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Category: Research
New book chapter shines a light on sexual violence perpetration in Higher Education
Samuel T. Hales, a PhD candidate in the Centre of Research & Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP), has recently published a book chapter that empirically … Read more
Does Time Speed up on TikTok?
Research from Lazaros Gonidis and Dr Dinkar Sharma published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology looks into how people perceive time spent on Facebook. … Read more
Student Profile: Dawn Chai
We asked Dawn Chai, Psychology with a Placement Year student about her student experiences at Kent as a final year Psychology student. What made … Read more
Join the School of Psychology for their Psychological Science Community Afternoon!
Short talks, hands-on demonstrations and panel discussions. This event on June 25th is free and open to all members of the community. Come along! Would … Read more
Balance organ stimulation as a Parkinson’s treatment
As part of World Parkinson’s Day, we celebrate this groundbreaking research conducted by Professor David Wilkinson following his recent clinical trial. Some of the most … Read more
Jim Everett collects Leverhulme Prize
Dr Jim Everett collected this extremely prestigious prize at a ceremony accompanied by very proud colleagues from The School of Psychology at Kent. Dr Jim … Read more
ERC-funded PhD Studentship in Psychology – “The psychological causes and consequences of social inequality”
Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship with Dr Nikhil Sengupta in the Psychology and Public Policy Research Unit (PSYPOL) at the University of … Read more
October News RoundUp
Our academics have had some amazing research award news this month, we’ve been the first to explore some ground-breaking research areas and had a visit … Read more
First survey examining sexual violence by male UK students shines a light in misogyny of young men.
Recent research published by PhD candidate Samuel Hales and Professor Gannon from Kent’s Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology reveals rapes and assaults … Read more