News
September 2018
Consensus statement about the BBC Prison Study and the Stanford Prison Experiment
27th September 2018
On August 27th 2018, together with Philip Zimbardo and Craig Haney, we released the following... more...
July 2018
Response to new revelations about the Stanford Prison Experiment
16th July 2018
Response to new revelations about the Stanford Prison Experiment more...
May 2018
New paper in Annual Review of Law and Social Science
16th May 2018
A recent paper in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science provides most comprehensive review yet... more...
July 2016
Review paper examines new perspectives on Milgram paradigm
27th July 2016
In June 2016 we published a succinct review of recent work addressing issues raised by the Milgram... more...
September 2015
Screening of Shock Room at LSE
15th September 2015
We do as we are told. Or do we? This is the strapline for Kathryn Millard's new film Shock Room... more...
March 2015
New publication on the ethics of prison studies
31st March 2015
In March 2015, we published a chapter on the ethics of both the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) and... more...
New PLoS ONE paper restages and reinterrogates Milgram's OtA paradigm
19th March 2015
In March 2015 we published a new paper in PLoS ONE about Immersive Digital Realism (IDR) — a... more...
February 2015
Review of The Eichmann Show
1st February 2015
Watch The Eichmann Show. Watch it if only for the original footage of the witnesses telling their... more...
Review of Disobedient Objects
1st February 2015
For many, the idea that one might visit the Victoria and Albert Museum to gain insight into the... more...
January 2015
Trailer for Shock Room now on-line
13th January 2015
A trailer for Kathryn Millard's powerful new film Shock Room, is now available on a dedicated... more...
November 2014
Website receives its 1,000,000th visitor
3rd November 2014
At some point in late October 2014 the BBC Prison Study website received its 1,000,000th... more...
September 2014
New Milgram publications in JSI and BJSP
9th September 2014
In September 2014 we published three new papers related to our ongoing work on Milgram's... more...
June 2014
Coming soon: Shock Room — a new documentary film about Milgram's 'obedience' studies
18th June 2014
For the last two years, Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher have been collaborating with award-winning... more...
October 2013
Yale conference on Milgram's legacy
30th October 2013
In October 2013 a major conference was held at Yale Law School to reflect on the... more...
December 2012
50th Anniversary of Milgram's 'obedience' studies (updated)
3rd December 2012
Stanley Milgram started conducting the first of his famous 'obedience' studies on... more...
July 2012
Revisiting Social Psychology's Classic Studies
26th July 2012
The field of social psychology is defined and inspired by a number of 'classic... more...
November 2011
Mad mobs and Englishmen: A new book on the psychology of the English riots
19th November 2011
Since rioting started in Tottenham on August 6th, debate has focused on the psychology of... more...
August 2011
John Turner (1947-2011)
1st August 2011
It was with immense sadness that we received news of the death of John Turner on July 24th, 2011 at... more...
July 2011
The Social Cure
12th July 2011
In July 2010 The Social Cure, edited by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam and Alex Haslam was... more...
Discussion of the BBC Prison Study
1st July 2011
The following articles contain interesting discussion of aspects of the BBC Prison Study (BPS). *... more...
May 2011
Upcoming talks related to the BBC Prison Study
17th May 2011
Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher (pictured) have arranged to give the following talks on the BBC Prison... more...
After Osama bin Laden
6th May 2011
After Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces on Monday May 2 2011, Steve Reicher and Alex... more...
April 2011
Recent talks
11th April 2011
In recent years, Alex Haslam (pictured) and Steve Reicher have given a large number of talks on... more...
BPS Award
11th April 2011
In April 2010, work on the BBC Prison Study received the British Psychology Society’s Annual... more...
February 2011
Recent publications that discuss aspects of the BBC Prison Study
15th February 2011
* Haslam, S. A., & Reicher, S. D. (2011). Beyond conformity: Revisiting classic studies and... more...
January 2011
Real World Blog
3rd January 2011
For the last two years Steve Reicher and Alex Haslam have co-authored a regular column in The... more...
September 2010
National Teaching Fellowship
20th September 2010
In September 2010 Alex Haslam received a National Teaching Fellowship from England's Higher... more...
The New Psychology of Leadership
14th September 2010
In September 2010 The New Psychology of Leadership was launched at the British Science Festival in... more...
January 2009
Development of new teaching resource
12th January 2009
In January 2009, a DVD of the BBC Prison Study was released by Online Classroom, a specialist... more...
September 2008
Website launch
20th September 2008
The website for the BBC Prison Study was formally launched on September 20, 2008 by Berkeley... more...
Latest News
Consensus statement about the BBC Prison Study and the Stanford Prison Experiment
Response to new revelations about the Stanford Prison Experiment
New paper in Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Review paper examines new perspectives on Milgram paradigm
Screening of Shock Room at LSE
New publication on the ethics of prison studies