Dr Sergio Lo Iacono
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872693
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Location
5A.313, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By appointment
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Experimental Sociology
Quantitative Methods
Trust
Research questions of interest: How do different natural disasters (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic, earthquakes, droughts, etc.) affect social trust in the short- and long-term? How do trusting and trustworthy environments promote the provision of public goods? Do strong ties (e.g., family ties) hinder the emergence of social trust? Does community social embeddedness promote generalized trust?
Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Research questions of interest: How can we encourage sustainable behaviors? Which interventions could bridge the attitude-behavior gap? Which mitigation strategies would work more efficiently across different communities?
Migration, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
Research questions of interest: Why do people justify the use of violence against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers? Which groups are more vulnerable? What factors may moderate or limit such justifications of violence?
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Career Development and Making a Difference (SC199)
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Quantitative Research: Crime and Inequality Across the Life Course (SC208)
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Modelling Crime and Society (SC385)
Current supervision
Publications
Publications (1)
Wu, J., Sz谩mad贸, S., Barclay, P., Beersma, B., Dores Cruz, TD., Lo Iacono, S., Nieper, AS., Peters, KO., Przepiorka, W., Tiokhin, L. and van Lange, P., (2021). Honesty and Dishonesty in Gossip Strategies: A Fitness Interdependence Analysis
Journal articles (14)
Demireva, N. and Iacono, SL., (2025). . Acta Sociologica. 68 (2), 238-259
Lo Iacono, S., Sonmez, B. and Fairbrother, M., (2024). . Scientific Reports. 14 (1), 26048-
Lo Iacono, S., Przepiorka, W., Buskens, V., Corten, R., van Assen, M. and van de Rijt, A., (2023). . PNAS Nexus. 2 (5), pgad091-
Ermisch, J., Gambetta, D., Lo Iacono, S. and Sonmez, B., (2023). . Social Psychology Quarterly. 86 (2), 195-207
Sonmez, B. and Lo Iacono, S., (2022). . Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 8, 1-14
Lo Iacono, S. and Daniel Dores Cruz, T., (2022). . Royal Society Open Science. 9 (4), 211504-
Wu, J., Sz谩mad贸, S., Barclay, P., Beersma, B., Dores Cruz, TD., Lo Iacono, S., Nieper, AS., Peters, K., Przepiorka, W., Tiokhin, L. and Van Lange, PAM., (2021). . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 376 (1838), 20200300-
Lo Iacono, S. and Sonmez, B., (2021). . European Sociological Review. 37 (1), 155-168
Lo Iacono, S., Przepiorka, W., Buskens, V., Corten, R. and van de Rijt, A., (2021). . Social Science and Medicine. 291, 114513-114513
SANCHEZ PARRA, T. and LO IACONO, S., (2020). (Re)Productive Discourses: Media Coverage of Children Born of War in Colombia. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 39 (1), 22-36
Lo Iacono, S., (2019). Law-breaking, fairness, and generalized trust: The mediating role of trust in institutions. PLOS ONE. 14 (8), e0220160-e0220160
Lo Iacono, S. and Quaranta, M., (2019). Contextual Economic Conditions, Institutions and Social Trust: Trends and Cross-National Differences in Europe, 2002-2017. Polis
Lo Iacono, S., (2018). . Social Science Research. 73, 126-145
Demireva, N. and Lo Iacono, S., (2018). . Social Inclusion. 6 (3), 142-152
Books (1)
Barradas de Freitas, R. and Lo Iacono, S., (2021). Trust Matters Cross-Disciplinary Essays. Hart Publishing. 9781509935253
Book chapters (1)
Lo Iacono, S. and Testori, M., (2021). . In: Trust Matters Cross-Disciplinary Essays. Editors: Barradas de Freitas, R. and Lo Iacono, S., . Hart Publishing. 35- 54. 978-1-50993-525-3
Thesis dissertation (1)
Lo Iacono, S., (2017).
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