Ismaharif Ismail’s research explores how media environments and social psychological processes shape national resilience and social cohesion. Using quantitative methods, his recent works leverages on social technologies to foster collective commitment and striving in citizens (e.g., civic participation, collective action).
Ismaharif is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received both his B.Soc.Sci. and M.Soc.Sci (Social and Organizational Psychology concentration) degrees in Psychology from the National University of Singapore. At the intersection of motivation science, social identity and communication technologies, Ismaharif broadly studies group processes, intergroup relations and inequality. His work draws on social psychological theories and adopts a multi-method approach, using a combination of experimental designs, longitudinal studies, behavioral intervention programs, big-team science, and analyses of public datasets using structural equation modeling. His recent research explores how media environments and social psychological processes shape national resilience and social cohesion. Using quantitative methods, he leverages on social technologies to foster collective commitment and striving in citizens (e.g., civic participation, collective action). Ismaharif’s work has appeared in outlets from a variety of disciplines such as Computers in Human Behavior, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and European Journal of Personality.
M.Soc.Sci. (2019) National University of Singapore, Social and Organizational Psychology
B.Soc.Sci. (2017) National University of Singapore, Psychology