Steve Reicher's research is in the area of social psychology, focusing on social identity, collective behaviour, intergroup conflict, leadership and mobilisation.
13 Facts About Steve Reicher
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Steve Reicher is broadly interested in the issues of group behaviour and the individual-social relationship.
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At Bristol, Steve Reicher worked closely with Henri Tajfel and John Turner on social identity theory and social identity model of deindividuation effects.
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Steve Reicher held positions at the University of Dundee and University of Exeter before moving to St Andrews in 1997.
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Steve Reicher was formerly head of the School of Psychology at St Andrews.
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Steve Reicher is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology and Chief Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology.
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Steve Reicher is an editor for a number of journals including Scientific American Mind.
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Steve Reicher's research is in the area of social psychology, focusing on social identity, collective behaviour, intergroup conflict, leadership and mobilisation.
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Steve Reicher is broadly interested in the issues of group behaviour and the individual-social relationship.
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Steve Reicher's research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
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Steve Reicher was a member of the advisory committee to the Scottish Government and convened the behavioural science group of Independent SAGE.
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Steve Reicher collaborated with Alex Haslam of the University of Exeter 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.
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Steve Reicher was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.