- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2013
- Subjects
- Education, Psychology
Dominic Abrams is founder and director of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes which specialises in the social psychology of groups, intergroup relations, social influence and group decision processes. He is a chartered psychologist, and holds fellowships of the Academy of the Social Sciences, the American Psychological Society, Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology and European Association of Social Psychology, and has distinguished contribution awards and fellowships from the British Psychological Society and the Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues, of which he was also president.
His research in social and developmental psychology focuses particularly on social identity and social inclusion/exclusion. He employs a wide range of methods, from experimental to large scale surveys, He has worked with various charities that tackle prejudice, and is currently a trustee of the Anne Frank Trust. He recently worked with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to create a national benchmark of prejudice, and led the design of the European Social Survey module on attitudes to age. He is currently Vice President (Social Sciences) of the British Academy and also chair of the cross-Academy Cohesive Societies group.
Current post
Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes, University of Kent
Past appointments
Centre for the Study of Group Processes Director
Jan 1995 -
University of Queensland Visiting Fellow
Jan 1995 -
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Visiting Fellow
Jan 1993 -
University of Kent Professor of Social Psychology
Jan 1993 -
University of Kent Head of Department of Psychology
Jan 1992 -
University of Kent Reader in Social Psychology
Jan 1992 -
University of Kent Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
Jan 1991 -
University of Dundee Honorary Research Fellow
Jan 1991 -
University of Kent at Canterbury Lecturer in Social Psychology, Institute of Social and Applied Psychology
Jan 1989 -
University of Melbourne Visiting Lecturer
Jan 1986 -
Department of Psychology, University of Dundee 'New blood' Lecturer in Social Cognition
Jan 1985 -
University of Bristol Lecturer in Social Psychology
Jan 1983 -
Top picks
Developing a National Barometer of Prejudice and Discrimination in Britain
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Research report
Publications
The Social Psychology of Exclusion and Inclusion
Abrams, D., Hogg, M.A., & Marques, J.M. (eds.) - Published in 2005 by Psychology Press
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