Departmental Seminar – Tobias Stark
A social network perspective on the extended contact hypothesis There is ample evidence for the extended contact hypothesis, which argues that knowing that ingroup friends have outgroup friends is sufficient to reduce prejudice. Although extended contact is inherently a social network phenomenon (“a friend of a friend is a friend”), research has thus far […]
Departmental Seminar – Julia Eberlen
Election outcome as norm indicator: An exploration of the influence of election results from the 2017 French presidential election and ego-networks on FN endorsement— By Julia Eberlen, Matteo Gagliolo & Olivier Klein Pluralistic ignorance describes the concept of a person adapting their public norm endorsement and behaviour towards a perceived social norm, thereby reinforcing […]
Departmental Seminar – Laetitia Renier
The role of meta-accuracy in recruitment Laetitia A. Renier1, Emmanuelle P. Kleinlogel2, Claudia Toma11, Marianne Schmid Mast2, Nora A. Murphy3 Previous research showed that people may or not know the impression they convey to others (i.e., meta-accuracy). However, little research has addressed to what extent meta-accuracy may be related to social outcomes such as […]
Departmental Seminar – Zacharia Bady
Uncovering social cleavages after a civil war: A methodological proposal for the assessment of social identities in surveys Recent social psychological research contributed three important insights about the way social identity may play a part in intergroup conflict and hence about how we should study its role: (1) there is always a multitude of intersecting […]
Departmental Seminar – Theofilos Gkinopoulos
Commemorating history: Constructions of group identities and relations in ceremonial political discourse across time This study analyses the discourse of political speeches of the leaders of two Greek political parties commemorating the restoration of Greek democracy on 24th July 1974; a mainstream party, New Democracy, and an opposition party, the Coalition of the Radical Left. […]
Departmental Seminar – Nafees Hamid
From the social networks to the sacred values of terrorist groups: A social network and fMRI analysis of European jihadists Terrorist networks are complex systems, much like ecosystems, which evolve based on changes at the sub-structural level. Changes in financing, battlefields, resources, policing, etc. create new opportunities and difficulties for terror networks which must adapt […]
Departmental Seminar – Elisa Sarda
Les effets des jeux vidéo sexistes sur l’objectivation des femmes Dans notre société les femmes sont souvent réduites à leur apparence physique (i.e. elles sont objectivées) et sont la cible de différentes conduites sexistes. Le sexisme et l’objectivation des femmes sont fortement véhiculés par les médias et plus particulièrement par les jeux vidéo. De nombreux travaux […]
Departmental Seminar – Katrien Fransen
Leading from within: Athlete leaders’ capacity to enhance confidence and performance by strengthening players’ team identification Leadership is a fundamental aspect of sports performance, particularly within team sport environments. Over the past 25 years, there has been significant research exploring the role of the coach/manager in this regard. However, this only represents one aspect […]
