Chris Sibley
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Chris G. Sibley is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland[1] and the lead investigator for the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study.[2] Sibley's research focuses on understanding how people's connections with others around them interact with environmental and economic factors to cause change in personality, political attitudes, social values and psychological health over time. In 2014 he was the recipient of the Erik Erikson Award for Early Career Achievement,[3] awarded by the International Society of Political Psychology. Sibley is also the editor of the Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice, and one of the developers of the Multi-dimensional model of Maori identity and cultural engagement.[4]
Career
His laboratory runs a 20-year longitudinal national probability study of social attitudes, personality and health outcomes.[2] The NZAVS has been central in answering a variety of important research questions, and has published research about religion and the Christchurch earthquakes, Māori identity and wellbeing, as well as sexism, racism and personality in New Zealand.
Life
Sibley grew up in Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt, where he attended Naenae College. He began his undergraduate study at Victoria University of Wellington in 1997 and completed his PhD in 2005.[5] He has lived in Auckland since 2006, is an avid reader of science fiction novels and a keen hiker.
Awards
- 2014 Erik Erikson Award for Early Career Achievement, International Society of Political Psychology[3]
- 2011 Listed as a ‘Rising Star’ by the Association for Psychological Science[6]
- 2010 Early Career Research Excellence Award from the University of Auckland[7]
Peer-reviewed publications
- Sibley, C. G., & Osborne, D. (2016). Ideology and Post-Colonial Society. Political Psychology, 37, 115-161. doi: 10.1111/pops.12323
- Shaver, J. H., Troughton, G., Sibley, C. G., & Bulbulia, J. A. (2016). Religion and the Unmaking of Prejudice toward Muslims: Evidence from a Large National Sample. PloS one, 11 (3) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150209
- Dawtry, R. J., Sutton, R. M., & Sibley, C. G. (2015). Why Wealthier People Think People Are Wealthier, and Why It Matters: From Social Sampling to Attitudes to Redistribution. Psychological Science, 26 (9), 1389-1400. doi: 10.1177/0956797615586560
- Houkamau, C. A., & Sibley, C. G. (2015). The Revised Multidimensional Model of Māori Identity and Cultural Engagement (MMM-ICE2). Social Indicators Research, 122 (1), 279-296. doi: 10.1007/s11205-014-0686-7
References
- ↑ "Dr Chris Sibley - The University of Auckland". www.psych.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- 1 2 "The New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study - The University of Auckland". www.psych.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- 1 2 "Erik Erikson Early Career Award - ISPP.org". www.ispp.org. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ Houkamau, Carla A.; Sibley, Chris G. (2010). "The Multi-Dimensional Model of Māori Identity and Cultural Engagement" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Psychology. 39 (1). Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington. Faculty of Science. School of. "PhD Graduates". www.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Rising Stars - Association for Psychological Science". www.psychologicalscience.org. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ↑ "Notable achievements, awards and rankings - The University of Auckland". www.psych.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-06-21.