Clint Knight

Clinton Knight is a social and political psychologist with work and interests grounded in intergroup processes, social cognition, and individual differences.

Specific interests include:

• Acquisition and development of political and religious ideologies.
• Institutional theories of coercion and control.
• System legitimizing biases including patriotism and nationalism, collective consciousness, apathy and insight blindness.
• Prejudice and ex-offender reintegration.
• Psychology of collective action, conflict and terrorism.

Available projects for Honours and Post Graduate students:

• Ex-offender reintegration (acceptance and resistance).
• Willingess to engage in collective action as a function of identity, patriotism and nationalism.