Community Psychology Group

The research and practice focus of the Community Psychology group is strengths-based and aims to understand and enhance the relationships between people and their ecological context. The group’s praxis orientation makes for a strong link between theoretically and empirically driven research and action, engaging with the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Within this remit, the group’s emphases on procedural and distributive justice, empowerment, culture, commerce, and methodological development leads to research in areas such as: the natural and built environment, law enforcement strategies, technology usage, identity, health services, consumer psychology, social change, social impacts of climate change and rural communities.

Current projects

• Needs of older and younger carers
  By: Moira O’Connor, Lauren Breen, Peta Dzidic
  ^{*This project is funded by the WA Department of Local Government and Communities.}
• Aesthetic theories as predictors of music sales
  By: Adrian North, Amanda Krause
• Cross-cultural perceptions and experiences of stalking
  By: Lorraine Sheridan, Adrian North
• Music lyrics and socio-economic trends from 1960-2012
  By: Adrian North, Amanda Krause, Peta Dzidic, Lauren Hewitt
• Barriers and drivers for inclusion for those with diverse ability in formal recreational settings
  By: Peta Dzidic, Brian Bishop
  ^{*This project is a collaboration between with Curtin Centre for Sport and Recreation Research and the School of Psychology}