Author: jvo

Research by Dr Michael Wood and Dr Karen Douglas has found that people who argue in favour of conspiracy theories use different persuasive strategies from … Read more

Pioneering research from a team of forensic psychologists led by Professor Theresa Gannon and Dr Jane Wood into the increased disclosures made by sex offenders … Read more

Inspiring, Mentoring and Engaging Young People: Testing Social Psychological Theory to Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Prejudice and Strengthen Social Cohesion Applications are invited for a … Read more

Around 50 people attended an event at the University of Kent on 18 June to discuss the developing situation in Turkey. The meeting, which included … Read more

New published research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Witten/Herdecke has shown that mindfulness meditation has the ability to temporarily alter practitioners’ perceptions … Read more

The University of Kent’s Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) is to host the 13th meeting of Eurogang members between 20 and … Read more

In a new Lloyd’s emerging risk report, a team of experts from the University of Kent has shown how principles from behavioural science can be … Read more

Psychologists have shown that diversity promotes tolerance towards different groups if it catches people by surprise. In a paper published by PLoS ONE, Dr Milica … Read more

New research published by a team of international psychologists has shown that people can suppress incriminating memories and thereby avoid detection in brain activity guilt … Read more

In response to the growing number of recent reports, cases and allegations of sexual harassment towards women in organisations and the workplace, University of Kent … Read more