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'''Jovan Byford''' is a Senior Lecturer in [[Psychology]] at the [[Open University]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
'''Jovan Byford''' (born 1973) is a British Senior Lecturer in [[Psychology]] at the [[Open University]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. |
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==Career and work== |
==Career and work== |
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Byford was born in 1973 in former Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frazier |first1=Danielle |title=Book Review: Denial and Repression of Anti-Semitism: Post-Communist Rehabilitation of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic |url=https://networks.h-net.org/node/2645/discussions/1965789/denial-and-repression-anti-semitism-post-communist-rehabilitation |publisher=Humanities and Social Sciences Online |date=27 June 2018}}</ref> He received an [[M.Sc.]] in Social and Applied Psychology from the [[University of Kent]] and a [[Ph.D.]] in [[social sciences]] from [[Loughborough University]].<ref name="USHMM">{{cite web |title=Dr. Jovan Byford |url=https://www.ushmm.org/research/about-the-mandel-center/all-fellows-and-scholars/jovan-byford-2010 |website=ushmm.rg |publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |accessdate=10 August 2020}}</ref> His interests lie in the interdisciplinary study of social and psychological aspects of shared beliefs and social remembering and more generally – the relationship between psychology and history.<ref name="TheConversation">{{cite web |title=Jovan Byford |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/jovan-byford-993899 |publisher=The Conversation |accessdate=10 August 2020}}</ref> Byford has been widely publishing, authoring books, book chapters and journal articles based on [[conspiracy theories]], [[antisemitism]] and [[Yom HaShoah|Holocaust remembrance]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Jovan Byford: Beyond belief: A critique of contemporary social psychology of conspiracy theories |url=https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=5555 |publisher=Goldsmiths, University of London}}</ref> He is considered an expert in the study of conspiracy theory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Expert guide to conspiracy theories part 2 – who believes them and why? |url=https://shows.acast.com/anthill/episodes/expert-guide-to-conspiracy-theories-part-2 |publisher=The Anthill Podcast |date=23 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Byford |first1=Jovan |title=Covid-19 conspiracy theories: 6 tips on how to engage anti-vaxxers |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/health/conspiracy-theories-covid-19-response-tips-wellness-partner/index.html |website=CNN |publisher=The Conversation |date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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Jovan Byford (born 1973) is a British Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University in the United Kingdom.
Career and work[edit]
Byford was born in 1973 in former Yugoslavia.[1] He received an M.Sc. in Social and Applied Psychology from the University of Kent and a Ph.D. in social sciences from Loughborough University.[2] His interests lie in the interdisciplinary study of social and psychological aspects of shared beliefs and social remembering and more generally – the relationship between psychology and history.[3] Byford has been widely publishing, authoring books, book chapters and journal articles based on conspiracy theories, antisemitism and Holocaust remembrance.[4] He is considered an expert in the study of conspiracy theory.[5][6]
Books[edit]
- Denial and Repression of Antisemitism: Post-Communist Remembrance of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović (Central European University, 2008). ISBN 978-9-63977-615-9
- Discovering Psychology with Nicola Brace. (The Open University, 2010). ISBN 978-1-84873-466-1
- Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction (Springer, 2011). ISBN 978-0-23034-921-6
- Psychology and History: Interdisciplinary Explorations co-edited with Cristian Tileagă (Cambridge University, 2014). ISBN 978-1-10703-431-0
- Picturing Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia: Atrocity Images and the Contested Memory of the Second World War in the Balkans (Bloomsbury, 2020). ISBN 978-1-35001-598-2
References[edit]
- ^ Frazier, Danielle (27 June 2018). "Book Review: Denial and Repression of Anti-Semitism: Post-Communist Rehabilitation of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic". Humanities and Social Sciences Online.
- ^ "Dr. Jovan Byford". ushmm.rg. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Jovan Byford". The Conversation. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Dr Jovan Byford: Beyond belief: A critique of contemporary social psychology of conspiracy theories". Goldsmiths, University of London.
- ^ "Expert guide to conspiracy theories part 2 – who believes them and why?". The Anthill Podcast. 23 March 2020.
- ^ Byford, Jovan (22 July 2020). "Covid-19 conspiracy theories: 6 tips on how to engage anti-vaxxers". CNN. The Conversation.