Dr Sally Palmer
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Perry Road, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4QG, UK
Overview
I am a postdoctoral researcher on an ESRC funded project examining bystander responses to the social exclusion of immigrant peers across childhood and adolescence (2018-2021).
Qualifications
BSc Psychology, MRes (Psychology), PhD in Psychology - School of Psychology, University of Kent, UK
Career
Previously I was a social and developmental lecturer at UCL Institute of Education (2015-2018), a teaching fellow at Goldsmiths University of London (2014-2015), and graduated with a PhD in social and developmental psychology from the University of Kent summer 2015.
Research group links
Research
Research interests
I study how intergroup processes (i.e., group membership, group identity, group norms, stereotypes, group status) influence attitudes and behaviours. Mostly I examine these processes in childhood and adolescence in the context of bystander responses to intergroup "bias-based" bullying (e.g., Palmer & Abbott, 2018, Child Development Perspectives ; Palmer et al., 2017, JCASP; Palmer et al., 2015, BJDP).
More generally I am interested in tackling broader issues of social injustice and inequality, and the mechanisms that promote social inclusion, social cohesion and prosocial behaviour.
Research projects
Economic and Social Research Council (£499.321.71), awarded July 2018
Co-Investigator on “Bystander reactions to the intergroup exclusion of immigrants among British children and adolescents”
PI: Prof Adam Rutland, Goldsmiths, University of London
International Consultant: Prof Melanie Killen
British Psychological Society Undergraduate Research Assistantship Scheme (£1,600), awarded June 2017
PI: “Enhancing the inclusion of autistic children in London schools” (June-July 2017)
Co-Investigators: Prof Liz Pellicano, Macquarie University, Australia
UCL Institute of Education Seed Award – Research strand (£10,910.45), awarded March, 2017
PI: “Exploring the Impact of Socio-Cognitive Skills on the Development of Prejudice: Developing a novel framework” (March – Dec, 2017)
Co-Investigators: Dr Julie Van de Vyver, Lincoln University; Prof. Dominic Abrams, University of Kent; Prof. Emily Farran, UCL
British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grant Spring 2016 (£9,956), awarded September 2016
PI on “Interethnic helping behavior: When children cross group boundaries to help one another”
Co-Investigator: Dr Jellie Sierksma, University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA
British Psychological Society International Collaboration Award (£1,182.66), awarded March, 2016
Awarded travel and accommodation funds to assist with an overseas collaboration with Dr Jellie Sierksma at Radboud University, Nijmegen Holland