Podcast A discussion between Professor Susan Fiske and Professor John Dixon

Journey to the Edges: Social Structures and Neural Maps of Intergroup Processes

Professor John Dixon, Lancaster University, UKCo-Editor, British Journal of Social Psychology

Professor Jolanda Jetten, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Queensland, AustraliaCo-Editor, British Journal of Social Psychology

Professor Susan Fiske, Professor of PsychologyPrinceton University

Landmark Article: Journey to the Edges: Social Structures and Neural Maps of Intergroup Processes

Volume 51 Issue 1 BJSP, March 2012

Why did you become interested in working on both the sociological and neurological levels of analysis?

Where there particular research problems or questions that led you to be interested in both areas?

Journey

Macro level structures of

society

Intergroup relations IdeologyEconomic systems

Micro level analysis

Neural structures

What is the main message of your Landmark Article?

What are the key points that you would like the next generation of Social Psychologists to think about or use to inform their own research on intergroup relations?

“Be open to a variety of methods that may triangulate on a

phenomenon you care about in different ways.”

How have you approached the challenges of integrating the macro and micro level analysis, both conceptually and methodologically?

Politics of knowledge production in social psychology: where some forms of knowledge are valued more highly than others and are seen as more glamorous and fundable. What is your view on this?

“People need to do what they have a passion for.”

Professor Susan Fiske, Professor of PsychologyPrinceton University

Landmark Article: Journey to the Edges: Social Structures and Neural Maps of Intergroup Processes

Volume 51 Issue 1 BJSP, March 2012

Acknowledgements The Editorial team of BJSP and Wiley-Blackwell wish to thank Professor Susan Fiske and Professor John Dixon for their support in contributing to this podcast.