Dr Masi Noor
- Title
- Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Psychology
- Location
- Dorothy Hodgkin building 1.73
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1782 732946
- m.noor@keele.ac.uk
Biography
Biography
- University of Sussex, United Kingdom, Ph.D. in the Social Psychology of Intergroup Forgiveness across Chile and Northern Ireland
- University of Ulster, United Kingdom, BSc (Hons, First Class) Applied Psychology
- Co-founder of the Forgiveness Toolbox (www.theforgivenesstoolbox.com)
- German Abitur
- Born in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Speaks Farsi, German, & Dari
Research and scholarship
Research and scholarship
I am a social psychologist. My main line of research is to understand the psychology of forgiveness. I study why people forgive, what enables them to forgive and what stops them to forgive. Most centrally, I am interested in studying when forgiveness may heal and when it may actually harm; and how forgiveness is best to be communicated?
To understand the psychology of forgiveness, one has to understand the psychological experiences of victimhood and perpetratorhood. Surprisingly, there is a great deal of overlap between such experiences. One such overlap concerns both parties' motivation to compete over their suffering. Hence, I developed the concept of Competitive Victimhood in 2008 and since then studied it across different conflicts settings, such as Northern Ireland, Chile, and Palestine-Israel. Our work shows that competitive victimhood is a major obstacle to forgiveness and conflict resolution in general.
Public service
The above work has led to a collaboration with the Forgiveness Project, a London-based charity, who kindly helped to me develop a Forgiveness Toolbox based on real-life stories of victims and perpetrators from around the world. The website has so far attracted nearly 17,000 visitors from 141 countries.
You can listen to my interview on the toolbox with the BBC Word Service's Health Check Programme here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01lw89n
Motivated Ph.D. candidates are welcome to contact me to discuss possible research ideas along my research interests.
Successfully completed PhD supervision:
- Mark Carew (2015)
- Caroline Wood (2012)
Teaching
Teaching
I mainly teach basic and advanced modules on (applied) social psychology, including applied intergroup conflict.
- Module Leader PSY-10033 Introduction to Social and Developmental Psychology
- Module Team Member PSY-20043 Qualitative & Survey Research Design
- Module Team Member PSY-40077 Advanced Study in Applied Social & Political Psychology
Publications
Publications
Journal Articles
- James, Lucy; Noor, Masi; Halim, Aqsa; Fox, Claire. 01-01-2024. 'Students' perceptions and experiences of taking a Leave of Absence (LOA) during their degree'. Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. DOI > view in repository >
- Crist, Jaren D.; Noor, Masi; Schlegel, Rebecca J.; Salter, Phia S.; Rivera, Grace N.; Perez, Michael J.; Coger, Ciara. 25-09-2023. 'Internal, External, Genetic, or Cultural? Lay Theories about Racial Health Disparities Predict Perceived Threat, Adherence, and Policy Support'. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor; McLamore, Quinnehtukqut; Syropoulos, Stylianos; Leidner, Bernhard; Hirschberger, Gilad; van Bezouw, Maarten J.; Rovenpor, Daniel; Paladino, Maria Paola; Baumert, Anna; Bilewicz, Michal; Bilgen, Arda; Chatard, Armand; Chekroun, Peggy; Chinchilla, Juana; Choi, Hoon‐Seok; Euh, Hyun; Gomez, Angel; Kardos, Peter; Khoo, Ying Hooi; Li, Mengyao; Légal, Jean‐Baptiste; Loughnan, Steve; Mari, Silvia; Tan‐Mansukhani, Roseann; Muldoon, Orla; Noor, Masi; Petrović, Nebojša; Selvanathan, Hema Preya; Uluğ, Özden Melis; Wohl, Michael J.; Yeung, Wai Lan Victoria; Young, Kevin; Zein, Rizqy Amelia. 12-12-2022. 'The distinct associations of ingroup attachment and glorification with responses to the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence from a multilevel investigation in 21 countries'. British Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor, Masi; Chao, Melody M.; Doosje, Bertjan. 24-08-2022. 'To Forgive Or Not To Forgive An Organization: Perceived Integrity Versus Competence Transgressions Shape Consumers’ Forgiveness Of Transgressing Organizations'. Applied Psychology: an international review. DOI > view in repository >
- Sagherian‐Dickey, Thia; Schaafsma, Juliette; Zoodsma, Marieke; Cho, Ha Jung; Dinnick, Iwan; Kim, Jimin; Noor, Masi; Turner, Rhiannon N.; Yáñez de la Cruz, María Sol. 01-07-2022. 'Meaningless gestures or pathway to healing and reconciliation? Comparing the perspectives on political apologies in victim and non-victim communities in El Salvador, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom'. British Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 05-05-2022. 'When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO'. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 08-03-2022. 'Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations'. Scientific Reports. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 20-08-2021. '“Sorry for Congo, Let’s Make Amends”: Belgians’ Ideological Worldviews Predict Attitudes towards Apology and Reparation for its Colonial Past'. International Review of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 17-06-2021. 'Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change'. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor, Masi; Suitner, Caterina; Morton, Thomas. 01-02-2021. 'Diversity: From people to knowledge and back again'. European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 12-10-2020. 'Threatened Hence Justified: Jewish Israelis’ Use of Competitive Victimhood to Justify Violence Against Palestinians'. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 12-03-2020. 'Can Psychological Interventions Improve Intergroup Attitudes Post Terror Attacks?'. Social Psychological and Personality Science. view in repository >
- Noor. 27-01-2020. 'A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change'. Nature Human Behaviour. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-05-2019. '‘Terrorist’ or ‘Mentally Ill’: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors'. Social Psychology and Personality Science. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor, Masi. 15-04-2019. 'Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Effects of Empathy and Responsibility in Muslim Leaders’ Mediated Responses to Extremist Attacks'. Media Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-03-2019. 'The Impact of Exposure to Media Coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games on Mixed Physical Ability Interactions'. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-12-2018. 'Can we forgive a militant outgroup member?: The role of perspective-taking'. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 07-06-2017. 'The social psychology of collective victimhood'. European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 15-02-2017. 'To connect is to be influenced: What determines a third-party's forgiveness attitudes to conflicting groups' violent partisan members?'. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor, Masi. 14-12-2016. 'Prejudice in the pub: How alcohol and ideology loosen the tongue.'. Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-10-2016. 'Suffering need not beget suffering: Why we forgive'. Current Opinion in Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor, Masi. 03-12-2015. 'Must suffering beget suffering?'. The Psychologist. view in repository >
- Noor. 01-09-2015. 'Peace vision and its socio-emotional antecedents: The role of forgiveness, trust and inclusive victim perceptions'. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-09-2015. 'When group members forgive: Antecedents and consequences'. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. DOI > view in repository >
- González, Roberto; Manzi, Jorge; Noor, Masi. 05-12-2013. 'Social Identities and Intergroup Emotions: The Background of Forgiveness Attitudes and Political Reparation in Chile'. Psykhe (Santiago). DOI > view in repository >
- Zagefka, Hanna; Noor, Masi; Brown, Rupert. 01-10-2013. 'Familiarity Breeds Compassion: Knowledge of Disaster Areas and Willingness to Donate Money to Disaster Victims: EFFECTS OF KNOWLEDGE ON DONATIONS'. Applied Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-09-2013. 'Overcoming competitive victimhood and facilitating forgiveness through re-categorization into a common victim and perpetrator identity'. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. view in repository >
- Noor. 21-11-2012. 'Intergroup identity perceptions and their implications for intergroup forgiveness: The Common Ingroup Identity Model and its efficacy in the field'. The Irish Journal of Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-11-2012. 'When suffering begets suffering: The Psychology of competitive victimhood between adversarial groups in violent conflicts'. Personality and Social Psychology Review. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-09-2008. 'Precursors and mediators of intergroup reconciliation in Northern Ireland: a new model'. British Journal of Social Psychology. DOI > view in repository >
- Noor. 01-06-2008. 'On positive psychological outcomes; what helps groups with a history of conflict to forgive and reconcile with each other?'. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. DOI > view in repository >
Back to top
Book
- Noor, Masi; Cantacuzino, Marina. 21-02-2018. 'Forgiveness is Really Strange'. . view in repository >
Back to top
Awards and grants
Awards and grants
Awards
- 2013 - Recipient of the ‘Rising Star’ title of the Association of Psychological Science.
- 2011 - Recipient of the Early Career Award of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence.
Grants
- 2016 - Uncovering laypeople’s beliefs of suicide: Enabling better early suicide detection British Academy (£8,600)
- 2016 - Ph.D. scholarship grant from Liverpool John Moores University (£42,000)
- 2015 - Can real-life drama protect LGBT adolescents from stigma?
- Richard Benjamin Trust (£10,000)
- 2015- Determinants of intergroup contact quality in mixed physical ability context
- British Academy (£10,000)
- 2015 - Reviving the practice of field experiments: Developing a network of field researchers European Association of Social Psychology (2,000 Euro)
- 2014 - International conference on collective victimhood in Verona, Italy
- European Association of Social Psychology (6,000 Euro)
- 2013 - Skills acquisition & development of collaborative research network at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- British Academy (£10,000)
- 2012 - Ph.D. scholarship grant from Christ Church University (£36,000)
- 2010 - Travel grant to develop collaborative research network in Israel
- Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College in Israel ($6,900)
- 2008 - Ph.D. scholarship grant from Christ Church University (£30,000)
- 2008 - Competitive Victimhood & Forgiveness in post-Pinochet Chile British Academy (£6,000)
Roles (editorial and Keele-based)
Roles (editorial and Keele-based)
Keele roles
- MSc Applied Social and Political Psychology Programme Lead
- Research Group Leader (Social Psychological Research Group)
Editorial
- Incoming Co-Editor in Chief at the European Journal of Social Psychology (2021-)
- Associate Editor at the European Journal of Social Psychology (2018-2020)
- Virtual Special Issue Editor at Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2017-2020)
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board (History/Philosophy) at Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2020-)
School of Psychology
Dorothy Hodgkin Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
Psychology School office
Tel: +44(0)1782 731831
Fax: +44(0)1782 733387
Email: psychology@keele.ac.uk
Accessibility
Accessibility information for Dorothy Hodgkin Building can be found on its AccessAble page.