By Selin Tekin Guven Since the beginning of March 2020, COVID-19 pandemic related news has been the main topic in the media. Medical experts have explained different methods to prevent the spread, and authorities in each country have implemented various…
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Neighbours support each other during COVID-19
Tagged with: COVID-19, Crowd Behaviour, social identity, social norms, Social Psychology
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Posted in PhD research
Be kind to your mind
By Pattie Gonsalves “Be kind to your mind and your body, especially during these times.” This is one of the encouraging things my yoga teacher says every evening via our Zoom class. While there is a small part of me…
Tagged with: COVID-19, Global Mental Health, Kindness, Mental Health, Wellbeing
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Looking Back: The Role of the General Election in Satisfaction with UK Response to COVID-19
By Carina Hoerst Recently, a group of people with controversial stances protested against lockdown restrictions in the US – a particularly concerning move since the protest action was carried out against the ban of public assembly and could increase the infection…
Tagged with: collective empowerment, COVID-19, social identity, Social Psychology
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Posted in PhD research
How can sustainable behaviours be encouraged?
By Alaa Aldoh Climate change is a pressing global issue with devastating effects on human life, animals, and the environment. On average, every year in the last 5 years has been the warmest year on record as a result of…
Tagged with: climate change, Green, PhD students, social norms, Social Psychology, Sustainability, sustainable behaviour
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Are your clients being defensive? If so, self-affirmation may help.
by Prof Pete Harris and Ian Hadden, from the Self-Affirmation Research Group. Have you ever been reluctant to face up to something you’d rather ignore? Maybe your fondness for something bad for you that you eat too often or your…
Tagged with: Kindness, motivation, Self-affirmation, Social Psychology, Therapy
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Posted in Faculty research, PhD research
New term, new you
By Susie Ballentyne Over half of us make a new year’s resolution to change something about our behaviour, yet very few of us stick to our intentions. So why, with all the right sign-posting to a new decade, the fresh…
Tackling hate – from parliament to campus
By Carina Hoerst Two weeks ago was National Hate Crime Awareness Week. What started in 1999 as a reaction to attacks on the Black and LGBT community has become a big event and takes place every year since. Today, it…
There are no rioters in Hong Kong
By Patricio Saavedra Morales In June this year, thousands of Hongkongers hit the streets to protest against a controversial extradition bill promoted by the Chief Executive of the former British colony, Carrie Lam. During those days, Hongkongers, as well as…
Breaking down the psychological barriers to success at school
Looking into how carefully-targeted low-cost interventions can reduce the psychological barriers to success of some groups of school students and help them prepare for a happy and productive life. by Ian Hadden It only takes a quick glance at GCSE…
Grouping by attainment in schools: can psychological interventions help turbo-charge poor students’ performance?
By Ian Hadden Last month I attended the impressive – and buzzy – sell-out researchED 2018 annual conference in London. The highlight for me was a fascinating piece of research presented by Becky Francis and Jeremy Hodgen of the UCL Institute…
Tagged with: Conference, Education, PhD students, Research, Social Psychology
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