Abstract Social Identity Theory (SIT) is commonly applied to explain social change. We aim
to revive interest in the concept of social creativity in order to provide a SIT perspective on …

Highlights•Social psychology is well positioned to study the micro and macro processes
underlying social change.•The dynamic process of social change: a shift from one societal …

Three studies were conducted to examine whether, in an event of negative distinctiveness,
engaging in 1 of the 3 identity management strategies of social creativity can undermine …

For many years, social psychological research has tried to explain the social dynamics of
intergroup conflict and individual and group differences in engagement in intergroup conflict …

This chapter discusses the function of social identity in facilitating cooperative group
formation, and how the nature of that function changes with the structure of social …

Globalization—the increasing interconnectedness of societies, economies, and cultures—is
a defining feature of contemporary social life. Paradoxically, it underlies both the dynamics …

In this paper, we describe two basic motives for social identification: a drive for collective
enhancement and a drive for epistemic fulfillment (uncertainty reduction). We posit that these …

Three studies explore the recently elaborated social identity model of collective action
(SIMCA) and an alternative, the encapsulated model of social identity in collective action …

Contemporary research on human sociality is heavily influenced by the social identity
approach, positioning social categorization as the primary mechanism governing social life …

Social psychologists have developed influential theoretical models to understand intergroup
conflicts, radicalism, and collective action. November 2018 saw the emergence of a new …