Mr Kieren Lilly

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Institute for Social Science Research

+61 7 344 31019

k.lilly@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Kieren is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Science Research. His research examines experiences of inequality and discrimination, with a particular emphasis on the relationships between social identity, health, political ideology, and collective action. For example, his doctoral thesis examined the causes, consequences, and development of perceived relative deprivation over time, focusing on how different ethnic groups respond to perceived inequality. Kieren is also passionate about LGBTQIA+ research, leading and supporting projects examining (a) the relationships between identity, health, and well-being among LGBTQIA+ populations and (b) attitudes towards LGBTQIA+ people and social policy.

As part of his role at ISSR, Kieren works on several externally funded projects monitoring and evaluating public programs related to substance use, criminal justice, and healthcare service provision. He applies various research methods, including longitudinal, multilevel, person-centred, and quasi-experimental approaches, and has expertise in managing large-scale panel and administrative data sets.

Publications

Journal Articles (18)

Research Reports (2)

Journal Articles

Clarke, Eden V., Lilly, Kieren J., Osborne, Danny, Hill Cone, Deborah, Fluit, Sam, Simionato, Natalia M., Sibley, Chris G. and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2025). A naturalistic test of minority stress theory: examining social and psychological well-being trends across heterosexual and sexual minority adults from 2009 to 2022. Journal of Sex Research, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2025.2458636

Lilly, Kieren J., González, Roberto, Houkamau, Carla A., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2025). Examining the antecedents, prevalence and trajectories of reactionary collective action intentions among Europeans over time. European Journal of Social Psychology. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.3148

Osborne, Danny, Bahamondes, Joaquin, Clarke, Eden V., Cone, Deborah Hill, Lilly, Kieren J., Lizzio-Wilson, Morgana, Pichardo, Eduardo J. Rivera, Satherley, Nicole, Simionato, Natalia Maria, Thomas, Emma F., Zubielevitch, Elena and Sibley, Chris G. (2024). My body, my choice? Examining the distinct profiles underlying attitudes toward abortion and COVID-19 mandates. Sex Roles, 90 (12), 1807-1827. doi: 10.1007/s11199-024-01533-7

Lilly, Kieren J., Costello, Thomas H., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2024). Identifying “Types” of authoritarians: a latent profile analysis of left- and right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation. European Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1177/08902070241280319

Lilly, Kieren J., Dawtry, Rael, Sutton, Robbie M., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2024). Opposing Misperceptions of Wealth: Liberals Overestimate Their Neighborhoods’ Wealth in Wealthier Neighborhoods While Conservatives Overestimate Their Neighborhoods’ Wealth in Poor Neighborhoods. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15 (8), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/19485506241265410

Verkuyten, Maykel, Yogeeswaran, Kumar, Zubielevitch, Elena, Lilly, Kieren J., Vanderklei, Mark, Osborne, Danny and Sibley, Chris G. (2024). Ethnic identity centrality across the adult lifespan: Aging, cohort, and period effects among majority and minority group members. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000513

Houkamau, Carla, Lilly, Kieren, Newth, Jamie, Dell, Kiri, Mika, Jason and Sibley, Chris (2024). Better off solo? Comparative well-being of Māori employers, sole traders and paid employees. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 45 (4), 1-31. doi: 10.1177/0143831x231224587

Lilly, Kieren J., Satherley, Nicole, Sibley, Chris G., Barlow, Fiona Kate and Greaves, Lara M. (2024). Fixed or fluid? Sexual identity fluidity in a large national panel study of New Zealand adults. The Journal of Sex Research, 61 (9), 1351-1366. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2289517

Osborne, Danny, Lilly, Kieren J., Huang, Yanshu and Sibley, Chris G. (2023). Community-level diversity decreases right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation by alleviating dangerous and competitive worldviews: multilevel and longitudinal tests of the Dual Process Model. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 52 (2), 44-66.

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2023). Examining the indirect effect of income on well-being via individual-based relative deprivation: Longitudinal mediation with a random intercept cross-lagged panel model. International Journal of Psychology, 59 (3), 368-377. doi: 10.1002/ijop.13097

Lilly, Kieren J., Howard, Chloe, Zubielevitch, Elena and Sibley, Chris G. (2023). Thinking twice: examining gender differences in repetitive negative thinking across the adult lifespan. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1239112, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1239112

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2023). Perceived Relative Deprivation Across the Adult Lifespan: An Examination of Aging and Cohort Effects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51 (4) 1461672231195332, 1-19. doi: 10.1177/01461672231195332

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2023). Asymmetries in responses to group-based relative deprivation: The moderating effects of group status on endorsement of right-wing ideology. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27 (4), 823-844. doi: 10.1177/13684302231185267

Lilly, K. J., Sibley, C. G. and Osborne, D. (2023). Status-based Asymmetries in Relative Deprivation during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr, 10.1177/19485506231163016, 2023). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15 (4), 482-482. doi: 10.1177/19485506231181584

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2023). Status-Based Asymmetries in Relative Deprivation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15 (4), 407-420. doi: 10.1177/19485506231163016

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2023). Social Media Use Does Not Increase Individual-Based Relative Deprivation: Evidence From a Five-Year RI-CLPM. Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research On Cyberspace, 17 (5) 1, 1-20. doi: 10.5817/cp2023-5-1

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2022). Different Domains of Area-level Deprivation Predict Individual Differences in System Justification and Collective Action Support. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 51 (3), 36-48.

Lilly, Kieren J., Sibley, Chris G. and Osborne, Danny (2022). Examining the between- and within-person effects of relative deprivation: Results from a 7-year longitudinal panel sample. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53 (3), 435-449. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2913

Research Reports

Salom, Caroline, Thomas, Natalie, Kocar, Sebastian, Lilly, Kieren, Campbell, Gabrielle and Marrington, Shelby (2024). Evaluation Plan: Evaluation of the Expanded Police Drug Diversion Program. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Salom, Caroline, Thomas, Natalie, Kocar, Sebastian, Lilly, Kieren, Barber, Tayla, Juckel, Jennifer, Peacock, Amy, Bruno, Raimondo and Olsen, Anna (2024). Interim Report: Evaluation of Queensland Drug Checking Services. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.