Research Interests
My main research interests in social
psychology relate to issues of justice and fairness, intergroup relations,
and compliance with laws and regulations. In the area of justice, my focus
has recently been on justice motives after transgressions and victimization,
and the role that punishment, revenge, apologies and forgiveness play
in the restoration of a sense of justice. In the area of intergroup relations,
I am particularly interested in how superordinate identities that encompass
two groups affect the quality of their relationship, the degree of hostility
or discrimination between the groups and, conversely, the prospect of
tolerance and acceptance of difference. In the area of compliance, I am
interested in the role of fairness perceptions, social identity, attributions
of legitimacy to regulators and law enforcement agencies, and the interaction
between norms and law.
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Selected Publications
Okimoto, T. G., & Wenzel, M. (in press). The symbolic meaning of
transgressions: Towards a unifying framework of justice restoration. In
K. Hegtvedt & J. Clay-Warner (Eds.), Advances in group processes.
New York: Elsevier.
Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T. G., Feather, N. T., & Platow, M. J. (in press).
Retributive and restorative justice. Law and Human Behaviour.
Braithwaite, V., & Wenzel, M. (2008). Integrating explanations of
tax evasion and avoidance. In A. Lewis (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook
of psychology and economic behaviour. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Wenzel, M., Mummendey, A., & Waldzus, S. (2007). Superordinate identities
and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model. European Review
of Social Psychology, 18, 331-372.
Wenzel, M., & Jobling, P. (2006). Legitimacy of regulatory authorities
as a function of inclusive identification and power over ingroups and
outgroups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 239-258.
Wenzel, M., & Thielmann, I. (2006). Why we punish in the name of justice:
Just desert versus value restoration and the role of social identity.
Social Justice Research, 19, 450-470.
Wenzel, M. (2004). A social categorisation approach to distributive justice.
European Review of Social Psychology, 15, 219-257. |
