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Knowledge Exchange and Impact

From the world to the lab and back again

We are passionate about conducting research that has a tangible impact on the world 

We are dedicated to sharing our knowledge and expertise outside the academic community. Below you will find some examples of where our researchers have brought their work to a broader audience. 

Recent highlights 

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Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch was a key participant in the  event “The Favela at the Centre of the Global Debate: The Relevance of the G20 Favelas on the International Agenda”. Professor Jovchelovitch presented an update on her research project ‘Supporting bottom-up development in cities in the Developing World’ and spoke about the model of social development that originated in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. 

 

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The centered around ideas from Dr Michael Muthukrishna's book A Theory of Everyone, and Michael gave the keynote address at the event.

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Professor Liam Delaney was a keynote speaker at  "Beyond the Irrational: Better Decisions & Outcomes with Behavioural Science" event in June 2024. 

 

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Professor Alex Gillespie gave the opening keynote, entitled ‘Pragmatism: Humble theory for an uncertain world’, at the  in Belgrade in May 2024.

 

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Professor Elizabeth Stokoe was a keynote speaker at the in Barcelona in April 2024. Professor Stokoe also participated in a fireside chat entitled “Women in Voice”

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The 2023/24  issued by the United Nations Development Programme, includes a focus on cultural evolution and cooperation and cite a number of papers by Dr Michael Muthukrishna

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Professor Elizabeth Stokoe spoke to Kane Simm on the VUX podcast on the topic "Designing AI assistants with 50 years of conversation analysis". . 

 

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Professor Alex Gillespie and Dr Tom Reader have brought their extensive work on  to a range of corporate organisations through consulting projects and partnerships. 

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In March 2024, Dr Thomas Curran was interviewed by Clare Williamson for the BBC Business Daily episode, "Is it okay to be mediocre at work?". .

 

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Dr Ganga Shreedhar is part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) SSC/CEC , a global network of specialists working towards the integration of behaviour change into conservation action. Dr Shreedhar presented her work on “Public understanding of mass extinction and support for transformative action around the world” in a conference organised by the BCTF and Indianapolis Zoo in March 2024. 

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Dr Christian Krekel recently gave a presentation at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) titled "The Returns to Volunteering: Wellbeing, Health, and Social Capital". He also gave an interview on "Quantifying Happiness" on BBC Radio 3  2024.  

 

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Professor Martin BauerDr Bankole Falade and Hannah Blunt conducted a number of workshops in 2023 and 2024 as part of the , which seeks to enhance public trust in science. . 

 

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Dr Tom Reader and Professor Alex Gillespie have engaged with various organisations on the topic of healthcare complaints, and how they can be used to improve patient safety. They have designed the , which organisations can use to analyse and gain a better understanding of complaints. 

 

 

Past activities 

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Professor Elizabeth Stokoe co-hosted a series of “expert classes” for the . The topics covered were 'Should Conversational User interfaces have a personality?', 'How should conversation design deal with interruption? and 'Should conversational user interfaces make human "errors"?'.

 

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In November 2023, Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch and colleagues attended a seminar with policymakers from the Colombian Ministry of Health, the Secretary of Health of Bogotá, the Presidential Council for National Reconciliation and the Colombian National Agency for Reincorporation of member of non-governmental armed groups. The aim was to discuss the next stage of research into how communities and institutions can come together to build inclusive mental health services in Colombia. This was part of the  project, which seeks to integrate bottom-up, community level experiences of mental health and mental distress with institutional responses by state level actors.

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Professor Elizabeth Stokoe spoke at the  in October 2023. . 

 

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In June 2023, Dr Edoardo Zulato hosted a one-day workshop on awareness of antimicrobial resistance with academic researchers, the pharmaceutical industry, relevant policymakers and practitioners from human and animal health. 

In the same month, Dr Zulato also designed and led a one-day workshop to explore the group dynamics of a management team at IKEA.

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Professor Liam Delaney spoke at the  in June 2023. In his session, Professor Delaney addressed the development of behavioural science capacities in different organisations, cultural variation, and ethical issues. . 

 

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Dr Fred Basso and Dr Dario Krpan presented their WISER framework, which rearranges the 17 interlinked UN Sustainable Development Goals into five main categories, to the behavioural research group the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at the United Nations (UN). . 

 

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In May 2023, PhD students from the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science organised a "Science Slam", where they shared their research with a non-expert audience. Find out more about the Science Slam.

 

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In March 2023, Dr Dario Krpan and Dr Fred Basso organised a public lecture at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ on “Different perspectives on diversity of thought in social science”. The event was featured in The Lancet in an opinion article written by its Editor-in-Chief, Dr Richard Horton. . 

 

 

 

Books

Our experts frequently write and contribute to book publications, a selection of which can be found on our dedicated page. Some recent popular science publications include  by Dr Thomas Curran and  by Dr Michael Muthukrishna

Multimedia

Experts from our department are regularly asked to discuss their research on television and radio shows, podcasts and other media platforms. Additionally, Professor Paul Dolan recently released his  podcast, and Dr Grace Lordan hosts the  podcast. 

Seminars

Our Behavioural Science and the Wider World seminars, which are free and open to all, bring together behavioural science practitioners, researchers, policy leaders, as well as students and alumni, to discuss emerging global themes in behavioural science.

Learn more about events and seminars featuring our experts on our Events page

Blogs

We frequently disseminate our research via various blogs, including  and the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World online magazine. Some recent articles can be found below. 

Impact 

We are committed to demonstating the impact of our research in the UK and around the world. Significant projects include: