The University of Newcastle's School of Psychology Newsline: Social and Organisational Psychology Research Group

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Social and Organisational Psychology Research Group - Some Success Stories

It’s been a busy year for the School’s Social and Organisational Psychology Research Group. Time to congratulate a few recent success stories…

STAFF SUCCESS

Congratulations to A/Prof Stefania Paolini for her promotion to Associate Professor.

Congrats to Dr Emina Subasic for winning a University of Newcastle Women in Research Fellowship.

Congrats to Stefania and Dr Shira Mor for winning a John and Daphne Keats Endowment Research Fund grant: "Do Cultural metacognitions boost the benefits of positive interethnic contact? A field-test in an Israeli-Arab shared learning setting."

STUDENT SUCCESS

Congrats to Olivia Evans for winning a $10,000 Larapinta Trail Challenge PhD Scholarship.

Congrats to Stephanie Hardacre for winning a scholarship to attend the 2018 SASP Summer School.

Congrats to Richard Turner for winning a Higher Degree by Research scholarship to study for a PhD with Mark Rubin and Emina Subasic.

And many thanks to all our speakers for their presentations this year and our PhD and Hons students for their hard-work in their studies.

Have a great Christmas break everyone!

About the School

The School of Psychology is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. The University is ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world and in the top 13 of universities in Australia (QS World University Rankings, 2017-18; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017-18).

The School is located at the Callaghan campus near Newcastle, about two hours drive north of Sydney, and the Ourimbah campus, about one hour north of Sydney. The School includes over 30 academic staff, over 800 undergraduate students, over 170 Masters students, and over 50 PhD students.

We have a strong record of research performance in four key research groupings: clinical and health psychology, social and organisational psychology, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. The 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia assessment rated the School’s research as “well above world standard” in the areas of psychology and cognitive science, placing the School in the top third of psychology departments in Australia.

For more information about the School, please visit our webpages or contact us at psyc-admin@newcastle.edu.au

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