Research areas
The nature of our selves and identities
My research interests revolve around the fluid and complex nature of our personal and social self-categories and identities. This interest covers a range of levels of analysis including the fundamental cognitive processes of categorisation in social perception, phenomena such as attribution, homogeneity, entitativity, self-complexity, the social categorisation of faces and the multi-faceted nature of social identities. These core ideas have been explored in several specific contexts including: collective action and social change; religious and political identities and contested social attitudes; self-structure effects on resilience and well-being; and discipline-based social identities and learning approaches in education.
PhD supervision
- Aisha Al-Sulaiti
- Carrie Hall
- Leon Klingborg
Selected publications
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Open access
Skorich, D. P., Mavor, K. I., Haslam, S. A. & Larwood, J. L., 20 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology. Early View, 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Smyth, L., Mavor, K. I. & Gray, L., 30 May 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Early View
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mavor, K. I. & Ysseldyk, R., 10 Apr 2020, The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism. Vail III, K. E. & Routlledge, C. (eds.). Academic Press/Elsevier , p. 187-205
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Mavor, K. I. (Editor), Platow, M. J. (Editor) & Bizumic, B. (Editor), 1 Feb 2017, London; New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 366 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Thomas, E., McGarty, C. & Mavor, K., 1 Mar 2016, In: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 19, 2, p. 137-151
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mavor, K., McNeill, K. G., Anderson, K., Kerr, A., O'Reilly, E. & Platow, M. J., Apr 2014, In: Medical Education. 48, 4, p. 351-360 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mavor, K. I., Louis, W. R. & Laythe, B., Mar 2011, In: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 50, 1, p. 22-43 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review