We’re working hard to spread the word about how social change happens, what works, and what gets in the way. Here is a selection of the latest research published by current or former researchers in the Social Change Lab.  You can find more complete lists by clicking through to Google Scholar from each researchers’ page.

2024 Publications: 

Biber, M., Louis, W. R., & Smith, J. R. (2024). Predicting online privacy protection for Facebook users with an extended theory of planned behavior. The Journal of Social Psychology. Published online 21 February 2024. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2024.2319177 
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Chapman, C. M., Dixon, L., Wallin, A., Young, T., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2024). We usually give like this: Social norms describe typical charitable causes supported by group members. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 53(1), 29-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640231160467

Hornsey, M. J., Fielding, K., Marshall, G., & Louis, W. R. (2024).  Intergroup conflict over climate change: Problems and solutions. European Journal of Social Psychology. Published online 27 October 2024.https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3127

Lizzio-Wilson, M., Louis, W. R., & Thomas, E. F. (2024). “All Change is Not Growth, as All Movement is Not Forward”: How, When, and Why Social Movements Change Over Time. In K. Taku & T. K. Shackleford (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Changes in Human Perceptions and Behaviors (pp. 15-29). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003316602-3
 
Moghaddam, F. M., Louis, W. R., & Banks, R. (2024). Runaway rights: How rights become expanded, adopted, and coopted. Culture & Psychology, 1354067X241226457.  Published online. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X241226457

Pittaway, C. R., Fielding, K., & Louis, W. R. (2024).  Pathways to conventional and radical climate action: The role of temporal orientation, environmental cognitive alternatives, and climate anxiety. Global Environmental Change, 87, 102886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102886  

Pohlman, A., Wibisono, S., Casey, M., Pohlman, C. L., & Louis, W. R. (2024). Patterns of New Order Torture: Initial Findings from the Indonesia Torture Mapping (IndoTorM) Dataset. Indonesia, 117(1), 59-88. https://doi.org/10.1353/ind.2024.a926786

Putra, I.E., Rufaedah, A., Thontowi, H. B., Pohlman, A., & Louis, W. R. (2024). A theoretical model of victimization, perpetration, and denial in mass atrocities: Case studies from Indonesia, Cambodia, East Timor, and Myanmar. Personality and Social Psychology Review. Published online March 2024. DOI: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/10888683241239097

Risius, M., Blasiak, K.M., Wibisono, S., & Louis, W. R. (2024).  The digital augmentation of extremism: Reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective.  Information Systems Journal, 34, 931-963. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/isj.12454 .

Syafiq, M., Alfithon, A. M., Cherney, A., & Louis, W. R. (2024). Self-compassion as a factor in the deradicalisation of extremist offenders. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 18, 18344909231225300.  Published online. DOI: 10.1177/18344909231225300
Vestergren, S., Bamberg, S., and Louis, W. (2024). Responding to the socio-ecological crisis: Activism and collective action. Global Environmental Psychology, 2, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5964/gep.13075

Wibisono, S., & Louis, W. R. (2024). Positioning theory in the context of intergroup peace and conflict. In M. McVee, L. van Langenhove, C. Brock, & B. Christensen (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Positioning Theory (pp. 409-423). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003288305-25

Wibisono, S., Mavandadi, P., Wilkinson, S., Amiot, C., Forbat, L., Thomas, E.F., Allen, F., Decety, J., Noonan, K., Minto, K., Breen, L.J., Kho, M., Crane, M., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Molenberghs, P., & Louis, W.R. (2024): “More support, less distress?”: Examining the role of social norms in alleviating practitioners’ psychological distress in the context of assisted dying services.  Published online 10 Apr 2024, Death Studies, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2024.2337189



2023 Publications: 

Crane, M.F., Kho, M., Thomas, E. F., Decety, J., Molenberghs, P., Amiot, C. E., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Wibisono, S., Allan, F., & Louis, W. R. (2023).  The moderating role of different forms of empathy on the association between performing animal euthanasia and career sustainability.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 53(11), 1088-1107. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13000  .

Gulliver, R.E., Banks, R., Fielding, K.S., & Louis, W. R. (2023).  The criminalization of climate change protest.  Contention, 11(1), 24–54.  doi:10.3167/cont.2023.110103

Gulliver, R., Chan, C.S., Chan, W. W. L., Tam, K.Y.Y., & Louis, W.R. (2023). Bystanders, protesters, journalists: A qualitative examination of different stakeholders’ motivations to participate in collective action. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 17. Published online. https://doi.org/10.1177/18344909231187018

Gulliver, R., Chan, C.S., Tam, K.Y.Y., Lau, I.S.K., Hong, Y.Y., & Louis, W.R. (2023). Political distrust, perceived threat, and intentions to engage in collective action: A mixed-methods study. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 401-417. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2910

Gulliver, R., Pittaway, C., Fielding, K., & Louis, W. R. (2023a).  Resources that help sustain environmental volunteer activist leaders. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.  Published online https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-023-00561-3 .

Gulliver, R.E., Pittaway, C., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W.R. (2023b): If at first, you don’t succeed: Strategies used by environmental activist volunteer leaders to overcome failure, Social Movement Studies.  Published online 23 December 2023. DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2023.2296871

Johnson, D., Frommel, J., Louis, W., Lee, M.D., Tanjitpiyanond, P., & Mandryk, R. L. (2023). Prospective passion and social capital within DotA 2 Players.  Proceedings of the ACM [Association of Computing Machinery] on Human-Computer Interaction.  Published online 6 October 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3611037 .

Lizzio-Wilson, M., Thomas, E. F., Louis, W. R., Crane, M.F., Kho, M., Molenberghs, P., Wibisono, S., Minto, K., Amiot, C. E., Decety, J., Breen, L. J., Noonan, K., Forbat, L., Allen, F. (2023).  Using Latent Profile Analysis to understand health practitioners’ attitudes toward voluntary assisted dying. OMEGA—Journal of Death and Dying, Vol. 0(0) 1–29.  Published online https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00302228221149453 .

Louis, W. R., Cila, J., Townshend, E., Chonu, G. K., & Lalonde, R. N. (2023). Religious norms, norm conflict, and religious identification. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 15(2), 290–297.https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000428

Steele, A., Banks, R., & Louis, W. R. (2023).  A co-designed tool to gather data from students with disability about their experiences in tertiary education: Insights from Australia.  International Journal of Discrimination and the Law.  Published online https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13582291231162217 .

Yip, L., Thomas, E. F., Amiot, C., Louis, W. R., & McGarty, C. (2023). Autonomous motives foster sustained commitment to action: Integrating Self-Determination Theory and the Social Identity Approach. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). Published online https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221148396 .

Zúñiga, C., Asún, R., & Louis, W. R. (2023).  Normative and non-normative collective action facing repression in a democratic context: a mixed study in a Chilean social movement.  Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 11(1), 362–382, https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.7973 .




2022 Publications: 

Asún, R. A., Rdz-Navarro, K., Zúñiga, C. &  Louis, W. R. (2022). Modelling the mediating effect of multiple emotions in a cycle of territorial protests. Social Movement Studies, 21(3), 315-333. DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2020.1867093.

Chapman, C., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Mirnajafi, Z., Masser, B., & Louis, W. R. (2022).  Rage donations and demobilization: Understanding the effects of advocacy on collective giving responses.  British Journal of Social Psychology.  Published online February 2022 http://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12522 . [Open Access]

Chapman, C., Louis, W. R., Masser, B. M., & Thomas, E. F. (2022). Charitable triad theory: how donors, beneficiaries, and fundraisers influence charitable giving. Psychology and Marketing, 39 (9), 1826-1848. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21701 

Chapman, C., Louis, W. R., Masser, B. M., Hornsey, M. J., & Broccatelli, C. (2022). Give where you live: a social network analysis of charitable donations reveals localized prosociality. Journal of Consumer Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2058

Gulliver, R., Wibisono, S., & Louis, W. R. (2022).  Rising tides and dirty coal: The environmental movement in Oceania.  In M. Grasso & M. Giugni (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements, pp. 123-136. Routledge Ebook ISBN 9780367855680. DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367855680

Gulliver, R., Star, C., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. R. (2022). A systematic review of the outcomes of sustained environmental collective action. Environmental Science and Policy, 133, 180-192. Published online 11 April 2022,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.03.020 

Gulliver, R., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. R. (2022). An investigation of factors influencing environmental volunteering leadership and participation behaviors. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640221093799

Himawan, E.M., Pohlman, A., & Louis, W. (2022). Revisiting the May 1998 Riots in Indonesia: Civilians and their untold memories.  Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.  Published online March 9, 2022 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/18681034221084320

Hornsey, M. J., Chapman, C., Fielding, K. S., Louis, W. R., & Pearson, S. (2022). A political experiment may have extracted Australia from the climate wars. Nature Climate Change, 12 (8), 695-696. Published online, 25 July 2022,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01431-4

Lee, M., Johnson, D., Tanjitpiyanond, P., & Louis, W. R. (2022). It's habit, not toxicity, driving hours spent in DOTA 2. Entertainment Computing, 41, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100472

Lizzio-Wilson, M., Thomas, E., Louis, W., Amiot, C., Bury, S., Molenberghs, P., Decety, J., & Crane, M. (2022).  Do the means affect the ends? Radical tactics influence mobilization via the perceived legitimacy and efficacy of those actions.  European Journal of Social Psychology.  Published online, April 22, 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2847

Lizzio-Wilson, M., Wibisono, S., & Louis, W. R. (2022). Immigrants as threat and opportunity: The Australian experience. In F. M. Moghaddam & M. J. Hendricks (Eds.), Contemporary immigration: Psychological perspectives to address challenges and inform solutions (pp. 103–122). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000294-006

Lizzio-Wilson, M., Mirnajafi, Z., & Louis, W. R. (2022) . Who we are and who we choose to help (or not): an introduction to social identity theory. In M. A. Yerkes & M. Bal (Eds.), Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary Societies (pp. 17-28). DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-93795-9_2

Louis, W. R. Lizzio-Wilson, M., M., Cibich, M., McGarty, C.E., Thomas, E.F., Amiot, C.E., Weber, N., Rhee, J. J., Davies, G., Rach, T., Goh, S., McMaster, Z., Muldoon, O. T., Howe, N. M., & Moghaddam, F. (2022). Failure leads protest movements to support more radical tactics.  Social Psychology and Personality Science, 13(3), 675-687.  https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211037296 .

Thomas, E., Duncan, L., McGarty, C., Louis, W., & Smith, L. (2022).  MOBILISE: A higher-order integration of collective action to address global challenges.  In S. Nicholson & E. Pérez (Eds.), Advances in Political Psychology.  Published online 18/3/22. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12811

Thomas, E. F., Duncan, L., McGarty, C., Louis, W. R., & Smith, L. G. E. (2022). MOBILISE: A Higher-Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges. Political Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12811

te Velde, V. L., & Louis, W. R. (2022). Conformity to descriptive norms. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 200. Published online 10 June, 2022  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.05.017

Wibisono, S., Louis, W. R., & Jetten, J. (2022): Willingness to engage in religious collective action: The role of group identification and identity fusion, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.  Published online 25 February 2022,  https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2022.2034217 .

Wibisono, S., Minto, K., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Thomas, E.F., Crane, M., Molenberghs, P., Kho, M., Amiot, C.E., Decety, J., Breen., L.J., Noonan, K., Forbat, L., & Louis, W.R. (2022). Attitudes toward and experience with assisted-death services and psychological implications for health practitioners: A narrative systematic review. OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221138997




PsyCorona collaboration

As part of the fascinating psycorona.org initiative, Winnifred participated in a mammoth collaborative effort developing longitudinal research to inform responses to COVID-19 and address spin-off research questions.  The papers (which have an authorship team of dozens of scholars) include:

Enea, V., Eisenbeck, N., Carreno, D. F., Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., Agostini, M., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). Intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19: the role of prosociality and conspiracy beliefs across 20 countries. Health Communication, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.2018179

​Keng, S., Stanton, M. V., Haskins, L. B., Almenara, C. A., Ickovics, J., Jones, A., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries. Preventive Medicine Reports, 27, 101764 101764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101764

Mula, S., Di Santo, D., Resta, E., Bakhtiari, F., Baldner, C., Molinario, E., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). Concern with COVID-19 pandemic threat and attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating effect of the desire for tightness. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, 100028. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666622721000216

Schumpe, B. M., Van Lissa, C. J., Bélanger, J. J., Ruggeri, K., Mierau, J., Nisa, C. F., ... & Leander, N. P. (2022). Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 3824 3824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04703-9

Van Lissa, C. J., Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M. R., Leander, N. P., Agostini, M., Draws, T., ... & Bélanger, J. J. (2022). Using machine learning to identify important predictors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors during the early phase of the pandemic. Patterns, 3 (4), 100482 100482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100482





2021 Publications: 

Dare, M., & Jetten, J. (2021). Preserving prosociality in the face of inequality: A role for multiple group memberships and superordinate group identification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211015303

Durwood, L., Eisner, L., Fladeboe, K. Ji, G., Barney, S., McLaughlin, K.A., Olson, K.R. (2021). Social Support and Internalizing Psychopathology in Transgender Youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01391-y .

Eisner, L., Hässler, T., Turner-Zwinkels, F., & Settersten, R. (2021). Perceptions of Intolerant Norms Both Facilitate and Inhibit Collective Action Among Sexual Minorities. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211024335

Gulliver, R.G., Ferguson, J. L. (2021). The Advocates: Women Within the Australian Environmental Movement. Melbourne University Press.

Gulliver, R.G., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  Assessing the mobilization potential of environmental advocacy communication. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101563 .  Published online February 2021.

Gulliver, R.G., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  Civil Resistance Against Climate Change.  International Centre on Nonviolent Conflict: Washington, DC.  Published online September 2021. https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Civil-Resistance-Against-Climate-Change.pdf

Gulliver, R., Wibisono, S., Fielding, K., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  The Psychology of Effective Activism.  Cambridge University Press, Elements in Applied Social Psychology series. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108975476 .

Himawan, E.M., Pohlman, A., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  Memahami dinamika psikologis individu yang turut terlibat dalam kerusuhan massa Mei 1998: Sebuah kerangka psikologis [Understanding the psychological dynamics of individuals involved in the May 1998 mass riots: A psychological framework].  Jurnal Psikologi Ulayat: Indonesian Journal of Indigenous Psychology.  Published online 21 October 2021. DOI: 10.24854/jpu464 p-ISSN

Kadhim, N., Amiot, C., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  The buffering role of social norms for unhealthy eating before, during, and after the Christmas holidays: A longitudinal study.  Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000179

Lee, M., Johnson, D., Tanjitpiyanond, M., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  It’s habit, not toxicity, driving hours spent in DOTA 2. Entertainment Computing.  Published online December 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100472
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Lizzio-Wilson, M., Thomas, E. F., Louis, W. R., Wilcockson, B., Amiot, C. E., Moghaddam, F. M., McGarty, C. (2021).  How collective action failure shapes group heterogeneity and engagement in conventional and radical action over time.  Psychological Science.  Published online April 2021 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0956797620970562 .

Louis, W. R., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Cibich, M., McGarty, C.E., Thomas, E.F., Amiot, C.E., Weber, N., Rhee, J. J., Davies, G., Rach, T., Goh, S., McMaster, Z., Muldoon, O. T., Howe, N. M., & Moghaddam, F. (2021). Failure leads protest movements to support more radical tactics.  Social Psychology and Personality Science. Published online 7/9/21. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211037296 .

Louis, W. R., Cila, J., Townshend, E., Chonu, G.K., & Lalonde, R. N. (2021).  Religious norms, norm conflict, and religious identification.  Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Published online 24 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000428

Minto, K., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2021).  Lay understandings of the structure of Intimate Partner Violence in relationships: An analysis of behavioral clustering patterns.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  Published online 22/1/21.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520986276 .  >> READ THE BLOG

Neville, F., Templeton, A., Smith, J. R., & Louis, W. (2021).  Social norms, social identities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Theory and recommendations.  Social & Personality Psychology Compass.  Published online April 2021 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12596 .

Selvanathan, H. P., & Leidner, B. (2021). Normalization of the Alt-Right: How perceived prevalence and acceptability of the Alt-Right is linked to public attitudes. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 13684302211017633. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211017633 

Thai, M., Lizzio-Wilson, M., & Selvanathan, H. P. (2021). Public perceptions of prejudice research: The double-edged sword faced by marginalized group researchers. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 96, 104181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104181

Thomas, E., McGarty, C., Louis, W., Wenzel, M., Bury, S., & Woodyatt, L. (2021).  It’s about time? Distinct emotions predict unique trajectories of solidarity-based collective action to support people in developing countries.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1-12.  Published online October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211047083 .

Zúñiga, C., Louis, W., Asún, R., Ascencio, C. (2021). The Chilean transition: Achievements, shortcomings and consequences for the current democracy.  In L. Taylor & W. Lopez (Eds.), Transitioning to Peace: Contributions of Peace Psychology around the World.  Published online, Springer Press. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77688-6_8 .

PsyCorona collaboration

As part of the fascinating psycorona.org initiative, Winnifred participated in a mammoth collaborative effort developing longitudinal research to inform responses to COVID-19 and address spin-off research questions.  The papers (which have an authorship team of dozens of scholars) include:

Nisa, C. F., Bélanger, J. J., Faller, D. G., Buttrick, N. R., Mierau, J. O., Austin, M. M., ... & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-12. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-88314-4

Resta, E., Mula, S., Baldner, C., Di Santo, D., Agostini, M., Bélanger, J. J., ... & Leander, N. P. (2021). ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/casp.2572

Stroebe, W., vanDellen, M. R., Abakoumkin, G., Lemay Jr, E. P., Schiavone, W. M., Agostini, M., ... & Leander, N. P. (2021). Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence. PLoS One, 16(10), e0256740. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256740

van Breen, J. A., Kutlaca, M., Koç, Y., Jeronimus, B., Reitsema, A. M., Jovanović, Veljko., ... & Leander, N. P. (2021). Lockdown lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships among feelings of loneliness, social contacts, and solidarity during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 48 (9) 1461672211036602-1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211036602

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2020 Publications: 

As well as our papers below, this year due to COVID19 and the cancellation of the SASP conference we held an online symposium May 16 on The Social Psychology of Violence.  Not all the talks are online, but interested viewers can click through to see Harrison Lee on Presenting your best evidence first: An intervention to assist jurors in their evaluation of the victim's testimony in cases of rape, or Susilo Wibisono on A model of multidimensional religious extremism to explain willingness to participate in religious collective action.

Amiot, C. E., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Louis, W. R., & Thomas, E. F. (2020).  Bringing together humanistic and intergroup perspectives to build a model of internalisation of normative social harm-doing.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(3), 485-504. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2659.

Asún, R. A., Rdz-Navarro, K., Zúñiga, C. & Louis, W. (2020). Modelling the mediating effect of multiple emotions in a cycle of territorial protests. Social Movement Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2020.1867093 .  Published online 30 December 2020.

Chapman, C. M., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2020). Identity motives in charitable giving: Explanations for charity preferences from a global donor survey. Psychology & Marketing.  DOI: 10.1002/mar.21362.  >> READ THE BLOG

Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. R. (2020).  The role of social norms in communicating about climate change.  In D. C. Holmes & L. M. Richardson (Eds.), Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change, pp. 106-115.  Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

González, R., Álvarez, B., Manzi, J., Varela, M., Frigolett, C., Livingstone, A., Louis, W., Carvacho, H., Castro, D., Cheyre, M., Cornejo, M., Jiménez-Moya, G., Rocha, C., Valdenegro, D. (2020).  The role of family in the intergenerational transmission of collective action.  Social Psychological and Personality Science.  Published online 19/8/20 https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620949378 .

Kadhim, N., Amiot, C., & Louis, W. R. (2020).  Applying the Self-Determination Theory continuum to unhealthy eating: Consequences on well-being and behavioral frequency.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12667 . Published online 11 April 2020. >> READ THE BLOG

Lantos, D., Lau, Y. H., Louis, W., & Molenberghs, P. (2020). The neural mechanisms of threat and reconciliation efforts between Muslims and Non-Muslims. Social Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2020.1754287

Louis, W. R., Thomas, E. F., McGarty, C., Lizzio-Wilson, M., Amiot, C., & Moghaddam, F. M. (2020). The volatility of collective action: Theoretical analysis and empirical data.  Political Psychology. Published online 23 June 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12671?af=R .  >> READ THE BLOG

Minto, K., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2020).  Identifying non-physical intimate partner violence in relationships: The role of beliefs and schemas.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  Published online 10/7/20.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520938505  >> READ THE BLOG



​2019 Publications: 

Chapman, C. M., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2019). The champion effect in peer-to-peer giving: Successful campaigns highlight fundraisers more than causes. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48(3), 572-592.

Gulliver, R., Fielding, K., & Louis, W. R. (2019).  The characteristics, activities and goals of environmental organizations engaged in advocacy within the Australian Environmental Movement. Environmental Communication.  Published online 18/12/19. DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2019.1697326.   >> READ THE BLOG

Gulliver, R., Fielding, K., & Louis, W. R. (2019).  Evaluating the success of climate change campaigns in the Australian environmental movement. Case Studies in the Environment.  Published online 17/12/19.  DOI: 10.1525/cse.2018.001651.  >> READ THE BLOG

Kidd, L. R., Garrard, G. E., Bekessy, S. A., Mills, M., Camilleri, A. R., Fidler, F., Fielding, K. S., Gordon, A., Gregg, E. A., Kusmanoff, A. M., Louis, W. R., Moon, K., Robinson, J. A., Selinske, M. J., Shanahan, D., & Adams, V. M. (2019). Messaging matters: a systematic review of the conservation messaging literature. Biological Conservation, 236, 92-99.

Lauren, N., Smith, L. D., Louis, W. R., & Dean, A. J. (2019). Promoting spillover: how past behaviors increase environmental intentions by cueing self-perceptions. Environment and Behavior, 51(3), 235-258.   >> READ THE BLOG

Louis, W. R., Thomas, E., Chapman, C. M., Achia, T., Wibisono, S., Mirnajafi, Z., & Droogendyk, L. (2019). Emerging research on intergroup prosociality: Group members' charitable giving, positive contact, allyship, and solidarity with others. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12436.

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Rifkin, W., Louis, W., & Moffat, K. (2019). Power, participation, and exclusion through dialogue in the extractive industries: Who gets a seat at the table?. Resources Policy, 61, 190-199.

Ochoa, D. P., Manalastas, E. J., Deguchi, M., & Louis, W.R. (2019).  Mobilizing men: Ally identities and collective action in Japan and the Philippines. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 13, E14. Published online, 27 March 2019, 1-10.  doi 10.1017/prp.2018.30

Prochilo, G., Louis, W., Zacher, H., Bode, S., & Molenberghs, P. (2019).  An extended commentary on post-publication peer review in organizational neuroscience.  Meta-Psychology.  Published online https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2018.935.

Thomas, E.F., Bury, S.M., Louis, W.R., Amiot, C.E., Molenberghs, P., Crane, M.F. & Decety, J. (2019). Vegetarian, vegan, activist, radical: Using latent profile analysis to examine different forms of support for animal welfare. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22(6), 836-857.

Wibisono, S., Louis, W. R., & Jetten, J. (2019).  A multi-dimensional analysis of religious extremism.  Frontiers. Published online 19/11/19.  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02560/full

Wibisono, S., Louis, W., & Jetten, J. (2019). The role of religious fundamentalism in the intersection of national and religious identities. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 13, E12. doi:10.1017/prp.2018.25


2018 Publications: 

Chapman, C. M., Louis, W. R. & Masser, B. M. (2018). Identifying (our) donors: Towards a social psychological understanding of charity selection in Australia. Psychology and Marketing, 35 (12), 980-989.  >> READ THE BLOG

Chapman, C. M., Masser, B. M., & Louis, W. R. (2018). The champion effect in peer-to-peer giving: Successful campaigns highlight fundraisers more than causes. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.  Published online October 2018. doi.org/10.1177/0899764018805196

Crane, M.F., Louis, W. R., Phillips, J., Amiot, C. E., & Steffens, N.K. (2018).  Identity centrality moderates the relationship between acceptance of group-based stressors and well-being.  European Journal of Social Psychology.  Published online February 2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2367

Domínguez, J. F., van Nunspeet, F., Gupta, A., Eres, R., Louis, W. R., Decety, J., & Molenberghs, P. (2018). Lateral orbitofrontal cortex activity is modulated by group membership in situations of justified and unjustified violence.  Social Neuroscience, 13(6), 739-755. DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1392342 .

Doucerain, M., Amiot, C. E., Thomas, E., & Louis, W. R. (2018). What it means to be American: Identity inclusiveness/exclusiveness and support for policies about Muslims among U.S.-born Whites.  Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 17(1), 1-20. DOI: 10.1111/asap.12167 .

Eres, R., Louis, W. R., & Molenberghs, P.  (2018) Common and distinct neural networks involved in fMRI studies investigating morality: an ALE meta-analysis. Social Neuroscience, 13(4), 384-398

[Open Access] Louis, W. R., & Montiel, C. J. (2018).  Social movements and social transformation: Steps towards understanding the challenges and breakthroughs of social change. Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, 24(1), 3-9. >> READ THE BLOG

Maron, M., & Louis, W. R. (2018).  Does it matter why we do restoration? Volunteers, offset markets and the need for full disclosure.  Ecological Management & Restoration, 19(S1), 73-78.  >> RESEARCH TIP SHEET

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Rifkin, W., Moffat, K., & Louis, W. (2018).  What makes stakeholder engagement in social licence ‘meaningful’?: Practitioners’ conceptualisations of dialogue. Rural Society. Published online 7 March 2018. DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2018.1446301.  >> READ THE BLOG

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Rifkin, W., Louis, W., & Moffat, K. (2018).  Company-community dialogue builds relationships, fairness, and trust leading to social acceptance of Australian mining developments. Journal of Cleaner Production, 184, 671-677. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.291.

[Open Access] Molenberghs, P. & Louis, W. R. (2018).  Insights from fMRI studies into ingroup bias. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1868.  doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01868


Nielson, R.O., Chapman, C. M., Louis, W. R., Stoviz, S. D., & Mansournia, M.A. ... Verhagen, E. (2018). Seven sins when interpreting statistics in sports injury science. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(22), 1410-1412.  

Schultz, T., Fielding, K., Newton, F., Louis, W. (2018). The effect of images on community engagement with sustainable stormwater management: The role of integral disgust and sadness.  Published online August 2018, Journal of Environmental Psychology, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.08.003.

Smith, J. R., Louis, W. R., & Abraham, C. (2018). When and how does normative feedback reduce intentions to drink irresponsibly? An experimental investigation. Addiction Research & Theory, 26(4), 256-266, DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2017.1359572 .


2017 Publications: 

Amiot, C. E., Louis, W. R., Bourdeau, S., & Maalouf, O. (2017). Can harmful intergroup behaviors truly represent the self?: The impact of harmful and prosocial normative behaviors on intra-individual conflict and compartmentalization.  Self and Identity. Published online. DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1305442

Amiot, C. E., Doucerain, M., & Louis, W. R. (2017). The pathway to accepting derogatory ingroup norms: The roles of compartmentalization and legitimacy.  Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 32, 58-66. >> READ THE BLOG

Blackwood, L., & Louis, W. R. (2017).  Choosing between conciliatory and oppositional leaders: The role of out-group signals and in-group leader candidates’ collective action tactics. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47(3), 320-336. DOI: 0.1002/ejsp.2249 .  
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Chapman, C. M., Deane, K. L., Harré, N., Courtney, M. G. R. & Moore, J. (2017). Engagement and mentor support as drivers of social development in the Project K youth development program. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(3), 644-655. doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0640-5.  >> READ THE BLOG

Eres, R., Louis, W. R., & Molenberghs, P. (2017).  Common and distinct neural networks involved in fMRI studies investigating morality: An ALE meta-analysis.  Social Neuroscience.  Published online. DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1357657

Greenaway, K., Amiot, C.E., Louis, W. R., & Bentley, S.V. (2017). The role of psychological need satisfaction in promoting student identification. In K. I. Mavor, M. Platow, & B. Bizumic (Eds.), Self and Social Identity in Educational Contexts, pp. 176-192.  Routledge : New York, USA. >> READ THE BLOG

Louis, W. R., Chapman, C. M., Chonu, G. K., & Achia, T. (2017). Collective action and social change. In M. C. Gastardo-Conaco, M. E. J. Macapagal, & Y. Muramoto (Eds.), Asian Psychology and Asian Societies in the Midst of Change (pp. 3-28). Quezon City, Philippines: Psychological Association of the Philippines. >> READ THE BLOG

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Rifkin, W., Moffat, K., & Louis, W. (2017).  Meaningful dialogue outcomes contribute to laying a foundation for social licence to operate.  Resources Policy, 53, 347-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.07.004

Mercer-Mapstone, L., Rifkin, W., Moffat, K., & Louis, W. (2017).  Conceptualising the role of dialogue in social licence to operate.  Resources Policy, 54, 137–146.  DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.09.007

Nielsen, R. O., Chapman, C. M., Louis, W. R., Stovitz, S. D., Mansournia, M. A., Windt, J., . . . Verhagen, E. (2017). Seven sins when interpreting statistics in sports injury science. British Journal of Sports Medicine, Online First. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098524 >> READ THE BLOG
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Plows, S. E., Smith, F. D., Smith, J. R., Chapman, C. M., La Macchia, S. T., & Louis, W. R. (2017).  Healthy eating: A beneficial role for perceived norm conflict? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, published online. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12430 .

Smith, J. R., Louis, W. R., & Abraham, C. (2017). When and how does normative feedback reduce intentions to drink irresponsibly? An experimental investigation. Addiction Research & Theory,  DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2017.1359572

Smith, J. R., Louis, W. R., & Tarrant, M. (2017). University students’ social identity and health behaviours.  In K. I. Mavor, M. Platow, & B. Bizumic  (Eds.), Self and Social Identity in Educational Contexts, pp. 159-175.  Routledge : New York, USA.  >> READ THE BLOG

Techakesari, P., Droogendyk, L., Wright, S.C., Louis, W.R., & Barlow, F.K. (2017). Supportive contact and LGBT collective action: The moderating role of membership in specific groups. Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology.  Published online http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pac0000240 .

Thomas, E.F., Amiot, C.E., Louis, W. R., & Goddard, A. (2017).  Collective self-determination: How the agent of help promotes pride, well-being and support for intergroup helping. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.  Published online, DOI: 10.1177/0146167217695553 .

van Nunspeet, F., Domínguez, J. F., Gupta, A., Eres, R., Louis, W. R., Decety, J., & Molenberghs, P. (2017). Lateral orbitofrontal cortex activity is modulated by group membership in situations of justified and unjustified violence.  Social Neuroscience.  Published online 26 October 2017. DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2017.1392342 .

van Zomeren, M., & Louis, W. R. (2017).  Culture meets collective action: Exciting synergies and some lessons to learn for the future.  Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 20(3), 277-284. DOI: 10.1177/1368430217690238

2016 Publications: 
 
La Macchia, S. T., & Louis, W. R. (2016).  Crowd behaviour and collective action. In S. McKeown, R. Haji and N. Ferguson (Eds.), Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory: Contemporary and World-Wide Perspectives, pp. 89-104.  Springer International Publishing.

La Macchia, S. T., Louis, W. R., Hornsey, M. J., & Leonardelli, G. J. (2016). In small we trust: Lay theories about small and large groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(10), 1321-1334. DOI: 10.1177/0146167216657360
 
Lauren, N., Fielding, K. S., Smith, L., & Louis, W. R. (2016).  You did, so you can and you will: Self-efficacy as a mediator of spillover from easy to more difficult pro-environmental behaviour. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 48, 191-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.10.004
 
Louis, W. R., Amiot, C. E., Thomas, E. F. & Blackwood, L.M. (2016).  The ‘Activist Identity’ and activism across domains: A multiple identities analysis. Journal of Social Issues, 72 (2), 242-263.  doi: 10.1111/josi.12165  >> READ THE BLOG
 
Louis, W. R., La Macchia, S. T., Amiot, C. E., Thomas, E. F., Blackwood, L. M., Mavor, K. I., & Saeri, A. (2016).  Causality in the study of collective action and political behaviour.  In  F. M. Moghaddam & R. Harré (Eds.), Causes and Consequences: A multidisciplinary exploration (pp. 277-302). Praeger: Santa Barbara, California.
 
Minto, K., Hornsey, M., Gillespie, N., Healy, K., Jetten, J., & Hills, P. (2016). A social identity approach to understanding responses to child sexual abuse allegations. PLoS ONE, 11(4), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153205.
 
2015 Publications: 

Cooke, A.N., Fielding, K. S., & Louis, W. R. (2015). Environmentally active people: The role of autonomy, relatedness, competence and self-determined motivation,  Environmental Education Research, DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2015.1054262 Published online June 2015.
 
Louis, W. R., Amiot, C. E., & Thomas, E. F. (2015). Collective harmdoing: Developing the perspective of the perpetrator. Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, 21(3), 306-312.
 
Mercer-Mapstone, L., & Kuchel, L. (2015). Core Skills for Effective Science Communication: A Teaching Resource for Undergraduate Science Education. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 1-21. doi:10.1080/21548455.2015.1113573
 
2014 Publications: 

Louis, W. R. (2014).  Peace and conflict as group norms.  Peace & Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, 20 (2), 180–186. DOI: 10.1037/pac0000018
 
Schultz, T., & Fielding, K. (2014). The common in-group identity model enhances communication about recycled water. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 40, 296-305.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.07.006