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Prof James Liu PhD
Professor
Doctoral Mentor Supervisor School of PsychologyJames is currently co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Political Psychology. Previously, he was President of the Asian Association of Social Psychology from 2015-17 (see website at asiansocialpsych.org) after having previously served as AASP Secretary General and Treasurer. From 2008-2011 he was Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Social Psychology (he now serves as Senior Editor). Together with AASP President-Elect Allan Bernardo, he editted an annual Special Issue of the Journal of Pacific Rim Studies on the practice of social psychology for social change in Asia and the Pacific Rim from 2014-2018. He is accomplished in cross-cultural and indigenous psychology, having thought a lot about how Chinese philosophy and culture influences the present day psychology and practices of Chinese people today (with several article written with his father, the late neo-Confucian philosopher Shu-hsien Liu).
He is currently investigating global consciousness in culturally Chinese societies, as well as continuing research on the Digital Influence project, involving 40+ countries around the world..The Digitial Influence project involves collaboration with social psychologists from around the world. It examines a wide range of social attitudes and behaviors, including mass media usages, trust in different people and institutions, and prejudice and discrimination.
James has more than 200 refereed publications at have been cited more than 10,000 times, with edited volumes including New Zealand Identities: Departures and Destinations, Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand, and Progress in Asian Social Psychology, Volumes 2 and 6. He has an H-statistic of 51 according to GoogleScholar. Among his most cited papers are "Social representations of history and their role on identity politics" co-authored with Denis Hilton for the British Journal of Social Psychology, and "Distance matters: Physical space and social impact" co-authored with Bibb Latane and Andrzej Nowak in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. He is also known for several papers using large cross-cultural data sets from 12-36 countries, published mainly in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (e.g., "Social representations of events and people in world history across twelve cultures").
As Head of School of Psychology at Massey University from 2015-2017, James has introduced Research, Service, and Teaching Clusters as a means for enhancing collaboration and applied &integrated RST practice among members of his School. He has a long term vision of psychology as an applied research practice with strong community service and teaching roots.
A naturalized citizen of two countries, he describes himself as a “Chinese-American-New Zealander”.
James Hou-fu Liu is Professor of Psychology and was Head of School at Massey University in New Zealand from 2015-2017. He completed a PhD at UCLA, followed by a post-doc at Florida Atlantic University. He taught at Victoria University of Wellington for twenty years, becoming Co-Director of its Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research (2010-2014). His research is in cross-cultural, social, and political psychology, specializing in social representations of history and their relationship to identity, prejudice, and international relations. He has current interests in global consciousness, and the role of digital influence (eg social media, new media) in societal change.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 9 414 0800 ext 43279
Location: 3.52, Albany Village, School of Psychology Private Bag 102904, North Shore Auckland 0745
Campus: Albany
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of California (1992)
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Mentor Supervisor, Massey University
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Social Representations Theory, especially Social Representations of History
Cross-cultural Psychology
Indigenous Psychology, particularly Chinese indigenous psychology and its interconnectness to other high-power distance, collectivist socieities
Digital Influence (how mass media consumption influences attitudes, values, political ideology, and behaviour, and vice versa)
Globalization
Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
Research Opportunities
- Digital Influence (06/06/2015) Consumption of different forms of mass media, especially new digital forms, are influencing not only culture, but people's attitudes, values, and behavior
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Psychology (170100):
Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000):
Social and Community Psychology (170113):
Studies In Human Society (160000)
Keywords
Social psychology, political pychology, cross-cultural psychology, collective memory, intergroup relations, trust, global consciousness
Consultancy and Languages
Languages
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Chinese
Last used: today
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent
Teaching and Supervision
Graduate Supervision Statement
I supervise in the areas of social, political, and cross-cultural psychology. I hold weekly lab meetings with all my students together, and am also part of a larger research collective known as EPIC (Ending Poverty and inequality). Specifically, my students have done research projects in intergroup relations, new (social) media, collective memory, trust, and global consciousness.
Prof James Liu is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Jinling You
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Doctor of Philosophy
Factors of Problematic Use of Short-Form Video Application Among Senior High School Students -
Sarah Choi
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Doctor of Philosophy
A mixed method investigation of historical narratives and representations within and across cultural contexts: Implications for political culture and
Co-supervisor of:
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Luyu Qiu
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Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Chinese in NZ and Their Attitudes Towards and Experiences of Psychotherapy/Mental Health in NZ
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2020
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Jiqi Zhang
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Doctor of Philosophy
Dimensionality, interconnectedness, and cross-national comparability: Studies of the global trust in multi-national representative samples -
2020
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Roosevelt Vilar Lobo De Souza
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Doctor of Philosophy
A cross-cultural investigation of the Functional Theory of Human Values: Examining its structure and prediction of external outcomes -
2019
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Moh Hakim
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Doctor of Philosophy
The socio-psychological aspects of the personalization of politics: Examining the process, conditional factors, and implications of parasocial relationships with political figures
Co-supervisor of:
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2022
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Jony Yulianto
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Doctor of Philosophy
The everyday conduct of inter-ethnic marriages in Indonesia: Participants navigating points of tension and cultivating harmony through adaptive socio-cultural practices -
2021
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Xiaoyun Jia
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Doctor of Philosophy
Online users' behaviours and behavioural intentions with reference to live streaming -
2020
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Nicole Gifford
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Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Instagram vs. Reality: Risk Factors that Make an Adolescent more Vulnerable to Engage in an Upwards Social Comparison on Instagram, Resulting in Poorer Mental Health.
Media and Links
Other Links
- Asian Association of Social Psychology - Started in 1995, AASP holds biennial conferences and publishes the Asian Journal of Social Psychology as its flagship journal
- Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research - CACR responds to the challenges of globalisation, migration and cultural diversity through developing theory and research to foster greater understanding of cultural diversity & intergroup relations