Archive - The Power of Us

Promoting social connectedness at music festivals

Issue 169: How psychedelics facilitate positive emotions and prosociality at music festivals

Jun 4 •

May 2025

Opening Doors and Sponsoring Success: An Interview with Rosalind Chow

Issue 168: Rosalind Chow's new book teaches readers new ways to network, build trust, and create a more inclusive workplace

May 30 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

The POWER OF US Course: A syllabus for teaching about social identity

Issue 167: We have new free educational materials for teaching about the Power of Shared Identity

May 14 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

Why dance classes are good for your mental health

Issue 166: Four key social psychological elements of healthy groups, as told through lived experiences in my Zumba class

May 6 •

April 2025

Debunking The Myth That Conformity Is Irrational

Issue 165: We revisit the famous conformity studies from Solomon Asch and explain that most people have learned the wrong lessons about conformity

Apr 29 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

Advice for Every Task & Career Stage

Issue 164: Advice on giving great talks, writing efficiently, goal setting, saying “no”, managing conflict, and mentoring, as well as specific career…

Apr 23 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

and

Center for Conflict + Coop.

How stories help us gain status and power: Interview + book giveaway with Will Storr

Issue 163: Our identities are characters we play. An interview with Will Storr of You are a Story.

Apr 15 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

and

Insights from "The Power of Us" Book Club

Issue 162: We visited a book club and share some of the insights (and a video) from the event

Apr 8 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

Four Things Successful Teams Do Differently

Issue 161: We put our own research team to the test–see how we performed!

Apr 3 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

March 2025

Inspire, Don't Infuriate: Lessons in the science of leadership from Adam Galinsky

Issue 160: Adam Galinsky shares a sneak peek of his new book, Inspire

Mar 18 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

Why is it so hard to disagree?

Issue 159: How to have conversations across divides: Lessons from a psychologist, a neuroscientist, and a political scientist.

Mar 11 •

A National Prefrontal Lobotomy: The Costs of Cutting the Social Sciences

Issue 158: The long-term impacts of funding cuts threaten "social science for a safer world"

Mar 4 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts