Prof Stephen Reicher

Prof Stephen Reicher

Bishop Wardlaw Professor

Email
sdr@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Broadly - the issues of group behaviour and the individual-social relationship. More specifically, my recent research can be grouped into three areas. The first is an attempt to develop a model of crowd action that accounts for both social determination and social change. The second concerns the construction of social categories through language and action. The third concerns political rhetoric and mass mobilisation - especially around the issue of national identity. Currently, I am starting work on a Leverhulme funded project (jointly with Nick Hopkins of Lancaster University) looking at the impact of devolution on Scottish identity and social action in Scotland.

PhD supervision

  • Calum Cook

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Drury, J., Ball, R., Cesar Alejandre, J., Hart, N., Saunders, K. R. K., Acar, Y. G., Bauld, L., Cox, D., Cox, S., Hoerst, C., Hope, M., Michie, S., Neville, F., Ntontis, E., Radburn, M., Reicher, S., Stott, C., Templeton, A., Vestergren, S. & Wild, R., 23 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. 36, 2, e70239.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Greenhalgh, T., Costello, A., Cruickshank, S., Griffin, S., Katzourakis, A., Lee, L., McKee, M., Michie, S., Pagel, C., Reicher, S., Roberts, A., Robertson, D., Salisbury, H., Yates, K. & Independent SAGE, May 2025, In: Nature Protocols. 20, p. 1103–1113 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Obradović, S., Martinez, N., Dhanda, N., Bode, S., Ntontis, E., Bowe, M., Reicher, S., Jurstakova, K., Kane, J. & Vestergren, S., 1 Jan 2025, In: British Journal of Social Psychology. 64, 1, 16 p., e12807.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Hertwig, R., Michie, S., West, R. & Reicher, S., 1 Oct 2025, In: Behavioural Public Policy. 9, 4, p. 874-885 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Cruwys, T., Haslam, S. A., Steffens, N. K., Haslam, C. & Reicher, S. D., Aug 2025, In: Social Science and Medicine. 379, p. 1-8 8 p., 118164.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Reicher, S. D., 23 Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 14, 1, 8964.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • Open access
    Atkinson, M., Neville, F., Ntontis, E. & Reicher, S., 15 Jun 2025, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 124, 105556.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hoerst, C., Reicher, S., Drury, J., Haslam, S. A., Neville, F., Ntontis, E. & Vestergren, S., 26 Sept 2025, Social psychology of leadership and crowds: global perspectives. Uysal, M. S., Vestergren, S. & Acar, Y. G. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 152-170 19 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access
    UluÅŸahin, Y., Mavor, K. & Reicher, S., 14 Feb 2024, In: Frontiers in Political Science. 6, 13 p., 1279798.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Gorringe, H., Rosie, M., Reicher, S., Portice, J., Tekin, S. & Hamilton, M., 25 Nov 2024, In: Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy. 34, 10, p. 1031-1043 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review