My research interests include human values and virtues; lay theories and beliefs (e.g., about human nature and how societies develop); the cognitive structure of concepts (especially of social concepts like values and moral rules); psychological essentialism; infrahumanisation (treating people in other groups as less human); cross-cultural psychology; and conceptions of society in the future.

Edited books

Bain, P., Vaes, J., Leyens, J-Ph. (Eds) (forthcoming). Advances in understanding humanness and dehumanization. Psychology Press.

Singh, P. Bain, P., Leong, C-H., Misra, G., Ohtsubo, Y. (Eds) (2011). Individual, Group and Cultural Processes in Changing Societies: Progress in Asian Social Psychology. Macmillan.

Journal articles and chapters:

Bain, P.G., Hornsey, M, Bongiorno, R., Kashima, Y., & Crimston, D. (in press). Collective futures: How projections about the future of society are related to actions and attitudes supporting social change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Bongiorno, R., Bain, P. G., & David, B. (in press). If you're going to be a leader, at least act like it! Prejudice toward women who are tentative in leader roles. British Journal of Social Psychology.

Brown, S., Bain, P., Broderick, P., & Sully, M. (in press). Emotional effort and perceived support in renal nursing: A comparative interview study. Journal of Renal Care.

Bain, P.G., Hornsey, M, Bongiorno, R., Jeffries, C. (2012). Promoting pro-environmental action in climate change deniers. Nature Climate Change. 

   -this paper has received the following commentary/coverage:
   New Scientist: "How to convince climate sceptics to be pro-environment" (Michael Slezak) http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21932-how-to-convince-climate-sceptics-to-be-proenvironment.html
   Nature Climate Change: Stern, P. (2012). Fear and hope in climate messages. doi:10.1038/nclimate1610.
   Radio Australia (interview). July 2, 2012.

Bain, P.G., Vaes, J., Kashima, Y., Haslam, N., & Guan, Y. (2012). Folk conceptions of humanness: Beliefs about distinctive and core human characteristics in Australia, Italy, and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 53-58.

Bain, P.G. (in press). Essentialism. In P. Mason (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (2nd Ed.). Macmillan.

Bain, P.G. (in press). Aristotle's taxonomy and racism. In P. Mason (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (2nd Ed.). Macmillan.

Jeffries, C. H., Hornsey, M. J., Sutton, R. M., Douglas, K. M., & Bain, P. G. (2012). The David and Goliath principle: Cultural, ideological, and attitudinal underpinnings of the normative protection of low-status groups from criticism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1053-1065.

Haslam, N., Bain, P., Bastian, B., & Loughnan, S. (2012). A perspective on dehumanization. In M. Drogosz & M. Bilewicz (Eds.), Beyond stereotypes: Essentialism, entitativity, and dehumanization. Warsaw: PWN.

Kashima, Y., Kashima, E. S., Bain, P., Lyons, A., Tindale, R., Robins, G., & Whelan, J. (2012). Communication and essentialism. In M. Drogosz, M. Bilewicz & M. Kofta (Eds.), Beyond Stereotypes: Dehumanization and Essentialism in Group Perception. Warsaw, Poland: PWN.

Kashima, Y., Kashima, E.S., Bain, P., et al. (2010). Communication and essentialism: Grounding the shared reality of a social category. Social Cognition, 28, 306-328.

Bain, P. G., Park, J., Kwok, C., & Haslam, N. (2009). Attributing human uniqueness and human nature to cultural groups: Distinct forms of subtle dehumanization. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 12, 789-805.

Kashima, Y., Bain, P., Haslam, N., Peters, K., Laham, S., Whelan, J., et al. (2009). Folk theory of social change. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12, 227-246.

Haslam, N., Loughnan, S., Kashima, Y., & Bain, P. (2008). Attributing and denying humanness to others. European Review of Social Psychology, 19, 55-85.

Brown, S. K., Bain, P., & Freeman, M. (2008). Employee perceptions of alcohol and drug policy effectiveness: Policy features, concerns about drug testing, and the key role of preventative measures. Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 15, 145-160.

Haslam, N., & Bain, P. (2007). Humanizing the self: Moderators of the attribution of lesser humanness to others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 57-68.

Bain, P. G., Kashima, Y., & Haslam, N. (2006). Conceptual beliefs about human values and their implications: Human nature beliefs predict value importance, value trade-offs, and responses to value-laden rhetoric. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 91, 351-367.

Haslam, N., Bastian, B., Bain, P. & Kashima, Y. (2006). Psychological essentialism, implicit theories, and intergroup relations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 9, (1), 63-76.

Pirola-Merlo, A., Bain, P.G., & Mann, L. (2005). The impact of team climate on innovation in R&D teams. In L. Mann (Ed.), Leadership, Management and Innovation in R&D project teams. Praeger.

Haslam, N., Bain, P., Douge, L., Lee, M., & Bastian, B. (2005). More human than you: Attributing humanness to self and others. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 89, 937-950.

Haslam, N., Bain, P., & Neal, D. (2004).  The implicit structure of positive characteristics.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, (4), 529-541.

Bain, P.G., Mann, L., & Pirola-Merlo, A.J. (2001).  The innovation imperative: The relationships between team climate, innovation, and performance in research and development teams.  Small Group Research, 32, 55-73.