Steve Reicher

Education After attending the Perse School, Cambridge, Reicher completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol, and his PhD also at the University of Bristol in 1984 with a thesis on collective behaviour. At Bristol, Reicher worked closely with Henri Tajfel and John Turner on social identity theory and social identity model of deindividuation effects (SIDE).

Career and research Reicher held positions at the University of Dundee and University of Exeter before moving to St Andrews in 1997. He was formerly head of the School of Psychology at St Andrews.

He is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology and Chief Editor (with Margaret Wetherell) of the British Journal of Social Psychology. Reicher is an editor for a number of journals including Scientific American Mind. His research His research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Reicher, S., Spears, R. & Postmes, T. (1995). "A social identity model of deindividuation phenomena". In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (eds.), European Review of Social Psychology, 6, 161–198. Reicher, S. (1996) "Social identity and social change: Rethinking the context of social psychology". In W.P. Robinson (Ed.) Social groups and identities: Developing the legacy of Henri Tajfel (pp. 317–336). London: Butterworth.

Reicher S. D., & Hopkins, N. (1996). "Seeking influence through characterising self-categories: An analysis of anti-abortionist rhetoric". British Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 297–311. Reicher, S. (1996). "The Crowd century: Reconciling practical success with theoretical failure". British Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 535–53. Reicher S. D., & Hopkins, N. (1996). "Self-category constructions in political rhetoric; An analysis of Thatcher's and Kinnock's speeches concerning the British miners' strike (1984–85)", European Journal of Social Psychology, 26, 353–371.

Stott, C. & Reicher, S. (1998a). "Crowd action as inter-group process: Introducing the police perspective". European Journal of Social Psychology, 28, 509–529. Drury, J. & Reicher, S. (1999). "The intergroup dynamics of collective empowerment: Substantiating the social identity model of crowd behaviour". Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2, 381–402.

Reicher, S. (2001). "Studying psychology, studying racism". In M. Augoustinos & K. J. Reynolds. (Eds.), Understanding prejudice, Racism, and Social conflict. London: Sage.

Stott, C., Hutchison, P. & Drury, J. (2001). "'Hooligans' abroad? Inter-group dynamics, social identity and participation in collective 'disorder' at the 1998 World Cup Finals". British Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 359–384. Reicher, S. D. & Hopkins, N. (2001). Self and nation: Categorization, contestation and mobilisation. London: Sage. Drury, J., Reicher, S. & Stott, C. (2003) "Transforming the boundaries of collective identity: From the 'local' anti-road campaign to 'global' resistance?" Social Movement Studies, 2, 191–212. Drury, J., Cocking, C., Beale, J., Hanson, C. & Rapley, F. (2005). "The phenomenology of empowerment in collective action". British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 309–328. Reicher, S. D., Haslam, S. A., & Hopkins, N. (2005). "Social identity and the dynamics of leadership: Leaders and followers as collaborative agents in the transformation of social reality". Leadership Quarterly. 16, 547–568.

Haslam, S.A; Reicher, S.D. & Platow, M.J. (2010) The New Psychology Of Leadership: Identity, Influence And Power, New York: Psychology Press

Awards and distinctions 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) 2018 - Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) 2021 - Honorary Fellow, British Psychological Society (HonFBPsS)

He was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.