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Dr. Erin Robbins is a Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on cultural influences on child development, particularly in areas like moral reasoning, fairness, ownership, and cross-cultural comparisons. She currently supervises PhD student Jasmine Rodriguez.
Her work emphasizes cross-cultural studies, examining how cultural contexts shape children’s understanding of morality, social behavior, and equity. Notable contributions include analyzing variations in moral evaluation across eight cultures and investigating fairness perceptions in Tibetan children. Robbins frequently collaborates across disciplines, integrating psychological theories with anthropological perspectives.
Publications span topics such as racial bias in early childhood, ownership reasoning, and the development of cooperative behavior. Her research is disseminated in journals like Cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. She co-authored the 2024 book Colonised Minds: Narratives That Shape Psychology, critiquing colonial influences on psychological frameworks.
Robbins’ advising includes mentoring Jasmine Rodriguez, and her research has been featured in interdisciplinary platforms like the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the Social Mind. Her work bridges developmental and cultural psychology, offering insights into universal vs. culturally specific aspects of human development.
