Identity, Self and Social Categorisation
The research interests and activities of Ken Mavor's lab group and colleagues
Bashar came to St Andrews supported by Kuwait University, after completing a Masters in the US. The focus of Bashar’s project has been to explore the links between different understandings of religiosity, political factors, and attitudes toward other religious and political groups. The thesis title is “Religiosity and prejudice in a Western and Islamic context”. … Read more
We were excited to be collaborating with an American-based NGO, Love for the least: Middle East to cary out a research study on internally displaced Christian’s in Iraq. There have been two waves of displacement in Iraq; from the Iraq war and then from ISIS. Many people are displaced from southern Iraq, and more recently … Read more
Dora Sharpe-Davidson has submitted her Clinical Psychology PhD to the ANU just in time for Christmas! Dora’s project has taken the idea of self complexity and self-concept clarity, both of which have been found to buffer people against stressors and improve wellbeing. Dora looked at various forms of discrimination as a particular form of stress, … Read more