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Professor Ayse Uskul

Director

Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology

Research interests:

• cultural conceptions of honour and honour-related cognitive, affective and behavioural outcomes

• socio-economic basis of social interdependence and implications for cognitive and interpersonal processes
• Internationalisation of psychological science.

Email: a.k.uskul@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Matthias Gobel 

Co-Director

Assistant Professor in Psychology

Research interests:

• psychological consequences of economic inequality
• cultural perspectives on power, status and leadership
• inclusive workplace dynamics. 

Email: m.g.gobel@sussex.ac.uk

Professor Viv Vignoles 

Professor of Social Psychology

Research interests:

• universal psychological motives underlying personal and social identity 
• cross-cultural models of selfhood beyond independence and interdependence 
• relationship between identity construction and cultural representation processes.

Email: v.l.vignoles@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Matt Easterbrook

Reader in Social Psychology 

Research interests:

• psychological processes underlying educational inequalities
• design and evaluation of psychological interventions in schools
• policy implications of social class. 

Email: m.j.easterbrook@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Rebekka Kesberg 

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

• role of democratic superordinate identity in reducing political polarisation

• impact of threat perceptions on voting behaviour and populism

• influence of human values and social media narratives on political attitudes.

Email: r.kesberg@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Mariko Visserman 

Assistant Professor in Psychology

Research interests:

• pro-social behaviour and the psychological dynamics of sacrifice within romantic and interpersonal relationships

• role of social emotions and cognition in maintaining relationship satisfaction

• longitudinal and experimental analysis of how partners navigate conflicting goals, needs, and preferences over time.

Email: m.visserman@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Sean Figgins 

Assistant Professor in Psychology

Research interests:

• the social identity approach in sport and exercise settings
• how leaders inspire followers
• how leaders can positively impact follower wellbeing.

Email: s.figgins@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Sophie Zadeh 

Reader in Family Psychology

Research interests:

• experiences and developmental outcomes of children and young people within diverse family structure

• psychological and social implications of assisted reproduction

• impact of family diversity research on national and international bioethics law.

Email: Sophie.Zadeh@sussex.ac.uk

Professor Peter Smith 

Emeritus Professor

Research interests:

• cross-cultural analysis of managerial behaviour

• cultural variations in indigenous social dynamics

• impact of cross-cultural response styles on survey validity.

Email: p.smith@sussex.ac.uk

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Dr Shuxian Jin 

Research Associate

Email: shuxian.jin@sussex.ac.uk

Stephanie Gunaratne 

Research student

Email: ssg796@sussex.ac.uk

Jazmin Kane 

Research student

Email: j.kane@sussex.ac.uk

Elaheh Khezri 

Research student

Email: e.khezri@sussex.ac.uk

Xinyi Yang 

Research student

Email:

Qi Wang 

Research student

Email:

Hanna Eldarwish  

Research student

Email: haie20@sussex.ac.uk

Mitakshara Medhi

Research student

Email: m.medhi@sussex.ac.uk

Carla Moccia 

Research student

Melisa Parlak 

Research student