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Ongoing Projects
Robot Threat and Collective Action Project
This study investigates whether robots and similar technologies can threaten our basic human needs, and further influence intergroup attitudes and collective action intentions. Prof. Çiğdem Bağcı, Prof. Junko Kanero, Prof. Wang Xijing from City University of Hong Kong, Selen Akay and Irem Sakarya are collaborators on this project.
Predictors of Pro- Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors
This research investigates the role of contextual and individual level factors in shaping pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors with a longitudinal study. This project is funded by the TUBITAK 1001 grant. Prof. Çiğdem Bağcı, İpek Güvensoy, Büşra Kaplan, Güneş Sağanak and İrem Sakarya are collaborators.
Completed Projects
Humor in Gender Context
This research experimentally tested the effect of being exposed to traditional vs. counter-traditional gender role jokes on perceived identity threat related to gender. It is published in Humor Journal. Collaborating GrouPsy members: Prof. Çiğdem Bağcı, Ipek Güvensoy, Irem Sakarya, Selen Akay, Irem Kuyucu, Duygu Yurt, Büşra Kaplan, Esra Kamacı, Emrah Kahraman.
Social Psychology and Human-Robot Interaction Project
In this study, Prof. Çiğdem Bağcı and Prof. Junko Kanero, along with Selen Akay, Duygu Yurt, and Irem Kuyucu, investigated whether the effects of intergroup contact can be extended to contact with a social robot. This project was funded by the TÜBİTAK 1001 grant.
Moral Minorities Project
This is a three-year project funded by a grant awarded to Prof. Çiğdem Bağcı as part of the TÜBA GEBİP Award for outstanding young scientists. In this project, Çiğdem Bağcı, Ipek Guvensoy, Büşra Kaplan, and Güneş Sağnak worked on how perceptions of moral minorities (e.g., vegans, environmentalists) and beliefs about how moral minorities see majority group members affect meat-eating and environmental behaviors and attitudes.
LGBTQ+ Collective Action Project
In this project, Prof. Çiğdem Bağcı, Prof. Gülseli Baysu, and Büşra Kaplan investigated the antecedants of minority and majority collective action for and against LGBTQ+ rights, and how these different types of collective actions affect each other. Their research was supported by funding from the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA).