Michael Platow

Professor Michael Platow is a faculty member at the Australian National University (ANU) in the Research School of Psychology. He has held this position since 2003 and previously worked at La Trobe University and the University of Otago.

• Bachelor's degree: Psychology (UCLA)
• Doctorate: Psychology (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Masters: Higher Education (ANU)

His research focuses on social identity theory, justice studies, and partisan truth, with over $2 million in ARC grants. Key projects include:

• Procedural justice and social protest dynamics
• Restorative justice mechanisms
• Marginalizing racism
• Psychology of partisan truth

Recent publications examine therapist self-disclosure, group prototypicality, and social norms. His work appears in journals like Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and British Journal of Social Psychology.

• 2007 Carrick Citation for Student Learning
• 2011 ANU Award for Teaching Excellence
• 2012 Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

He has served as Associate Editor for Social Psychology and Personality Science and currently leads the ANU Prejudice Census project. Teaching includes social psychology of leadership to policy makers and government officials.