Welcome to the International Contact Research Network
We bring together intergroup contact researchers from countries around the world to discuss their latest work, exchange ideas and strike up collaborations. See below to discover who is involved, join us if you are a contact researcher, or sign up to our newsletter to stay informed about our activities.
Recent Announcements
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Special BJSP issue on ‘Contact seeking, contact avoidance and the enduring challenge of segregation’
The British Journal of Social Psychology will issue a special issue on ‘Contact seeking, contact avoidance and the enduring challenge of segregation’, edited by a range of ICRN members (John Dixon, Stefania Paolini, Chloe Bracegirdle, Patrick Kotzur, Marie-Therese Friehs) alongside Anna Stefaniak. Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome; abstracts should be submitted as an expression of interest by the end of March 2025.
Network Committee
Michèle Denise Birtel
University of Greenwich
Network Founder and Colloquium Organizer — Associate Professor of Social Clinical Psychology
Lukas Wallrich
Birkbeck Business School
Co-Chair. Podcast and Website — Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
Network Members
Elizaveta Komyaginskaya
Center for Sociocultural Research, HSE University
Giovanni A. Travaglino
Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor of Social Psychology & Criminology
Olivia Spiegler
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Private University Goettingen
Research Fellow & Professor of Social Psychology
Stephen Wright
Simon Fraser University
