Identity, Self and Social Categorisation
The research interests and activities of Ken Mavor's lab group and colleagues
Ken recently gave the local friday afternoon school seminar in St Andrews. The title of the talk was “The person categorisation heresies: Persons AS categories, and implications for a unified theory of social categorisation”. St Andrews is an ideal place for us to pursue this work, given the great intellectual atmosphere and intellectual interest shared … Read more
A collection of John Turner’s past and present colleagues and students gathered at University House, ANU, Canberra to discuss John’s massive contribution to the theory of intergroup relations through Social Identity and Self Categorization Theories. (John Turner pictured right). Ken Mavor was one of 21 invited speakers for the 3 day symposium, and spoke on … Read more
We congratulate Michelle Quee on the award of her PhD! Her thesis entitled “Multiple Categorization: Choices and Constraints in the Perception of Individuals and Groups” makes use of the ‘who-said-what’ paradigm to explore the role of comparative fit, normative fit, and perceiver readiness factors in multiple categorization at a range of levels of perceptual hierarchy. … Read more