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Iain Walker

Iain Walker

My major research interests are in social sciences and sustainability, the social psychology of intergroup relations, relative deprivation and social justice; social representations; and critical social psychology. My work is aimed at applying social scientific knowledge to pressing social issues, from stereotyping to climate change. This research is primarily concerned with understanding and engaging with processes of social change. Behind this lurks a broader concern with developing a better theoretical understanding of sociality and the interplay between theory and practice. My overarching science goal is to develop a coherent account of sociality to allow for more potent and durable environmental, social, and behavioural change. This requires the integration of different social psychological theories specified at different levels of analysis, and different empirical results produced from competing epistemological paradigms. In other words, my goal is to join analyses of ecosystems, social systems, and egosystems, to enhance sustainability within and across those systems.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Group Processes
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Political Psychology
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition
  • Sociology, Social Networks

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Iain Walker
School of Psychological Sciences
University of Melbourne
Melbourne
Australia

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