Dr Jim Everett has won the 2021 Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Early Career Trajectory Award. The award Early Career Trajectory Award recognises outstanding … Read more
How anger, anxiety, and hope influence the attitudes and behaviours of COVID-19 conspiracy theory believers
Research findings on the roles of various emotive states on COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and compliance with government restrictions, published into the Journal of Pacific Rim … Read more
Covid-19 pandemic has increased national division but bolstered local unity
The Beyond Us and Them study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation is one of the largest studies, so far, into the impact of the pandemic on British … Read more
How Do We Encourage Drivers to Stop Coasting?
Dr Fanny Lalot spoke to Claudia Hammond on BBC Radio 4, on recent School research around encouraging people to turn off their engines while waiting … Read more
School of Psychology Research Scholarships 2022
Psychology at Kent offers a supportive, dynamic and diverse environment for creative research and learning. We conduct both basic and applied research in several areas, … Read more
Anne Frank education programme has a proven impact on racism
The launch of the Anne Frank Trust 2021 Impact Report, written by our SeNSS Collaborative Student Katie Goodbun shows that anti-prejudice workshops based on the … Read more
Sending Warm Thoughts
As Thanksgiving approaches, and we head into that festive time of year, Asya Rizova and Nicolette Wilson, Stage 1 Psychology Reps, have started an initiative … Read more
Dr Lydia Kearney discusses ‘Splitting’ in Borderline Personality Disorder for Glamour Magazine UK
The defense mechanism of “splitting” is commonly seen in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Dr Lydia Kearney was joined by Dr Audrey Tang to enlighten us. … Read more
Explainer: Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?
During elections, pandemics, and when important social and political events occur, people often turn to conspiracy theories to explain what is happening. Professor Karen Douglas explains why … 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