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GrouPsy-Lab

A Sabanci University based social psychology lab.

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About Us

The GrouPsy Lab, led by Prof. Dr. ÇiÄŸdem BaÄŸcı, is a social psychology research lab at Sabancı University. Our research interests include but are not limited to phenomena within intergroup relationships such as stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, intergroup contact, collective action; environmental behaviors, and human-robot interactions.

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Through cutting-edge research, our lab aims to deepen understanding of these critical social issues and contribute to the development of interventions that promote healthy cross-group communication and foster intergroup harmony.

Ongoing Projects

Moral Minorities Project

This is a three-year project with mixed methodology and aims to examine the attitudes towards different moral minorities such as veg*ns and environmentalists.

Humor Project

This research experimentally test the effect of being exposed to traditional vs. counter-traditional gender role jokes on perceived identity threat related to gender. 

Latest Publications

Mobilizing against the disadvantaged: Unraveling the dynamics of anti-minority collective action

Ipek Guvensoy, Sabahat Cigdem Bagci, Duygu Yurt

 

29 April, 2025  Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2498283

Extant research on collective action has investigated how both advantaged and disadvantaged group members mobilise to support the rights of minority status groups. More recent research has begun to examine what might lead advantaged group members to engage in actions that aim to harm disadvantaged groups and protect and/or promote their advantaged group’s status and interests. This review aims to define “anti-minority collective action” by critically discussing existing conceptualisations in the literature and to investigate its social psychological drivers. In light of the evidence, we argue that anti-minority collective action may be largely motivated by social psychological processes similar to those identified in broader collective action research (such as pro-minority collective action), yet existing collective action models may not fully capture what leads advantaged group members to act collectively against the disadvantaged. We further provide future directions that address critical gaps in this emerging literature and discuss the potential implications of these actions within broader social change dynamics.

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