Centre for Research on Self and Identity

Our people

Meet our experts and explore their diverse research interests.

Dr Monica Sood PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Attachment and psychosis
  • Cognitive and attachment-based mechanisms associated with the maintenance of paranoia
  • The impact of attachment security priming on psychotic-type experiences
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Dr Nicholas Kelley

Lecturer (A Prof) in Social Psychology

Research interests

  • Social and Affective Neuroscience
  • The Self
  • Self-Regulation

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Pascal Burgmer

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Lay Beliefs & Theories (e.g., belief in mind-body dualism)
  • Trust & Distrust (e.g., trust in close relationships)
  • Morality (e.g., moral double standards)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Paul Conway

Associate Professor

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Miss Rhia Perks

Research interests

  • Attachment
  • Relationships
  • Social Psychology
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Serena Celeste Romanelli

Research interests

  • Group morality & moral injury
  • Misogynistic extremism
  • Social perceptions of incels
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Dr Sylwia Cisek PhD

Senior Teaching Fellow
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Professor Tim Wildschut FAcSS

Prfssr of Social & Personality Psycholog

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Verena Klein

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Sexuality
  • Intergroup relations (with special interest in gender)
  • Power

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Wenjin Liu

Research interests

  • Attachment
  • Paranoia
  • Social Psychology
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