The Schools Linking project provides opportunities for meaningful positive social contact and this could not have been more important than during the isolation of lockdown. … Read more
Category: Research
The Division of Human and Social Sciences Hybrid Research Away-Day
The Schools of Psychology, Anthropology and Conservation, Economics, Politics and International Relations met to discuss their many dynamic research groups, with a view to potential … Read more
Lindsey Cameron awarded place in ‘Understanding Communities’ projects
Dr Lindsey Cameron, has been awarded a place on the prestigious British Academy and Nuffield Foundation collaboration on Understanding Communities; a series of 6 workshops. This is a significant achievement … Read more
How skeptical would you be if the Government told you news related to COVID-19?
Dominic Abrams, Professor of Social Psychology and Fanny Lalot, Research Associate at the School of Psychology at Kent partnered with research members of Belong. Belong … Read more
World Health Organisation grant for Jennifer Storey’s research on elder abuse.
Dr Jennifer Storey, Lecturer in the School of Psychology, has received a grant of $24,974.70 from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for her research on elder abuse. The WHO, … Read more
Recognising animal agriculture’s link to infectious diseases
Timely new research conducted by the school has discovered a general public dissonance between factory farmed meat and its links with zoonotic disease outbreaks. New … Read more
Do Teenagers and Older Adults Ignore You?
New research from PhD candidate Martina De Lillo and Professor Heather Ferguson has found that older adults, as well as adolescents, pay less attention to … Read more
Cleaning up our Acts; Abrams, Hopthrow and Lalot collaborate on Environmental Psychology paper.
New research by the University’s School of Psychology has found that using low-cost psychological interventions can reduce vehicle engine idling and in turn improve air quality, especially … Read more
Shame around contracting Covid-19 can prevent individuals declaring infection to authorities
New research from Kent’s Dr Giovanni Travaglino and Dr Chanki Moon from Leeds Beckett University has found that feelings of shame and stigmatisation at the idea … Read more
The School of Psychology partners to investigate prevalence of Technology Facilitated Domestic Abuse
A multidisciplinary research team from the University’s Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) is carrying out an investigation to examine the role of technology in intimate … Read more