Amanda talks with colleague Senior Lecturer Dennis Nigbur about his research focus on Social Psychology and how his own experiences of migrating to the UK impacted his engagement with social […]
Showcasing Final Year Dissertation Projects
Featuring some of our completed undergraduate dissertation projects in the area of psychology.
Building community resilience to climate change: insights from the social psychology of groups
Dr. Evangelos Ntontis discusses shared social identity, the role of social groups during disasters and how they emerge and evolve in the post-disaster period.
Motivation, attribution, and the final-year poster conference
Pictured: Jaidene Brown, Ian Hocking and Samantha Hodson.
Can Brexit be explained by the theory of Collective Narcissism?
Final year student James Taylor explores public attitudes surrounding Brexit as part of his coursework for Psychology of Nations.
Virtual reality – A Brief History, Current Trends and Future Directions
Technological advances mean virtual reality has gone from a clunky gimmick to the next stage of human-computer interaction and social engagement. Whole worlds can be explored without leaving the room […]
I’m not a discourse analyst, but …
Dr. Dennis Nigbur, Senior Lecturer at CCCU identifies some of the hidden social psychology of the Brexit debate, and how the result may have given rise to a new and […]
The social psychology of “10 German bombers”: Why a tasteless football chant about the Battle of Britain is more offensive to the English than the Germans
Dr. Dennis Nigbur, Senior Lecturer at CCCU, takes the opportunity to discuss the interplay between two of his favourite topics, namely football and national identity.
Nonsense, bullshit and constructive dialogues in Higher Education
Dr. Stavroula Tsirogianni, Social Psychology Lecturer with an interest in values, moral dilemmas and perspective taking talks about her experiences of nonsense, bullshit and constructive dialogues in within academia and […]