Dr Dennis Nigbur

Research Projects

• “The Self and the Sacred: Exploring the relationships between experiences deemed spiritual or religious and beliefs using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.”. Researcher(s): Dr James Murphy. Supervisor(s): Dr Fergal Jones, Dr Dennis Nigbur. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• A RELEASE FROM BONDS; A QUALITATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY ON STUDENTS’ SOCIAL AND DRINKING BEHAVIOUR. Researcher(s): Miss STEFANIA KONSTA. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Before the revolution: Identity leadership, mobilisation, and state repression during and before the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Researcher(s): Ms Klara Jurstakova. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Dr Lance Slade. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mrs Marisa Kolovos. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Double standards and dehumanization: the disparity of Britain’s responses to refugees.. Researcher(s): Miss Sameena Hoda. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Dr Laura Cashman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Exploration of the role of gardeners and allotment holders identity and tenure upon their understanding and adoption of sustainable garden practices supporting biodiversity.. Researcher(s): Ms Julie Jones. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Dr Lance Slade. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Exploring the potential difference in executive cognitive functions of individuals with alleged mediumistic and extra-sensory perception abilities.. Researcher(s): Mr Chris Connelly. Supervisor(s): Dr James Cane, Dr Dennis Nigbur, Dr David Vernon. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Social norms, class and working mothers’ (WMs) choices. An investigation into the complex and multifaceted societal influences on working mothers’ choices and challenges stemming from social and gender norms.. Researcher(s): Mrs Jo Law. Supervisor(s): Dr Anke Franz, Dr Ian Marsh, Dr Dennis Nigbur. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• The experience of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the UK: Migration and identity. Researcher(s): Dr Jana Warren. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Professor Thomas Hennessey. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• THE EXPERIENCE, SECONDARY STRESSORS, AND COPING STRATEGIES OF UK SOCIAL CARE WORKERS DURING COVID-19: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY PROVIDING A DIAGRAM OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STRESSORS, DE-STRESSORS, AND COPING STRATEGIES. Researcher(s): Mr William Nicholls. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Dr Lance Slade. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Unlocking Catalonia’s National Identity ‘Deadlock’: a Social Psychological Examination of Nationhood, Unionism and Secession in the Region.. Researcher(s): Miss Nuria Martinez Tevar. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project]

• Having, making and feeling home as a European immigrant in the United Kingdom post-Brexit referendum: An interpretative phenomenological study Foxwell, K., Strohmaier, S., Jones, F., Nigbur, D., (06 Sep 2024): Wiley. [Journal article]
• Lived experiences of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the UK: Migration and identity Warren, Jana, Nigbur, Dennis, (08 Mar 2024): Wiley. [Journal article]
• The dynamics of leadership and resistance in repressive regimes: The cases of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Polish People’s Republic Jurstakova, K., Ntontis, E., Nigbur, D., Resistance to Repression and Violence: Global Psychological Perspectives: Oxford University Press. [Book chapter]
• The dynamics of leadership and resistance in repressive regimes: The cases of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Polish People’s Republic Jurstakova, K., Ntontis, E., Nigbur, D., (10 Jul 2024), The Psychology of Resistance in Violent and Repressive Contexts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Book chapter]
• Allah has told us everything: An interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the lived experiences of British Muslims Murphy, J., Jones, Fergal W, Nigbur, Dennis, (01 Mar 2023): SAGE Publications. [Journal article]
• Seeing is believing: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of the ‘spiritual but not religious’ in Britain Murphy, J., Jones, F. W., Nigbur, D., (02 Mar 2023): Non-religion and Secularity Research Network, Ubiquity Press, University College London. [Journal article]
• ‘I believe in something; I don’t know what it is’: an exploration of five British Hindus’ worldviews using interpretative phenomenological analysis Murphy, J., Jones, F. W., Nigbur, D., (08 Aug 2022): Ubiquity Press, University College London. [Journal article]
• Collective victimhood in populist media about Brexit: rage against the machine? Nigbur, D., Williams, E., Layton, A., Tsirogianni, S., Ntontis, E., Hoerst, C., Jemwa, A., Volkers Poile, I., NORFACE Governance Workshop "A multilevel understanding of populist polarisation and its impact on democracy: Bridging the macro and the micro". [Conference paper]
• Telling complex stories: A review of the QMiP conference at De Montfort University Law, J., Nigbur, D., (2022, 11 Nov 2022): British Psychological Society. [Journal article]
• Living in a world with God: An interpretative phenomenological exploration of the religious experiences of five Baptists in Britain Murphy, J., Jones, F., Nigbur, D., Gee, K., (08 Mar 2021, 31 May 2022): PsychOpen. [Journal article]
• Sustainability in the workplace and the theory of planned behaviour: Norms and identity predict environmentally friendly intentions Nigbur, D., Fernandez, A., Coen, S., Franz, A., Hocking, I., (2021), Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development: Edward Elgar. [Book chapter]
• Dual identity, conflict, and education: An exploration of the lived experience of social relationships of young British Muslim women who attend British universities Franz, A., Hunt, M., Nigbur, D., (12 Oct 2020): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Sustainability in the workplace and the theory of planned behaviour: Norms and identity predict environmentally friendly intentions Nigbur, D., Fernandez, A., Coen, S., Franz, A., Hocking, I., Sustainability in Higher Education: The fierce urgency of now. [Conference paper]
• Being German: examining national identity as a collective experience Nigbur, D., Franz, A., 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. [Conference poster]
• Experiences of musical performance anxiety in final-year undergraduate music students: an interpretative phenomenological analysis Robinson, G., Nigbur, D., (01 Mar 2018): British Psychological Society. [Journal article]
• Implications of teenagers' attitudes toward maned wolf conservation in Brazil Consorte-McCrea, A., Nigbur, D., Bath, A., (20 Jun 2017): IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. [Journal article]
• Increasing ethnic diversity moderates longitudinal effects of individual differences on friendship homophily Jugert, P., Rutland, A., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Nigbur, D., Watters, C., Hossain, R., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., (19 Jun 2017): Wiley. [Journal article]
• National character Nigbur, D., (Jul 2017), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. London: SAGE. [Book chapter]
• Nationalism Nigbur, D., (Jul 2017), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. London: SAGE. [Book chapter]
• Understanding attitudes towards native wildlife and biodiversity in the UK: the role of zoos Consorte-McCrea, A., Bainbridge, A., Fernandez, A., Nigbur, D., McDonnell, S., Morin, A., Grente, O., (30 Dec 2016): Springer. [Journal article]
• Attitudes towards the maned wolf amongst adolescents in the southeast of Brazil Consorte-McCrea, A., Nigbur, D., Bath, A.. [Research report]
• Making sense of acculturation: self-reports and personal experience of international students Nigbur, D., Social Psychology Section conference of the British Psychological Society. [Conference paper]
• Acculturation attitudes and social adjustment in British South Asian children: a longitudinal study Brown, R., Baysu, G., Cameron, L., Nigbur, D., Rutland, A., Watters, C., Hossain, R., LeTouze, D., Landau, A.. [Journal article]
• Why does ingroup essentialism increase prejudice against minority members? Zagefka, H., Nigbur, D., Gonzalez, R., Tip, L., (2013). [Journal article]
• Group identity and peer relations: a longitudinal study of group identity, perceived peer acceptance, and friendships amongst ethnic minority English children Rutland, A., Cameron, L., Jugert, P., Nigbur, D., Brown, R., Watters, C., Hossain, R., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., (2012): British Psychological Society. [Journal article]
• The essence of nationhood: how ordinary people make sense of nationality, and how essentialist beliefs create acculturative problems Nigbur, D., Franz, A., Hocking, I., Hilton, D., Charalambides, L., Zagefka, H., Gonzalez, R., Tip, L., BPS Social Psychology Section conference. [Conference paper]
• The theory of planned behaviour, self-identity, and moral disengagement: what predicts sustainability at work? Nigbur, D., Coen, S., Fernandez, A., Franz, A., Hocking, I., BPS Social Psychology Section conference. [Conference paper]
• References to history in national identity: interview and focus group data on historical comparisons Nigbur, D., Franz, A., (Sep 2011), BPS Social Psychology Section Conference. [Conference paper]
• Attitudes, norms, identity and environmental behaviour: using an expanded theory of planned behaviour to predict participation in a kerbside recycling programme Nigbur, D., Lyons, E., Uzzell, D.. [Journal article]
• Akkulturation und integration ethnischer gruppen Nigbur, D., Zagefka, H., (2009), Diskriminierung und Toleranz: Psychologische Grundlagen und Anwendungsperspektiven. Wiesbaden, Germany: VS Verlag. [Book chapter]
• Is identification equivalent to acculturation? Dynamics of ethnicity and wellbeing among British primary schoolers Nigbur, D., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Hossain, R., British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Conference. [Conference paper]
• Acculturation processes and social relations in young children: why 'integration' is (mostly) good for you Nigbur, D., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Rutland, A., Hossain, R., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., Watters, C., 15th General Meeting of the European Association for Experimental Social Psychology. [Conference paper]
• Acculturation, well-being and classroom behaviour among white British and British Asian primary-school children in the south-east of England: validating a child-friendly measure of acculturation attitudes Nigbur, D., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Hossain, R., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., Rutland, A., Watters, C., (Nov 2008). [Journal article]
• Whose bread I eat, his song I sing: high identifiers and those exposed to intergroup situations see themselves closer to the national prototype Nigbur, D., Cinnirella, M., Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Annual Conference. [Conference paper]
• Acculturation experiences of British Asian primary school children: why 'integration' is not a closed case Nigbur, D., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Hossain, R., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., CRONEM Conference: Nationalism and National Identities Today: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. [Conference paper]
• National identification, type and specificity of comparison and their effects on descriptions of national character Nigbur, D., Cinnirella, M.: John Wiley & Sons. [Journal article]
• Paying the price of integration: a longitudinal study of south Asian children's acculturation experience in British primary schools Nigbur, D., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Hossain, R., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology Small Group Meeting. [Conference paper]
• Social capital, ethnicity and children's well-being: aspects of social capital in the everyday lives of British Punjabi children Hossain, R., Watters, C., Brown, R., Cameron, L., Landau, A., Le Touze, D., Nigbur, D., Rutland, A., (2007): Pier Professional. [Journal article]