Institute of Social Psychology
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The Institute of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics
, England
was founded in 1964, is an independent department within the London School of Economics. Prior to 2009, it used to be located within the Department of Sociology. It has one of the largest concentrations of social psychologists in Europe with 11 members of staff. Work undertaken at the Institute strives to understand, through theoretical development and empirical research, the social processes that emerge at the intersection between the individual and wider societal contexts. Research focuses on social representations, health, community, culture, racism, ethnicity, communications and the media, organisational psychology, the social construction of technology, gender, economic psychology, sexuality, social identity, risk and society, and innovation and creativity in organisations and business.
The Institute of Social Psychology is a prestigious and reputable centre for the study, teaching, and research of Social Psychology, and its students and staff members are often of extremely high ability.
The Institute of Social Psychology is a thriving centre for the study of organisational and social psychology and has an international reputation for its research-led teaching in a variety of fields including the study of organizations, social representations
, health and community, and the media. Its research atmosphere benefits from the legacy of Emeritus Professor Rob Farr and the late Professor Hilde Himmelweit
, whose work established the LSE as a centre for the study of societal
and sociological forms of social psychology
. It has a strong international student component, with more than three-quarters of students coming from outside Britain
.
The Institute of Social Psychology offers MSc
courses in Health, Community and Development; Social and Organisational Psychology; Social and Cultural Psychology; and Social and Public Communication, as well as M.Phil and PhD
studies. The Institute is also home to a number of Research Groups, such as the Science, Technology and the Public Sphere research group, the Health, Community and Development research group, the Organisational research group, the Social Psychological Research into Racism and Multiculture group (SPRRaM) http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/socialpsychology/research/racism/SPRRaM/index.php, and the LSE Social Representations Group.
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
was founded in 1964, is an independent department within the London School of Economics. Prior to 2009, it used to be located within the Department of Sociology. It has one of the largest concentrations of social psychologists in Europe with 11 members of staff. Work undertaken at the Institute strives to understand, through theoretical development and empirical research, the social processes that emerge at the intersection between the individual and wider societal contexts. Research focuses on social representations, health, community, culture, racism, ethnicity, communications and the media, organisational psychology, the social construction of technology, gender, economic psychology, sexuality, social identity, risk and society, and innovation and creativity in organisations and business.
The Institute of Social Psychology is a prestigious and reputable centre for the study, teaching, and research of Social Psychology, and its students and staff members are often of extremely high ability.
The Institute of Social Psychology is a thriving centre for the study of organisational and social psychology and has an international reputation for its research-led teaching in a variety of fields including the study of organizations, social representations
Social representations
A social representation is a stock of values, ideas, beliefs, and practices that are shared among the members of groups and communities. Social Representations Theory is a body of theory within Social Psychology and Sociological social psychology...
, health and community, and the media. Its research atmosphere benefits from the legacy of Emeritus Professor Rob Farr and the late Professor Hilde Himmelweit
Hilde Himmelweit
Hildegard Therese Himmelweit, née Litthauer was a German social psychologist who had a major influence on the development of the discipline in Britain....
, whose work established the LSE as a centre for the study of societal
Societal psychology
Societal psychology is a development within social psychology which emphasizes the all-embracing force of the social, institutional, and cultural environments, and with it the study of social phenomena in their own right as they affect, and are affected by, the members of the particular society...
and sociological forms of social psychology
Social psychology (sociology)
Social psychology , known as sociological social psychology, and sometimes as psychological sociology, is an area of sociology that focuses on social actions and on interrelations of personality, values, and mind with social structure and culture...
. It has a strong international student component, with more than three-quarters of students coming from outside Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
The Institute of Social Psychology offers MSc
MSC
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courses in Health, Community and Development; Social and Organisational Psychology; Social and Cultural Psychology; and Social and Public Communication, as well as M.Phil and PhD
PHD
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studies. The Institute is also home to a number of Research Groups, such as the Science, Technology and the Public Sphere research group, the Health, Community and Development research group, the Organisational research group, the Social Psychological Research into Racism and Multiculture group (SPRRaM) http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/socialpsychology/research/racism/SPRRaM/index.php, and the LSE Social Representations Group.