Jennifer Sheeny Skeffington

Assistant professor  (LSE) & International collaborator

I am interested in basic relational cognition, and in the interface of psychology and society. My current research looks at the impact of power, inequality, and socioeconomic status on psychological processes (such as executive functioning, motivation, and self-regulation), and how this plays out in decision-making, social mobility, and conflict. I am also interested in the origins and development of our fundamental social cognition, drawing on social dominance and relational models theories.

Background

• 2016 Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
• 2015 British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Psychology, Brunel University
• 2014 PhD. in Social Psychology, Harvard University
• 2014 Post doc SIRL lab, UiO
• 2012 MA in Psychology, Harvard University
• 2006 MSc in Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
• 2003 BA in Psychology & Philosophy, Trinity College, University of Dublin