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	Dr Michael PLATOW GradCertHE (ANU), BA (UCLA), Ph.D. (UCSB) Associate Professor Email : Michael.Platow@anu.edu.au Phone : (02) 612 58457 Fax : (02) 612 50499 Office Location Room 214, Department of Psychology (Building 39) Mailing Address Department of Psychology (Building 39) The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia	On this page... About Me Research and Supervision Interests Current Teaching Research Students Selected Publications Service and Outreach (since 2003)

About Me
I joined the ANU School of Psychology as a researcher and teacher in social psychology in August 2003. Since that time, I have collaborated with colleagues in the School of Psychology, the ANU Research School of Social Sciences, and Flinders University in the successful application of three Discovery Grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC) totalling nearly one million dollars. The research in these three grants examines the social and psychological processes involved in procedural justice and protest (with Dr. Rachael Eggins), restorative justice (with Dr. Michael Wenzel, Professor Norman Feather and Dr. Tyler Okimoto), and marginalizing racism (with Professor Michael Smithson and Dr. Diana Grace). From 2003 through 2007 I served as the convener of Social Psychology Research Group at the ANU. In 2007, I was a recipient of the nationally competitive Australian Learning and Teaching Council Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. I am currently the President of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists. Prior to arriving at the ANU, I worked for six years in the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University in Melbourne, and for six years in the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. I earned my bachelors degree in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles; and my doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, under the supervision of Professor Charles “Chuck” McClintock. Over the course of my academic career, I have conducted and published research on the social psychology of distributive, procedural, and restorative justice; leadership; social influence; helping; in-group favouritism and social identity management; linguistic masking; diversity; and social value orientations. In seeking to understand these diverse phenomena, I rely heavily on the theoretical and meta-theoretical assumptions of social identity and self-categorization theories.
Research and Supervision Interests
Current Research When immigrants and converts are not truly one of us: Examining the social psychology and developmental antecedents of marginalizing racism (ARC-Funded, 3-Year Discovery Grant with Professor Michael Smithson and Dr. Diana Grace). What does it mean when people say, for example, that “Muslim Australians will never be ‘true’ Australians”? How can people hold the contradictory beliefs that others can be in their group, yet not in? We identify these views as a form of Marginalizing Racism, an insidious and duplicitous form of racism that has been completely overlooked by psychologists, yet present since at least the Middle Ages. Using experimental social and developmental psychology research methods, we are measuring these views, exploring how they are construed in people’s minds, observing their consequences, and identifing their social and developmental causes. The stifled voice of discontent? Toward a social-psychological understanding of voice suppression and the emergence of subversive action (ARC-Funded, 3-Year Discovery Grant with Dr. Rachael Eggins). The ability to voice one's opinion is a strong determinant of long-term commitment to any social group. If we have our say in matters that are relevant to us, then our satisfaction with outcomes and our future pro-social behaviours will be enhanced. But what if our voice is stifled and suppressed? Will we remain committed to the social organization? Or will we strike back to have ourselves heard in any way we can? It is the social-psychological search for the answers to these questions that is the aim of this research project. Extending theories of procedural justice, we experimentally examine for the first time the relationship between voice suppression, perceptions of group rejection, and anti-social, subversive behaviour. How do we seek justice after hurt, offence or terror? Retributive and restorative responses (ARC-Funded, 3-Year Discovery Grant with Dr. Michael Wenzel and Professor Norman Feather) The psychology of retributive justice studies people's desire to punish those who violate rules or laws, in order to re-establish justice. While this appears to be a basic human motivation, punishment may not be sufficient or necessary to restore justice. Restorative justice has recently emerged in law and criminology as an alternative framework that focuses on healing the relationship between affected parties (offender, victim, community) through apology, forgiveness and consensus. For psychology, this raises the important question of when people are motivated to seek justice through consensus rather than punishment, with important implications for crime control, reconciliation and peace. Past Research Resource distribution as a self-categorisation cue: The psychology of inferring group membership from the distribution of valued resources (ARC-Funded, 3-Year Large Grant) The research evaluated an assumption regarding the psychological implications of the distribution of valued resources in light of prescriptive rules of fairness. I assumed that people's mental representations of themselves, both as unique individuals and as group members, are determined, in part, by the nature of these resource distributions. For example, prescriptive fairness is assumed to lead to perceived shared group membership with others. This framework sought to provide a unitary theoretical account of previous research demonstrating individuals' strong support for, and social influence by, leaders who are prescriptively fair within their groups but ingroup-favouring between groups. Understanding self-categorization processes in leadership: Analyses of social influence, power, and charisma. Understanding self-categorization processes in pro-social behaviour: Analyses of fairness, trust, and helping.
Current Teaching
Coordinator PSYC1003 (Psychology I: Understanding Mind, Brain, and Behaviour) Coordinator PSYC1004 (Psychology II: Understanding People in Context) Coordinator and Lecturer PSYC3002 (The Social Psychology of Group Processes and Social Change) Lecturer PSYC4005F (Honours Special Topics in Social Psychology)
Research Students
Monique Crane (Ph.D.) Tegan Cruwys (Ph.D.) Aurore Krebeck (Ph.D.) Li Lim (Ph.D.) Lean OBrien (Ph.D.) Krista Clews-de Castella (Ph.B.) Melinda Pattanasri (Ph.B.)
Selected Publications
Social Psychology Publications (since 2003) Platow, M. J., & OBrien, L. V. (in press). Distributive and procedural justice: Acceptability as solutions to social dilemmas. In A. Kakanowski & M. Narusevich (Eds.), Handbook of Social Justice. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publishers. Foddy, M., Platow, M. J., Yamagishi, T. (in press). Group-based trust in strangers: The role of stereotypes and group heuristics. Psychological Science. Platow, M. J., Reicher, S. D., & Haslam, S. A. (in press). On the social psychology of intergroup leadership: The importance of social identity and self-categorization processes. Intergroup Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press. Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T. G., Feather, N. T., & Platow, M. J. (in press). Justice through consensus: Shared identity and the preference for a restorative notion of justice. European Journal of Social Psychology. Peate, V. G., Platow, M. J., & Eggins, R. A. (2008). Collective voice and support for social protest among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: Considering the role of procedural justice in an intergroup conflict of interest. Australian Journal of Psychology, 60, 175-185. Platow, M. J., Grace, D. M., Wilson, N., Burton, D., & Wilson, A. (2008). Psychological group memberships as outcomes of resource distributions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 836-851. Platow, M. J., Brewer, G., & Eggins, R. A. (2008). Authorities’ knowledge of shared group membership and its effects on the respect-informing properties of procedural fairness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 743–750. Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T. G., Feather, N. T., & Platow, M. J. (2008). Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 375-389. van Knippenberg, D., Haslam, S. A., & Platow, M. J. (2007). Unity through diversity: Value-in-diversity beliefs, work group diversity, and group identification. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11, 207-222. Cunningham, E., & Platow, M. J. (2007). On helping lower-status out-groups: The nature of the help and the stability of the intergroup status hierarchy. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 10, 258-264. Platow, M. J., Voudouris, N. J., Gilbert, N. Jamieson, R., Najdovski, L., Papaleo, N., Pollard, C., & Terry, L. (2007). In-group reassurance in a pain setting produces lower levels of physiological arousal: Direct support for a self-categorization analysis of social influence. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 649–660. Platow, M. J., van Knippenberg, D., Haslam, S. A., van Knippenberg, B., & Spears, R. (2006). A special gift we bestow on you for being representative of us: Considering leader charisma from a self-categorization perspective. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 303-320. Platow, M. J., Filardo, F., Troselj, L., Grace, D. M., & Ryan, M. K. (2006). Non-instrumental voice and extra-role behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 135-146. Platow, M. J., Byrne, L., & Ryan, M. K. (2005). Experimentally manipulated high in-group status can buffer personal self-esteem against discrimination. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 599-608. Yamagishi, T., Foddy, M., Makimura, Y., Matsuda, M., Kiyonari, T., & Platow, M. J. (2005). Comparisons of Australians and Japanese on group-based trust and cooperation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 8, 173-190. Platow, M. J., Haslam, S. A., Both, A., Chew, I., Cuddon, M., Goharpey, N., Maurer, J., Rosini, S., Tsekouras, A., & Grace, D. M. (2005). “It’s not funny when they’re laughing”: A self-categorization social-influence analysis of canned laughter. The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 542-550. Oldmeadow, J., Platow, M. J., & Foddy, M. (2005). Task-groups as self-categories: A social identity perspective on status generalization. Current Research in Social Psychology, 10 (18), 268-282. Oldmeadow, J. A., Platow, M. J., Foddy, M., & Anderson, D. (2003). Self-categorization, status, and social influence. Social Psychology Quarterly, 66, 138-152. Ellemers, N., Haslam, S. A., Platow, M. J., & van Knippenberg, D. (2003). Social identity at work: Developments, debates, directions. In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.). Social identity at work: Developing theory for organisational practice. N.Y.: Psychology Press. Haslam, S. A., van Knippenberg, D., Platow, M. J., & Ellemers, N. (Eds.). (2003). Social identity at work: Developing theory for organisational practice. N.Y.: Psychology Press. Platow, M. J., Haslam, S. A., Foddy, M., & Grace, D. M. (2003). Leadership as the outcome of self-categorization processes. In D. van Knippenberg & M. A. Hogg (Eds.). Identity, leadership and power (pp. 34-47). London: Sage. Platow, M. J., Wenzel, M., & Nolan, M. (2003). The importance of social identity and self-categorization processes for creating and responding to fairness In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.). Social identity at work: Developing theory for organisational practice (pp. 261-276). N.Y.: Psychology Press. Reynolds, K. J., & Platow, M. J. (2003). On the social psychology of power and powerlessness: Social power as a symptom of organizational division. In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.). Social identity at work: Developing theory for organisational practice (pp. 173-188). N.Y.: Psychology Press. Published Educational and Professional-Development Material Pizarro-Campagna, E., Skouteris, H., Rawlings, M., Platow, M. J., Rawlings, D., & Barry, C. (2005). Psychology one: Teacher’s resource and assessment disk [CD-ROM]. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Heinemann. Papdimitropoulos, T., Pizarro-Campagna, E., Skouteris, H., Rawlings, M., Platow, M. J., Rawlings, D., & Barry, C. (2004). ePsychology one [CD-ROM]. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Heinemann. Skouteris, H., Rawlings, M., Platow, M. J., Rawlings, D., & Barry, C. (2004). Psychology one (2nd ed.). Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Heinemann. Platow, M. J. (2002). Giving professional presentations in the behavioural sciences and related professions: A practical guide to the novice, the nervous, and the nonchalant. N.Y.: Psychology Press. Professional Presentations (since 2003) Platow, M. J. (2008, April). Studies on the social psychology of voice: On fairness and protest. Paper presented to the School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Platow, M. J. (2008, March). On the procedural fairness of voice in intergroup relations. Presidential Address presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Wellington, New Zealand. Platow, M. J. (2007, July). On the social psychology of social influence and persuasion: Thinking and identity. Paper presented at the Persuasion Workshop, ANU College of Law, Canberra, Australia. Platow, M. J., Sugden, C. C., Prouse, N. L., Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T. G., & Feather, N. T. (2007, July). The effects of salient power and value violations on preferences for retributive and restorative practices. Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress of Law and Psychology, Adelaide, Australia. Lim, L., & Platow, M. (2007, April). Trust in strangers. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Brisbane, Australia. Platow, M. J., Brewer, G., & Eggins, R. A. (2007, April). Authorities’ knowledge of shared group membership and its effects on the respect-informing properties of procedural fairness. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Brisbane, Australia. Platow, M. J., & Shakespeare, C. (2006, August). The role of group membership on perceived fairness, restoration, and expected future compliance following restorative and retributive justice. Paper presented at the 11th International Social Justice Research Conference, Berlin, Germany. Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T., Feather, N. T., & Platow, M. J. (2006, August). Retributive versus restorative justice. Paper presented at the 11th International Social Justice Research Conference, Berlin, Germany. Patow, M. J., Eggins, R., Chattopadhyay, R., Brewer, G., Brocklebank, J., Hardwick, L., Lalor, T., Martin, R., Milsom, L., Quee, M., Vassallo, S., Welsh, J., & Crocker, A. (2006, May). Experiments on voice, respect, and protest. Paper presented to the School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Eggins, R. A., Platow, M. J., & Crocker, A. S. (2006, April). Why and when does having a say matter? Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Lim, L., & Platow, M. J. (2006, April). Trust and self-disclosure. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Canberra, ACT, Australia. OBrien, L., & Platow, M. J. (2006, April). Justifiable targeting of low status groups: The context-dependence of justice for important political issues. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Platow, M. J., Connor, L, & Shakespeare, C. (2006, April). Group membership, crime severity and retributive vs. restorative justice: An experimental analysis. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Platow, M. J., & Jepsen, M. (2006, April). Factors affecting the desire for voice. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T., Feather, N., & Platow, M. J. (2006, April). Retributive versus restorative justice. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Platow, M. J., Connor, L, & Shakespeare, C. (2006, February). Group membership, crime severity and retributive vs. restorative justice: An experimental analysis. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A. Connor, L., & Platow, M. J. (2005, November). The effects of stigmatic and re-integrative shaming justice procedures on judgements of fairness and satisfaction. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual ANU Spring Workshop in Social Psychology, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Platow, M. J., & Shakespeare, C. (2005, November). The role of group membership on perceived fairness, restoration, and expected future compliance following restorative and retributive justice. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual ANU Spring Workshop in Social Psychology, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Platow, M. J., Nolan, M., Hunter, J., Branscombe, N., & Anderson, D. (2004, April). Intergroup identity management in a context of strong norms of fairness. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Auckland, New Zealand. Subasic, E., Reynolds, K., & Platow, M. (2004, April). When do we care? Advantaged group responses to collective social action. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Auckland, New Zealand. Platow, M. J., & Voudouris, N. (2003, April). Reassurance from an in-group member leads to lower physiological arousal in a pain setting. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Sydney, Australia. Platow, M. J. (2003, April). Procedural fairness and extra-role behaviour. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Sydney, Australia. Oldmeadow, J., Platow, M. J., & Foddy, M. (2003, April). Competence and social identity: Two important factors in social influence. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Sydney, Australia. Platow, M. J., Haslam, S. A., Foddy, M., & Grace, D. M. (2003, June). Leadership is the outcome of self-categorization processes. Paper presented at the EAESP Small Group Meeting: New Directions in Leadership Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Platow, M. J., Haslam, S. A., & Voudouris, N. J. (2003, September). A self-categorization social-influence analysis of laughter and pain management. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Brisbane Symposium on Social Identity, Brisbane, Australia.
Service and Outreach (since 2003)
Service 2007 – 2009 President, Society of Australasian Social Psychologists 2006 Convener, ANU Spring Workshop in Social Psychology, Nation, Ethnicity and Social Identity 2005 Convener, ANU Spring Workshop in Social Psychology, Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Social Psychology meets Law and Justice 2004 Co-Convener, ANU Spring Workshop in Social Psychology, Expectations, Norms and Ideologies 2004 – Sub-group Member of the Scientific Committee, European Association of Experimental Social 2005 Psychologists14th General Meeting 2002 – 2007 Reviewer for ARC Discovery and Post-Doctoral Fellow Grant Applications 2002 – Present Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Social Psychology 2002 – Present Editorial Board, European Journal of Social Psychology 1999 – 2004 Editorial Board, British Journal of Social Psychology Outreach: Articles Haslam, S. A., Reicher, S. D., & Platow, M. J. (January, 2008). “The vision thing”: How effective leaders bind followers to the group. In-Mind - Social Psychology for You!, 5, (http://www.in-mind.org/issue-5/the-vision-thing.html). Platow, M. J. (2007). On the social psychology of social influence and persuasion: Thinking and identity. ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Bulletin, 9, 188-192. Reicher, S. D., Haslam, S. A., & Platow, M. J. (2007). The new psychology of leadership. Scientific American Mind, August/September, 22-29. Outreach: Media Interviews and Reporting of Professional Work Streak, D. (25 January, 2007). Australian emblem has become hot issue. The Canberra Times. Astle, D. (22 April, 2007). Beauty conquest. The Sun-Herald. ABC. (24 September, 2004). Footy fever hits the farmyard. Recorded interview on ABC Country Radio by Alice Plate. ABC. (18 May, 2004). Live interview on ABC Western Australia Radio by Michaela Carr and Dr. Greg Craven. [Social Influence in Laughter and Pain]. Publisher. (June 23, 2003; Published On-Line May 1, 2004). Pleasure and pain. ABC Asia Pacific Nexus Leading Edge. Taylor, P. (April 30, 2003). The best medicine, with friends. Diamond Valley Leader, 27. Taylor, P. (April 1, 2003). It’s the first laugh study. Whittlesea Leader, 22. Woods, K. (March 21, 2003). “In” jokes raise a smile. Medical Observer Weekly. 15. Buckell, J. (March 19, 2003). Cue the laugh track: Humour relies on in-group response. The Australian, 34. Outreach: Consultation 2007 Australian Capital Territory, Department of Education 2003 Consultant for Victoria Curriculum Assessment Authority

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