Ny gæsterforsker ved CEPDISC - Amanda Friesen

Hello, everyone,

My name is Amanda Friesen, and I am the Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology and Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. I will be a visiting scholar with CEPDISC for the months of March and April.

I am a political psychologist and direct the Body Politics Lab at Western, where we investigate what happens to our physical bodies in political spaces and how we evaluate the physical bodies and appearances of other political actors.  I also investigate how social identities like gender and religion impact political behaviour. Though I often use survey experiments and traditional survey methods, I also conduct lab studies that involve interpersonal interactions, physiological measurement, and recording of emotions.

Currently, I am a member of the International Society for Political Psychology General Council and an Associate Editor at the journal Political Psychology. I also serve on the editorial boards of the Journal for Experimental Political Science and Politics & Religion.

CEPDISC Post Doc Claire Gothreau and I have been collaborating for many years, and while I am in residence, we will be working on research related to gender identity, weight stigma, and candidate evaluations, along with Nick Haas. I also am writing a paper on the impact of youth sports participation, self-esteem, and gender on political engagement as well as developing a project on the physiological correlates of social trust. I look forward to feedback from experts around the Centre!