2022
- Consequences of conspiracy theories
€2.5m
Funder: European Research Council
PI: Karen Douglas (University of Kent)
2021
- Does Identity Rhetoric Boost Online Political Message?
£306.000
Funder: Leverhulme Trust
PI: Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)
Co-Is: Jay Van Bavel (New York University), Michal Kosinski (Stanford University), Aleksandra Cislak (SWPS University) - The psychology of public policy: Inequality, immigration and international relations
€2,477,408
Funder: European Research Council
PI: Nikhil Sengupta (University of Kent)
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 cognition
Funder: Polish National Science Centre Opus Grant 2014/15/B/HS6/03755 PI: Mirek Kofta (Warsaw University)
Co-Is: Michal Bilewicz, Marcin Bukowski, Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent)
1,283,280 PLN (or £220, 928) - 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)