social | fNIRS hyperscanning & structural and functional MRI | Attachment & caregiving in families & couples | TEDx speaker | https://pvrticka.com | 🇨🇭
@konlehmann.bsky.social
Postdoc at @kanskelab.bsky.social TU Dresden | social neuroscience | social interaction | active inference
@kanske.bsky.social
Clinical Social Neuroscientist & Psychotherapist @tudresden.bsky.social & head of @kanskelab.bsky.social https://tud.link/0p4j
@katfoerster.bsky.social
Juniorprofessor of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy @ UHH & Research Group Leader of the Interpersonal Dynamics in Early Affective Disorders (IDEA)-Lab at TU Dresden, cognitive-behavioral therapist for children, adolescents and adults, 🥍, she/her
@meridethgattis.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science / Teaching research methods / Researching how environments influence cognition communication & parenting
@tobigerstenberg.bsky.social
Tea drinking assistant professor of cognitive psychology at Stanford. https://cicl.stanford.edu
@ijzerman.bsky.social
director ABSL.io | founding editor InMind Magazine | co-founder Psych Science Accelerator, CREP, and Fédération française pour les liens sociaux | author @ WW Norton | researcher Univ of Oxford | Honorary Member Institut Universitaire de France | LONELY-EU
@shoakamine.bsky.social
Ph.D candidate @mpi-nl.bsky.social studying multimodal alignment in social interaction
@ulrikekraemer.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist, studying social affective behavior || University of Lübeck || imp.uni-luebeck.de
@sarkadava.bsky.social
💬 /ʃaːrka/ or 🦈-a 👩🏽🔬 doctoral researcher at @zasberlin.bsky.social 🔎 physical effort in multimodal communication 🏕️ mountain-seeker
@philhutchinson.bsky.social
Philosopher @ MMU #Psychology & on BPS Ethics Committee Devised Praxeological Analysis w/Doug Hardman Crit. Praxeological Analysis w/Khadijah Diskin ✍🏻 #Shame #Stigma #Placebo #Wittgenstein #EMCA #Praxeology #Ethics #qual & soc sci methods dry vegan🌱
@liamsatchell.bsky.social
Snr Lecturer in Psychology. Researching: 🗣️Individual differences and interpersonal behaviour (personality, mental health, first impressions) 📏Methodology & Validity 🔄Ecological psychology Applied Ψ -🚨Forensic, 📚Education, 🐾Non-human animals
@hleemasson.bsky.social
Immigrant & Social cognitive neuroscientist studying social touch perception in autism and mental health, neuroimaging methods, and naturalistic social vision. Asst Prof. at Durham University, UK
@darbysaxbe.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology @ University of Southern California: neuroendocrinology of close relationships, particularly plasticity across the transition to parenthood. Writing the book _Dad Brain_ for Flatiron Books, about the neurobiology of fatherhood.
@jeremyrmanning.bsky.social
Context Lab (@contextlab.bsky.social) director, Dartmouth prof, memory & 🧠 network modeler, data scientist, dad x2, husband, tree hugger 🌲, & 🧁+🍪 baker https://www.context-lab.com
@stevenpblack.bsky.social
Anthropologist, gardener, runner, musician, home improvement enthusiast. Views are not my own—they are a heteroglossic mix, the sclerotic residue of my/ others’ intentions
@annaicorwin.bsky.social
I write about aging, gender, the divine, language, interaction, and the erotic
@mck.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the Dept. of Culture & Society, Linköping University/EMCA/(he/him)
@pittprofdude.bsky.social
Professor of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh. Sociolinguist, Linguistic Anthropologist, Discourse Analyst. Language, GENDER, and Sexuality. Trying and failing to keep up with just about everything. GENDER: Ambivalent masculine Assigned male at birth
@sociolinguista.bsky.social
Sociolinguist & Discourse Analyst at Syracuse University. Associate Professor/knowledge serf. Anarchist cheerleader. Interested in language, identity, media, literature, art, music, culture, history. she/her Onondaga land
@joshprada.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Centre for Language and Cognition @rug.nl - Heritage language education, translanguaging, critical approaches
@lianeleeyoung.bsky.social
Prof of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College | Director of Morality Lab | Academic Mama | she/her | https://moralitylab.bc.edu/
@smconstantino.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, Visiting Scholar Princeton SPIA. Sustainable dev’t, climate, energy, collective action, crises, behavior, decision making. 🇵🇹🇧🇷🇨🇦
@maxkw.bsky.social
professor at university of washington and founder at csm.ai. computational cognitive scientist. working on social and artificial intelligence and alignment. http://faculty.washington.edu/maxkw/
@lenahuttner.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Eriksholm research Centre/Technical University of Denmark. Currently Studying multimodal and multisensory communication behavior in hearing impairment
@asifamajid.bsky.social
Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Oxford @oxexppsy.bsky.social
@drbcallaghan.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Psychology at UCLA studying the impact of early experiences on mind and body health across generations | neuroimaging | microbiome | behavior | physiology | interoception
@blaircostelloe.bsky.social
Behavioral ecologist using drones to study collective behavior of African ungulates. Leader of HerdHover project and co-PI of WildDrone project. Project Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, currently on TT job market. She/her.
@icouzin.bsky.social
Director, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz, Germany. 🏴
@dimitrisbolis.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher studying social interaction and the self, with a focus on neurosocial minorities. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/dimitrisbolis/
@livia-tomova.bsky.social
loneliness + social isolation | adolescent development | reward + motivation - Assistant Professor at Cardiff University
@joelleforestier.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of social psychology and PI of the Identity and Intergroup Relations Lab at Pitt. He/him. 🏳️🌈 🌐: joelleforestier.com 🐦: @JoelLeForestier
@kathrinkostorz.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist @univie.ac.at trying to synchronize brains 🧠🔛🧠 fuelled by coffee, gardening, and amazing humans. She/her 🇪🇺
@chrissicobe.bsky.social
Researcher and practitioner focused on all things behavioural equality. Love to talk fairness, organisational justice, critical diversity studies and organisational change. Cats, concrete, chess and cranes also float my boat.
@deannagiraldi.bsky.social
PhDing @DSPI_Oxford 📚| Health Policy MPH @YaleSPH 🩺 | Teaching Fellow of Political Sociology & Social Policy @Oxford | survivorship x trauma x gun violence researcher | opinions are my own 🌱
@ambrafer.bsky.social
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow @cimecunitrento.bsky.social (Trento, IT) pondering how we (learn to) communicate before and beyond words. https://ambrafer.github.io/
@judithholler.bsky.social
Leader of the Communication in Social Interaction (CoSI) research lab (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour & Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) https://www.cosilab.nl/ https://www.mpi.nl/people/holler-judith https://www.ru.nl/en/p
@fusaroli.bsky.social
Cognitive Science at Aarhus Uni. Curious about social interactions, symbolic behaviors, and meta-science. Focus on stats, computational modeling, machine learning, complex systems, language, exp semiotics and neuropsychiatric conditions. He/They.
@irisnomikou.bsky.social
Interactional Linguist; Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Portsmouth University, passionate about language as coordination – especially its development, proud mum of two trilingual kids
@camillewynn.bsky.social
Assistant Professor studying conversation dynamics at the University of Houston Lover of speech science, autism research, stats, and mountains PhD | CCC-SLP | she/her camillewynnlab.com
@rafmbatista.bsky.social
PhD Student UChicago-Booth. #BehSci, consumer psych, econ, policy, AI. Thinking (& tweeting) about everyday decisions & experiences. Job Mkt Candidate!
@evanwestra.bsky.social
Philosopher writing about theory of mind, moral psychology, character judgment, social norms. I bore undergraduates for a living. #philosophy #philsky he/him https://sites.google.com/site/ewestraphilosophy/
@aidangcw.bsky.social
Psychopathology | Personality | Quant Methods Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry | Eisenberg Family Depression Center | University of Michigan Editor | Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science Founder | www.smart-workshops.com
@julianaschroeder.bsky.social
Prof in Management & Psych at UC Berkeley Haas, Director of @XlabAtBerkeley, Co-Director of @Psych_of_Tech.
@drkoraly.bsky.social
Developmental Psychologist; Coffee Addict; Boricua; Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Psychology
@johanlind.bsky.social
Ethologist from Sweden | Behavior | Cognition | Culture Latest book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240770/the-human-evolutionary-transition And Nature Photographer/biodiversity junkie: www.jlind.se & www.instagram.com/jlindphoto
@miriamlense.bsky.social
Researcher and psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; focus on social interaction, communication, caregiving and well-being; #musicscience, child development, autism, Williams syndrome, Down syndrome. Views my own
@lorapark.bsky.social
Professor, social psychology, University at Buffalo; self/identity, motivation, well-being, STEM https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/selfandmotivationlab
@leonkroczek.bsky.social
Social affective neuroscience in and outside Virtual Reality. PostDoc at Regensburg University. MPI CBS alumnus
@manuelvarlet.bsky.social
Neuroscience | Psychology. Perception & Action. Sydney, Australia
@joebarnby.com
cognitive computational scientist | director of SoCR Lab (socrlab.net) | FENS-Kavli scholar | founder at Hypatia | social cog 🫂 decision making👆mental health 🧠 Between London 🇬🇧 & Perth 🇦🇺
@dcosme.bsky.social
Social affective neuroscientist at Penn studying motivation, resilience, individual & collective behavior change. Interests: climate, civic engagement, autonomy, solidarity, self & social development, youth participatory action research dcosme.github.io
@elisabaek.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Psych at USC | Director of SoCoLab (socolab.org) | social (dis)connection, info sharing, persuasion & brains | dog mom 🐶 | Soli Deo gloria
@asieh.bsky.social
In love with the magic of memory ✨ Cognitive and computational neuroscience Computational psychiatry Postdoc at Columbia, PhD from Princeton https://sites.google.com/view/asiehzadbood/
@jalon.bsky.social
@kamunenantti.bsky.social
PhD, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oulu. Conversation analyst, studies talk & interaction in multinational crisis management training 🔎💬🇺🇳. He/him.
@marcalexander.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Heriot-Watt University, researching interaction, long-suffering NCFC fan, and Oxford comma late-adopter #DiscursivePsychology #EMCA https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/marc-alexander
@aleksandrshirokov.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Rutgers University Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, doctor-patient interaction, human-computer interaction.
@adambrandt.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University (UK). Uses #EMCA to research social interaction, and particularly how people communicate with (and through) technologies, such as #conversationalAI.
@joshuaraclaw.com
sociocultural linguist working in trans and queer linguistics and conversation analysis. posts about yiddish, cooking, adhd, cats, professor stuff. (they/זײ) [ˈɹæ.klɔ] מיר װעלן זײ איבערלעבן
@jakubmlynar.bsky.social
Studying how people do things together Sociology, Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis #emca #ethnomethodology #conversationanalysis http://www.jakubmlynar.net/
@sorensorensen.bsky.social
Linguistics, Conversation Analysis/Interactional Linguistics, Forensic Linguistics, a bit of Phonetics & Prosody. Postdoc at University of Agder, Norway, originally from Denmark (he/him) https://sorensandagersorensen.dk/
@thalkowski.bsky.social
Researcher studying language-in-use in clinical (and other) settings. Views my own. #emca #ConversationAnalysis #ethnomethodololgy https://sites.google.com/view/thalkowski/home
@derekedwards.bsky.social
Emeritus professor; language and social interaction; Discursive Psychology; Guitars; Photography; Liverpool FC; Socialism. Probably not in that order.
@jessicapbh.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Østfold University College | Researcher, Teacher Educator | Conversation analysis #EMCA | Interpreting |
@laalaajenkins.bsky.social
Research Fellow @Loughborough Uni. •Communication • Conversation analysis • Children & YP • Children’s Rights • Youth justice • Medical encounters • #EMCA Also occupied with painting, cycling, & home educating. https://bit.ly/4fumW4S
@maximiliankrug.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University of Duisburg-Essen // interpersonal communication researcher // #incivility #reactance #GDR #conversationanalysis // Dad.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social
Researcher affiliated with Rutgers and Loughborough Universities, interested in use & development of conversation analysis and discursive psychology. Views: coherence-based; responsive to new ideas. #EMCA #FBPE #FBR #AcademicSky
@adokerrison.bsky.social
Conversation analyst studying all the different ways crowds of strangers manage to say the same thing, in the same way, at the same time. He/him
@profsalwiggins.bsky.social
Academic & social interaction researcher obsessed with eating talk. Professor at Linköping Uni. Mostly wears corduroy. Author of Mouthfull.blog Discursive Psychology | Conversation Analysis | Social Psychology | Eating research | Problem-based learning
@marinanc.bsky.social
(she/her) Multimodal & Interactional Linguist. Compulsive cyclist 🚴🏽♀️ Ultra-commuter. Immigrant. Adoptive Yorkie. Argenta fuelled by 🧉. Views my own. #EMCA #Phonetics #Gesture #Multimodality #Cycling #TheGreatBritishCommute
@saulalbert.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Social Science/Social Psychology at the Dept. of Communication and Media @lborouniversity: aesthetics, phil sci, ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, art, technology. Also on: https://mastodon.social/@saulalbert
@ericlaurier.bsky.social
Writes in too much detail about ordinary practices & reasoning. Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis. Professor of Geography & Interaction, University of Edinburgh. He/him.
@raziasahi.bsky.social
NSF Postdoc Fellow at Princeton University | studying how we regulate each others' emotions 👥
@diegoreinero.bsky.social
MindCORE postdoctoral research fellow @Penn studying how moral and political views change through conversations and social networks
@wasita.bsky.social
🇹🇭 phd candidate w/ @lukejchang.bsky.social in the computational social affective neuroscience lab (cosanlab.com) at @DartmouthPBS.bsky.social i study social interactions & communication wasita.space
@adriennewood.bsky.social
Social Psychology, University of Virginia. Emotion, interpersonal behavior, social connection, social networks. I'm a dabbler, so if you love poorly-made arts and crafts or amateur improv, I'm your gal! https://emotionbehavior.com
@pniedent.bsky.social
Affective Science prof at UW-Madison | US politics | triggered by regional & international clichés | Badgers and Packers | Mom of 4 | opinions my own | she/her
@sansmeeting.bsky.social
The Social and Affective Neuroscience Society | Official Bluesky News Feed socialaffectiveneuro.org
@ninarouhani.bsky.social
🧛🏻♀️ assist prof in brain & cognitive science @USC (postdoc @caltech, phd @princeton) 🔎 computational approaches to reinforcement learning, memory & decision-making at individual & collective level; comp psychiatry http://www.rouhanilab.com
@eshjolly.bsky.social
Incoming Asst Prof @UCSDPsychology Postdoc @cosanlab & @FINNLab_neuro @InteractingMind Dartmouth College https://eshinjolly.com/
@ljubapi.bsky.social
Neuroscientist @CNRS | @ERCgrantees | interested in how humans perceive humans and understand their actions and interactions | in literature fiction and fashion 🍸