Summer interns explore issues of identity complexity and wellbeing

We were delighted to have four volunteer summer interns working with the lab over the summer – three from St Andrews and a guest all the way from Turkey! The group spend the majority of their time exploring the issues around identity and well-being in the medical context. We also explored different models of self-complexity … Read more

Lillian Smyth visits from ANU

Lillian Smyth visited the lab on her way home from the European Association of Social Psychology conference in Amsterdam.  Lillian gave a talk on her PhD work on Discipline-based student identities, peer norms and approaches to learning.  While in St Andrews, Lillian also got to se some of the local sights including a trip to … Read more

Stephen La Macchia from UQ visits St Andrews

The lab hosted a visit from Stephen LaMacchia from the University of Queensland. Stephen is in the final year of his PhD studies at UQ working with Winnifred Louis and Matthew Hornsey. Stephen is a co-author on a paper with Ken and Winnifred on Social Justice in Psychology. Dealing with That Lot: Assorted Insights Regarding … Read more

Alexander Saeri from UQ visits St Andrews

We were delighted to have Alexander (Zan) Saeri visiting the social psychology group from the University of Queensland. Zan is in the final year of his PhD working with Aarti Iyer and Winnifred Louis. Alexander gave a talk to the group entitled “Collective action: outsiders, ideology, and contexts”.

Ken visits ANU for PhD and project updates

Ken had the opportunity to visit ANU for a busy week of meetings and catch-ups.  The main focus was on Kathy McNeill (who submitted her thesis this week) and Lillian Smyth (who is submitting in January), but also included meetings with Daniel Skorich and Dora Sharp-Davidson about ongoing projects as well as catching up with … Read more

Winnifred Louis visits St Andrews

The lab was delighted to host a 2 week visit from Winnifred Louis from the University of Queensland.  Winnifred’s work is best known for her interest in the influence of identity and norms in social decision-making, which she has studied in a wide range of contexts from political activism, peace psychology, health and the environment. … Read more

Emma Thomas visits St Andrews

Emma Thomas is currently on a prestigious Discovery Early Career Research fellowship and based at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.  Her research focuses on the role of identity processes and emotion particularly in collective action. Some of her work involves advantaged group members acting to overcome injustice through campaigns such as “Water for Life” … Read more