Dr Ollie Keenan
Research Assistant (STAR)
Social Justice
Research, Innovation and Enterprise , School of Childhood and Social Care
Oliver is co-designing the MRes in Social Justice programmes with Dr Darren Sharpe at the Institute of Connected Communities (ICC). He is teaching and providing supervision to students on the MRes in Social Research and Social Justice programme. He is currently a research assistant and quantitative research lead at ICC’s Evaluation Unit.
Qualifications
- MSc
- BSc
- PhD
Areas Of Interest
- Social Justice
- Political Psychology
OVERVIEW
He is also involved in positive psychology approaches – specifically evaluating the impact of a mindfulness intervention in promoting eudaimonic wellbeing, and its potential application for prejudice reduction.
He is passionate about using research to further social aims of justice and wellbeing as well as promoting participatory approaches which emphasise working in collaboration with the participants in research.
Oliver is a quantitative researcher and is keen to make statistical programming more accessible to upcoming researchers.
Oliver holds a BSc, MSc and PhD in Psychology.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Oliver’s research focuses on political psychology from perspectives of collective narcissism and social identity theory on social problems such as White nationalism, right-wing populism and reactionary social change. He investigates why members of structurally advantaged groups seek to further inequality in society and disproportionately influence national politics.
He is interested in the intersection of structural inequality and social identity, and in integrative approaches to promote intergroup harmony and progressive social change.
TEACHING
MRes Social Research and Social Justice
Learn how to change the world through research and use your skills to speak with authority to global decision makers, to influence organisations and communities and to challenge racism and injustice.
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