This page contains links to groups that conduct research related to social psychology. For an extensive database of several hundred research groups, centers, and laboratories, see the SPN Advanced Search. If you wish to suggest any additions or changes to this list, please click here.  Table of Contents (click on a category of interest) U.S. Research Groups by Topic:    Interpersonal Relationships    Social Interaction and Communication    Social Perception    Attitudes and Social Cognition    Self and Identity    Group and Organizational Behavior    Prejudice and Stereotyping    Social Neuroscience and Psychophysiology    Judgment and Decision Making    Personality Psychology    Cultural Psychology    Psychology and Law    Other Social Laboratories Research Groups Outside the United States:    Canada    United Kingdom    Europe and Scandanavia    Australia and New Zealand

U.S. Research Groups by Topic

Interpersonal Relationships: Adult Attachment Laboratory (University of California--Davis) Attachment and Relationship Research (Stony Brook Univ.) Attachment, Personality, and Emotion Lab (U. of Illinois--U/C) Center for Parent-Child Studies (University of Illinois--U/C) Family Research Laboratory (University of New Hampshire) Personality, Attachment, and Control Lab (Cornell Univ.) Relationships Laboratory (Carnegie Mellon University) UMass Adult Attachment Lab (University of Massachusetts) Social Interaction and Communication: Human Communication Laboratory (Columbia University) Online Social Interaction Laboratory (University of Alabama) Social Interaction Laboratory (University of Texas--Arlington) Social Psychology Laboratory (Purdue University) Social Perception: Interpersonal Perception and Communication Lab (Tufts Univ.) Perceptual Science Lab (University of California--Santa Cruz) Social Perception Laboratory (Rutgers University) Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action (UConn) Attitudes and Social Cognition: Attitudes Research Laboratory (Texas Christian University) Connectionist Models of Social Reasoning Group (USC) Group for Attitudes and Persuasion (Ohio State University) Motivation/Cognition Laboratory (Stony Brook University) Project Implicit Team (multiple universities) Social Action Laboratory (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Social and Affect Laboratory (University of Toledo) Social Cognition Laboratory (Northwestern University) Social Cognition Laboratory (Tufts University) Social Cognition Laboratory (University of Alabama) Social Cognition Laboratory (University of California--Davis) Social Cognition Laboratory (University of Notre Dame) Stanford Persuasive Technology Laboratory (Stanford University) Self and Identity: African American Racial Identity Research Lab (Univ. of Michigan) Contingencies of Self-Esteem Laboratory (University of Michigan) Identity and Success Research Laboratory (Howard University) Self and Motivation Research Lab (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Self and Social Judgment Laboratory (Florida State University) Self Concepts and Social Cognition Lab (Miami University) Self, Health and Emotion Laboratory (Kent State University) Self, Identity, and Relationships Laboratory (UC--Berkeley) Social Identity Laboratory (University of Washington) Group and Organizational Behavior: Center for Collaborative Organizations (University of North Texas) Center for the Study of Group Processes (University of Iowa) Groups and Interpersonal Relations Lab (Washington State U.) Social and Organizational Psych. Research Team (Clemson Univ.) Social Organizational Research Lab (Rutgers University) Social Relations Laboratory (University of California--Los Angeles) Prejudice and Stereotyping: Intergroup Relations Laboratory (San Diego State University) Prejudice and Intergroup Relations Lab (U. of Wisconsin--Madison) Social Stereotyping and Prejudice Laboratory (Univ. of Maryland) Stereotyping and Prejudice Laboratory (U. of Colorado--Boulder) Stereotyping, Prejudice, & Intergroup Relations Lab (U. of Toledo) Social Neuroscience and Psychophysiology: Berkeley Psychophysiology Laboratory (UC--Berkeley) Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory (Boston College) Oberlin Psychophysiology Laboratory (Oberlin College) Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab (UNC--Chapel Hill) Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab (Yale University) Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (U. of California--Los Angeles) Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (UNC--Chapel Hill) Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (University of Chicago) Social Emotive Neuroscience Lab (Texas A&M University) Social Neuroscience Laboratory (Georgia State University) Social Neuroscience Laboratory (New York University) Social Neuroscience Laboratory (University of Chicago) Social Neuroscience Laboratory (University of Colorado) Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory (Stanford University) Judgment and Decision Making: Center for Behavioral Decision Research (Carnegie Mellon University) Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (Columbia University) Decision Systems Laboratory (University of Pittsburgh) Judgment, Emotion, Decision, and Intuition Lab (U. of Col.--Boulder) Laboratory for Decision Science (Harvard University) Social Judgment Laboratory (Univ. of South Florida--St. Petersburg) Personality Psychology: Animal Personality Institute (University of Texas--Austin) Laboratory of Personality and Cognition (National Institute of Aging) Personality Laboratory (University of Missouri--Columbia) Personality, Motivation, and Cognition Laboratory (Northwestern U.) Personality and Performance Research Laboratory (Univ. of Oklahoma) Personality and Social Behavior Laboratory (University of Texas--Arlington) Riverside Accuracy Project (University of California--Riverside) Signal Patterns Labs (multidisciplinary research group) Cultural Psychology: Center for Cross-Cultural Research (Western Washington University) Culture and Emotion Laboratory (Stanford University) Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory (San Francisco State Univ.) Culture and Personality Laboratory (Univ. of California--Riverside) Culture, Cognition, and Development Laboratory (Rutgers University) Psychology and Law: Eyewitness Identification Research Lab (Univ. of Texas--El Paso) Legal Decision Making and Witness Behavior Laboratory (CUNY) Psychology and Law Laboratory (University of South Florida) Other Social Laboratories: Aggression Research Program (University of Michigan) Buss Lab: Evolutionary Psychology at UT (University of Texas--Austin) Center for the Social Uses of Interactive Media (U. of Southern Cal.) Center for the Study of the Individual and Society (U. of Minnesota) Evolutionary Psychology Laboratory (Florida Atlantic University) Health, Emotion and Behavior Laboratory (Yale University) Hedonic Psychology Laboratory (Harvard University) Laboratory for the Study of Human Thought and Action (Virginia Tech) Positive Psychology Center (University of Pennsylvania) Positive Psychology Laboratory (University of California--Riverside) Psychology of Power Laboratory (Harvard University) Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior (UCSB) Social and Moral Development Research Group (Univ. of Maryland) Social Development Research Group (Univ. of Washington--Seattle) Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships (Rutgers University)

Research Groups Outside the United States

Canada: Attachment and Relationships Laboratory (Simon Fraser University) Culture and Cognition Laboratory (University of British Columbia) Emotion, Motivation, and Control Research Group (Univ. of Manitoba) Inst. for Social Research & Evaluation (U. of Northern British Columbia) Lab. for Complex Thinking and Reasoning (U. of Toronto Scarborough) Motivation and Academic Achievement Research Group (U. of Manitoba) Procrastination Research Group (Carleton University) Self and Identity Laboratory (University of Toronto) Social Cognition and Emotion Laboratory (Univ. of British Columbia) Social Psychophysiology Laboratory (University of Quebec--Montreal) Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience (University of Toronto) United Kingdom: Centre for Research on Self and Identity (University of Southampton) Centre for the Study of Group Processes (Univ. of Kent at Canterbury) Emotion Research Group and Laboratory (University of Cambridge) Family and Personal Relationships Laboratory (Heriot-Watt University) Social Psychology European Research Institute (University of Surrey) Europe and Scandanavia: Ctr. for Research & Intervention in Social Psy. (U. of Coimbra, Portugal) Communication, Social Cognition, & Language (Free U. Amster., Neth.) Emotion Research Group (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Personality and Social Psychology Group (Vrije Univ. Brussel, Belgium) Social Cognition Psychology Laboratory (U. Blaise Pascal, France) Social Psychology Research Group (Lausanne University, Switzerland) UZH Social Psychology Research (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Australia and New Zealand: Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research (Victoria U. of Wellington, NZ) Cognitive Ergomonics and Decision Making Lab (Univ. of Otago, NZ) Personal Construct Psychology Research Group (U. of Wollongong, Aus.) Personality & Social Psychology Laboratory (U. of Wollongong, Aus.) Social Psychology Laboratory (University of Western Australia) Social Psychology Research Group (University of Newcastle, Australia)

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