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WORK TITLE: Forgiveness Is Really Strange
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WEBSITE: www.theforgivenesstoolbox.com
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PERSONAL
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan.
EDUCATION:University of Ulster (Northern Ireland), B.Sc. (first class honors), 1998; University of Sussex, Ph.D.
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CAREER
Writer and educator. Royal Holloway, University of London, England, researcher, 2003-13; University of Sussex, England, graduate teaching assistant, 2003-06; Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, England, senior lecturer, 2007—; Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England, senior lecturer; Keele University, Keele, England, lecturer. Cofounder of Forgiveness Toolbox.
AWARDS:Early Career Award, American Psychological Association’s Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence.
WRITINGS
Contributor of articles to academic journals, including the Asian Journal of Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Psychologist, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Applied Psychology, and Social Psychology and Personality Science.
SIDELIGHTS
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Masi Noor is a writer and educator based in Keele, England. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Ulster, in Northern Ireland, and a Ph.D. from the University of Sussex, England. While studying at the latter, Noor served as a graduate teaching assistant at the school. Noor has also worked as a researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London and held the title of senior lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University and Liverpool John Moores University. He is a lecturer at Keele University, in England. The American Psychological Association’s Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence presented Noor with its Early Career Award. He has written articles that have appeared in academic journals, including the Asian Journal of Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Psychologist, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Applied Psychology, and Social Psychology and Personality Science.
Noor collaborated with Marina Cantacuzino to found an organization called the Forgiveness Project. The two also worked together to write the 2018 book, Forgiveness Is Really Strange. The volume is part of a series that includes books with similar titles, such as Trauma Is Really Strange and Anxiety Is Really Strange. Noor and Cantacuzino’s book is illustrated by Sophie Standing. It includes interpretations of the research the authors have done on the topic of forgiveness. They explain that it is human nature to offend others and to be offended by others, making forgiveness necessary in order to function in society. However, Noor and Cantacuzino acknowledge, letting go of one’s hurt can be difficult. They set out of offer ways to better understand the process of forgiveness and to learn how to let go of hurts committed by others or even oneself. Noor and Cantacuzino discuss forgiving others on a personal level, as well as a societal level. They also cite research that has tracked how a person being forgiven and a forgiver have been altered biologically. The authors note that there are challenges associated with forgiveness, including the possibility of dishonesty.
Critics offered favorable assessments of Forgiveness Is Really Strange. A Publishers Weekly reviewer commented: “This meditative ode on grace has lasting resonance, and it’s packaged in a beautiful, small-format volume.” A contributor to the Alternative website described the book as “an unsentimental, evidence-based approach to a subject that can otherwise seem wishy-washy.” The same contributor added: “Very complex and challenging ideas are conveyed through amazing life examples and simple, powerful illustrations.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Publishers Weekly, February 26, 2018, review of Forgiveness Is Really Strange, p. 75.
ONLINE
Alternative, https://www.thealternative.org.uk/ (January 27, 2018), review of Forgiveness is Really Strange.
Church Times, https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/ (March 16, 2018), review of Forgiveness is Really Strange.
Keele University website, https://www.keele.ac.uk/ (September 6, 2018), author faculty profile.
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues website, https://www.spssi.org/ (September 6, 2018), author profile.
Masi Noor
Dr in Psychology & Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University
Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Canterbury Christ Church University
Gymnasium Luisen Schule (Essen, Germany) Gymnasium Luisen Schule (Essen, Germany)
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I have lived and worked across many diverse cultures, including Afghanistan, Germany, Northern Ireland, Chile, the Middle East, etc. As a result, I naturally value diversity and team spirit as my guiding principles for my interpersonal communication and collaborations with others. The experience of spending some of my formative years in contexts of intergroup violence has inspired me to develop a longstanding interest in improving people’s quality of life and their well-being, be that at a local, national or international level.
Experience
Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr in Psychology & Senior Lecturer
Company Name Canterbury Christ Church University
Dates Employed Sep 2007 – Present Employment Duration 11 yrs
Location Canterbury, Kent, UK
My research interests are in applied social issues.
My primary thesis is that human conflicts are resolvable peacefully.
If human conflicts are resolvable peacefully, then why are they so pervasive? Naturally, the above thesis generates several such applied questions, which I have sought to answer through my research conducted in settings of real conflict and adversity. In particular, I have focused on the on-going and past conflicts across Northern Ireland, The Middle East, the Balkans, and Chile. The three contributions resulting from this work have been (a) further understanding of the psychological processes involved in intergroup forgiveness and the developme... See more
academic
research
Company Name academic
Dates Employed 2003 – 2013 Employment Duration 10 yrs
Royal Holloway, University of London
Postdoctoral Researcher
Company Name Royal Holloway, University of London
Dates Employed Sep 2006 – Aug 2007 Employment Duration 1 yr
Identifying the psychological predictors of monetary donations following humanitarian disasters
University of Sussex
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Company Name University of Sussex
Dates Employed Sep 2003 – Aug 2006 Employment Duration 3 yrs
Education
Gymnasium Luisen Schule (Essen, Germany)
Gymnasium Luisen Schule (Essen, Germany)
Degree Name University of Ulster in Northern Ireland
Field Of Study BSc Applied Psychology (First Class)
Dates attended or expected graduation 1989 – 1998
Primary School Education in Kabul, Afghanistan
Primary School Education in Kabul, Afghanistan
Dates attended or expected graduation 1985 – 1989
Skills & Endorsements
Trained Conflict Mediator
Over 10 years of research experience in conflict analysis and resolution
Research field experience in Northern Ireland, the Middle East & Chile
Other Skills
Advanced quantitative and qualitative research skills
Postgraduate Teaching Certificate in Higher Education (First Class)
Film script & poetry writing
Accomplishments
Masi has 3 projects 3
Projects
Intergroup Competitive Victimhood L'image dans la bouche (film/play script) Predictors of monetary donations following humanitarian disasters
Masi has 2 languages 2
Languages
Farsi German
Masi has 1 honor 1
Honor & Award
Early Career Award
Interests
Canterbury Christ Church University
Canterbury Christ Church University
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Dr. Masi Noor
Title: Lecturer in Psychology
Phone: +44 (0)1782 732946
Email: m.noor@keele.ac.uk
Location: Dorothy Hodgkin building 1.70
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Biography
Research and Scholarship
Publications
Awards and Grants
University of Sussex, United Kingdom, Ph.D. in the Social Psychology of Intergroup Forgiveness across Chile and Northern Ireland
University of Ulster, United Kingdom, BSc (Hons, First Class) Applied Psychology
Co-founder of the Forgiveness Toolbox (www.theforgivenesstoolbox.com)
German Abitur
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan
Speaks Farsi, German, & Dari
I am a social psychologist. My main line of research is to understand the psychology of forgiveness. I study why people forgive, what enables them to forgive and what stops them to forgive. Most centrally, I am interested in studying when forgiveness may heal and when it may actually harm; and how forgiveness is best to be communicated?
To understand the psychology of forgiveness, one has to understand the psychological experiences of victimhood and perpetratorhood. Surprisingly, there is a great deal of overlap between such experiences. One such overlap concerns both parties' motivation to compete over their suffering. Hence, I developed the concept of Competitive Victimhood in 2008 and since then studied it across different conflicts settings, such as Northern Ireland, Chile, and Palestine-Israel. Our work shows that competitive victimhood is a major obstacle to forgiveness and conflict resolution in general.
Public Service
The above work has led to a collaboration with the Forgiveness Project, a London-based charity, who kindly helped to me develop a Forgiveness Toolbox based on real-life stories of victims and perpetrators from around the world. The website has so far attracted nearly 17,000 visitors from 141 countries.
You can listen to my interview on the toolbox with the BBC Word Service's Health Check Programme here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01lw89n
Motivated Ph.D. candidates are welcome to contact me to discuss possible research ideas along my research interests.
Successfully completed PhD supervision:
Mark Carew (2015)
Caroline Wood (2012)
Noor, M., Kteily, N., Siem, B., Mazziotta, A. (in press). 'Terrorist' or 'Mentally-ill': Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & PERSONALITY SCIENCE.
Selected Publications
Noor M and Halabi S. 2018. Can we forgive a militant outgroup member? The role of perspective‐taking. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. doi> full text>
Noor M, Kteily N, Siem B, Mazziotta A. 2018. ‘Terrorist’ or ‘Mentally Ill’: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors. Social Psychology and Personality Science. doi> link> full text>
Noor M, Vollhardt JR, Mari S, Nadler A. 2017. The social psychology of collective victimhood. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 47(2), 121-134. link> doi> link> full text>
Noor M and Cantacuzino M. 2017. Forgiveness Is Really Strange. Singing Dragon.
Noor M. 2017. To connect is to be influenced: What determines a third-party's forgiveness attitudes to conflicting groups' violent partisan members?. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 20(1), 3-10. doi> link> full text>
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Books
Noor M and Cantacuzino M. 2017. Forgiveness Is Really Strange. Singing Dragon.
Journal Articles
Noor M and Halabi S. 2018. Can we forgive a militant outgroup member? The role of perspective‐taking. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. doi> full text>
Noor M, Kteily N, Siem B, Mazziotta A. 2018. ‘Terrorist’ or ‘Mentally Ill’: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors. Social Psychology and Personality Science. doi> link> full text>
Noor M, Vollhardt JR, Mari S, Nadler A. 2017. The social psychology of collective victimhood. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 47(2), 121-134. link> doi> link> full text>
Noor M. 2017. To connect is to be influenced: What determines a third-party's forgiveness attitudes to conflicting groups' violent partisan members?. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 20(1), 3-10. doi> link> full text>
Noor M, Reed H, Doosje B. 2016. Prejudice in the pub: How alcohol and ideology loosen the tongue. Journal of Social Psychology, 1-7. link> doi> full text>
Noor M. 2016. Suffering need not beget suffering: Why we forgive. Current Opinion in Psychology, vol. 11, 100-104. doi> link> full text>
Noor M. 2016. Must suffering beget suffering?. The Psychologist, vol. 29(2), 108-113. link>
Noor M, Shnabel N, Halabi S, Doosje B. 2015. Peace vision and its socio-emotional antecedents: The role of forgiveness, trust and inclusive victim perceptions. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 18(5), 644-654. doi> link> full text>
Noor M, Branscombe N, Hewstone M. 2015. When group members forgive: Antecedents and consequences. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 18(5), 577-588. doi> link> full text>
Gonzalez R, Manzi J, Noor M. 2013. Social Identities and Intergroup Emotions: The Background of Forgiveness Attitudes and Political Reparation in Chile. Psykhe (Santiago), vol. 22(2), 129-146. doi> link>
Zagefka H, Noor M, Brown R. 2013. Familiarity breeds compassion: knowledge of disaster areas and willingness to donate money to the disaster victims. Applied Psychology, vol. 62(4), 640-654. doi> link>
Shnabel N, Halabi S, Noor M. 2013. Overcoming competitive victimhood and facilitating forgiveness through re-categorization into a common victim and perpetrator identity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 49(5), 867-877. doi> link>
Zagefka H, Noor M, Brown R. 2012. Eliciting donations to disaster victims: Psychological considerations. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 15(4), 221-230. doi> link>
Noor M, Shnabel N, Halabi S, Nadler A. 2012. When suffering begets suffering: The Psychology of competitive victimhood between adversarial groups in violent conflicts. Personality and Social Psychology Review, vol. 16(4), 351-374. doi> link> full text>
Kosic A, Noor M, Mannetti L. 2012. The propensity toward reconciliation among young people in Northern Ireland and Croatia: The role of conflict management styles within the family. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 15(1), 3-19. doi> link>
Zagefka H, Noor M, Brown R, Randsley de Moura G, Hopthrow T. 2011. Donating to disasters victims: Responses to natural and humanly caused events. European Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 41(3), 353-363. doi> link>
Noor M. 2011. Rebels with a psychological cause. The Psychologist, vol. 24(6), 398-399.
Noor M, Brown R, Taggart L, Fernandez A, Coen S. 2010. Intergroup identity perceptions and their implications for intergroup forgiveness: The Common Ingroup Identity Model and its efficacy in the field. The Irish Journal of Psychology, vol. 31(3-4), 151-170. doi> link> full text>
Noor M, Brown R, Prentice G. 2008. Precursors and mediators of intergroup reconciliation in Northern Ireland: a new model. British Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 47(3), 481-495. doi> link> full text>
Noor M, Brown R, Gonzalez R, Manzi J, Lewis C. 2008. On positive psychological outcomes; what helps groups with a history of conflict to forgive and reconcile with each other?. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 34(6), 819-832. doi> link> full text>
Noor M. On organisational forgiveness: The role of competence, morality, and warmth.
Chapters
Jonas K, Morton T, Shnabel N, Noor M. 2012. Competitive victimhood among Jewish and Palestinian Israelis reflects threats to their identities: The perspective of the Needs-Based Model. In Restoring Civil Societies: The Psychology of Intervention and Engagement Following Crisis. Wiley. doi> link>
Gonzalez R, Manzi J, Noor M. 2011. Intergroup forgiveness and reparation in Chile: The role of identity and intergroup emotion. In Moving beyond prejudice reduction: Pathways to positive intergroup relations. American Psychological Association. doi>
Noor M, Brown R, Prentice G. 2008. Prospects for intergroup reconciliation: Social psychological predictors of intergroup forgiveness and reparation in Northern Ireland and Chile. In The Social Psychology of Intergroup Reconciliation. Oxford Scholarship. doi> link>
Noor M. 2004. Intergroup forgiveness and guilt in Northern Ireland: The social psychological dimensions of 'The Troubles'. In Collective Guilt International Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. doi>
Awards
2013 - Recipient of the ‘Rising Star’ title of the Association of Psychological Science.
2011 - Recipient of the Early Career Award of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence.
Grants
2016 - Uncovering laypeople’s beliefs of suicide: Enabling better early suicide detection British Academy (£8,600)
2016 - Ph.D. scholarship grant from Liverpool John Moores University (£42,000)
2015 - Can real-life drama protect LGBT adolescents from stigma?
Richard Benjamin Trust (£10,000)
2015- Determinants of intergroup contact quality in mixed physical ability context
British Academy (£10,000)
2015 - Reviving the practice of field experiments: Developing a network of field researchers European Association of Social Psychology (2,000 Euro)
2014 - International conference on collective victimhood in Verona, Italy
European Association of Social Psychology (6,000 Euro)
2013 - Skills acquisition & development of collaborative research network at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
British Academy (£10,000)
2012 - Ph.D. scholarship grant from Christ Church University (£36,000)
2010 - Travel grant to develop collaborative research network in Israel
Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College in Israel ($6,900)
2008 - Ph.D. scholarship grant from Christ Church University (£30,000)
2008 - Competitive Victimhood & Forgiveness in post-Pinochet Chile British Academy (£6,000)
Virtual Series Issues Editor
Dr. Masi Noor is a social psychologist and faculty member of the School of Psychology at Keele University, UK. He completed his PhD degree at Sussex University under Rupert Brown’s supervision. Masi’s main line of research focuses on studying the psychological experiences of victims and perpetrators with the aim to better understand effective conflict resolution strategies between adversary individuals, groups and communities. He coined the term Competitive Victimhood (the tendency of both adversary parties competing over their share of their victimhood) and was among some of the first researchers to systematically study the concept of forgiveness. He has published numerous journal articles on these concepts, and he has just published his new book Forgiveness Is Really Strange, a graphic comic based on scientific research and real-life stories. He is the co-founder of the Forgiveness Toolbox, and he was awarded the Early Career Award of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence.
QUOTED: "This meditative ode on grace has lasting resonance, and it's packaged in a beautiful, small-format volume."
Forgiveness Is Really Strange
Publishers Weekly.
265.9 (Feb. 26, 2018): p75. From Book Review Index Plus. COPYRIGHT 2018 PWxyz, LLC http://www.publishersweekly.com/
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Forgiveness Is Really Strange
Masi Noor, Marina Cantacuzino, and Sophie Standing. Singing Dragon, $14.95 (64p) ISBN 978-1-78592-124-7
To hurt and hurt others is to be human. How, then, does one recover and make amends? Noor, Cantacuzino, and Standing attempt to unravel this quandary in a charming graphic exploration of wrongdoing, redress, and recovery. Through illustrated testimonials, biographical examples, and excerpts of psychological research, they explore the limits and potential of forgiveness, its application at the individual and societal levels, and its biological effects upon the giver and receiver. Though Noor, Cantacuzino, and Standing endorse forgiveness as healthy and useful, they acknowledge its complicated aspects, such as the threat of insincerity and its potential use as a weapon. Standing's sunny colors embody optimism and anger as nimbly as her rough-edged lines capture frown lines and finely braided hair. The title is part of a series, including Anxiety Is Really Strange and Trauma Is Really Strange, which uses simple illustrations to unpack inherently complex concepts. This meditative ode on grace has lasting resonance, and it's packaged in a beautiful, small-format volume that feels like a gift. (Mar.)
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
"Forgiveness Is Really Strange." Publishers Weekly, 26 Feb. 2018, p. 75. Book Review Index
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Fr Michael Lapsley SSM, maimed by a parcel bomb in South Africa, is one of the 16 storytellers (others include Jo Berry and and the IRA’s Patrick Magee, and Gill Hicks, who lost both legs in 7/7) involved in the Forgiveness Project who are featured, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Forgiveness is Really Strange by Masi Noor and Marina Catacuzino, with art by Sophie Standing. This unusual science-based hardback comic book explores the psychology of the human capacity to forgive and the effects of forgiveness (Jessica Kingsley, £9.99 (£9); 978-1-78592-124-7)
QUOTED: "an unsentimental, evidence-based approach to a subject that can otherwise seem wishy-washy."
"Very complex and challenging ideas are conveyed through amazing life examples and simple, powerful illustrations."
Forgiveness Is Really Strange - new graphic cartoon book and February event
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We've profiled Marina Cantacuzino's Forgiveness Project a few times on the D.A - and we're delighted to let you know about a new book and its promotional event later in February.
Forgiveness Is Really Strange, written by Marina and Masi Noor and illustrated by Sophie Standing, is a comic-strip examination of (as the blurb says) "the complexity of forgiveness and what it can mean to different people and its potential for positive change. It explores the key aspects of forgiveness and the impact it can have on the mind and psyche." (It's part of a series of illustrated books looking at the "strangeness" of pain, trauma and anxiety).
The launch event is on Wed 21 February 2018, 18:30 – 20:30 (tickets available at Eventbrite). One of the endorsees is the peace activist Scilla Elworthy - but see the graphic for more:
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“Just open the first page of ‘Forgiveness is Really Strange’. You will be drawn instantly into all the knotty issues of this vital subject, in a totally magnetic way. How? Because a psychologist from Keele University and the person who pioneered the Forgiveness Project got together with a brilliant graphic artist, so there are very few words. What you get is an unsentimental, evidence-based approach to a subject that can otherwise seem wishy-washy at times. Very complex and challenging ideas are conveyed through amazing life examples and simple, powerful illustrations. Give it to everyone you know, and the world will be happier place."
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January 27, 2018