Research interests

· social psychology

· intergroup relations

· racism

· collective action and political violence.

· Critical psychology and social identities/subjectivities/selves

· Gender, sex and racialined identities

· identity issues in relation to perpetrators of political violence.

· spatialisation of psychological topics.

Teaching Interests

Currently teaching a third-year level course on Critical Psychology and a postgraduate course on Social Psychology (Honours,fourth year level course.) See course outlines.

Selected Publications

Foster, D. with Davis, D and Sandler, D. (1987) Detention and torture in South Africa. Cape Town: David Philip

Lea, S and Foster, D.(eds.) (1990) Perspectives on metal handicap in South Africa. Durban: Butterworths. (This also served as a festschrift for Professor Vera Grover, in her 85^th year, for her long and influential work in this area.)

Foster, D and Louw-Potgieter, J. (eds.) (1991) Social psychology in South Africa. Johannesburg: Lexicon. (The first textbook specifically for a South African audience, this also took an approach from a social identity theory angle.)

Heymann, P., Brown, L., Fijnaut, C., Foster, D et al (1992) Towards peaceful protest in South Africa. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers. (This is the published version of the Goldstone Commission report on mass gatherings, protests and demonstrations and led to revised legislation on the issue of crowds and collective action.)

Foster, D.,Freeman, M. and Pillay, Y.(eds) (1997) Mental health policy issues for South Africa. Cape Town : MASA Multimedia.