Robin R. Vallacher

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Research Interests

• Dynamical Social Psychology
• Action Identification
• Social Judgment
• Self-Concept
• Interpersonal Dynamics
• Conflict and Social Justice

Book Chapters

• Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2001). Societal transition: Toward a dynamical model of social change. In W. Wosinska, R. B. Cialdini, D. W. Barrett, & J. Reykowski (Eds.), The practice of social influence in multiple cultures (pp. 151-171). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Coleman, P. T., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (2006). Protracted conflicts as dynamical systems. In A. K. Schneider & C. Honeyman (Eds.), The negotiator’s fieldbook: The desk reference for the experienced negotiator (pp. 61-74). Chicago: American Bar Association Books.
• Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P. T. (2006). Attracted to conflict: A dynamical perspective on malignant social relations. In A. Golec & K. Skarzynska (Eds.), Understanding social change: Political psychology in Poland (pp. 33-49). Haauppague, NY: Nova Science Publishers Ltd.
• Liebovitch, L. S., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Coleman, P. T., Bartoli, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2012). Mathematical models of the dynamics of conflict. In A. W. Davidson, M. A. Ray, & Turkel, M. (Eds.), Nursing, caring, and complexity science: For human-environment well-being. New York: Springer.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., & Nowak, A. (2012). Dynamical systems theory: Implications for peace and conflict. In D. J. Christie (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., & Nowak, A. (2012). When do conflicts become intractable? The dynamical perspective on malignant social relations. In L. Trop (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Coleman, P. T., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Nowak, A., & Vallacher, R. R. (2012). A dynamical systems perspective on peacemaking: Moving from a system of war toward a system of peace. In S. A. Nan, Z. C. Mampilly, & A. Bartoli (Eds.), Peacemaking: From practice to theory (Vol. 2, pp. 1042-1063). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Bartoli, A. (in press). Navigating the landscape of conflict: Applications of dynamical systems theory to addressing protracted conflict. In D. Korppen, N. Ropers, & H. J. Giessmann (Eds.), The non-linearity of peace processes: Theory and practice of systemic conflict transformation. Berlin: The Berghoff Foundation for Peace Support.
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Bartoli, A. (in press). A systemic approach to peace: Lessons from Mozambique. In M. Deutsch, P. T. Coleman, & E. Marcus (Eds.), A Guiding Handbook for Conflict Resolution in The Arab World. New York: International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Publications. (Arabic translation).
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (in press). Tackling the great debate: Nature-nurture, consistency, and the basic dimensions of social relations. In P. T. Coleman & M. Deutsch (Eds.), Conflict, interdependence, and justice: The intellectual legacy of Morton Deutsch. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (in press). Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems. In P. T. Coleman & M. Deutsch (Eds.), Conflict, interdependence, and justice: The intellectual legacy of Morton Deutsch. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Vallacher, R. R., & Coleman, P. T. (in press). Sustainable peace: A dynamical systems perspective. In M. Deutsch & P. T. Coleman (Eds.), The psychological components of a sustainable peace. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Articles

• Messé, L. A., Vallacher, R. R., & Phillips, J. L. (1975). Equity and the formation of revolutionary and conservative coalitions in triads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31, 1141-1146.
• Vallacher, R. R., Callahan-Levy, C. M., & Messé, L. A. (1979). Sex effects on bilateral bargaining as a function of interpersonal context. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5, 104-108.
• Watts, B., Messé, L. A., & Vallacher, R. R. (1981). Toward understanding sex differences in pay allocation: Agency, communion, and reward distribution behavior. Sex Roles, 8, 1175-1187.
• Vallacher, R. R., & Selz, K. (1991). Who's to blame? Action identification in allocating responsibility for alleged rape. Social Cognition, 9, 194-219.
• Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Kus, M., & Urbaniak, J. (2005). The dynamics of societal transition: Modeling non-linear change in the Polish economic system. International Journal of Sociology, 35, 66-88.
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2007). Intractable conflict as an attractor: A dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability. American Behavioral Scientist, 50, 1454-1475.
• Vallacher, R. R. (2007). Local acts, global consequences: A dynamical systems perspective on torture. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 13, 445-450.
• Liebovitch, L. S., Naudot, V., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P.T. (2008). Dynamics of two-actor cooperation-competition conflict models. Physica A, 387, 6360-6378.
• Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Bartkowski, W., & Jochemczyk, L. (2010). Seeking sustainable solutions: Using an attractor simulation platform for teaching multi-stakeholder negotiation in complex cases. Negotiation Journal, 26, 49-68.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2010). Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems. American Psychologist, 65, 262-278.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., & Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2010). Dynamical foundations of intractable conflict: Introduction to the special issue. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 16, 113-125.
• Liebovitch, L. S., Vallacher, R. R., & Michaels, J. (2010). Dynamics of cooperation-competition interaction models. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 16, 175-188.
• Fernandez-Dols, J. M., Aguilar, P., Campo, S., Vallacher, R. R., Janowsky, A., Rabbia, H., & Brussiho, S., & Lerner, M. J. (2010). Maligned cooperative participants: Experimenter induced normative conflict in zero-sum situations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 525-530.