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STEFAN LEACH

Lecturer in Psychology

University of Southampton

โœ‰๏ธ s.leach@soton.ac.uk

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๐ŸŽ“ Education

  • PhD Social Psychology

University of Kent

  • MSc Research Methods

University of Kent

  • BSc Psychology

University of York

๐Ÿ“š Interests

  • Political identity & engagement

  • Big data & natural language processing

  • Compassion & moral circles

๐Ÿ“ฐ Publications


Why science is revered and rejected โ†—

Robbie Sutton & Stefan Leach

Current Opinion in Psychology - 2025


Why the right resists veg(etari)anism: Ideological commitment to consuming animal products โ†—

Maria Ioannidou, Georgia Harlow, Mia Patel, Stefan Leach, Gordon Hodson, & Kristof Dhont

Food Quality and Preference - 2025


Moral outrage predicts the virality of petitions for change on social media, but not the number of signatures they receive โ†—

Stefan Leach, Magda Formanowicz, Jan Nikadon, & Aleksandra Cichockaย 

Social Psychological and Personality Science - 2025


Revisiting the motivated denial of mind to animals used for food: Replication Registered Report of Bastian et al. (2012) โ†—

Tyler Jacobs, Meiying Wang, Stefan Leach, ... & Gilad Feldman

International Review of Social Psychology - 2024


The misandry myth: An inaccurate stereotype about feministsโ€™ attitudes toward men โ†—ย 

Aife Hopkins-Doyle, Aino Petterson, Stefan Leach, ... & Robbie Sutton

Psychology of Women Quarterly - 2024


Word embeddings reveal growing moral concern for people, animals and the environment โ†—

Stefan Leach, Andrew Kitchin, & Robbie Sutton

British Journal of Social Psychology - 2023


Non-speciesist language communicates moral commitments to animals and evokes do-gooder derogation โ†—

Stefan Leach & Kristof Dhont

Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR) - 2023


Are we smart enough to remember how smart animals are? โ†—

Stefan Leach, Robbie Sutton, Kristof Dhont, Karen Douglas, & Zara Bergstrom

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General - 2023


Changing minds about minds: Evidence that people are too sceptical about animal sentience โ†—

Stefan Leach, Robbie Sutton, Kristof Dhont, Karen Douglas, & Zara Bergstrom

Cognition - 2023


Speciesism in everyday language โ†—

Stefan Leach, Andrew Kitchin, Robbie Sutton, & Kristof Dhont

British Journal of Social Psychology - 2023


Unpalatable truths: Commitment to eating meat is associated with strategic ignorance of food animal minds โ†—

Stefan Leach, Jared Piazza, Steve Loughnan, Robbie Sutton, Ioanna Kapantai, Kristof Dhont, & Karen Douglas

Appetite - 2022


The โ€˜meโ€™ in meat: Does affirming the self make eating animals seem more morally wrong? โ†—

Stefan Leach, Robbie Sutton, Karen Douglas, & Kristof Dhont

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology - 2021


When is it wrong to eat animals? The relevance of different animal traits and behaviours โ†—

Stefan Leach, Robbie Sutton, Kristof Dhont, & Karen Douglas

European Journal of Social Psychology - 2021


Taking charge of oneโ€™s feelings: Power and affect regulation โ†—

Stefan Leach & Mario Weick

Personality and Individual Differences - 2020


When smiles (and frowns) speak words: Does power impact the correspondence between selfโ€reported affect and facial expressions? โ†—

Stefan Leach & Mario Weick

British Journal of Psychology - 2020


From grumpy to cheerful (and back): How power impacts mood in and across different contexts โ†—

Stefan Leach & Mario Weick

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology - 2018


Can people judge the veracity of their intuitions? โ†—

Stefan Leach & Mario Weick

Social Psychological and Personality Science - 2018


Does influence beget autonomy? Clarifying the relationship between social and personal power โ†—

Stefan Leach, Mario Weick,ย  & Joris Lammers

Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology - 2017

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