Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Digitally Distracted

Dr Duncan Brumby, University College London (UCL).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Role of Social Media in Health Prediction and Prevention: Digital Methods in Public Health and Behavior Change

Dr Sophie Lohmann, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Is the child the father of the political man?

Dr. Gary Lewis, Royal Holloway University of London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Benefits of the collective: how the group protects individual members in costly decisions

Dr Marwa El Zein.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 24 April 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The social incentives hypothesis of political belief polarization

Ben Tappin, Royal Holloway, University of London. .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

From Sinners to Saints: How Redemption Narratives Motivate Prosocial Consumer Behaviors

Dr. Eric Levy, Queen Mary University of London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Beyond crazy: Rationality, irrationality, and conspiracy theory

Professor Robbie Sutton, University of Kent.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Social Representations of Women who Live as Men in Northern Albania

Ellen Robertson, Department of Psychology, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Bringing Personality Theory Back to Life: On Persons-in-Context, Idiographic Strategies, and Lazarus

Prof Daniel Cervone, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Internal Displacement in Cyprus and childhood: The view from genetic social psychology

Dr Charis Psaltis, University of Cyprus, Nicosia.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 20 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

What constitutes 'discrimination' in everyday talk? Argumentative lines and the social representations of discrimination

Dr Katy Greenland, Cardiff University .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 06 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The role of attachment in cults and radicalization

Dr Alexandra Stein, Mary Ward Centre, London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 23 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Spaces for citizen involvement in healthcare: an ethnographic study

Dr Alicia Renedo, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 21 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Women, Depression and 'collective' action: possibilities for 'social change' within primary mental health care settings in South Africa

Dr Rochelle Burgess, Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Researching social problems: Putting the cart before the horse?

Dr Apurv Chauhan, University of Brighton.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Sex-typed preferences are not universal: An experimental test of children's toy and colour preferences in Peruvian Amazon Basin and Vanuatu kastom villages

Jac Davis, University of Cambridge.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Sperm Donation and Motherhood: British and French perspectives

This is a joint seminar, featuring talks by Dr Sophie Zadeh and her collaborators. Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Dr Sophie Zadeh, University of Cambridge, Prof Nikos Kalampalikis, Université Lumiere Lyon 2 (France), & Marjolaine Doumergue, Université Lumiere Lyon 2 (France).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 16 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Ritual, Community, and Conflict

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Harvey Whitehouse, University of Oxford.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 02 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Developmental changes after early adversity: lessons from adoption research

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Jesus Palacios, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 07 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Attitudinal Influences on Moral Judgments

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Bogdan Wojciszke, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 28 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Social Identity: The enactment and performance of religious identities

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Dr Nicholas Hopkins, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Uncovering the Glass Cliff: Women's leadership roles in times of crisis

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Michelle Ryan, University of Exeter and University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Social representations and political thought

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Christian Staerklé, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Gerd Gigerenzer, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany .

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Reluctant Altruist

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Prof Eamonn Ferguson.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 08 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Understanding radicalisation

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Dr Noemie Bouhana, University College London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Dementia care through the lens of social representations: A discussion of anchoring and framing processes

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

Nils Töpfer, University of Jena, Germany.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 11 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The construction of extremism in ‘The Trojan Horse’ affair: implications for identity and citizenship

CANCELLED!!!

Dr Caroline Howarth, London School of Economics.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 10 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Early Development of Joking and Pretending

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Elena Hoicka, Sheffield University.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 26 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The role of stigma in the pursuit of personal projects: Implications for the health and well-being of marginalized individuals

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr David Frost, University of Surrey.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 08 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

A discourse of ‘we’: gendered subjectivities and caregiving in UK ‘stay-at-home-dads’

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Abigail Locke, University of Bradford.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 16 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Family influences on the health risk behaviours and well-being of African American adolescents

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Prof Cleopatra Howard Caldwell.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 09 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

HIV and the "dirty" other: Living with a spoiled identity

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Poul Rohleder, University of East London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 02 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Forming Beliefs: information seeking, avoidance & integration in the human brain

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Tali Sharot, University College London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 19 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

What dancing robots might teach us about the development of form and motion understanding in the human brain

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Emily Cross, Wales Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Bangor University | Behavioural Science Institute & Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Becoming a Viking:Processes of Identification with the Remote Past

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Marc Scully, Loughborough University.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 10 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Order of Gendered Words in a Phrase: When and Why It Constitutes Gender-Biased Language

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Selin Kesebir, London Business School.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How Sex Offenders Groom Minors on the Internet

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

Dr Evianne van Gijn, University of Cambridge.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 13 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Moral Psychology Research Group

Clean, Moral, and Beyond: Clues to the Embodied Metaphorical Mind

Prof Spike Lee (Management, University of Toronto).

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Monday 27 April 2015, 14:00-15:30