Prof KB Dumont

Qualifications

• PhD Psychology (Friedrich Schiller University, Germany, 1999)

Fields of academic interests

• Intergroup Relations, Intergroup Conflict, Intergroup Emotions and Social Norms
• Identity leadership in organisations and in mobilising groups (e.g., social protest)
• Climate change appraisals and individual / group efficacy
• Special topics: Bullshitting, intolerance, and trust

Field of Specialisation

• Social and Organisational Psychology
• Environmental Psychology
• Research Methodology/ Statistics

Journal articles

Journal articles: (2021)

Waldzus, S., Dumont, K.B. & Knoetze, L. (2021). "Throwing off the dark legacy when going down: Salience of status loss undermines reparation intentions prompted by the salience of the ingroup’s past wrongdoings", British Journal of Social Psychology,  https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12488

Niels J. Van Doesum, Ryan O. Murphy, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Efrat Aharonov-Majar, Ursula Athenstaedt, Wing Tung Au, Liying Bai, Robert Böhm, Inna Bovina, Nancy R. Buchan, Xiao-Ping Chen, Kitty B. Dumont, Jan B. Engelmann, Kimmo Eriksson, Hyun Euh, Susann Fiedler, Justin Friesen, Simon Gächter, Marcello Gallucci, Camilo Garcia, Roberto González, Sylvie Graf, Katarzyna Growiec, Serge Guimond, Martina Hřebíčková, Elizabeth Immer-Bernold, Jeff Joireman, Gokhan Karagonlar, Kerry Kawakami, Toko Kiyonari, Yu Kou, D. Michael Kuhlman, Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis, Siugmin Lay, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Norman P. Li, Yang Li, Boris Maciejovsky, Zoi Manesi, Ali Mashuri, Aurelia Mok, Karin S. Moser, Ladislav Motak, Adrian Netedu, Chandrasekhar Pammi, Michael J. Platow, Karolina Raczka, Christopher P. Reinders Folmer, Cecilia Reyna, Angelo Romano, Shaul Shalvi, Cláudia Simão, Adam W. Stivers, Pontus Strimling, Yannis Tsirbas, Sonja Utz, Leander van der Meij, Sven Waldzus, Yiwen Wang, Bernd Weber, Ori Weisel, Tim Wildschut, Fabian Winter, Junhui Wu, Jose C. Yong (2021). Social Mindfulness across the Globe, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (35), e2023846118,

Janis H. Zickfeld et al. (2021). Tears trigger the intention to offer social support. A systematic Investigation of the Interpersonal Effects of Emotional Crying across 41 Countries. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104137, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104137

Vorster, A., Dumont, K.B., & Waldzus, S. (2021). Just hearing about it makes me feel so humiliated: Emotional and motivational responses to vicarious humiliation, International Review of Social Psychology. 34(1), 6, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.458

Dumont, K.B., Hildebrandt^, D., & Sempuga^, B.C. (2021). The “Yuck-Factor” of biogas technology: naturalness concerns, social acceptance and community dynamics in South Africa. Energy Research and Social Science, 71(1), 101846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101846 

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Scientific Team Award by the National Research Foundation of South Africa, under the leadership of Prof Dian Hildebrandt (University of Witwatersrand)
• Chairperson of Council Award in the category Distinguished Leadership (University of South Africa)
• Postdoctoral Scholarship from the University of Cape Town and the German Research Foundation (DU421 /2-1)
• PhD Scholarship holder (Hans Boeckler Foundation)