Social Psychology
Social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, beliefs, intentions, and goals are constructed within a social context by the actual or imagined interactions with others
Professor Nick Hopkins is interested in the relationship between group processes and identity. He is particularly interested in group hierarchies, processes of marginalisation, and minority group members' experiences of misrecognition.
Professor Fabio Sani is interested in the health implications of social relationships, group membership, and social identities. He uses either interviews or survey data (both qualitative and quantitative).
Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc’s research examines how people’s social identities influence their behaviour in a range of contexts including health, environmental (climate change), and socio-political (collective action and social change). More recently, she has focused on research on online communities looking at how collective identities and behaviours are shaped through online interactions. This research has been conducted in online political communities (mostly far-right and white supremacist) and online health communities (recovery from addiction).
Dr. Sagherian-Dickey is interested in how people deal with the aftermath of violent conflict. Her research focuses on some of the mechanisms of reconciliation (e.g., intergroup contact in naturalistic settings, group-based trust), and on how people respond to human rights violations (e.g. through formal apologies). She works with qualitative and quantitative methods.
Dr Amrita Ahluwalia-McMeddes is a social and moral psychologist, interested in identity, intergroup processes, as well as how moral conflict operates within and across individuals.