By Brontë McDonald The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the educational lives of children across the world. In the UK, the government attempted to curb the spread of the virus by closing schools for extended periods to most pupils apart…
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Virtual group music-making during lockdowns
By Maruša Levstek When the pandemic hit in late 2019 and the whole world had to practically retract to their homes, everyone was talking about furlough, lockdown, and home-schooling. However, there was barely any thought about the extra-curricular activities that…
Tagged with: COVID-19, Creativity, Developmental Psychology, Music, PhD students, Wellbeing
Posted in PhD research
Posted in PhD research
Who helps the helpers? 8 tips for voluntary groups
Local voluntary mutual aid groups have been critically important for many people during Covid. But keeping the momentum going is difficult even when the need for the kind of help these groups provide is still high. Groups & COVID: Community,…
Mitigating the new variant SARS-CoV-2 virus: How to support public adherence to physical distancing
By John Drury Journalists often ask me how the public will behave when the next set of Covid-19 restrictions begins. Will they accept the rules or ignore them? This matters crucially right now. With rising infections in many areas of…
“They don’t know we’ve got legs”: meeting online and in-person
By Prof Nicola Yuill Covid-19 restrictions haven’t just stopped us meeting in person – instead, they have nudged us into new ways of connecting. Humans are the ultimate social species: evolutionary biologists regard the human tendency towards cooperation as having…
Tagged with: COVID-19, Developmental Psychology, Interaction, Therapy, Video Interaction Guidance
Posted in Faculty research
Posted in Faculty research
Neighbours support each other during COVID-19
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…
Tagged with: COVID-19, Crowd Behaviour, social identity, social norms, Social Psychology
Posted in PhD research
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
Posted in PhD research
Posted in PhD research
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
Can Culture Beat the Coronavirus?
By Rotem Perach How can we beat the coronavirus? It seems that culture is already developing its own prescriptions, specifically, against the psychological effects of the coronavirus outbreak. In recent fashion week catwalks in New York and Paris, designers re-imagined face masks as…
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