Alex Haslam

S. Alexander Haslam (Alex Haslam) is a Professor of Social Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Exeter.

His research is in the area of social and organisational psychology, exporing issues of stereotyping and prejudice, tyranny and resistance, leadership and power, stress and well-being. This work is informed by, and has contributed to the development of, theory and ideas in the social identity tradition.

In 2001 Haslam collaborated with Professor Steve Reicher of the University of St Andrews on the BBC television programme The Experiment, which examined conflict, order, rebellion and tyranny in the behaviour of a group of individuals held in a simulated prison environment. "The Experiment" (which became known as the BBC Prison Study) re-examined issues raised by the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) and attempted to combine compelling broadcasting with leading-edge social science research. The results of the study were subsequently published in a number of leading psychology journals. Amongst other things, these challenged the role account of tyranny associated with the SPE as well as broader ideas surrounding the 'banality of evil'.

Working with Dr Michelle Ryan, Haslam is also known for research into the glass cliff, examining the leadership experiences of women in organizations. This work was short-listed for the Times Higher Education Supplement's 'Research Project of the Year' in 2005.

Haslam holds a Master of Arts (MA) degree from the University of St Andrews and a PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His work at Macquarie was funded by a Commonwealth Scholarship), and preceded by a year as a Robert T. Jones scholar at Emory University (Atlanta). Prior to his appointment at Exeter, Haslam worked for ten years at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Haslam is a recipient of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology's Kurt Lewin award, and a fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research working on its social interaction, identity and well-being program. He was an Associate Editor of the "British Journal of Social Psychology" from 1999-2001 and Chief Editor of the "European Journal of Social Psychology" from 2001-2005. He is currently a consultant editor for a number of journals including Scientific American Mind.

Most influential publications

Books

Oakes, P. J., Haslam, S. A., & Turner, J. C. (1994). "Stereotyping and social reality". Oxford, UK & Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

Haslam, S. A. (2001). "Psychology in organizations: The social identity approach". London, UK & Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Journal articles

Oakes, P. J., Turner, J. C., & Haslam, S. A. (1991). Perceiving people as group members: The role of fit in the salience of social categorizations. "British Journal of Social Psychology", "30", 125-144.

Haslam, S. A., Turner, J. C., Oakes, P. J., McGarty, C., & Hayes, B. K. (1992). Context-dependent variation in social stereotyping 1: The effects of intergroup relations as mediated by social change and frame of reference. "European Journal of Social Psychology", "22", 3-20.

Haslam, S. A. & Turner, J. C., (1992). Context-dependent variation in social stereotyping 2: The relationship between frame of reference, self-categorization and accentuation. "European Journal of Social Psychology", "22", 251-277.

Turner, J. C., Oakes, P. J., Haslam, S. A., & McGarty, C. (1994). Self and collective: Cognition and social context. "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20", 454-463.

Haslam, S. A., Oakes, P. J., McGarty, C., Turner, J. C., Reynolds, K. J., & Eggins, R. A. (1996). Stereotyping and social influence: The mediation of stereotype applicability and sharedness by the views of ingroup and outgroup members. "British Journal of Social Psychology", "35", 369-397.

Haslam, S. A., Turner, J. C., Oakes, P. J., McGarty, C., & Reynolds, K. J. (1998). The group as a basis for emergent stereotype consensus. "European Review of Social Psychology", "8", 203-239.

Links

The official website of the BBC Prison Study: http://www.bbcprisonstudy.org