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Tag Archives: psychology
Art, conversation & Pie-economics
The endless joy and stimulation of working as an experimental psychologist with visual artists…. Larks & Ravens has just run our first experimental Pie Supper at https://bricksbristol.org/ We invited 4 guests to use art and sharing a pie supper to … Continue reading
Researching households who use Infrared heating
This month, I’m interviewing 20 UK households who are heating their homes with Infrared heating. How do they use it? How well does it work for them? How much energy does it use? As an experimental psychologist, I’m trying to … Continue reading
Domestic Heat Trial starts in rural Wales
In partnership with Talybont on Usk Energy, I am running a small trial here in rural Wales to explore a different way of thinking about domestic heat energy and thermal comfort. The trial switches focus from heating entire spaces to … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic Heat Trial, Infrared panels, psychology, Rural Wales, Thermal Comfort
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Forget the statue, what about the plinth?
In the midst of the hot debate about whether certain public statues should be removed, no-one talks about the plinths on which such statues are erected or considers toppling those as well. Does this mean that the plinth is 100% … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, socially engaged art
Tagged art, colston, plinth, psychology, scapegoat, slave trade, statue
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How successful people attribute their success …
My artist colleagues and I have been trying to unravel the concepts of “deserving versus undeserving” in the politics of social inequality. The recent fiasco over how to “fairly” award 2020 ‘exam results’ has shone a harsh spotlight on this. … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged government, inequality, levelling up, meritocracy, psychology, wealth
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The psychology of reducing consumption?
I’ve been challenged this week by an article in Nature Communications. It warns starkly how affluent consumption is the leading factor in environmental and social impact. And the major technological advances we are making are not enough to outweigh its … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged consumers, consumption, Economic Growth, environment, experiences, psychology, research
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Market Value?
The Larks & Ravens (of which I am one) are currently “artists in residence” for one day a week in the old Victorian Market in Newport. The stunning market building was once a thriving attraction with an abundance of stalls, … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, socially engaged art
Tagged embodied cognition, excahnge, Markets, psychology, socially engaged art, values
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A Psychologist journeying with Artists
For the past few years, I have been collaborating with two socially engaged, visual artists, Pip Woolf and Kirsty Claxton. We call ourselves The Larks and Ravens for reasons that I can’t remember but probably don’t matter! As a … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged art, irrational behaviour, process, psychology, socially engaged, Stonehenge
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Enjoyable, meaningful lives without economic growth or jobs?
As a behavioural psychologist, I am challenged by Tim Jackson’s book “Prosperity without Growth“. Living on a finite planet, how do we find ways to flourish in a world of less economic growth and less material consumption? At the same … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology
Tagged behavioural research, consumerism, prosperity without growth, psychology, tim jackson, well-being
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The Prospectory 