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Agnieszka Golec de Zavala
Head of the PrejudiceLab; Reader, Goldsmith, University of London, United Kingdom; University Professor, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań, Poland; Visiting Professor, ISCTE-CIS, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary of research
Collective narcissism, prejudice, extremism and populism
Psychology of intergroup conflict and political violence
Embodiment of prejudice
Self-transcendent emotions, mindfulness, yoga
Research interests
In my research I have developed a specialized research agenda driven by a question: What makes people prejudiced and what makes them fight in conflicts? I have researched the concept of collective narcissism – resentment for the in-group’s unrecognized greatness – that predicts retaliatory intergroup hostility, prejudice, revengefulness and unforgiveness, political radicalisation and belief in conspiracy theories. In my recent research I have examined how collective narcissists react to intergroup exclusion and how collective narcissism is related to personal self-esteem. My lab have also been testing the effects of self-transcendent emotions on the link between collective narcissism and intergroup hostility. We have used methods of neuroscience and physiology to assess the mechanisms underlying this effect.
I also examined how prejudice towards essentialized out-groups is embodied. In particular, I looked at effects of smell on prejudice and the link between physical contacts with out-group members and a need for physical cleansing. I also examined the cognitive and motivational underpinnings of political beliefs related to intergroup conflict and prejudice (e.g. political conservatism, nationalism and patriotism, religious orientations). I examined how such ideological orientations interact with the complexity of political reasoning; motivated closed-mindedness (e.g. need for cognitive closure), and death anxiety in inspiring intergroup hostility.
Karolina Dyduch-Hazar
PhD Student, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw
My research interests focus on individual and collective narcissism, mechanisms of retaliatory behav...
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Adrian Hase
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poznan
During my B.Sc. in Psychology and my M.Sc. Research Master in Behavioral and Social Sciences (specia...
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Debra Helmer
MA Student, Goldsmiths, University of London
I completed my BA Psychology at the University of Calgary, Canada. I am currently a MSc student at G...
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Marta Kaleja
MA Student, University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poznań
I study psychology at SWPS University in Poznań. Currently, I am working on my M.A. thesis, focusing...
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Oliver Keenan
PhD Candidate, Goldsmiths, University of London
I completed my BSc (Hons) in Psychology and MSc in Psychology of Social Relations at Goldsmiths, Uni...
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Jolanta Kramarz
PhD Student, University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw
In my doctoral research I investigate a stereotype content of blind people in Poland. I specifically...
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Dorottya Lantos
PhD Candidate, Goldsmiths, University of London
I am currently conducting research for my doctoral studies as a member of PrejudiceLab. In my resear...
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Magdalena Mazurkiewicz
PhD Student, University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw
I completed my M.A. in Social Clinical Psychology at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Huma...
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Kamil Wieteska
PhD Student, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań
I am a PhD Student at the SWPS University in Poznań under the supervision of Dr Agnieszka Golec de Z...
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David Chester
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology; Director of Social Psychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Christopher Federico
Professor of Political Science and Psychology; Director of Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota
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Katarzyna Hamer
Assistant Professor; Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
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Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
Professor, Head of Cross-Cultural Psychology Lab, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
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