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SIGN’s 5R leadership program recognised in the Academy of Management sponsored Evidence-Based Leadership Development Program Award

Professor Jolanda Jetten is one of eight academics from The University of Queensland, and among 94 new members, appointed to the Australian Research Council (ARC) 2023 College of Experts Panel.

Professor Hema Preya Selvanathan interviewed for The Age, discussing the fate of Australia Day

Professor Catherine Haslam and GROWTH program industry partners attend the HERA launch.

Professor Jolanda Jetten has been recognised in The Australian's Research Awards 2023 as the leading national research contributor in both Social Psychology and Social Sciences (general)

The 5R leadership development program created by researchers from SIGN is set to create impact for organisations around the world

Congratulation to Dr Renee Zahnow from the School of Social Sciences who has received a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award

Congratulations to Associate Professor Fiona Barlow who has received a UQ Award for Excellence in High Degree research support

PhD candidate Natalie Craig to compete in the HaBS faculty final of the Three Minute Thesis competition on 3 August

Dr Hema Preya Selvanathan receives the Early Career Best Manuscript Award by the European Journal of Social Psychology

To celebrate the forthcoming launch of the online Social Identity Mapping tool, Dr Sarah Bentley will present the School of Psychology seminar on Friday 8 April 2022

Professor Alex Haslam was honoured with an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) from the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia for significant service to tertiary education, particularly psychology, through research and mentoring.

A recent paper by Dr Charlie Crimson, Dr Hema Preya Selvanathan, and Professor Jolanda Jetten examines the core values of groups such as right and left wing voters in Australia, the US, and the UK and the perception that opposing groups have incompatible moral values.

Professor Jolanda Jetten was recently a guest on the podcast Humans & Hope to discuss economic equality and whether it’s possible to achieve a more equal society.

Dr Hema Preya Selvanathan, speaks to Teen Vogue about solidarity and how social movements sucessfully maintain momentum.

SIGNify Director, Professor Catherine Haslam, recently took part in a panel discussion exploring the online loneliness of digital natives.

Tama discusses his PhD research, what it means to identify as a dancer, specialisation in dance and how Covid-19 has affected dancers.

Dr Sarah Bentley was recently a guest on an episode of the podcast #NeverAlone to discuss Covid-19 and the impact it’s had and continuing to have on mental health.

SIGN’s Director, Professor Jolanda Jetten, was a guest on the recent Channel 9 program, “Under Investigation”, to talk about the collective and national trauma that followed the September 11 terror attacks in the U.S.

Professor Catherine Haslam recently discussed the importance of social connections as we age with Lex Marinos, host of the podcast The Baby-Boomers Guide to Life in the 21st Century