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Social research group
There are many staff in the School of Psychology broadly interested and involved in research on social issues.
Examples of topics being currently investigated include personal and group identities, intimate relationships, gender and sexual issues, environmental and sustainability issues, Māori psychology, educational psychology, prejudice and intergroup relations, social attitudes and ideology, social and cognitive development in early childhood, and individual and organisational workplace issues such as employee well-being, performance, perceptions and attitudes. This research is conducted from a variety of perspectives.
The social research group is a broad umbrella grouping of staff in the following disciplinary areas:
Community and Environmental Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychology and Social Issues Group
Māori and Pacific Psychology
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
