Research
The School of Psychology comprises a broad, diverse community of researchers with backgrounds in social, applied, experimental, and cognitive psychology. A dynamic culture characterises our research environment.
Research is organised into two core thematic groupings: Social Psychology and Cognition. Through many international collaborative links and activities, our research forms an integral part of the international research community in social psychology and cognition.
In Social Psychology we have established an international presence in the topic areas of Prejudice, Inequality, Group Dynamics, and Social Motivation. In Cognition our research has an international reputation in the areas of Vision, Memory, and Emotion.
Recent Research Highlights
The 2007 BPS Social Psychology Section Conference was held at Kent.
Several members of the Social Psychology Group were involved in organizing a range of symposia and workshops in 2006 - 2007.
Various members of the Cognition group have recently secured funding from the ESRC and Leverhulme to examine applied cognition problems such as false memories in children and beliefs about offender.
Two recent ESRC grant have been awarded for research projects cutting across the Social and Cognition groups (on power and cognition and on values).