Our Team
…includes a wide range of experienced scholars in the fields of psychology, sociology, and epidemiology.
Miles Hewstone
Professor of Social Psychology and Public Policy, Director of the Oxford Centre for the Study of Intergroup Conflict
University of Oxford
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Hewstone’s research focuses on intergroup relations including: prejudice and stereotyping, stereotype change, crossed categorization, intergroup contact, the reduction of intergroup conflict, sectarianism in Northern Ireland, and segregation and integration.
Principal Investigator
Douglas S. Massey
Professor of Sociology,
Director of the Office of Population Research
Princeton University
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Massey specializes in the sociology of immigration, ethnic relations, and has written widely about the effect of residential segregation on the black underclass in the United States. His research also focuses on biosocial models and neighbourhood effects on health.
Co-Principal Investigator
Miguel R. Ramos
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Oxford
Ramos' work examines the risk factors of intergroup relations and how these can be mitigated to improve the well-being of those involved. He is experienced in a wide range of techniques spanning from lab experiments to the analysis of large surveys with worldwide data.
Co-Principal Investigator
Matthew Bennett
Lecturer in Social Policy
University of Birmingham
Bennett's work focuses on the effects of prosocial behaviour on health, using both self-reported and biostatistical techniques to analyse data. He is experienced in large-scale social surveys and in working with the Citizenship Surveys and Understanding Society in the U.K.
Co-Principal Investigator
Laia Bécares
Lecturer in Social Statistics
University of Manchester
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Bécares is an epidemiologist with extensive expertise in studying the health pathways by which neighbourhood effects lead to health inequalities. She has vast experience in lifecourse and longitudinal analyses using biomarkers as well as subjective and objectively diagnosed measures of physical and mental health.
