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Psychology at the Frontiers: Asylum Interviewing and Decision-Making. Led by Prof. Jan Antfolk and Prof. Julia Korkman at Åbo Akademi University.

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We officially launched our Psych-AID Network last Friday. Thank you to all of our speakers @Maahanmuuttovir, @FGaroff, @sara_landstrom, @jan_antfolk, @jkorkman, @JennySkrifvars, @hedayat_selim , Rasmus Ahlgren, @oak27oak, and Malin Ekelund.
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Psych-AID was represented at the conference of the European chapter of the International Association of Migration and Refugee Judges, held in Paris in early October. Judges, law practitioners, and researchers gathered to discuss new developments in asylum law and practice.
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What a privilege to be able to bring a psychological perspective on asylum interviewing and decision-making into the conversation.
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A special highlight was the setting: the remarkable General Assembly hall of the Conseil d'État. Many thanks to the organisers and to everyone we had the chance to discuss these important topics with. #AsylumLaw #RefugeeLaw #IARMJ #LegalPsychology #PsychAID
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It's finally conference week! Stay tuned for further updates as we welcome our participants to the SOGIESC in Asylum conference, held at Åbo Akademi University in Turku!
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The PsychAID network had the pleasure of participating in a number of panels at EAPL in Bari. Postdoc Dilhan Töredi presented preliminary results from a cross-cultural incentivized lie paradigm investigating decision-making in the asylum setting.
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Doctoral researcher Anastasia Valiavko presented the translation and validation of the rape myth and empathy scales into Ukrainian.
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Finally, Master's student Louise Törrönen presented her master's thesis, which investigates the presence of an emotional victim effect in asylum cases based on sexual violence.
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The Psych-AID team was delighted to take part in #EAPL2026, held this year in beautiful Bari, Italy! Our researchers presented their work on asylum interviewing, credibility assessment and legal decision-making, avatar training, and sexual violence.
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As always, EAPL was a great opportunity to learn about the excellent research being done across the field of psychology and law. Sincere thanks to the staff at Università degli Studi di Bari for their outstanding organization and hospitality!
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We are extremely proud and pleased to announce that our postdoctoral researcher Dilhan Töredi has been awarded the Grant-in-Aid for Early Career Professionals by the American Psychology-Law Society!
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Dilhan's study, “Trust and Technology: Rethinking Interpretation in Asylum Interviews,” aims to disentangle the effects of trust and confidentiality concerns from those arising from interpretation quality and other cross-cultural influences in interpreter-mediated asylum IVs.
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The study will employ an empirical investigation using AI as a methodological tool to isolate and examine these influences. The grant will facilitate a pilot study designed to generate preliminary evidence informing the development of a more systematic, multi-study project.
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🎤 Keynote announcement! 👉 Hüseyin Kudret, researcher, legal consultant & human rights advocate specialising in refugee law and SOGIESC. With experience across civil society and international law, they work at the intersection of research, advocacy & practice. We’re honored!
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👋 Meet our researchers in Stockholm! Psych-AID doctoral researchers Malin Ekelund & Catharina Walldén will attend The Anti-gender & Anti-migration Connection – A Nordic dialogue-based conference on April 15. If you're attending, please come say hi and chat! 💬 #PsychAID
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Excited to share our first keynote for the SOGIESC in Asylum-Conference! 👉Dr. Hedayat Selim is a postdoctoral researcher with Psych-AID at Åbo Akademi University, studying bias and credibility in asylum decisionmaking in SOGIESC-related cases. We're honoured to have her join us
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📢 Abstract submission is now open for the SOGIESC in Asylum Conference! 🗓️ Deadline: April 30 🔗 Submit here: survey.abo.fi/lomakkeet/1742… Share your research and ideas—don’t miss out! #Conference #CallForPapers #Asylum #SOGIESC #SOGI
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🌟 We are delighted to introduce our keynote speakers for SOGIESC in Asylum-Conference: Hilary Evans Cameron, Lisa Diamond, Ilan Meyer, Hüseyin Ali Kudret, and Hedayat Selim. Find more information on our website (sites.abo.fi/psych-aid/psych…)—further updates will follow!

Psych-AID Conference October 2026

The conference, funded by the Nordic Gender Fund and Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi, will bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of legal psychology, law, gender studies…

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📢 Psych-AID is now on Instagram! The Psych-AID network now has an official Instagram page where you can follow our work and stay up to date on our ongoing data collections. 👉 Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/psychaid_resea…
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🔍Beliefs about asylum decisions don’t arise in a vacuum. In our study, broader immigration attitudes shape how people interpret the same asylum system: more lenient attitudes ➡️ too strict; more restrictive ➡️ too lenient. 🔗 Preprint: osf.io/jh5bq/files/85nq3
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