Dr Yasemin Acar

Lecturer in Social Psychology

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2667

Email

yga1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Yasemin Gülsüm Acar received her PhD from Claremont Graduate University in 2015; her dissertation focused on social identity and identity politicization through collective action. Her research interests include outcomes of collective action, social (ethnic, religious, political) identity, and intergroup conflict and reconciliation. Yasemin has published in English, Turkish, and Kurdish on consequences of collective action as well as various perceptions of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict in Turkey. 

Selected publications

• 'To Participate or Not Participate, That's the Question': The Role of Moral Obligation and Different Risk Perceptions on Collective Action

  Uysal, MS., Acar, YG., Sabucedo, JM. & Cakal, H., 2022, p. 445-459. 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• A feminist companion to social psychology

  Uluğ, Ö. M. & Acar, Y. G., Nov 2022, In: Feminism and Psychology. 32, 4, p. 588-592 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• Open access

  Multi-level gains of fat activism and their impact on sustained activism for fat justice

  Acar, Y. G. & Uluğ, Ö. M., 1 Dec 2022, In: Body Image. 43, p. 34-40 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Peace processes and the integration of pro-government militias: the case of village guards in Turkey

  Balta, E., Yüksel, M. & Acar, Y. G., 1 Jan 2022, In: Armed Forces & Society. 48, 1, p. 205-227 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  When and why does political trust predict well-being in authoritarian contexts? Examining the role of political efficacy and collective action among opposition voters

  Acar, YG. & Ulug, OM., 4 Jul 2022, In: British Journal of Social Psychology. 61, 3, p. 861-881 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Reflecting on research: researcher identity in conflict studies from the perspectives of participants

  Ulug, OM., Acar, YG. & Kanik, B., 1 Oct 2021, In: European Journal of Social Psychology. 51, 6, p. 847-861 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Revealing the Manifestations of Neoliberalism in Academia: Academic Collective Action in Turkey

  Coskan, C., Acar, YG. & Bayad, A., 2021, p. 401-418. 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Academic activism and its impact on individual-level mobilization, sources of learning, and the future of academia in Turkey

  Acar, YG. & Coskan, C., Jul 2020, In: Journal of community & applied social psychology. 30, 4, p. 388-404 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 'Names will never hurt us': A qualitative exploration of capulcu identity through the eyes of Gezi Park protesters

  Ulug, OM. & Acar, YG., Jul 2019, In: British Journal of Social Psychology. 58, 3, p. 714-729 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Doing Research in Conflict Contexts: Practical and Ethical Challenges for Researchers When Conducting Fieldwork

  Moss, S. M., Ulug, OM. & Acar, YG., Feb 2019, In: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. 25, 1, p. 86-99 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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