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Political psychology

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Your vote. Your party. Your identity.

What are the social consequences for the residents of the United Kingdom, in light of the Brexit referendum?

  • Are left- and right-wing political supporters more similar to each other than they are to political moderates?
  • How do the wealthy think about wealth distributions in society at large, and why is their perspective on this matter important?
  • How does inequality of resources and of opportunity affect how people view themselves and others?
  • What psychological factors play a role in support for conspiracy theories?

With publications in some of psychology鈥檚 highest impact journals, our staff members exploring these sorts of questions are on the cutting edge of modern political thought, which is especially important in this politically-charged era (e.g., Brexit in the UK, so-called 鈥橳rumpism鈥� in the USA, the widening inequality gap worldwide, policies related to climate change).

To answer these questions, our staff members rely on experimental designs as well as on large-sample correlational approaches. We also carry out research in related areas including justice, fairness and equality, and risk, judgement and decision making.

Publications

2023

  • Coelho, Gabriel Lins de Holanda and Wolf, Lukas J and Vilar, Roosevelt and Pereira Monteiro, Renan and Hanel, Paul HP (2023) . Current Psychology, 43 (18). pp. 16746-16757.
  • Hanel, Paul HP and Roy, Deborah and Taylor, Samuel and Franjieh, Michael and Heffer, Chris and Tanesini, Alessandra and Maio, Gregory R (2023) . Royal Society Open Science, 10 (2). 220958-.
  • Hanel, Paul HP and Tunç, Hamdullah and Bhasin, Divija and Litzellachner, Lukas F and Maio, Greg R (2023) . Journal of Personality.
  • Loughnane, Jack and Roth, Jenny and Van Tilburg, Wijnand (2023) . British Journal of Social Psychology, 62 (4). pp. 1798-1816.
  • Player, Lois and Hanel, Paul HP and Whitmarsh, Lorraine and Shah, Punit (2023) . Heliyon, 9 (8). e17862-e17862.
  • Russo, Daniel and Hanel, Paul HP and Altnickel, Seraphina and van Berkel, Niels (2023) . Empirical Software Engineering: an international journal, 28 (2). 53-.
  • Zarzeczna, Natalia J and Hanel, Paul HP and Rutjens, Bastiaan and Bono, Suzanna Awang and Chen, Yi-Hua and Haddock, Geoff (2023) . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

2022

  • Legate, Nicole and Nguyen, Thuy-vy Thi and Hanel, Paul HP and Holford, Dawn Liu and Sirota, Miroslav and Chiu, Faith and et al (2022) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (22). e2111091119-e2111091119.

2021

  • Coelho, Gabriel LH and Hanel, Paul HP and Vilar, Roosevelt and Monteiro, Renan P and Cardoso, Fadja JV and Gouveia, Valdiney V (2021) '' Personality and Individual Differences, 179. p. 110890. ISSN 0191-8869
  • Foad, Colin MG and Whitmarsh, Lorraine and Hanel, Paul HP and Haddock, Geoff (2021) '' Royal Society Open Science, 8 (7). p. 210678. ISSN 2054-5703
  • Taylor, Emily C and Livingston, Lucy A and Callan, Mitchell J and Hanel, Paul HP and Shah, Punit (2021) '' Journal of Environmental Psychology, 76. p. 101648. ISSN 0272-4944
  • Wolf, Lukas J and Hanel, Paul HP and Maio, Greg R (2021) '' European Review of Social Psychology, 32 (1). pp. 123-160. ISSN 1046-3283

2020

  • Hanel, Paul and Wolf, Lukas J (2020) '' British Journal of Social Psychology, 59 (2). 470 - 493. ISSN 0144-6665
  • Wolf, Lukas J and Hanel, Paul HP and Maio, Greg R (2020) '' European Review of Social Psychology. ISSN 1046-3283 (In Press)

2019

  • Hanel, Paul HP and Maio, Gregory R and Manstead, Antony SR (2019) '' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116 (4). 541 - 562. ISSN 0022-3514

Academics

Dr Rael Dawtry
Dr Rael Dawtry

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; justice, fairness and equality.
Dr Paul Hanel
Dr Paul Hanel

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Justice, fairness and equality; cross-cultural studies.
Dr Nathaniel Schermerhorn
Dr Nathaniel Schermerhorn

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; Justice, Fairness and Equality.
Dr Dale Shaffer-Morrison
Dr Dale Shaffer-Morrison

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; Meaning in Life, Trust and Interdependence; Wellbeing.
Dr Natalia Zarzeczna
Dr Natalia Zarzeczna

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Meaning in life, trust and interdepence; Risk, judgement and decision making; Wellbeing; Communication and language; Cross-cultural studies.
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