Yael Ecker
Social psychologist | Goal pursuit, political behavior, well-being | The psychology of maintaining what we have
- 📢 CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - EASP 2026 Pre-Conference: "New Directions in Self-Regulation and Goal Striving" papaya-concha-4780bb.netlify.app We accept: -Perspective talks (bold new frameworks) -Empirical talks -Short talks (emerging work) Equal platform for all career stages. Ideas over hierarchy.
- Reposted by Yael EckerDoes “feeling right”—that is, experiencing regulatory fit—lead us to act more in line with our moral preferences? With @schildchristoph.bsky.social and @stepf.bsky.social, we conducted a series of the first large-scale, independent close replications in the field of regulatory fit.
- CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: New Directions in Self-Regulation & Goal Striving | EASP 2026 Pre-Conference | June 30, Strasbourg | Find the full call here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- Incredible symposium at #SESP2025! “New Frontiers in Cultural Psychology” brought together cutting-edge research reshaping how we understand human behavior across cultures, opening with Kitayama challenging East-West paradigms through Sub-Saharan African societies.
- Tomorrow 17:00 at #SESP2025 (Roma II) I'm chairing "Motivated Politics: Goals and Self-Regulation in Contemporary Political Behavior" Come pick up the best conversation topics right before moving on to relaxing and socializing over a drink!
- PMIG 2025 in Lisbon: best conference experience yet.
- Psypost covered our new paper! Researchers uncover a stubbornly persistent bias for progress-oriented leaders www.psypost.org/researchers-...
- Reposted by Yael Ecker🚨Promotionsstelle "Antisemitismus am Arbeitsplatz" - TVL-13 75%, 4 Jahre 🚨 Bitte gerne eifrig weiterleiten: ab März 2026 (vorbehaltlich finaler BMFTR-Zusage) ist in unserem Team eine Stelle im Projekt von @zakfio.bsky.social zu vergeben. Näheres in der Ausschreibung: www.psychjob.eu/de/job/wisse...
