Claiming group membership: a social psychological perspective on identity and belonging

When?

Monday 23 March 2009, 17:00 to 18:30

Where?

Room 04AD00 (AD building) University of Surrey

Open to:

Public, Staff, Students

Speaker:

Dr Nick Hopkins

Dr Nick Hopkins, University of Dundee

This talk will report a number of social psychological studies exploring the perception and reception of migrants. These studies are largely (although not exclusively) experimental. Some involve manipulating the characterization of migrants and explore how this impacts upon inter-group attitudes relevant to the reception of migrants. Some involve manipulating the characterization of the in-group and focus on how these different definitions of in-group identity impact upon the judgment of others. Still other studies explore how migrants may actively claim membership of the national community and the factors that affect the degree to which these claims are successful.