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2022

2021

2019

  • Can strong identification harm the ingroup? Secure and defensive forms of ingroup identification in intragroup relations and group goals attainment
    1,306,172 PLN (or £270,000)
    Funder: Polish National Science Centre Opus Grant 2018/29/B/HS6/02826
    PI: Aleksandra Cislak (SWPS University)
    Co-Is: Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)

2018

  • Why aren’t Leavers and Remainers changing their minds?
    £4,850.98
    Funder: Faculty of Social Sciences Research Fund
    PI: Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)
    Co-I: Matthew Goodwin (University of Kent)
  • Measuring adolescents’ beliefs in conspiracy theories: Development and validation of a new questionnaire
    £9,588
    Funder: British Academic/Leverhulme Trust research grant
    PI: Daniel Jolley (Staffordshire University)
    Co-Is: Karen Douglas (University of Kent), Yvonne Skipper (Keele University)
  • Control deprivation, (inter)group relations, and political cognition1,283,280 PLN (or £220, 928)
    Funder: Polish National Science Centre Opus Grant 2014/15/B/HS6/03755PI: Mirek Kofta (Warsaw University)
    Co-Is: Michal Bilewicz, Marcin Bukowski, Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)
  • In charge or in control? Short- and long-term effects of personal control and control over others
    323,219 PLN (or £60,373)
    Funder: Polish National Science Centre Opus Grant 2014/13/B/HS6/03137
    PI: Aleksandra Cislak (SWPS University)
    Co-Is: Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)
  • Dynamics and the origins of collective aggression in multidimensional approach – an integrative attempt.
    402,000 PLN (or £75,092)
    Funder: Polish National Science Centre Opus Grant 2014/13/B/HS6/04077
    PI: Mikołaj Winiewski (University of Warsaw)
    Co-Is: Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)

2016

  • Why do people adopt conspiracy theories, how are they communicated, and what are their risks? Perspectives from psychology, information engineering, political science, and sociology
    Funder: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats
    PI: Karen Douglas
    Co-Is: Robbie Sutton, Aleksandra Cichocka, Jim Ang (School of Engineering and Digital Arts), Farzin Deravi (School of Engineering and Digital Arts)