Understanding power, resistance and oppression in Kurdish diaspora
Understanding power, resistance and oppression in Kurdish diaspora Dr. Canan Coskan (CeSCuP; independent) What are the social and political psychological factors that contribute to the steadfastness of marginalized communities resisting against oppression, dispossession, and criminalization at the intersections of the matrix of domination such as racism, colonialism, capitalism, sexism, cisheteropatriarchy, and ableism? How we can […]
The Social Psychology of Colonial Ideologies: Internalized Oppression, Historical Negation, and the Pervasiveness of Coloniality Beliefs
The Social Psychology of Colonial Ideologies: Internalized Oppression, Historical Negation, and the Pervasiveness of Coloniality Beliefs Dr. Eduardo J. Rivera Pichardo (NSF Postdoctoral Associate at Rutgers University) While colonialism and its ethos (referred to as coloniality) continue to exert significant influence in today’s world, social science has largely treated colonialism as a relic of the past, […]
Restitution : comparaison dans le traitement des biens issus du contexte colonial et de la spoliation des Juifs pendant la 2GM
Restitution : comparaison dans le traitement des biens issus du contexte colonial et de la spoliation des Juifs pendant la 2GM Dr Yasmina Zian (ULB) Contrairement à l’histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, le travail de mémoire sur le passé colonial a été entamé plus tardivement. Ce décalage pourrait expliquer pourquoi la période coloniale constitue encore […]
Intergroup contact in contexts of institutionalized discrimination
Intergroup contact in contexts of institutionalized discrimination Dr Zacharia Bady (CeSCuP, ULB) The contact hypothesis – which proposes that positive intergroup contact fosters positive intergroup attitudes – has been abundantly supported by evidence. Because of this empirical success, the contact hypothesis has been widely applied as a conflict resolution tool in the form of planned contact […]
When Lack of Control Leads to Uncertainty: Explaining the Effect of Anomie on Support for Authoritarianism
When Lack of Control Leads to Uncertainty: Explaining the Effect of Anomie on Support for Authoritarianism Jasper Neerdaels (KU Leuven) Studies have shown that anomie, i.e., the perception that a society’s leadership and social fabric are breaking down, is a central predictor of individuals’ support for authoritarianism. However, causal evidence for this relationship is missing. […]
Racism-evasion in Intergroup Phenomena among White Americans and Social Psychological Research
Racism-evasion in Intergroup Phenomena among White Americans and Social Psychological Research Syed Muhammad Omar (University of Kansas) A core feature of right-wing reaction in the US is hostility to systematic racism as a constitutive aspect of modern society. Resistance to a systemic conception of racism is evident not only in a preference for understanding racism […]
Literacy, perceptions of justice, identification with society, and conspiracy belief
Literacy, perceptions of justice, identification with society, and conspiracy belief Camilla Arnal (CeSCuP, ULB) My thesis focuses on understanding how literacy, perceptions of justice, and identification with society relate to conspiracy belief. Within the framework of the social psychology seminar, I will be presenting the results of two studies I have conducted. In the first […]
The extended contact asymmetry: Authoritarianism and its interaction with positive and negative extended contact
The extended contact asymmetry: Authoritarianism and its interaction with positive and negative extended contact Dr Claas Pollmanns (Chemnitz University) In this presentation, I explore the nuanced impact of extended intergroup contact on attitudes towards immigrants, focusing on the moderating role of authoritarianism. Positive extended contact is known to improve intergroup attitudes (for example through its […]
