John T. Jost is Professor of Psychology and Politics and (by affiliation) Sociology and Data Science at New York University, where he directs the Social Justice Lab. He is also Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior. Jost’s research addresses social stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup relations, social justice, political ideology, system justification, and the use of social media. His most recent books are A Theory of System Justification (Harvard University Press, 2020) and Left & Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction (Oxford University Press, 2021). He has received the Gordon Allport Intergrou…
John T. Jost is Professor of Psychology and Politics and (by affiliation) Sociology and Data Science at New York University, where he directs the Social Justice Lab. He is also Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior. Jost’s research addresses social stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup relations, social justice, political ideology, system justification, and the use of social media. His most recent books are A Theory of System Justification (Harvard University Press, 2020) and Left & Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction (Oxford University Press, 2021). He has received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, Erik Erikson Early Career Award in Political Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) Career Trajectory Award, Carol & Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology, and the Morton Deutsch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Social Justice. Jost is a Fellow of several professional societies and serves on numerous editorial boards. He is a Past President of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Eötvös Lorand University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary.
