1 Dec DISSINET in podcast DATAŘI David Zbíral and Tomáš Hampejs talk about inquisition records as digital capta with Jan Cibulka in the Czech Radio podcast „DATAŘI“.
29 Nov Book chapter in the newly published The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research Vojtěch Kaše (University of West Bohemia), Tomáš Glomb (Masaryk University), and Jan Fousek (Aix-Marseille University) contributed to the new Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research with the chapter Networks and Religious Transformations.
21 Nov CREDO project received funding from the Czech Science Foundation in the Junior Star program! Martin Lang received the Czech National Foundation’s Junior Star grant with his project titled Computing Religious Devotion: How Reinforcing Supernatural Beliefs Affects Normative Models in the Mind.
14 Nov Two LEVYNA graduates have been awarded for excellent study results The vice-rector for Research and Doctoral Studies at Masaryk University has awarded two LEVYNA graduates - Dan Řezníček and Radim Chvaja with a price for excellent results during their Ph.D. studies.
9 Nov DISSINET’s article on sentencing in early inquisition trials published in Historical Methods DISSINET article applying computational methods to sentencing in early inquisition trials published in a top ranking journal Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History.
19 Sep Did inquisitors fear charges of sexual misconduct? Why did inquisitors interrogate women in different spaces than they did men? DISSINET looks into this in the most important history magazine worldwide, History Today.
17 Aug Phases of the menstrual cycle have no effects on incentivized decision-making In an incentivized controlled lab experiment published in the Journal of Economic Psychology, Miloš Fišar together with members of LEVYNA and other colleagues show that there are no systematic effects of ovulatory shift on salient behavioral outcomes like risk preferences, rule violation, and exploratory attitude.
16 Aug New article on the ancient Roman imperial propaganda Tomáš Glomb (MUNI), Vojtěch Kaše (ZČU), and Viktor Zavřel (MUNI) have published their article "Iconographic Trends in Roman Imperial Coinage in the Context of Societal Changes in the Second and Third Centuries CE: A Small-Scale Test of the Affluence Hypothesis" in Open Archaeology.
7 Aug Costly signals induce more trustworthiness when used in religious settings like pilgrimages In an experimental study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, Radim Chvaja, Martin Lang and colleagues show that religious *costly* signals are more effective in communicating trustworthiness to religious/secular receivers than secular signals.
3 Aug New paper about the evolution of human ritual Journal Religion, Brain, & Behavior published article authored by Martin Lang and Radek Kundt where they synthesize literature from several disciplines to identify possible reasons for the evolution of collective rituals. The authors argue that rituals evolved to facilitate cooperative communication.
3 Jul Dan Řezníček defended his dissertation thesis In his thesis, titled The transmission of intergroup aggression: Prestige, credible displays, and coalitionary signals, he studied the factors and ways of spreading of intergroup aggression within groups during their mutual conflicts.
23 Jun A new historian and a computational sociologist have joined the DISSINET team The DISSINET has welcomed two new team members over recent months following the departure of a historian and a sociologist in autumn 2022.
TIP 1 Jun InkVisitor website launched The official website of InkVisitor, a state-of-the-art environment for the collection of complex data from texts developed in the Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) at Masaryk University, is now launched.
19 May Tomáš Glomb received the Rector's Award for Outstanding Research Results Achieved by Young Scientists under 35 Dr. Glomb's contributions to the digital research of religion were recognized by Martin Bareš, the rector of Masaryk University, at the Dies academics ceremony.
