Staff profile

I am a first-generation university graduate and currently Professor of Behavioral Science at Durham University, a position I have held since 2021. I joined Durham in 2018 as Associate Professor of Quantitative Social Psychology. Prior to this, I served as Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent. My academic journey has also included a postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), during which I spent time at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Research Interests

• Power dynamics: Exploring different forms of power, including dominance, prestige, autonomy, socio-economic status, social class, and power distance.

• Socio-economic inequalities: Investigating inequalities and their consequences for wellbeing and performance.

• Social cognition: Examining the intersection of social and cognitive psychology, focusing on heuristics and biases, self-regulation, and mind-body interactions.

• Behaviour change: Designing and evaluating interventions to encourage sustainable behaviours.

• Applied behavioural science: Studying organisational behaviour and applying behavioural insights to address real-world challenges.

Service Roles

• Founder and Co-Director, Centre for Behavioural Science (2025 --)
• Founder and Chair of the First Generation Staff Network (2021 --)
• Director of Workload Management (2020-21)
• Director of the BSc in Behavioural Science degree programme (2018-21)
• Research Group Lead, Quantitative Social Psychology group (2018-21)

• External Roles and Honorary Appointments:
  • 2018-2021 || Honorary Reader, School of Psychology, University of Kent
  • 2014-2015 || Member of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) and Amlin working group on systemic risk of modelling
  • 2009-2011 || Coordinator of the UK Social Cognition Network and Training Scheme (SCONET)
• Grant Assessment:
  • 2020-present || Panel Member (Ad-hoc) || Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • 2010-present || Peer Review College Member || Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
    
    
• Editorial Appointments:
  • 2021 -2023 || Role: Associate Editor || Outlet: European Journal of Social Psychology || Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publishing
  • 2018-2021 || Role: Consulting Editor || Outlet: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes || Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • 2017-2021 || Role: Associate Editor || Outlet: Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology || Publisher: Frontiers
  • 2017-2021 || Role: Associate Editor || Outlet: Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology || Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publishing
  • 2012-2017 || Role: Associate Editor || Outlet: Journal of Applied Social Psychology || Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publishing
  • 2011-2014 || Role: Consulting Editor || Outlet: European Journal of Social Psychology || Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publishing

Chapter in book

• Social Cognition
  
  Weick, M. (2024). Social Cognition. In S. Paolini, R. N. Turner, M. Vasiljevic, & R. J. Crisp (Eds.), Social Psychology: Foundations, Advances and Applications. Sage.

Journal Article

• Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and well-being among higher education staff during COVID-19: the role of policymakers and psychological needs / Desigualdades socioeconómicas en la salud mental y el bienestar del personal de educación superior durante la COVID-19: el papel de los responsables políticos y las necesidades psicológicas
  
  Dougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Kutlaca, M., & Weick, M. (2026). Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and well-being among higher education staff during COVID-19: the role of policymakers and psychological needs / Desigualdades socioeconómicas en la salud mental y el bienestar del personal de educación superior durante la COVID-19: el papel de los responsables políticos y las necesidades psicológicas. International Journal of Social Psychology: Revista de Psicología Social. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02134748261429464
• Socio-economic status modulates the link between vagal tone and chocolate consumption
  
  Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2025). Socio-economic status modulates the link between vagal tone and chocolate consumption. Food Quality and Preference, 129, Article 105491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105491
• Making soft skills ‘stick’: a systematic scoping review and integrated training transfer framework grounded in behavioural science
  
  Hamzah, H. A., Marcinko, A. J., Stephens, B., & Weick, M. (2025). Making soft skills ‘stick’: a systematic scoping review and integrated training transfer framework grounded in behavioural science. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2024.2376909
• Can environmental traffic light warning labels reduce meat meal selection? A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers
  
  Hughes, J. P., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2024). Can environmental traffic light warning labels reduce meat meal selection? A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers. Appetite, 200, Article 107500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107500
• Kahneman in Quotes and Reflections
  
  Buttliere, B., Arvanitis, A., Białek, M., Choshen-Hillel, S., Davidai, S., Gilovich, T., Haran, U., Jiang-Wang, Á., Teo, Q. K., Kotrba, V., Liu, C., Mandel, D., Pennycook, G., Rebholz, T. R., Schulte-Mecklenbeck, M., Schwarz, N., Shtudiner, Z., Sloman, S., Sundh, J., … Weick, M. (2024). Kahneman in Quotes and Reflections. Psychological Inquiry, 35(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840x.2024.2366813
• Can warning labels communicating the environmental impact of meat reduce meat consumption? Evidence from two multiple treatment reversal experiments in college dining halls
  
  Vasiljevic, M., Hughes, J. P., Andersen, C. D., Pennington, G., Leite, A. C., Weick, M., & Couturier, D. (2024). Can warning labels communicating the environmental impact of meat reduce meat consumption? Evidence from two multiple treatment reversal experiments in college dining halls. Food Quality and Preference, 115, Article 105084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105084
• How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review.
  
  Dougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Wright, J. D., & Weick, M. (2024). How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review. Social Science & Medicine, 343, Article 116542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116542
• Impact of pictorial warning labels on meat meal selection: A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers
  
  Hughes, J. P., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2023). Impact of pictorial warning labels on meat meal selection: A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers. Appetite, 190, Article 107026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107026
• Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and wellbeing among UK students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clarifying underlying mechanisms
  
  Dougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Kutlaca, M., & Weick, M. (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and wellbeing among UK students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clarifying underlying mechanisms. PLoS ONE, 18(11), Article e0292842. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292842
• Building bonds: A pre-registered secondary data analysis examining linear and curvilinear relations between socio-economic status and communal attitudes
  
  Weick, M., Couturier, L., Vasiljevic, M., Ross, P., Cory, C., Crisp, R., Leite, A., Marcinko, A., Nguyen, T., & Van de Vyver, J. (2022). Building bonds: A pre-registered secondary data analysis examining linear and curvilinear relations between socio-economic status and communal attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 102, Article 104353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104353
• Social class and wellbeing among staff and students in higher education settings: Mapping the problem and exploring underlying mechanisms
  
  Dougall, I., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2021). Social class and wellbeing among staff and students in higher education settings: Mapping the problem and exploring underlying mechanisms. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(10), 965-986. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12814
• Privacy nudges for disclosure of personal information: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
  
  Ioannou, A., Tussyadiah, I., Miller, G., Li, S., & Weick, M. (2021). Privacy nudges for disclosure of personal information: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 16(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256822
• When smiles (and frowns) speak words: Does power impact the correspondence between self-reported affect and facial expressions?
  
  Leach, S., & Weick, M. (2020). When smiles (and frowns) speak words: Does power impact the correspondence between self-reported affect and facial expressions? British Journal of Psychology, 111(4), 683-701. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12433
• Taking charge of one's feelings: Sense of power and affect regulation
  
  Leach, S., & Weick, M. (2020). Taking charge of one’s feelings: Sense of power and affect regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 161, Article 109958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109958
• Power and aggression: making sense of a fickle relationship
  
  Weick, M. (2020). Power and aggression: making sense of a fickle relationship. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 245-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.10.003
• Cultural differences in politeness as a function of status relations: Comparing South Korean and British communicators
  
  Moon, C., Uskul, A., & Weick, M. (2019). Cultural differences in politeness as a function of status relations: Comparing South Korean and British communicators. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 3(3), 137-145. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.40
• From grumpy to cheerful (and back): How power impacts mood in and across different contexts
  
  Leach, S., & Weick, M. (2018). From grumpy to cheerful (and back): How power impacts mood in and across different contexts. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 79, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.05.004
• Taming the lion: How perceived worth buffers the detrimental influence of power on aggression and conflict
  
  Weick, M., Vasiljevic, M., & Sedikides, C. (2018). Taming the lion: How perceived worth buffers the detrimental influence of power on aggression and conflict. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 858. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00858
• Cultural variation in individual's responses to incivility by colleagues of different rank: The role of descriptive and injunctive norms
  
  Moon, C., Weick, M., & Uskul, A. (2018). Cultural variation in individual’s responses to incivility by colleagues of different rank: The role of descriptive and injunctive norms. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48(4), 472-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2344
• On culture, ethics and hierarchy: How cultural variations in hierarchical relations are manifested in the code of ethics of British and Korean organizations
  
  Moon, C., Uskul, A., & Weick, M. (2018). On culture, ethics and hierarchy: How cultural variations in hierarchical relations are manifested in the code of ethics of British and Korean organizations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 48(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12486
• Can people judge the veracity of their intuitions?
  
  Leach, S., & Weick, S. (2018). Can people judge the veracity of their intuitions? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9(1), 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617706732
• Power moves beyond complementarity: A staring look elicits avoidance in low power perceivers and approach in high power perceivers
  
  Weick., M., McCall, C., & Blascovich, J. (2017). Power moves beyond complementarity: A staring look elicits avoidance in low power perceivers and approach in high power perceivers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(8), 1188-1201. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217708576
• Does influence beget autonomy? Clarifying the relationship between social and personal power
  
  Leach, S., Weick, M., & Lammers, J. (2017). Does influence beget autonomy? Clarifying the relationship between social and personal power. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 1(1), 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.5
• Stuck in the heat or stuck in the hierarchy? Power relations explain regional variations in violence
  
  Weick, M., Vasiljevic, M., Uskul, A., & Moon, C. (2017). Stuck in the heat or stuck in the hierarchy? Power relations explain regional variations in violence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, Article e102. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x1600114x
• Walking blindfolded unveils unique contributions of behavioural approach and inhibition to lateral spatial bias
  
  Weick, M., Allen, J., Vasiljevic, M., & Yao, B. (2016). Walking blindfolded unveils unique contributions of behavioural approach and inhibition to lateral spatial bias. Cognition, 147, 106-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.11.006
• Social power and recognition of emotional prosody: High power is associated with lower recognition accuracy than low power
  
  Uskul, A., Paulmann, S., & Weick, M. (2016). Social power and recognition of emotional prosody: High power is associated with lower recognition accuracy than low power. Emotion, 16(1), 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000110
• Power and Revenge
  
  Strelan, P., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2014). Power and Revenge. British Journal of Social Psychology, 53(3), 521-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12044
• Semantic size of abstract concepts: It gets emotional when you can't see it
  
  Yao, B., Vasiljevic, M., Weick, M., Sereno, M., O’Donnell, P., & Sereno, S. (2013). Semantic size of abstract concepts: It gets emotional when you can’t see it. PLoS ONE, 8(9), Article e75000. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075000
• Does power magnify the expression of dispositions?
  
  Guinote, A., Weick, M., & Cai, A. (2012). Does power magnify the expression of dispositions? Psychological Science, 23(5), 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611428472
• Lack of power enhances visual perceptual discrimination
  
  Weick, M., Guinote, A., & Wilkinson, D. (2011). Lack of power enhances visual perceptual discrimination. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(3), 208-213. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024258
• On-line ostracism affects children differently from adolescents and adults
  
  Abrams, D., Weick, M., Thomas, D., Colbe, H., & Franklin, K. (2011). On-line ostracism affects children differently from adolescents and adults. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29(1), 110-123. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151010x494089
• Feeling socially powerless makes you more prone to bumping into things on the right and induces leftward line bisection error
  
  Wilkinson, D., Guinote, A., Weick, M., Molinari, R., & Graham, K. (2010). Feeling socially powerless makes you more prone to bumping into things on the right and induces leftward line bisection error. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 17(6), 910-914. https://doi.org/10.3758/pbr.17.6.910
• How long will it take? Power biases time predictions
  
  Weick, M., & Guinote, A. (2010). How long will it take? Power biases time predictions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46(4), 595-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2010.03.005
• When subjective experiences matter: power increases reliance on ease of retrieval
  
  Weick, M., & Guinote, A. (2008). When subjective experiences matter: power increases reliance on ease of retrieval. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94(6), 956-970. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.956

Report

• Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic
  
  Dougall, I., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2021). Inside UK Universities: Staff mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/23axu
• The underwriter and the models - solo dances or pas-de-deux? What policy data can tell us about how underwriters use models
  
  Armstrong, S., Weick, M., Sandberg, A., Snyder-Beattie, A., & Beckstead, N. (2017). The underwriter and the models - solo dances or pas-de-deux? What policy data can tell us about how underwriters use models.
• How attitude and behaviour affect our reactions to risk: The gorilla in the room
  
  Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2014). How attitude and behaviour affect our reactions to risk: The gorilla in the room.
• Reasoning about extreme events: A review of behavioural biases in relation to catastrophe risks
  
  Vasiljevic, M., Weick, M., Taylor-Gooby, P., Abrams, D., & Hopthrow, T. (2013). Reasoning about extreme events: A review of behavioural biases in relation to catastrophe risks.
• Cognition: Minding Risks
  
  Weick, M., Hopthrow, T., Abrams, D., & Taylor-Gooby, P. (2012). Cognition: Minding Risks.