Research
How do societies respond to global challenges – such as stigma, women's health, loneliness, infectious diseases, political polarisation, climate change, and social conflict – and what are their effects on health and wellbeing (UN SDG3, SDG5, SDG10)? In these contexts, how do social processes shape relations among people from different backgrounds (in settings like healthcare and education) and contribute to social and health inequalities, across the lifespan and in different cultures?
1. Society and Health
Social stigma (e.g. relating to mental health, menstruation, infant-feeding, ethnic background)
Health impacts of societal threats (e.g. infectious diseases, political polarisation, climate change)
Loneliness inequality
2. Society and Social Conflict
Theory-based interventions (e.g. virtual reality, mental imagery, mindfulness meditation, intergroup contact) to reduce social stigma, racial and gender biases in pain, political polarisation, and social conflict.
Factors that influence relations between different groups (e.g. empathy, alexithymia, personality, memory biases)
Contributions to the Global Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations:
