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Martha Augoustinos

Martha Augoustinos

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
45
Citations
9565
World Ranking
3845
National Ranking
278

Overview

Martha Augoustinos is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research spans a range of topics within the social sciences and psychology, focusing especially on issues related to social and intergroup psychology, migration, gender studies, and cultural dynamics.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • Australian Journal of Social Issues
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Language and Social Psychology
  • Feminism & Psychology

Augoustinos's primary fields of study are social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions in related subfields such as sociology and political science, gender studies, clinical psychology, social psychology, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Cultural Differences and Values

Some of the recent papers connected to their research focus are:

  • The Language of Derogation and Hate: Functions, Consequences, and Reappropriation, 2020, Journal of Language and Social Psychology
  • Closing the Gap: Examining how the problem of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage is represented in policy, 2020, Australian Journal of Social Issues
  • "Deal me in": Hillary Clinton and gender in the 2016 US presidential election, 2021, Feminism & Psychology
  • Breaking the silence on sexual harassment and assault: An analysis of #MeToo tweets, 2021, Computers in Human Behavior
  • When are intergroup attitudes judged as free speech and when as prejudice? A social identity analysis of attitudes towards immigrants, 2021, International Journal of Psychology

Augoustinos has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Clemence Due
  • Michael J. Platow
  • Daniel Bar-Tal
  • Dirk Van Rooy
  • Russell Spears

Best Publications

  • Social Cognition: An Integrated Introduction

    Martha Augoustinos;Iain Walker;Ngaire Donaghue

  • The Language of “Race” and Prejudice A Discourse of Denial, Reason, and Liberal-Practical Politics

    Martha Augoustinos;Danielle Every

  • Constructions of racism in the Australian parliamentary debates on asylum seekers

    Danielle Every;Martha Augoustinos

  • New racism, meritocracy and individualism: constraining affirmative action in education:

    Martha Augoustinos;Keith Tuffin;Danielle Every

  • Genocide or a Failure to Gel? Racism, History and Nationalism in Australian Talk

    Martha Augoustinos;Keith Tuffin;Mark Rapley

  • Stereotype knowledge and prejudice in children

    Martha Augoustinos;Dana Louise Rosewarne

  • Stereotypes and prejudice: The Australian experience

    Martha Augoustinos;Cheryl Ahrens;J. Michael Innes

  • Developmental effects of child abuse: recent findings.

    Martha Augoustinos

  • Heat Waves and Climate Change: Applying the Health Belief Model to Identify Predictors of Risk Perception and Adaptive Behaviours in Adelaide, Australia

    Derick A. Akompab;Peng Bi;Susan Williams;Janet Grant

  • Stereotype change and prejudice reduction: Short- and long-term evaluation of a cross-cultural awareness programme

    Miriam E. Hill;Martha Augoustinos

  • Hegemonic masculinity versus a caring masculinity: Implications for understanding primary caregiving fathers

    Sarah C Hunter;Damien Wayne Riggs;Martha Augoustinos

  • Ideology, False Consciousness and Psychology:

    Martha Augoustinos

  • Accusations and denials of racism: Managing moral accountability in public discourse:

    Martha Augoustinos;Danielle Every

  • Self-sufficient Arguments in Political Rhetoric: Constructing Reconciliation and Apologizing to the Stolen Generations

    Martha Augoustinos;Amanda Lecouteur;John Soyland

  • The Construction of Stereotypes within Social Psychology: From Social Cognition to Ideology

    Martha Augoustinos;Iain Walker

  • Understanding prejudice, racism, and social conflict

    Martha Augoustinos;Katherine J. Reynolds

  • Towards an integration of social representations and social schema theory

    Martha Augoustinos;John Michael Innes

  • Genetically modified food in the news: Media representations of the GM debate in the UK

    Martha Augoustinos;Shona Crabb;Richard Shepherd

  • Constructions of Australia in pro- and anti-asylum seeker political discourse

    Danielle Every;Martha Augoustinos

  • The minimal group paradigm: Categorization into two versus three groups

    Margaret Hartstone;Martha Augoustinos

Frequent Co-Authors

Damien W. Riggs
Damien W. Riggs Flinders University
Iain Walker
Iain Walker University of Melbourne
Paul Delfabbro
Paul Delfabbro University of Adelaide
Peng Bi
Peng Bi University of Adelaide
Mark Rapley
Mark Rapley University of East London
Michael J. Platow
Michael J. Platow Australian National University
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Katherine J. Reynolds
Katherine J. Reynolds Australian National University
Daniel Bar-Tal
Daniel Bar-Tal Tel Aviv University
Anne Maass
Anne Maass University of Padua

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