giotravaglino.bsky.social
@giotravaglino.bsky.social
Professor of Social Psychology • PI ERC/UKRI Project “Secret Power” • Director http://PCS.Institute • Areas: CriminalGovernance; Political violence; Legitimacy
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New research, led by Professor @giotravaglino.bsky.social from our Department of Law and Criminology, is looking at how communities are influenced by the ideology of masculine honour in their perceptions of criminal groups.

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November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Official website of the Secret Power project. Visit this link to find out more about our project's goals, our team, methods and latest publications 📑🧐
Secret Power – ERC Project
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October 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Helping governments tackle organised crime 🚨

A project led by @giotravaglino.bsky.social, from our Department of Law and Criminology, explores how beliefs, principles and identities empower criminal groups to assert authority in society.

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October 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New article: ICAT proposes that criminal groups gain legitimacy by appropriating masculine honor values. We tested a key assumption: people implicitly associate these groups with masculinity. This association moderates the link between honor ideology and legitimation.
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The implicit association between masculinity and criminal organizations - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The implicit association between masculinity and criminal organizations
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June 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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New paper orchestrated by @giotravaglino.bsky.social

Using data from 8 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇨🇱🇨🇴), we found that the relationship between institutional confidence and civic honesty is moderated by power distance.

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When Confidence in Institutions Backfires: Power‐Distance Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Institutional Trust and Civic Honesty Across Eight Countries
Confidence in institutions is a key predictor of civic honesty, yet evidence shows that this relationship varies across contexts and individuals. This study examined whether power-distance orientatio....
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May 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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🔸 Call for Papers 🔸

“Contact seeking, contact avoidance and the enduring challenge of segregation”

To appear in a special issue of the British Journal of Social Psychology

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January 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM