12 Facts About Dominic Abrams

Dominic Abrams was born in Cambridge, England, where he attended Park Street Primary School and then Impington Village College.

Dominic Abrams moved to Yorkshire with his parents in 1973, living in Elland and attending the Brooksbank School, before attending the newly established Greenhead 6th Form College in Huddersfield.

Dominic Abrams was then appointed as a 'New blood' Lecturer in Social Cognition at University of Dundee in 1985.

Dominic Abrams has held a wide range of roles at Kent including Head of Department.

Dominic Abrams joined the Executive Committee and served as Secretary of the European Association of Social Psychology.

Dominic Abrams is a founding Trustee and member of the Board of Directors for the newly created Academy for Learned Societies in the Social Sciences and was elected chair of its Committee of Learned Societies.

Dominic Abrams served for 6 years on the ESRC Research Board and Grant Award Panel, and has been a member of a variety of ESRC panels and initiatives.

Dominic Abrams was a member of the REF 2014 panel for Psychology and has served on various international grant panels including for the European Research Council.

Dominic Abrams was elected to the Council of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in 2009 and 2012 was elected president, the first to be elected from outside the US in its 70 year history.

Dominic Abrams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to social sciences.

Dominic Abrams's work has integrated European and North American traditions in social psychology.

Dominic Abrams co-authored the book Social Identifications with his lifelong collaborator Michael A Hogg.