2026-May: News from the Accelerator
Quick read
- PSA Newsletter Translations are launched, and will be available to read here in a few days.
- Congratulations to our PSA members on publishing Vaidis et al. (2026) in Collabra: Psychology which offers practical, experience‑based guidance for Big Team Science collaborations.
- CONNECT Partnership Surveys: PSA members are invited to complete the Tools and Infrastructure (5 mins) and Big Team Science Experience (20 mins) surveys by May 18.
PSA Highlights
Publication: Big Team Science
Congratulations to our PSA members for publishing Vaidis et al. (2026) in Collabra: Psychology. This work complements existing BTS guides by offering experientially-grounded, discipline-specific strategies and addressing underexplored logistical, ethical, and epistemological challenges in large-scale collaborations.
Opportunities for PSA Members
CONNECT Partnership Surveys
Working groups from the CONNECT partnership, a collaboration of seven Big Team Science (BTS) networks, invite PSA members to complete two surveys by May 18.
- Tools and Infrastructure survey (5 minutes): Focuses on project‑management tools used in BTS, to help prioritise the development of new tools and infrastructure in the coming years.
- Big Team Science Experience survey (20 minutes): Evaluates experiences with BTS to generate data that will support funding efforts by demonstrating the value of BTS collaboration to prospective members and other stakeholders.
PSA Project Updates
005 Stereotype Threat
The team is finishing up the final draft of the manuscript to circulate to collaborators soon.
008 Minimal Groups
Data analysis is ongoing.
009 Gendered Leadership
The Stage 2 Registered Report is under review at The Leadership Quarterly.
011 Emotion Differentiation (NEW PROJECT!)
PSA 011 addresses the lack of cross‑cultural research by recruiting participants from over 20 countries using the PSA network to examine associations between emotion differentiation, emotion regulation, and internalising symptoms (depression and anxiety), to test whether these associations differ across countries using a multimethod approach, and to offer insights for developing mental health interventions that are sensitive to regional differences.
PSA 011 has received its acceptance letter. The team are drafting registered reports. PSA 011 is not ready for collaboration inquiries yet, but stay tuned!
012 Aesthetic Well-being Evaluation (NEW PROJECT!)
PSA 012 tests whether greater art involvement is associated with higher well‑being, whether this relationship is moderated by cultural context, and whether different modes of engagement (creating vs. observing; in‑person vs. digital) differentially impact well‑being, using a large‑scale study assessing diverse forms of art engagement and PERMA well‑being outcomes to clarify how art contributes to well‑being.
PSA 012 has received its acceptance letter. The team are drafting registered reports. PSA 012 is not ready for collaboration inquiries yet, but stay tuned!
013 Global Crises (NEW PROJECT!)
PSA 013 investigates how people perceive global crises (e.g. climate change, pandemics, war and violence) and how these perceptions relate to motivation to act across cultural contexts, by examining perceived importance (Want) and efficacy beliefs (Expectancy) within Motivational Readiness Theory by recruiting participants from over 60 countries, with the goal of mapping perception–reality gaps, testing cross‑cultural differences, and informing culturally tailored policy strategies to enhance public engagement.
PSA 013 has received its acceptance letter. The team are drafting registered reports. PSA 013 is not ready for collaboration inquiries yet, but stay tuned!
JTF1 Moral Experiences
Collaborators are urged to fill out the final authorship survey on canvas.
JTF2 Dignity Honor Face
The team has finished data analysis and have a draft of the results dashboard ready.
JTF3 Error Correction
The team have finished collecting data from collaborators.
Get Involved in the PSA
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010 Social Evaluation
The lead team has received positive feedback in the reviews from Psychological Science on their Stage 1 Registered Report, and are working on updating the manuscript.
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