Chris Sibley | |
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![]() Sibley in 2015 | |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Known for | New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study |
Awards | Erik Erikson Award for Early Career Achievement, International Society of Political Psychology (2014) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Social attitudes,prejudice |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Chris G. Sibley is a Professor in the School of Psychology at theUniversity of Auckland[1] and the lead investigator for theNew Zealand Attitudes and Values Study.[2] Sibley's research focuses on understanding how people's connections with others around them interact with environmental and economic factors to cause change in personality, political attitudes, social values and psychological health over time. In 2014, he was the recipient of the Erik Erikson Award for Early Career Achievement,[3] awarded by theInternational Society of Political Psychology. Sibley is also the editor of the Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice and the Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology, as well as one of the developers of theMulti-dimensional model of Māori identity and cultural engagement.[4]
His laboratory runs a 20-year longitudinal national probability study of social attitudes, personality and health outcomes.[2] TheNZAVS has been central in answering a variety of important research questions, and has published research about religion and the Christchurch earthquakes,Māori identity and wellbeing, as well as sexism, racism and personality in New Zealand.
Sibley grew up inWainuiomata andLower Hutt, where he attendedNaenae College. He began his undergraduate study atVictoria University of Wellington in 1997 and completed his PhD in 2005.[5] He has lived inAuckland since 2006, is an avid reader of science fiction novels and a keenhiker.
Sibley has published more than 400 peer-reviewed publications.[8] This section provides a list of selected publications that have received considerable academic and research attention.