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Bullying and harassment are pervasive in academia, with many cases going unreported. One possible factor may be deliberate ignorance among perpetrators and bystanders. A number of interventions counteracting deliberate ignorance could contribute to thriving research environments.
The Covid pandemic has yielded new insights into psychological vaccine acceptance factors. This knowledge serves as a basis for behavioral and communication interventions that can increase vaccination readiness for other diseases.
Most psychological measures are used only once or twice. This proliferation and variability threaten the credibility of research. The Standardisation Of BEhavior Research (SOBER) guidelines aim to ensure that psychological measures are standardised and, unlike toothbrushes, reused by others.
Research on topics such as child sexual abuse can be emotionally demanding in ways that surpass many other lines of work. There are ways to prepare and protect researchers before and during these projects.