On this page you can find a selection of published research, PBS articles and press releases about some of the work coming from our department over the last few years.
2021 - 2022
International Women's Day, 8 March 2021. How do psychological and behavioural science help address gender inequality? Read the PBS IWD 2021 page here and the .
Working paper: , By Joel Suss, David Bholat, Alex Gillespie and Tom Reader, published 5 March 2021. Bank of England.
White paper: Shaping the post-Covid World: Moving towards wellbeing over the lifetime as the unitof analysis in policy, Dolan, Layard, O'Donnell, Delaney, Krekel, Sanders, Blanco-Jimenez, Laffan, Kavetsos, Kudrna, March 2021.
Press release: Aardman Animations collaborates with ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ on mental health campaign for young people.
Article: Targeting Your Preferences exploring research by Jens Koed Madsen (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) and Toby Pilditch (University of Oxford).
Press release: ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ joins partnership project to improve mental health services in post-conflict communities in Colombia.
2018 - 2020
Press release: ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Behavioural Lab for Teaching and Research wins European Commission funding to study behavioural effects of COVID-19.
Support for Wildlife Conservation Policies is Higher When People Associate COVID-19 Caused by the Human Destruction of Nature, Dr Ganga Shreedhar and Professor Susana Mourato
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Estimating the Monetary Value of Flattening the Curve, Professor Paul Dolan
Burnout Leads to Worse Academic Achievement in School, College and University, Dr Tom Curran.
Some Hyper-realistic Face Masks are More Convincing Than Real Faces, Dr Jet G. Sanders, Ueda, Y., Yoshikawa, S. et al.
2017
PBS MSc dissertation research from the class of 2017
Article: Learning about pro-social behaviours out of the lab: Matteo Galizzi's research on lab experiments and predictors of real-world behaviours
Article: Better Open Thank Intellectual - Openness to experience trumps intellectual curiosity for learning: Sophie von Strumm's research on personality learning traits and how people absorbed knowledge
Article: Installation Theory: The Societal Construction and Regulation of Behaviour by Professor Saadi Lahlou
Article: How poverty affects people's decision-making processes: Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington's research on the relationship between socio-economic status and behaviour
Article: Candidates' Wives and the Co-Construction of Leadership Ilka Gleib's research on the role presidential spouses place in construction leadership
Article: Would you choose to be happy? Prof Paul Dolan's research on the study of subjective well-being
Article: The conspiratorial worldview: Bradely Frank's research on conspiracy theorists and how they see the world
Article: The Invisible Entrepreneurs: Lucia Garcia's research on entrepreneurship after 50
Article: Beyond Moscovici: Scholars and students gathered in May 2017 to present and discuss scholarship that engages with and expands social representations theory
Article: Open Minds: Brett Heasman's research on improving public understanding of autism by highlighting the perspectives of autistic people, their parents and their carers
Article: Improving Healthcare Experiences with HCAT: Tom Reader and Alex Gillespie's research on using complaints to inform and improve hospitals and healthcare
2016
Article: The Social Representations of Unemployed Benefits Claimants: Celestin Okoroji's MSc dissertation research on the social stigma and impacts of unemployment
Article: Altercations with A.I. or Correcting a Chat Bot: Alex Gillespie's research on misunderstanding and communication with artificial intelligence vs. humans
Underground Sociabilities: Prof Sandra Jovchelovtich's research on identity, culture, resistance and community development in Rio de Janeriro's favelas