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How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway (2021)
Journal Article
Drury, J., Stott, C., Ball, R., Barr, D., Bell, L., Reicher, S., & Neville, F. (2022). How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway. Political Psychology, 43(4), 651-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12786

Waves of riots are politically and psychologically significant national events. The role of police perceptions and practices in spreading unrest between cities has been neglected in previous research, even though the police are significant actors in... Read More about How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway.

The French (non)Connection: A Closer Look at the Role of Secularism and Socio-Educational Disparities on Domestic Islamist Radicalization in France. (2021)
Journal Article
Adam-Troian, J. (2021). The French (non)Connection: A Closer Look at the Role of Secularism and Socio-Educational Disparities on Domestic Islamist Radicalization in France. Journal for Deradicalization, 28(2021 - Fall), 39 - 66

Along with the US, France remains among the most impacted Western countries by Islamist terrorism. To explain radicalization in the French context, researchers have emphasized the country’s specificities such as colonialism and secularism (i.e. “Laïc... Read More about The French (non)Connection: A Closer Look at the Role of Secularism and Socio-Educational Disparities on Domestic Islamist Radicalization in France..

Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among never- and under-screened indigenous Maori, Pacific and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Feasibility Study (2021)
Journal Article
McPherson, G., Puloka, A., Bromhead, C., Wihongi, H., Sherman, S., Crengle, S., Grant, J., Martin, G., Bartholomew, K., Reid, S., Scott, N., & Maxwell, A. (2021). Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among never- and under-screened indigenous Maori, Pacific and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Feasibility Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), Article 10050. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910050

In Aotearoa New Zealand the majority of cervical cancer cases occur in women who have never been screened or are under-screened. Wahine Maori, Pacific and Asian women have the lowest rate of cervical screening. Self-sampling for human papillomavirus... Read More about Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among never- and under-screened indigenous Maori, Pacific and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Feasibility Study.

Postapocalyptic narratives in climate activism: their place and impact in five European cities (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Postapocalyptic narratives in climate activism: their place and impact in five European cities. Environmental Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2021.1959123

As climate movements are growing around the world, so too is a postapocalyptic form of environmentalism. While apocalyptic environmentalism warns of future catastrophe in case of inaction, its postapocalyptic sibling assumes that catastrophe is alrea... Read More about Postapocalyptic narratives in climate activism: their place and impact in five European cities.

“Sorry for Congo, Let’s Make Amends”: Belgians’ Ideological Worldviews Predict Attitudes towards Apology and Reparation for its Colonial Past (2021)
Journal Article
Noor. (2021). “Sorry for Congo, Let’s Make Amends”: Belgians’ Ideological Worldviews Predict Attitudes towards Apology and Reparation for its Colonial Past. International Review of Social Psychology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.486

In light of the recent steps Belgium has made towards reconciling with its colonial history in Congo (e.g., the King’s letter of regret, and the removal of some colonial statues), we examined how Belgians differ in their attitudes towards an official... Read More about “Sorry for Congo, Let’s Make Amends”: Belgians’ Ideological Worldviews Predict Attitudes towards Apology and Reparation for its Colonial Past.

Qualitative study on mental health and well-being of Syrian refugees and their coping mechanisms towards integration in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Paudyal, P., Tattan, M., & Cooper, M. J. F. (2021). Qualitative study on mental health and well-being of Syrian refugees and their coping mechanisms towards integration in the UK. BMJ Open, e046065 - e046065. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046065

<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to explore the mental well-being of Syrian refugees and identify their coping mechanisms and pathways towards integration into new communities.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:ti... Read More about Qualitative study on mental health and well-being of Syrian refugees and their coping mechanisms towards integration in the UK.

Global Climate Strike Protesters and Media Coverage of the Protests in Truro and Manchester (2021)
Book Chapter
Doherty. (2021). Global Climate Strike Protesters and Media Coverage of the Protests in Truro and Manchester. In When Students Protest: Universities in the Global North

The Global Climate Strike (GCS) movement is by far the largest and most international youth protest movement to date. Drawing on surveys of UK protesters in two demonstrations, in semi-rural Truro in Cornwall and urban Manchester on 15 March 2019 thi... Read More about Global Climate Strike Protesters and Media Coverage of the Protests in Truro and Manchester.

Gentrification (2021)
Book Chapter
Peacock. (2021). Gentrification. In The City in American Literature and Culture (103-117). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108895262.007

This chapter uproots the border from the perimeter of the country, from the traditional dyad in which it is embedded and releases it in the urban landscape. The premise is that just as the category of space has been mobilized in the work of geographe... Read More about Gentrification.

Support for rights of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of secondary transfer effects in intergroup contact (2021)
Journal Article
Cakal, Ünver, H., Çakal, H., Güler, M., & Tropp, L. R. (2021). Support for rights of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of secondary transfer effects in intergroup contact. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 153-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/CASP.2562

This study explored the role of secondary transfer effects (STEs) to test whether and how contact between advantaged Turks and disadvantaged Kurds may shape support for the rights of Syrian refugees. We investigated whether dimensions of contact, pos... Read More about Support for rights of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of secondary transfer effects in intergroup contact.

Disrupting or reconfiguring racist narratives about Muslims? The representation of British Muslims during the Covid crisis (2021)
Journal Article
Poole, E., & Williamson, M. (2021). Disrupting or reconfiguring racist narratives about Muslims? The representation of British Muslims during the Covid crisis. Journalism, 24(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849211030129

This article examines British newspaper coverage of Muslims during the first wave of the Coronavirus crisis. A well-established trajectory of research shows that Muslims are negativized in mainstream media representation in the UK. However, it became... Read More about Disrupting or reconfiguring racist narratives about Muslims? The representation of British Muslims during the Covid crisis.

Transnational Healthcare as Process: multiplicity and directionality in the engagements with healthcare among Polish migrants in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Transnational Healthcare as Process: multiplicity and directionality in the engagements with healthcare among Polish migrants in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2021.1941820

Drawing on a mix-methods study comprised of an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, this article presents findings about the complexity and development in time of health service use by Polish migrants living in the United Kingdom. The... Read More about Transnational Healthcare as Process: multiplicity and directionality in the engagements with healthcare among Polish migrants in the UK.

Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change (2021)
Journal Article
Noor. (2021). Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/MDNGF

What role does intergroup contact play in promoting support for social change toward greater social equality? Drawing on the needs-based model of reconciliation, we theorized that when inequality between groups is perceived as illegitimate, disadvant... Read More about Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change.

National identification, a social cure for COVID-19? Evidence from 67 countries (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). National identification, a social cure for COVID-19? Evidence from 67 countries. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640211020036

<jats:sec><jats:title>Background:</jats:title><jats:p> Social distancing and mass quarantines were implemented worldwide in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Prior research has shown that such measures bear negative consequences for populati... Read More about National identification, a social cure for COVID-19? Evidence from 67 countries.

A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North (2021)
Journal Article
Rogers. (2021). A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North. Nature Geoscience, 14, 256-259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00737-w

Geoscientists will play key roles in the grand challenges of the twenty-first century, but this requires our field to address its past when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Considering the bleak picture of racial diversity in the UK, we put forwa... Read More about A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North.

Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing (2021)
Journal Article
Kyprianides, A., Bradford, B., Beale, M., Savigar-Shaw, L., Stott, C., & Radburn, M. (2021). Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing. Policing and Society, 32(4), 504-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1916492

Police organisations have a wealth of experience in responding to emergencies, but COVID-19 is unprecedented in terms of the speed, scale and complexity of developing doctrine and its implementation by officers. The crisis also threw into sharp relie... Read More about Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing.

Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations (2021)
Journal Article
Stott. (2021). Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations. Safety Science, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105243

This article reviews the behavioural risks and possible mitigations for re-opening large venues for sports and music events when Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalizations begin to decline. We describe the key variables that we suggest will affect... Read More about Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations.

The COVID-19 pandemic, emergency aid and social work in Brazil (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). The COVID-19 pandemic, emergency aid and social work in Brazil. Qualitative Social Work, 356 - 365. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325020981753

This essay reflects on the implementation of federal government emergency aid in Brazil in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting elements from the work of Social Workers in the context of growing demand for the supply of material provisi... Read More about The COVID-19 pandemic, emergency aid and social work in Brazil.

‘Dress Sense of a Queen’: Cecil Beaton’s Queering of Britain’s Royal Past (2021)
Journal Article
Janes, D. (2021). ‘Dress Sense of a Queen’: Cecil Beaton’s Queering of Britain’s Royal Past. Journal of European Popular Culture, 12(1), 23-44. https://doi.org/10.1386/jepc_00026_1

The origins of camp can be traced by exploring the ways in which the past was queered during the inter-war period. Cecil Beaton was establishing himself as one of the world’s leading fashion photographers. He and many of his friends were fascinated b... Read More about ‘Dress Sense of a Queen’: Cecil Beaton’s Queering of Britain’s Royal Past.

Mass meets mosh: Exploring healthcare professionals' perspectives on social identity processes and health risks at a religious pilgrimage and music festivals. (2021)
Journal Article
Stott. (2021). Mass meets mosh: Exploring healthcare professionals' perspectives on social identity processes and health risks at a religious pilgrimage and music festivals. Social Science and Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113763

RATIONALE: The field of mass gathering medicine has tended to focus on physical factors in the aggravation and mitigation of health risks in mass gatherings to the neglect of psychosocial factors. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to explore perspectives... Read More about Mass meets mosh: Exploring healthcare professionals' perspectives on social identity processes and health risks at a religious pilgrimage and music festivals..

A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 104060 - 104060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060

How can we maximize what is learned from a replication study? In the creative destruction approach to replication, the original hypothesis is compared not only to the null hypothesis, but also to predictions derived from multiple alternative theoreti... Read More about A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures.