Jovan Byford Explained
Jovan Byford (born 1973) is a British Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University in the United Kingdom.
Career and work
Byford was born in 1973 in former Yugoslavia.[1] He received an M.Sc. in Social and Applied Psychology from the University of Kent and a Ph.D. in social sciences from Loughborough University.[2] His interests lie in the interdisciplinary study of social and psychological aspects of shared beliefs and social remembering and more generally – the relationship between psychology and history.[3] Byford has been widely publishing, authoring books, book chapters and journal articles based on conspiracy theories, antisemitism and Holocaust remembrance.[4] He is considered an expert in the study of conspiracy theory.[5] [6]
Books
- Denial and Repression of Antisemitism: Post-Communist Remembrance of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović (Central European University, 2008).
- Discovering Psychology with Nicola Brace. (The Open University, 2010).
- Conspiracy Theories: A Critical Introduction (Springer, 2011).
- Psychology and History: Interdisciplinary Explorations co-edited with Cristian Tileagă (Cambridge University, 2014).
- Picturing Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia: Atrocity Images and the Contested Memory of the Second World War in the Balkans (Bloomsbury, 2020).
Notes and References
- Web site: Frazier . Danielle . Book Review: Denial and Repression of Anti-Semitism: Post-Communist Rehabilitation of the Serbian Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic . Humanities and Social Sciences Online . 27 June 2018.
- Web site: Dr. Jovan Byford . ushmm.rg . United States Holocaust Memorial Museum . 10 August 2020.
- Web site: Jovan Byford . The Conversation . 10 August 2020.
- Web site: Dr Jovan Byford: Beyond belief: A critique of contemporary social psychology of conspiracy theories . Goldsmiths, University of London.
- Web site: Expert guide to conspiracy theories part 2 – who believes them and why? . The Anthill Podcast . 23 March 2020.
- Web site: Byford . Jovan . Covid-19 conspiracy theories: 6 tips on how to engage anti-vaxxers . CNN . The Conversation . 22 July 2020.