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Dr. Smith is a Reader in Social Psychology and Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Psychology. She is a co-investigator of the Centre for Evidence and Research on Security Threats (CREST) https://crestresearch.ac.uk, and is joint Chief Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Exeter in 2008, and has published widely over the past 10 years on the psychology underlying social movements, collective action, and socialization. As a social and organizational psychologist, she has an established program of research examining how polarized groups emerge and evolve through intra- and intergroup interactions (both online and offline), and the implications of these processes for behavior. Dr Smith's research on polarization and radicalization has been funded by three major UK-based research councils and in 2016 she won a mid-career Fellowship from the British Academy to study the psychology of online radicalization.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Social psychology, Doctor of Philosophy, The impact of intragroup interaction on intergroup relations, University of Exeter
Award Date: 3 Nov 2008
Social and organisational psychology, Master in Science, University of Exeter
Award Date: 1 Jun 2005
Psychology, Bachelor of Science, University of Exeter
Award Date: 1 Jun 2004
External positions
Chief Editor, British Journal of Social Psychology
Keywords
- psychology
- Social identity
- Radicalization
- Social change
- Social Media Analytics
- Social Psychology
- online harms
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Investigating Reactions to Intragroup and Intergroup Threats
8/10/22 → 14/07/23
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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CREST 3.0
Joinson, A., Ellis, D., Hinds, J., Piwek, L., Smith, L. G. E. & Brown, O.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Research council
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CREST - Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/18 → 30/09/20
Project: Research council
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IAA - Predicting Online Radicalization in Arabic
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
31/08/18 → 31/05/19
Project: Research council
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The impact of a positive autism identity and autistic community solidarity on social anxiety and mental health in autistic young people
Cooper, K., Russell, A., Lei, J. & Smith, L. G. E., 30 Apr 2023, In: Autism. 27, 3, p. 848-857Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An empirical evaluation of methodologies used for emotion recognition via EEG signals
Hinvest, N., Ashwin, C., Hook, J., Carter, F., Smith, L. & Stothart, G., 31 Dec 2022, In: Social Neuroscience. 17, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How Opposing Ideological Groups use Online Interactions to Justify and Mobilise Collective Action
Brown, O., Lowery, C. & Smith, L. G. E., 31 Dec 2022, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 52, 7, p. 1082-1110 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Integrating Insights About Human Movement Patterns from Digital Data into Psychological Science
Hinds, J., Brown, O., Smith, L. G. E., Piwek, L., Ellis, D. & Joinson, A., 1 Feb 2022, In: Current Directions in Psychological Science. 31, 1, p. 88-95 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MOBILISE: A Higher Order Integration of Collective Action Research to Address Global Challenges
Thomas, E. F., Duncan, L., McGarty, C., Louis, W. R. & Smith, L. G. E., 30 Nov 2022, In: Advances in Political Psychology. 43, S1, p. 107-164 58 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile8 Citations (SciVal)12 Downloads (Pure)
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Dataset for article entitled "An empirical evaluation of methodologies used for emotion recognition via EEG signals"
Hinvest, N. (Creator), Ashwin, C. (Creator), Carter, F. (Creator), Hook, J. (Creator), Smith, L. G. E. (Creator) & Stothart, G. (Creator), University of Bath, 30 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00899
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