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S Cohen

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Teaching responsibilities

  • MPSMD3MPS Media Psychology (Convenor)
  • MPSMD3DGP Individual Differences and Group Processes (Co-convenor)
  • MPSMD3PRP Psychology Research Project
  • Coordinator of the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) scheme

Research interests

  • Social psychology:
    Intergroup emotions, overt and covert forms of prejudice and discrimination, stereotype threat, linguistic biases, transmission of values across generations.
  • Media psychology:
    Cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences of exposure to media messages, with particular focus on the role played by media in affecting public's involvement in politics and citizenship-related issues. Consequences of tabloidisation of the News.
    Analysis of media's coverage of political, environmental and racial issues.
  • Political psychology:
    Psychological processes underlying peoples' dis-engagement with politics. Predictors of collective action.
  • Environmental psychology:
    Psychological processes underlying peoples' pro-environmental behaviour. Identity and environment.  Spacial representation of language.  Media coverage of climate change

Membership of professional organisations

  • EASP (full member)
  • International Graduate College (fellow)
  • Association for Psychological Science

Recent publications

  • Woods, R. Coen, S., & Fernandez, A.(in press) 'The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change', Public Understanding of Science.  Published online before print November 26, 2010, doi: 10.1177/0963662510385061 
  • Noor, M., Brown, R., Taggert, L., Fernandez, A., & Coen, S. (2010) Intergroup identity perceptions and their implications for intergroup forgiveness: The Common Ingroup Identity Model and its efficacy in the field. Irish Journal of Psychology 31 (3-4), 151-170.
  • Iyengar, S., Hahn, K., Curran, J., Moring, I., Lund, A., & Coen, S. (2010). Cross-national versus individual-level differences in political knowledge: A Media Systems Perspective. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.
  • Curran, J., Salovaara-Moring, I., Coen, S. and Iyengar, S., (2010) 'Crime, Foreigners and Hard News: A Cross-national Comparison', Journalism 11 (1), 1-17.
  • Coen, S. (2009) Stereotipi e pregiudizi in azione nell'attività sportive. In C. Manzi & C. Gozzoli (Ed.) Sport: Prospettive Psicosociali [Sport: Psychosocial Perspectives]. Milan: Carocci.
  • Coen, S. (2009) Modelli esplicativi del conflitto tra gruppi sociali. In C. Manzi & C. Gozzoli (Ed.) Sport: Prospettive Psicosociali [Sport: Psychosocial Perspectives]. Milan: Carocci.
  • Woods, R., Coen, S., & Fernandez, A. (2009) An analysis of the British public's concerns regarding climate change legislation. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses Vol 1, ISSN 1835-7156
  • Brown, R.J. and Coen, S. (2007) "Questione di feeling: il ruolo delle emozioni nel miglioramento delle relazioni intergruppi", in R. Brown, D. Capozza & O. Licciardello (eds) Immigrazione, Acculturazione, Modalità di Contatto. Milano: Franco Angeli.
  • Camerino, D.; Lusignani, M; Coen, S.; Conway, P.; Selva, N.; Floridia, L.S. and Bertazzi, P. A. (2002) Intent to leave nursing in Italy, Chapter from Working condition and intent to leave the profession among nursing staff in Europe ISSN: 1404-790X

Conference presentations

  • Cross cultural differences in group based guilt and shame experiences. Presented at the Small Group Meeting: Debating Honor in the Context of Group and Gender Relations, the Self, and Aggression August 20-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain
  • An Analysis of the British Public's Concerns Regarding Climate Change Legislation International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, January 2009. Pune, India.
  • It depends on your point of view: perspective taking, anonymity and the experience of group based guilt and shame. Paper presented at the the annual conference of the British Psychological Society- Social Psychology Section., 29-31 August 2005. Edimburgh, UK
  • Attitudes and Behaviour: Which Connection? A study about religious Intergroup Relations. Paper presented at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society- Social Psychology Section., 1-3 September 2004. Liverpool, UK
  • Effect of Guilt and Shame on prejudice reduction and on reparative behaviour. Poster presented at the IGC site visit. February, 1st 2004. Jena, Germany.