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.
Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch gave the keynote address at the in Sofia, Bulgaria. Professor Jovchelovitch drew on her groundbreaking research to discuss the role the arts can have in promoting the socio-cultural development of communities.
Can AI understand distress? In , Professor Elizabeth Stokoe discusses her research into emergency calls, and the hidden signals that AI voice assistant tools might miss.
The centered around ideas from Dr Michael Muthukrishna's book A Theory of Everyone, and Michael gave the keynote address at the event.
Professor Liam Delaney was a keynote speaker at "Beyond the Irrational: Better Decisions & Outcomes with Behavioural Science" event in June 2024.
Professor Alex Gillespie gave the opening keynote, entitled ‘Pragmatism: Humble theory for an uncertain world’, at the in Belgrade in May 2024.
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”
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.
Professor Elizabeth Stokoe spoke to Kane Simm on the VUX podcast on the topic "Designing AI assistants with 50 years of conversation analysis". .
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?". .
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.
Dr Christian Krekel 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.
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.
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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"?'.
- Professor Elizabeth Stokoe spoke at the in October 2023. .
- 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.
- 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. .
- 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). .
- 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.
- In March 2023, Dr Dario Krpan and Dr Fred Basso organised a public lecture at 番茄社区 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. .
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.
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 hosts the and podcasts, and Dr Grace Lordan the podcast.
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.
We frequently disseminate our research via various blogs, including and the 番茄社区 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: