Prof. Dr. Gavin Brent Sullivan
Curriculum Vitae
Position
• Professor of Social Psychology
International Psychoanalytic University Berlin
& Professor of Social and Political Psychology (0.2 FTE) Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations
Coventry University
Qualifications
• 2005 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Monash University 2000 PhD Psychology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1993 BA Philosophy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1990 BSc(Hons:1) Psychology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Membership of Professional Bodies/Learned Societies/Awards/Distinctions
• British Psychological Society (BPS) – Chartered Psychologist (no. 276038)
• BPS Political Psychology Section committee member (2019 - )
• BPS History and Philosophy of Psychology committee member (2019 - )
• BPS Psychological Governance committee member (2020 - )
• International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP)
• ISTP Executive Committee member 2005 to 2015
• International Society for Research on Emotion (2002 - )
• International Society for Critical Health Psychology
• Alexander von Humboldt Society Alumnus
• Endeavour Fellowship Alumnus
Research Grants/Sponsored Consultancy
2020
• ESRC Research Methods lead applicant for £199k (under review)
2019
• Lead UK investigator on GCRF research network grant no. GCRFNGR4\1372 “South East Asia Resilience Hub (SEARCH): Socio-Economic Resilience of Coastal Communities” £25,000
• ESRC Festival of Social Science Event funding – Disaster capitalism £990 Funded
2018
• ESRC Festival of Social Science Event funding – Can emotions be collective? £700 Funded
2017
• Lead Investigator for PEOPLESRULE GOVERNANCE-03-2018 Horizon 2020 bid for 2.92 € million (not funded)
• Lead Investigator British Academy Knowledge Frontiers grant of £49,200 to extend Seismic Cities intervention to Bandung, Indonesia
• ESRC Festival of Social Science Event funding – What is political populism? £980
2016
• Co-Investigator on NERC/ESRC/AHRC Seismic Cities grant NE/P015964/1 £199,952
• Co-Investigator with Joel Busher of Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations on Pump-Priming Grant for Populism and Emotion workshop in 2017 £9600
• Awarded £9600 Pump-Priming Grant by Coventry University for research on community responses to eruptions of Mt. Sinabung, Indonesia
2015
• Awarded £31,400 British Council Researcher Links Workshop grant on the topic of disaster preparedness in Indonesia
• Awarded £9,600 Pump-Priming Grant by Coventry University for Election 2015 research
• Awarded £14,600 Pump-Priming Equipment grant for research on facial expression coding software and video cameras
2014
• Awarded $1000 USD by Open Science Foundation for a replication of a cross cultural recognition of pride study Funded
2013
• Chief Investigator B (with four colleagues) on successful submission for £20,000 to complete a review on poverty and well-being strategies from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
2012
2010
• Chief Investigator C on grant from Excellence Cluster Languages of Emotion „Embodying the nation: Collective emotions and national identification. Lessons from the 2010 FIFA World Cup“. Approximate value € 90,000;
2008
• Chief Investigator C on Thyssen Foundation Grant Approximate value €165,000 on „Individual and collective long-term coping with extreme suffering and external aid after a natural disaster“ with Professor Manfred Zaumseil and Professor Johana Hodiyono;
• Gerda Henkel Foundation grant for research on the relationship between Wittgenstein’s philosophy and psychology Appro-ximate value AUD 50,000;
• DEST Endeavour Fellowship to conduct research in Indonesia in November 2008 Approximate value AUD 25,000;
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship extension from February 2008 to July 2008 Approximate value AUD 35,000.
2006
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship “The significance of pride for self and culture” Approximate value AUD 65,000;
• NHMRC Grant, Associate Investigator 3 on AUD 883,775 grant to examine “The effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Cogniti-ve Therapy (MBCT) for preCogniti-venting major depressiCogniti-ve disorder in subjects at Cogniti-very high risk”.
2003
• Chief Investigator D on NHMRC Strategic Research Development Group application to investigate the effects of a 20 week version of long-term Interpersonal Psychotherapy on patients with borderline personality disorder.
2001
• Sole Investigator: Internal University of Western Sydney Seed Grant to research forensic patients’ accounts of risk AUD $3000
Work History
2020
• Appointed as Professor of Social Psychology, IPU Berlin from October 2020
• Joint 0.2 FTE Professor of Political & Social Psychology position with CTPSR Coventry University from Oct. 2020
2019
2018
• Promoted to Professor of Political and Social Psychology in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry Uni-versity on August 1
2015
• International Society for Theoretical Psychology Conference Chair and Organiser for 2015 Coventry conference
2014
• Reader in Social Psychology, Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University (July 2014 – 2017), Sole leader of Identities and Resilience in Communities and Organisations (IRCO) research theme.
2011
• Senior Lecturer, School of Social, Psychological and Communication Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University (From Septem-ber 2011 – June 2014)
• Academic Support Tutor (Short-term contract) in the Psychology Department, Brunel University (February 2011 – August 2011)
• Open University Associate Lecturer, Course SDK 228 „The science of the mind: investigating mental health“ Science, Level 2 (October 2010 – June 2013) and Course D843 “Discourse Analysis” (October 2011 – April 2012)
2010
• Conference organiser „Collective pride and related positive emotions“ in Johannesburg (June 2010 – July 2010)
• Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge University (April 2010 – June 2010)
• Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine, Monash University (August 2010 – De-cember 2012)
• Guest Professor Languages of Emotion Cluster Free University Berlin winter semester (September 2009 - March 2010)
2009
• Endeavour Research Fellow in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (November 2008 – February 2009)
• Gerda Henkel Foundation Research Fellow (March 2009 – August 2009, April 2010 – June 2010)
2008
• Senior Lecturer, Level C, School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine, Monash University
2006
• Psychotherapy private practice (February 2005 – September 2006)
2003
• Private Practice – Critical Incident Stress Debriefing counselor (Melbourne) (August 2002 – October 2003)
2002
• Lecturer, Level B for the Department of Psychology, Monash University from July 2002.
• Lecturer (Part-time), Level B for the University of Western Sydney School of Applied Social and Human sciences (February 2001 - June 2002)
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2001
• Lecturer (part-time) for the third year course Intervention Strategies in Criminal Justice Practice in the School of Applied Social and Human Sciences, University of Western Sydney in first semester 2001
• Private Practice – Critical Incident Stress Debriefing counselor
2000
• Private Practice – Critical Incident Stress Debriefing counselor
1999
• Senior Researcher for the University of Western Sydney School of Nursing and the Western Sydney Area Health Service.
1998
• Research Assistant at the Centre for Higher Education and Professional Development, Macquarie University.
