Dr. Lee Shepherd

I received a BSc in Applied Psychology and an MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University. In my PhD I have assessed the role of anticipated group-based emotions in promoting moral intergroup relations. In this work I have investigated the role of anticipated group-based guilt and shame at reducing discrimination and increasing collective action against a proposed transgression.

I am working with Professor Ronan O’Carroll and Professor Eamonn Ferguson (University of Nottingham), investigating the factors that promote organ donor registration. We are assessing the role of anticipated regret in motivating people to register as organ donors.

The majority of my research investigates the effect of anticipated (or predicted) emotions on people’s future behaviour. I have also been involved in various projects assessing the role of interpersonal and group-based emotions on people’s behaviour. These projects are outlined below.

• Increasing organ donation via anticipated regret (with Professor Ronan O’Carroll, University of Stirling, and Professor Eamonn Ferguson, University of Nottingham)
• The role of anticipated group-based emotions on discrimination and collective action (with Professor Russell Spears, University of Groningen, and Professor Antony Manstead, Cardiff University)
•  Emotions as a basis for self-categorization (with Dr Andrew Livingstone, University of Stirling, Professor Russell Spears, and Professor Antony Manstead)
• The effect of empathy on helping behaviour (with Professor David Booth, University of Birmingham)
• The effect of threat, emotions and prejudice on pro- and anti-immigrant collective action (with Fabio Fasoli, University of Trento, Andrea Pereira, University of Geneva, and Adela Fofiu-Sanpetreanu, Babes-Bolyai University)

Livingstone, A.G., Shepherd, L., Spears, R., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2011). Fury us: Anger trumps attitude as a basis for group self-categorization. Manuscript in preparation.

Livingstone, A.G., Spears, R., Manstead, A.S.R., Bruder, M., & Shepherd, L. (2011). We feel, therefore we are: Emotion as a basis for self-categorization and social action, Emotion, 11, 754-767.

Shepherd, L., Spears, R., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2011). The Effects of Anticipated Group-Based Emotions and Ingroup Identification on Discrimination. Manuscript in preparation.

Shepherd, L., Spears, R., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2011). The Shame of Tyranny: The Effects of Status, Stability and Anticipated Group-Based Shame on Discrimination. Manuscript in preparation.

Shepherd, L., Spears, R., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2011). ‘This Will Bring Shame on our Nation’: The Role of Anticipated Group-Based Emotions on Collective Action. Manuscript in preparation.

Shepherd, L., Spears, R., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2011). The Morality of Intergroup Relations: The Role of Anticipated Group-Based Shame in Promoting Moral Intergroup Behavior. Manuscript in preparation.