Biography

I joined the Department in August 2010 as a Lecturer in Social Psychology after working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Exeter. I have a range of interests in social psychology but my main focus on consequences of multiple identities and changes in (of) social identities.

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in social identity change Thereby I presume that group memberships are non-static/transient and that groups change and so do we. I’m interested in different kind of change-situations:

• “Social” change (political, economical, organizational change):

o Identification processes and intergroup relations after mergers
o Changing intergroup relations and leadership

• Individual change (life transitions):

o Social identity, health and well-being in residential care
o Group exit and nostalgia

• Contextual change/ variability in identities:

o Costs and benefits of multiple (social) identities
o Identity-salience, money and well-being

Publications

Gleibs, I. H., Taeuber, S., Viki, G.T.  & Giessner, S. (in press). When what we get is not what we want: The role of announced versus desired integration patterns in support for mergers and perceived fairness. Social Psychology.

Gleibs, I.H., Morton, T. A., Haslam, S. A., Rabinovic, A. & Helliwell, J. (in press). Unpacking the hedonic paradox: Whether happiness is predicted by economic or social capital depends on the context of identity-defining values. British Journal of Social Psychology.

Jones, J. M., Williams, W. H., Jetten, J., Haslam, S. A., Harris, A., & Gleibs, I. H. (2012). The role of symptoms and group memberships in reducing the risk of post-traumatic stress after injury. British Journal of Health Psychology.17, 798-811. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02074.x

Gleibs, I.H., Haslam, C., Haslam, S.A. & Jones, J. (2011). Water clubs in residential care: Is it the water or the club that enhances health and well-being? Psychology and Health, 26, 1361-1378.

Gleibs, I.H., Haslam, C., Jones, J., S.A. Haslam, McNeill, J. & Connolly, H. (2011). No country for old men? The role of a “Gentlemen’s Club” in promoting social engagement and psychological well-being in residential care. Ageing and Mental Health, 15, 456-467.

Gleibs, I. H., Noack, P., & Mummendey, A. (2010). We are still better than them: A longitudinal field study on ingroup favouritism during a merger. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 810-836.

Gleibs, I. H., Mummendey, A., & Noack, P. (2008). Predictors of changes in post-merger identification throughout a merger process: A longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 1095-1112.

Gleibs, I.H. (2008). Nach der Fusion: Wer werden wir? [After a merger: Who are we becoming?] In T. Gotthard, T. Lorenz, K. Humberg & A. Fischer (eds) drahtseilakt leben: Junge Forscher zwischen Wissenschaft und Wirklichkeit (pp. 136-168). Stuttgart: ibidem.

Gleibs, I.H. (2004). Nationale Identität und Fremdenfeindlichkeit bei Jugendlichen in Deutschland und Italien. [National Identity and Xenophobia among adolescence in Germany and Italy.] Villa Vigoni. Memoranda. Special Edition, VIII, 4, 161-177.

Raab, M., & Gleibs, I. H, (2002). Das Hot-hand-Phänomen: Warum glauben Zuschauer, Spieler und Trainer, dass Erfolg Erfolg zeugt und Niederlagen Niederlagen? [The hot hand phenomenon: Why spectators, sportsmen, and coaches belief that success follows success and failure failure] In B. Strauß, M. Tietjens, N. Hagemann & A. Stachelhaus (eds.), Expertise im Sport: Lehren – lernen (pp. 221-222). Köln: bps-Verlag.

Manuscripts under review:

Haslam, C., Haslam, S.A., Knight, C., Gleibs, I.H., Ysseldyk, R., McCloskey, L.-G. (R&R). Collective cognition in care: Using group decision-making to build social identity and enhance the cognitive performance of elderly care residents

Gleibs, I.H., Sonnenberg, S., & Haslam, C. (under review). “We get to decide”: The role of collective engagement in counteracting feelings of confinement and lack of autonomy in residential care.

Teaching

PSY2019 Professional Skills and Applied Psychology

PSY2016 Social Psychology and Research Methods 2

PSY3054 Social Psychology of Globalisation

Departmental Duties

 Senior Professional Year Tutor (Year 2)

Member of the Staff Student Liaison Committee

Member of the Undergraduate Teaching Committee

Media

Care home research on the BBC

http://psychology.exeter.ac.uk/latestnews/researchnews/title,99499,en.html

Funding

• 2011-2012 Multiple identities - the more the merrier? Positive consequences and possible pitfalls of multiple social identities (PI, University of Surrey, Pump Prime Grant; £3650)
• 2011-2012 Identi-scope: Multiple identities as a resource for understanding and impacting behaviours in the digital world (Co-PI with Prof Mark Levine and Prof Awais Rashid; EPSRC; £ 303,911)
• 2008-2009 The benefit of group memberships for well-being among older adults in care (PI, British Academy Small Grant, £ 7155)
• 2007 Social interventions in care (PI, LINK Fund, University of Exeter, £ 1000)