Sumedh Rao
@sumedhrao.bsky.social
Post Doctoral Researcher at the Open University. Intergroup relations, conflict, and governance. Formerly University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, ODI, OECD and DFID.
Pleased to share my new (and first sole‑authored) article on how people in Northern Ireland experience identity in fluid, complex ways. Interviews in Derry–Londonderry show why “two‑community” narratives fall short.
Kudos summary: link.growkudos.com/1e8u77s464g
DOI: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Kudos summary: link.growkudos.com/1e8u77s464g
DOI: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
How people in Northern Ireland understand and live their identities after conflict
This study explores how people in Northern Ireland think about and experience their identities in everyday life. Instead of assuming that people fit neatly into fixed groups like “Protestant” or “Cath...
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February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Pleased to share my new (and first sole‑authored) article on how people in Northern Ireland experience identity in fluid, complex ways. Interviews in Derry–Londonderry show why “two‑community” narratives fall short.
Kudos summary: link.growkudos.com/1e8u77s464g
DOI: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Kudos summary: link.growkudos.com/1e8u77s464g
DOI: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
Read Political trust in divided societies: Who trusts whom in Northern Ireland? on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...
Political trust in divided societies: Who trusts whom in Northern Ireland?
This research looks at trust in politics in Northern Ireland. Nearly 30 years after the Good Friday Agreement, Catholics and Protestants still trust different political institutions. For example, Cath...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Read Political trust in divided societies: Who trusts whom in Northern Ireland? on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...
Delighted to say that my first, first-author journal article is now published in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 🥳. Big thanks to my mentors and co-authors without whom this wouldn't be possible and the Peace and Conflict editors and reviewers.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
APA PsycNet
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January 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Delighted to say that my first, first-author journal article is now published in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 🥳. Big thanks to my mentors and co-authors without whom this wouldn't be possible and the Peace and Conflict editors and reviewers.
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
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Sumedh Rao's talk is a discursive study of Popery and Prejudice in the context of Anti-Catholicism in England and Wales from 1940-1955 🧵6/7
September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sumedh Rao's talk is a discursive study of Popery and Prejudice in the context of Anti-Catholicism in England and Wales from 1940-1955 🧵6/7
Just arrived and looking forward to presenting some initial findings from our @openuniversity.bsky.social project bringing history and psychology together. Join if you're free!
September 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Just arrived and looking forward to presenting some initial findings from our @openuniversity.bsky.social project bringing history and psychology together. Join if you're free!
Thus ends another #ISPP2025. As usual, a great conference - really interesting work and wonderful people. Thanks to the organisers and thanks to my fellow session panel @mjbalezina.bsky.social, Melissa Vega and Anna Wlodarczyk. See you next year in Newcastle!
July 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Thus ends another #ISPP2025. As usual, a great conference - really interesting work and wonderful people. Thanks to the organisers and thanks to my fellow session panel @mjbalezina.bsky.social, Melissa Vega and Anna Wlodarczyk. See you next year in Newcastle!
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#postdoc in #peace #science at @ucddublin.bsky.social
Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor
Due 11 July, noon
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Thx for reposts
Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor
Due 11 July, noon
Search Ref #018451 at
my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...
Thx for reposts
June 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
#postdoc in #peace #science at @ucddublin.bsky.social
Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor
Due 11 July, noon
Search Ref #018451 at
my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...
Thx for reposts
Work with me on GENERATION PEACE to develop a #global #youth #peacebuilding indictor
Due 11 July, noon
Search Ref #018451 at
my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...
Thx for reposts
Delighted to have made it to this year's #ISPP2025 and to present this paper from our Shared Spaces project authored with @shelleymckeown.bsky.social and @pierlucdupont.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Delighted to have made it to this year's #ISPP2025 and to present this paper from our Shared Spaces project authored with @shelleymckeown.bsky.social and @pierlucdupont.bsky.social
Reposted by Sumedh Rao
📣 Submissions are now open for The British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section annual conference taking place at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford from 8-10 September 2025. Come join us!
Submission deadline 23rd April 2025. www.bps.org.uk/event/social...
Submission deadline 23rd April 2025. www.bps.org.uk/event/social...
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March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📣 Submissions are now open for The British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section annual conference taking place at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford from 8-10 September 2025. Come join us!
Submission deadline 23rd April 2025. www.bps.org.uk/event/social...
Submission deadline 23rd April 2025. www.bps.org.uk/event/social...
🚨New Publication Alert for 2025🚨
We looked at longitudinal contact effects of Belfast youth and ethnic minorities. Higher-quality contact was linked to more positive attitudes while more frequent contact was linked to more self-reported prosocial behaviour.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We looked at longitudinal contact effects of Belfast youth and ethnic minorities. Higher-quality contact was linked to more positive attitudes while more frequent contact was linked to more self-reported prosocial behaviour.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Longitudinal Effects of Intergroup Contact on Youth Attitudes Towards Ethnic Minorities and Constructive Societal Engagement
Growing empirical evidence demonstrates that intergroup contact has the potential to reap effects that go beyond prejudice reduction. Much of this evidence, however, is based on findings from cross-s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚨New Publication Alert for 2025🚨
We looked at longitudinal contact effects of Belfast youth and ethnic minorities. Higher-quality contact was linked to more positive attitudes while more frequent contact was linked to more self-reported prosocial behaviour.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We looked at longitudinal contact effects of Belfast youth and ethnic minorities. Higher-quality contact was linked to more positive attitudes while more frequent contact was linked to more self-reported prosocial behaviour.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🚨New Publication🚨
We looked at intergroup contact longitudinally amongst youth in Belfast and Bradford. Our RI-CLPT analyses found between-person changes, but limited within-person changes. Our findings suggest we need more developmental-focused research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We looked at intergroup contact longitudinally amongst youth in Belfast and Bradford. Our RI-CLPT analyses found between-person changes, but limited within-person changes. Our findings suggest we need more developmental-focused research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Longitudinal Relationship Between Youth Intergroup Contact and Social Cohesion Outcomes in Two Divided Societies
Intergroup contact has long been established as a prejudice-reduction tool in divided societies, with contact being particularly effective during adolescence. A large proportion of evidence, however,...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 1, 2024 at 9:12 AM
🚨New Publication🚨
We looked at intergroup contact longitudinally amongst youth in Belfast and Bradford. Our RI-CLPT analyses found between-person changes, but limited within-person changes. Our findings suggest we need more developmental-focused research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We looked at intergroup contact longitudinally amongst youth in Belfast and Bradford. Our RI-CLPT analyses found between-person changes, but limited within-person changes. Our findings suggest we need more developmental-focused research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🚨New Publication🚨
Intergroup contact does more than reduce prejudice. Positive outgroup experiences relate to positive pro-mixing attitudes, via increased levels of outgroup respect and outgroup understanding. We looked at inter/ethnoreligious contexts.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Intergroup contact does more than reduce prejudice. Positive outgroup experiences relate to positive pro-mixing attitudes, via increased levels of outgroup respect and outgroup understanding. We looked at inter/ethnoreligious contexts.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to mixing: Testing novel emotional mediators of intergroup contact effects
Although numerous studies have documented the robust effect of positive intergroup contact experiences in reducing prejudice and improving positive at…
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September 25, 2024 at 2:50 PM
🚨New Publication🚨
Intergroup contact does more than reduce prejudice. Positive outgroup experiences relate to positive pro-mixing attitudes, via increased levels of outgroup respect and outgroup understanding. We looked at inter/ethnoreligious contexts.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Intergroup contact does more than reduce prejudice. Positive outgroup experiences relate to positive pro-mixing attitudes, via increased levels of outgroup respect and outgroup understanding. We looked at inter/ethnoreligious contexts.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great feedback on my blitz talk on the Bradford study from our Shared Spaces project @bpsofficial.bsky.social Social Psych conference #AcademicSky
September 3, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Great feedback on my blitz talk on the Bradford study from our Shared Spaces project @bpsofficial.bsky.social Social Psych conference #AcademicSky
Thrilled to say I'll be continuing work on the Shared Spaces Project with Prof Shelley McKeown Jones (@shelleymckeown.bsky.social) and Dr Daniel Schaefer at the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.
January 31, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Thrilled to say I'll be continuing work on the Shared Spaces Project with Prof Shelley McKeown Jones (@shelleymckeown.bsky.social) and Dr Daniel Schaefer at the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.
I am delighted to say that I am joining the University of Bristol as Research Associate, working on the ESRC Shared Spaces project. Led by @shelleymckeown.bsky.social, this project looks at the how, when, and why of adolescent intergroup interactions (sharedspacesproject.co.uk). Exciting times!
November 10, 2023 at 3:37 PM
I am delighted to say that I am joining the University of Bristol as Research Associate, working on the ESRC Shared Spaces project. Led by @shelleymckeown.bsky.social, this project looks at the how, when, and why of adolescent intergroup interactions (sharedspacesproject.co.uk). Exciting times!