Professor Alex Haslam

Alex is Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Exeter and a former Commonwealth Scholar at Macquarie University (Sydney) and Jones Scholar at Emory University (Atlanta).

He was an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology from 1999 to 2001 and Chief Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology from 2001 to 2005. He is currently on the editorial board of eight journals (including EJSP, PSPB, BJM, JPSP and Scientific American Mind) and Treasurer of the European Association of Social Psychology.

At Exeter he is part of a team of internationally renown researchers who conduct theory-driven research into a range of core social and organizational topics — including leadership, motivation, stereotyping, group conflict, stress and prejudice. His work in this team is also informed by close collaborations with colleagues in Australia, Europe and North America.

In 2005 he received a Kurt Lewin award from the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology for outstanding contribution to research in social psychology. In 2006 he was made a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

MA (St And) PhD (Macq)

2/1990 - 2/1991  Lecturer, Department of Behavioural Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney

3/1991 - 2/2001  Research Officer > Lecturer > Senior Lecturer > Reader, School of Psychology, Australian National University

3/2001 - present  Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Exeter