economics, psychology, policy

As an MSc student in Stirling, you have the opportunity to take Professor Alex Wood's "Psychology of Work" class in the fir...

The ever interesting British Psychological Society Research Digest discusses here an article forthcoming in Psychological Science which d...

Tomorrow sees the conclusion of a recent series of Channel 4 programmes put together by the illusionist Derren Brown: The Eperiments . Accor...

Thanks to Clare for pointing me to this paper forthcoming in Psychological Science by Savani, Stevens and Markus. Abstract below. Abstract...

This one has been discussed for a few months online but, to be honest, psi phenomena were not high on my reading list toward the end of last...

Ken McKenzie, formerly of the Geary Institute, offers an interesting psychological perspective on how the crisis might change how our elit...

Aside from its catchy title, this paper seems pretty relevant for those do experimental psychology and behavioural economics: The Weirdest P...

I will be giving talks again this term to psychology students on behavioural economics. I have given a number of talks before about the pot...

Case studies play no role in economics although there is some similarity with the "natural experiments" that are popular with some...

Torture techniques used on suspected terrorists by the Bush administration may have failed to get to the truth, researchers say. Professor S...

No, not the popular American sitcom that has been running on NBC since 1965. It's an article by Singer and Willett in the Psychological...

According to Wikipedia , in 1979, Robert Prechter postulated that social mood drives financial, macroeconomic and political behavior, in con...

Barry C. Burden of Harvard University lectures on the science and technology behind measuring public opinion. How can we know what 200 mill...

Michael Daly has revamped the TCD Psychology blog - looks good. He seems to have solved some problems with blogger design that i have not ha...

Some interesting & quirky podcasts of interviews about psychology from shrinkrapradio.com