Dr Andrew Livingstone

About me:

My research interests centre on social identity, emotion, group processes and intergroup relations. Specific topics include:

• Collective action and social change
• The relationship between emotion and social identity
• The strategic characterisation of ‘conflict’ by group members
• The role of social identity processes in alcohol consumption
• Crowd psychology
• The role of social identity content and norms in intergroup relations.

I am also involved in research on bullying as an intergroup behaviour, and gender bias in sports refereeing.

Office Hours for Term 2 in 2025/26 are:

• Tuesday 9:30-10:30
• Wednesday 9:30-10:30

Interests:

My research interests centre on social identity, emotion, group processes and intergroup relations. Specific topics include:

• Collective action and social change
• The relationship between emotion and social identity
• The strategic characterisation of conflict by group members
• The role of social identity processes in alcohol consumption
• Crowd psychology
• The role of social identity content and norms in intergroup relations.

I am also involved in research on bullying as an intergroup behaviour, and gender bias in sports refereeing.

Grants/Funding:

2019: £9,810 British Academy/Leverhulme Trust small grant on Felt understanding: promoting positive intergroup relations in Northern Ireland. (with Shelley McKeown Jones, Bristol)

2016: £262,500 International co-investigator on Chilean National Funding for Scientific and Technological Research grant: Psychological consequences of collective actions.

2015: $1,190 Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence Small Grant: “They don’t understand what we think”: Exploring the role of meta-meta beliefs in predicting intergroup reconciliation.

2014: £3,830 GW4 Initiator Fund Award: Emotion and non-verbal communication in social and economic interactions.

2012: £2,200 Carnegie Research Grant : A test of competing distinctiveness concerns among members of minority groups.

2011: £7,483 British Academy small grant on Implicit attitudes as barriers to registration as an organ donor (with Ronan OCarroll, U. of Stirling).

2010: £3,500 International Collaboration Award, Cardiff University to fund a visit to U. of Connecticut in June/July 2010.

2009: £11,013 from the British Academy in support of a medium-sized meeting on collective action and social change (with Nicole Tausch, Martijn van Zomeren, and Aarti Iyer).

2008: €6000 from EASP in support of a medium-sized meeting on collective action and social change (with Martijn van Zomeren, Nicole Tausch, and Aarti Iyer).

2007: £42,000 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.

Qualifications:

MA (St. Andrews) MSc; PhD (Exeter)

Career:

2010-2013 Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Stirling
2009-2010 Lecturer, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2008-2009 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2005-2008 Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Cardiff University