Research Seminar: Winnifred Louis

The Speaker

Winnifred R. Louis (PhD McGill, 2001) is a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. Her research interests focus on the influence of identity and norms on social decision-making. She has studied this broad topic in contexts from politics and community activism to health and environmental choices. She is a Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. Winnifred has served or is serving on the editorial board of the Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, The Australian Journal of Psychology, and Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. She is a member of numerous professional associations including the Centre for Research in Social Psychology, at the University of Queensland; the Association for Psychological Science; the Society for Personality and Social Psychology; and the Society for Australasian Social Psychology. Some resources and additional details are available online at www.socialchangelab.net.

Prof. Louis is the author of over 140 scholarly publications has been awarded over $1m of competitive grant funding, including 5 lead-CI [Chief Investigator] Australian Research Council Discovery grants. She is the winner of numerous awards for research, teaching, and service, including a University of Queensland Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision (2016); the 2007 Australian Psychological Society, Early Career Research award (a national award); a 2012 honourable mention for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award; a 2011 University of Queensland Award for Teaching Excellence; and the 2008 Pearson Education and Australian Psychological Society Early Career Teaching Award (a national award). In service, with others, she was a co-winner of the 2007 Vice-Chancellor's Equity Award.

Prof. Louis associated with the Queensland branch of the Australian Psychological Society interest group, Psychologists for Peace, having served as the national convenor for the group in 2009-2018. Prof. Louis also has served in the Public Interest Advisory Group of the Australian Psychological Society, and with the group International Psychologists for Social Responsibility.

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The Seminar

In this event in a series, speakers from within the Hub, the University, and the broader research community tell us about their research. Our Research Seminar Series involves speakers covering a broad range of themes surrounding our Hub’s interests, so we’ll hopefully all learn something interesting. Whether you want to learn to inform your own research or to simply satisfy a personal curiosity, we hope to see you there.

Attend In-Person or Online

Where: Steve Howard Room 5206, Level 5, Melbourne Connect
Online: Join the zoom here Meeting ID: 881 8112 1134 Passcode: 081124