Helena Radke

Lecturer

Psychology
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Tel: 0131 650 3437
Email: Helena.Radke@ed.ac.uk

Street: Room S5, Psychology Building
City: 7 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code: EH8 9JZ

My online office hours are on Thursday between 11am-12pm UK time during the teaching semester. Please email for a link to the meeting.

Biography

Background

I completed my Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons I; University Medal) in 2011 and my PhD in 2016 at the University of Queensland, Australia. I then worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Osnabruck in Germany from 2017 to mid-2019 before starting as a Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Edinburgh.

Qualifications

PhD (University of Queensland)

Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Hons I, University Medal; University of Queensland)

Teaching & PhD supervision

Undergraduate teaching

Psychology 1A and 1B Tutorials

Psychology 2A: Social Psychology Lectures

Psychology Mini-Dissertation

Postgraduate teaching

Research Methods in Social Psychology

Problem-based Social Psychological Research

Current Topics in Social Psychology

Dissertation in Social Psychology

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Research

Research summary

My research interests include understanding prejudice and how social change occurs through collective action. Specifically, I’m interested in understanding and overcoming the barriers women face when engaging in collective action to overcome sexism, and the benefits and backlashes associated with involving allies in political movements.

Selected publications:

Radke, H. R. M. (2020). Beyond allyship: Motivations for advantaged group members to take action disadvantaged groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review.

Kutlaca, M., Becker, J. C., & Radke, H. R. M. (2019). A hero, a black sheep or both? How disadvantaged and advantaged groups perceive those who confront prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Radke, H. R. M., Hornsey, M. J., & Barlow, F. K. (2018). Changing versus protecting the status quo: Why men and women engage in different types of action on behalf of women. Sex Roles, 79, 505-518.

Radke, H. R. M., Hornsey, M. J., Sibley, C. G., & Barlow, F. K. (2017). Negotiating the hierarchy: Social dominance orientation among women is associated with the endorsement of benevolent sexism. Australian Journal of Psychology, 70, 159-166.

Radke, H. R. M., Hornsey, M. J., Sibley, C. G., Thai, M., & Barlow, F. K. (2017). Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation?. PloS one, 12.

Radke, H. R. M., Hornsey, M. J., & Barlow, F. K. (2016). Barriers to women engaging in collective action to overcome sexism. American Psychologist, 71, 863-874.

Publications

Understanding allies’ participation in social change: A multiple perspectives approach (11 pages) 27 Nov 2020 In: European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 50, pp. 1248-1258
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2720
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Make it safe at night or teach women to fight? Sexism predicts views on men’s and women’s responsibility to reduce men’s violence toward women 9 Jun 2020 In: Sex Roles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01159-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Beyond allyship: Motivations for advantaged group members to engage in action for disadvantaged groups 11 May 2020 In: Personality and Social Psychology Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868320918698
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Stopping wolves in the wild and legitimizing meat consumption: Effects of right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance on animal-related behaviors (14 pages) 4 Sep 2019 In: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 22, pp. 804-817
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218824409
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Divide and conquer? Identity, threat, and moral justification of violence at the G20 (10 pages) Sep 2019 In: Australian Journal of Psychology, vol. 71, pp. 312-321
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12249
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
A hero for the outgroup, a black sheep for the ingroup: Societal perceptions of those who confront discrimination 12 Jul 2019 In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103832
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
Risk and protective factors for mental health at a youth mass gathering (12 pages) Feb 2019 In: European child & adolescent psychiatry, vol. 28, pp. 211-222
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-018-1163-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Changing versus protecting the status quo: Why men and women engage in different types of action on behalf of women (14 pages) Nov 2018 In: Sex Roles, vol. 79, pp. 505-518
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0884-2
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Negotiating the hierarchy: Social dominance orientation among women is associated with the endorsement of benevolent sexism (9 pages) Jun 2018 In: Australian Journal of Psychology, vol. 70, pp. 158-166
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12176
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Is the racial composition of your surroundings associated with your levels of social dominance orientation? (16 pages) 19 Oct 2017 In: PLoS ONE, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186612
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)

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This article was published on 21 Jan, 2021