THEORY OF SOCIAL CHANGE
This research theme deals with the processes underlying the profound and rapid transformation of a society following a particular situation or event. Our study of social change is based on three axes. First, our goal has been to define dramatic social change from a perspective that bridges the macro (society) and micro (individuals) levels. Second, we proposed the idea that current research should focus more on the Psychology of Social Change. Finally, we are currently in the process of creating a social change algorithm in order to provide decision makers with a concrete tool to predict social change and understand its dynamic process.
Caron‐Diotte, M., de la Sablonnière, R., & Sadykova, N. (2021). The malleability of collective memories: One year after the tulip revolution in kyrgyzstan. British Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12476
de la Sablonnière, R. et Taylor, D. M. (in press, 2020). Can it be worse than dramatic social change: Distinguishing inertia from dramatic social change. Invitation to submit to a special issue on “Social Change (Rallies, Riots and Revolutions) 2020” Current Opinion in Psychology.
de la Sablonnière, R., & Taylor, D. M. (2020). A social change framework for addressing collective action: introducing collective inertia. Current Opinion in Psychology, 35, 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.03.006
Cárdenas, D., & de la Sablonnière, R. (2020). Intergroup Conflict and the Process of Social Change: Similar Conflicts, Different Intragroup Processes. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 26(3), 303–313.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pac0000455
de la Sablonnière, R. et Taylor, D. M. (in press, 2020). Can it be worse than dramatic social change: Distinguishing inertia from dramatic social change. Invitation to submit to a special issue on “Social Change (Rallies, Riots and Revolutions) 2020” Current Opinion in Psychology.
Cárdenas, D. et de la Sablonnière, R. (in press, 2020). The Intra-group Consequences of Inter-group Conflict: the Process of Social Change. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
Caron-Diotte, M. et de la Sablonnière, R. (in press, 2020). Relative deprivation and social change. In R. Gurung (Ed.), The Routledge Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World.
Cárdenas, D. et de la Sablonnière, R. (in press, 2020). Dramatic social change or DSC. In R. Gurung (Ed.), The Routledge Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World.
de la Sablonnière, R., Lina, J.-M. et Cárdenas, D. (2019). Rethinking current models in social psychology: A decision tree approach to understand dramatic social change. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58, 175-195.
de la Sablonnière, R. (2017). Toward a Psychology of Social Change: A Typology of Social Change. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1-20.
Guimond, S. et de la Sablonière, R. (2015). Psychological metamorphosis: Understanding the effects of institutions, roles, and dramatic social change on individuals. In K. J. Reynolds et N. R. Brandscombe (Eds.), Psychology of Change: Life Contexts, Experiences, and Identities (pp. 59-76). New York and London: Psychology Press.
de la Sablonnière, R. et Usborne, E. (2014). Toward a social psychology of social change: insights from Identity Process Theory. In R. Jaspal et G.M. Breakwell (eds.), Identity Process Theory: Identity, Social Action and Social Change (pp. 203-221). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Taylor, D. M., et de la Sablonnière, R. (2014). Towards Constructive Change in Aboriginal Communities: A Social Psychology Perspective. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 252 pages.
de la Sablonnière, R., French Bourgeois, L. et Najih, M. (2013). Dramatic Social Change: A Psychological Perspective. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1, 253-272.