Our Team


Lab Leader

I completed my BA and MA Ed. In English Language Teaching at Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey. I then obtained a MSc. in Sociology from the University of Manchester and DPhil in Social Psychology from the University of Oxford before I joined the School of Psychology in 2016 as a lecturer in psychology. I have a particular passion for policy oriented research on extremely disadvantaged communities in the least accessed regions, e.g. South East Asia, Latin America, and in the Middle East.


Post-Doctoral Researcher

She obtained PhD in Psychology at Toulouse University II in France. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Keele University and a research professor at Konrad Lorenz University in Bogotá, Colombia. She has a particular passion for intergroup relations, mental health, social cognition, and peacebuilding processes in contexts of violence. She is an expert in quantitative and qualitative research methods in social psychology.


Lab Manager

She obtained PhD in Social Psychology at Keele University under Dr Huseyin Cakal supervision. She is currently a lecturer (asst. prof.) at Ankara Haci Bayram VeliUniversity in Turkey. Her research interest is intergroup process, including intergroup contact, social identity, intergroup attitudes and emotions, group status and political solidarity with minorities in cross-cultural contexts.She conducts cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys and field experiments in mostly non-WEIRD contexts.


PhD Candidate

I am PhD candidate in the School of Psychology at Keele University, sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of National Education. I completed my undergraduate studies at Istanbul University (BSc Psychology) in Turkey. I hold a Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the University of Surrey. My PhD research examines how social identity processes and intergroup contact affect individuals' political behaviours and policy support toward minority group members. In doing so, I prefer to employ quantitative research designs and runs cross-cultural studies through online surveys and experiments. My other research interests are refugee integration processes, diversity, migration.


PhD Candidate

I am a PhD candidate in the School of Psychology at Keele University, sponsored by the Turkish Ministry of National Education. I completed my undergraduate studies at Ataturk University (BSc Psychological Counselling and Guidance) in Turkey. I then obtained a master's degree in Social and Organisational Psychology from the University of Exeter. My PhD research centres on the effect of social norms on political behaviour and attitudes. Specifically, I investigate dynamic norms can be more effective than static norms on sustainable behaviour and attitudes change. This project expands on how specific forms of norms influence behaviour across different groups by examining the dynamic norm among both advantaged and disadvantaged groups.


MSc. Student

Studied Psychology at undergraduate level and I am currently studying for a masters in Applied Social and Political Psychology. My current project involves social media usage, intergroup contact and social representations around the Afghanistan refugee resettlement. mixed methods. I am participating in an apprenticeship for ‘Experience and understanding climate change’.


International Research Intern

He is a psychologist at the Konrad Lorenz University in Bogotá, Colombia and a former Young Researcher funded by Colombian Sciences Ministry (MinCiencias). He has experience in the design and development of social interventions based on arts (performance and photography) at group and community levels. He has participated in national and international collaborative research projects, implementing several methodologies in evaluation and intervention.


External lab member

He completed an MSc in Social and Applied Psychology in 2016 and a PhD in Social Psychology in 2018 at the University of Kent. He has been working as a lecturer in Psychology Department at Ordu University, Turkey, since 2019. His research interests are intergroup contact, collective action for disadvantaged others, migration studies (remigration intentions), and support for violence and extremism.

Colloborators

Dr Agustin Espinosa, Peru

Dr Ana-Maria Cazan, Romania

Dr Charis Psaltis, Cyprus

Dr Shenel Husnu, Cyprus

Dr Meltem Guler, Turkey

Dr Hakan Gulerce, Turkey

Dr Sevket Okten, Turkey

Dr David Sirlopu, Chile

Dr Juan Carlos Oyanadel, Chile

Dr Dario Paez, Spain-Chile

Dr Neophytos Loizidou, UK

Dr Loris Vezzali, Italy

Dr Vanessa Castro, Costa Rica

Dr Waheeda Khan, India

Dr Nebojsa Petrovic, Serbia

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