Dr Stathi is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology and the Centre Lead at the Centre for Inequalities at the ILD.
Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals:
Sofia's work supports SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Social inequalities, prejudice-reduction, and collective action in support of human rights
Sofia is a social psychologist, exploring primarily processes that relate to intergroup relations. Sofia's research focuses on prejudice and prejudice-reduction among majority and minority groups via direct and indirect intergroup contact. Furthermore, Sofia's research examines social categorisation and social identity; multiculturalism and acculturation processes; collective action; social exclusion.
Her work is thus focused on the Sustainable Development Goal of Reducing Inequalities, in particular inequalities faced by immigrants, and ethnic and religious minorities.
Sofia’s research has been widely reported on academic and community audiences, and has been used in policy documents of organizations including the Dutch government and the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD).
The work conducted by the Centre for Inequalities that Sofia leads has contributed to the University of Greenwich being ranked 11th in the world for reducing inequalities, according to the SDG Impact Rankings 2021, Times Higher Education.
