Ahmed Faruk Saglamoz

Research Postgraduate

Affiliations
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Research Postgraduate in the Department of Psychology

Biography

Faruk is a PhD student in Social Psychology with a focus on the intersections of psychology and social justice. He is passionate about understanding the motivations that drive individuals to support disadvantaged outgroups through actions like donations and protesting. With a background in psychology, sociology, and political science, his research explores how basic needs of autonomy. competence and relatedness influence solidarity-based actions and how these actions are shaped by political and social contexts.

Supervisors

Associate Professor Maja Kutlaca

Assistant Professor Chuma Owuamalam

Research interests

Allyship
Collective action
Activism
Social change
Self-determination
Pro-environmental behaviors
Social and temporal discounting

Publications

Journal Article

Your needs or mine? The role of allies' needs and their perceptions of disadvantaged groups' needs in motivating solidarity‐based actions

Sağlamöz, A. F., Kutlaca, M., & Leite, A. C. (2025). Your needs or mine? The role of allies’ needs and their perceptions of disadvantaged groups’ needs in motivating solidarity‐based actions. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(1), Article e12855. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12855

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