Nick Haslam is Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. A BA(Hons) graduate of the University of Melbourne, Nick received his PhD in clinical and social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, and taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City before returning to Australia in 2002.
Nick's research interests are in the fields of personality, social psychology and psychiatric classification, and he has published 9 books and more than 250 articles or book chapters in these and related areas. In addition to his academic writing, Nick contributes regularly to The Conversation, Inside Edition and Australian Book Review, and he has also written for TIME, The Monthly, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Australian and two Best Australian Science Writing anthologies. Nick is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Association for Psychological Science. In the university he is a leader in the social psychology group and co-director of the mental health PhD program. In the recent past he has been Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate), a member of the ARC College of Experts, Head of the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, President of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, and Director of the Researchers for Asylum Seekers group.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Media Award for Public Engagement with Psychological Science
Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
Credentials
Positions
Professor
Melbourne School Of Psychological Sciences
Member
Society of Australasian Social Psychologists
Member
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Fellow
Association for Psychological Science
Member
Society of Experimental Social Psychologists
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Arts
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts (honours)
University of Melbourne