Jovan Byford
Jovan Byford | |
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| Alma mater | University of Kent MSc Loughborough University PhD |
| Occupation(s) | Senior Lecturer Social studies scholar |
Jovan Byford is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University in the United Kingdom.
Career and work
Byford is a native of Serbia.[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 published, authoring books, book chapters and journal articles dealing with conspiracy theories, antisemitism and Holocaust remembrance.[4] He is considered an expert in the study of conspiracy theory.[5][6]
Books
- 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
- ^ 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.