Dominic Abrams | |
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Born | William Dominic Joshua Abrams 11 April 1958 Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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Known for | Research on: Social Identity, Intergroup Prejudice, Group Processes |
Awards | BPS President's Award, SPSSI Distinguished Contribution Award |
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Institutions | University of Kent |
Thesis | Social Identity, Self-Awareness and Intergroup Behaviour (1984) |
Doctoral advisor | Rupert Brown |
William Dominic Joshua Abrams, OBE, FBA, FAcSS, FBPsS (born 11 April 1958) is a Professor of Social Psychology and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent. His research examines social identity, social cohesion, inclusion and exclusion, prejudice, discrimination, social attitudes, social change and social influence in groups across the life course. It spans social and developmental psychology and gerontology and uses a wide range of methods, most frequently surveys and laboratory and field experiments.[1]
Abrams has published over 300 articles, chapters and books, and has supervised more than 30 doctoral students.[2]