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Overview

Stephen Reicher is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple aspects of social sciences, with a strong focus on psychology. The main fields of study encompass Social Sciences and Psychology, while key subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their work frequently addresses topics such as Social and Intergroup Psychology, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Cultural Differences and Values, Behavioral Health and Interventions, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Policing Practices and Perceptions, and the Psychology of Social Influence.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen Reicher include:

  • "Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response" (2020) published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Pandemic fatigue? How adherence to covid-19 regulations has been misrepresented and why it matters" (2021) published in BMJ
  • "Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science" (2020) published in British Journal of Psychology
  • "Harnessing behavioural science in public health campaigns to maintain 'social distancing' in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: key principles" (2020) published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • "On order and disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) published in British Journal of Social Psychology

Stephen Reicher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • S. Alexander Haslam
  • Niklas K. Steffens
  • John Drury
  • Susan Michie
  • Fergus Neville

Their research has been published repeatedly in key venues such as the British Journal of Social Psychology, BMJ, Social Issues and Policy Review, The Lancet, and The Leadership Quarterly.

Best Publications

  • Rediscovering the social group: A self-categorization theory.

    John C. Turner;Michael A. Hogg;Penelope J. Oakes;Stephen D. Reicher

  • Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

  • The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power

    S. Alexander Haslam;Stephen D. Reicher;Michael J. Platow

  • A Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Phenomena

    S.D. Reicher;R. Spears;T.T. Postmes

  • Identity and Emergency Intervention: How Social Group Membership and Inclusiveness of Group Boundaries Shape Helping Behavior

    Mark Levine;Amy Prosser;David L. Evans;Stephen Reicher

  • Collective action and psychological change: the emergence of new social identities.

    John Drury;Steve Reicher

  • The Context of Social Identity: Domination, Resistance, and Change

    Stephen Reicher

  • Social identity and the dynamics of leadership: Leaders and followers as collaborative agents in the transformation of social reality

    Stephen Reicher;S. Alexander Haslam;Nick Hopkins

  • Adolescence and Delinquency: The Collective Management of Reputation

    Nicholas Emler;Stephen Reicher

  • Stressing the group: social identity and the unfolding dynamics of responses to stress.

    S. Alexander Haslam;Stephen Reicher

  • Explaining enduring empowerment: A comparative study of collective action and psychological outcomes

    John Drury;Steve Reicher

  • The St. Pauls' riot: An explanation of the limits of crowd action in terms of a social identity model.

    S. D. Reicher

  • "The Battle of Westminster": Developing the social identity model of crowd behaviour in order to explain the initiation and development of collective conflict.

    S. D. Reicher

  • Leadership: Theory and practice.

    S. Alexander Haslam;Stephen D. Reicher;Michael J. Platow

  • Social Identity Performance: Extending the Strategic Side of SIDE

    Olivier Klein;Russell Spears;Stephen D. Reicher

  • The Psychology of Crowd Dynamics

    Stephen Reicher

  • Collective Psychological Empowerment as a Model of Social Change: Researching Crowds and Power

    John Drury;Steve Reicher

  • Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: the BBC prison study.

    Stephen Reicher;S. Alexander Haslam

  • Beyond prejudice: are negative evaluations the problem and is getting us to like one another more the solution?

    John Dixon;Mark Levine;Steve Reicher;Kevin Durrheim

  • Leadership as social identity management: Introducing the Identity Leadership Inventory (ILI) to assess and validate a four-dimensional model

    Niklas K. Steffens;S. Alexander Haslam;Stephen D. Reicher;Michael J. Platow

  • Self‐Categorization and Bystander Non‐intervention: Two Experimental Studies

    Mark Levine;Clare Cassidy;Gemma Brazier;Stephen Reicher

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Alexander Haslam
S. Alexander Haslam University of Queensland
Nick Hopkins
Nick Hopkins University of Dundee
Michael J. Platow
Michael J. Platow Australian National University
John Drury
John Drury University of Sussex
Russell Spears
Russell Spears University of Groningen
Orla T. Muldoon
Orla T. Muldoon University of Limerick
Jay J. Van Bavel
Jay J. Van Bavel New York University
Katherine J. Reynolds
Katherine J. Reynolds Australian National University
Jolanda Jetten
Jolanda Jetten University of Queensland
Narayanan Srinivasan
Narayanan Srinivasan Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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