British Journal of Social Psychology

50th Anniversary Podcast

Editors in Chief of the British Journal of Social Psychology

Professor Jolanda Jetten, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia

Dr John Dixon, Lancaster University, UK

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the BJSP

Editorial published in the first issue of BJSP’s 50th volume

Volume 50, Part 1, Dixon and Jetten

Distinct in the field of Social Psychology

•Brings together different traditions and methodologies in Social Psychology

•Broad range of authors and readers

•Diverse nature of papers - from discursive psychology to social cognition

History of the BJSPFirst published as the British Journal of Social andClinical Psychology in 1962 by the British Psychological Society.

Split into the British Journal of Social Psychology (BJSP) and the British Journal of Clinical Psychology in 1981.

Geoffrey Stephenson was the Founding Editor of the BJSP as it is known today.

Previous Editors include:Anthony Manstead

Miles HewstoneRussell Spears

Stephen ReicherMargaret Wetherell

Brian Parkinson

Landmark ArticlesFirst Landmark Article was published in volume 49, issue 1:

Group rationale, collective sense: Beyond intergroup bias by Russell Spears

2011 Landmark Article, available in volume 50, issue 1:

Writing social psychology: Fictional things and unpopulated texts

by Michael Billig

Key articles published in BJSP

Haslam, Reicher and Zimbardo debate:

Rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison studyS. Alexander Haslam, volume 54, issue 1, 2006

On rethinking the psychology of tyranny: The BBC prison studyPhilip Zimbardo, volume 54, issue 1, 2006

Debating the psychology of tyranny: Fundamental issues of theory, perspective and scienceS. Alexander Haslam and Stephen Reicher, volume 54, issue 1, 2006

Key articles published in BJSPSocial dominance tradition debate:

Attitudes toward group-based inequality: Social dominance or social identity?Schmitt, Branscombe and Kappen, volume 42, issue 2, 2003Social dominance orientation and gender: The moderating role of gender identityWilson and Liu, volume 42, issue 2, 2003Why social dominance theory has been falsifiedTurner and Reynolds, volume 42, issue 2, 2003Social dominance theory and the dynamics of inequality: A reply to Schmitt, Branscombe, & Kappen and Wilson & LiuSidanius and Pratto, volume 42, issue 2, 2003Will the real social dominance theory please stand up?Schmitt and Branscombe, volume 42, issue 2, 2003Social dominance theory comes of age, and so must change: A reply to Sidanius & Pratto, and Turner & ReynoldsWilson and Liu, volume 42, issue 2, 2003

Innovating the BJSP

•Digitised backfiles – available from volume 1, issue 1 soon

•Landmark Articles – big position pieces, published in the first issue of each volume from 2010

•Short Notes – short ,sharp, innovative pieces of work making key theoretic and methodological points

Vision for the future

BJSP continues to publish the following article types:

•Brief Reports•Empirical Papers

And encourages the following:

•Theoretical and Conceptual Work – statements on where the field is and where it is going

Vision for the future: exploring new opportunities

•Illustrate articles with new innovations and provide

more background to research

•Interaction between readers and research

Thank youTo everyone who has contributed to the journal over the last 50 years of British Journal of Social Psychology:

•Action Editors•Authors•Readers•Reviewers

•Previous Editors

And we look forward to receiving your future submissions

Creative Commons MaterialsImages:

‘English: An original concept diagram for a Media Space’E.d.stults‘Head face antomy lateral view’Patrick J. Lynch