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Jamin Halberstadt

Head of Department

Email jamin.halberstadt@otago.ac.nz
Tel 64 3 479 7644

Professor Jamin Halberstadt is a member of the Social Perception Area of Research Excellence, the Memory Theme, the Otago Lifespan Development Research Group, and was a founding member of the OZONE young researcher advisory group. He has supervised 8 PhD students (4 still in progress), and has been named an outstanding research supervisor 4 times by the Otago University Student Association.

Internationally, he is a Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology and serves as an Associate Editor of the Society's journal. He has published over 50 research articles and chapters in top international journals, and presents regularly at international conferences. In 2012 he will begin a term as an Associate Editor of the journal Psychological Science.

Jamin joined the Department in 1997. He has over 20 years of research experience, and has taught over 15 years at both graduate and undergraduate levels.

Teaching

Research Interests

  • Social cognition
  • Social categorisation
  • Facial attractiveness
  • Emotion perception
  • Decision making

Find out more about Professor Halberstadt's research interests

Publications

Hames, M., McCormack, J. C., Roberts, R., Halberstadt, J., Spence, C., & Peng, M. (2026). Assessing the relationship between food-related mental imagery and appetite. Appetite, 224, 108592. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2026.108592 Journal - Research Article

Halberstadt, J. (2026). How can freedom of expression on campus be defended? Theory & Society, 55(1), 3. doi: 10.1007/s11186-025-09663-x Journal - Research Article

Yan, X., Pat, N., Jiang, Z., Wu, Q., Liu, Y., & Halberstadt, J. (2025). Name-face congruence: Mechanisms and influences on social perception [Brief report]. Psychonomic Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3758/s13423-025-02726-1 Journal - Research Article

Kaur, N., Watts, J., & Halberstadt, J. (2025). Building faith: The relationships between materials, form, and worship in pre-industrial religious architecture. Current Research in Ecological & Social Psychology, 9, 100231. doi: 10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100231 Journal - Research Article

Agbor Epse Muluh, E., McCormack, J. C., McLeod, S. C., Abeywickrema, S., Hooton, J., Garratt, M., Halberstadt, J., & Peng, M. (2025). Exploring comfort food cravings during pregnancy: A cross-sectional survey study. Appetite. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.107983 Journal - Research Article

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