Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to experience imposter syndrome at work Dr Laura Kilby, Associate Professor of Social Psychology and researcher at the Centre for Culture Media and Society (CCMS), has been quoted in a Pink News article exploring ‘Imposter Syndrome‘ and ways to combat it.
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Leonardo da Vinci: A Biography by Professor of History Walter Isaacson was published last month on 17 October 2017 and reveals Leonardo da Vinci visited a morgue to perfect Mona Lisa’s smile. The book contains references to Dr Alessandro Soranzo‘s research on Leonardo’s La Bella Principessa and her ‘uncatchable’ smile, in which the shape of her mouth appears to change […]
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Title: Constructing Muslim fundamentals and contesting Islamic fundamentalism – Listening to peace talk Speaker: Laura Kilby (Psychology, SHU) Peace psychology draws together research that in turn makes a contribution to the inter-disciplinary field of peace studies. Notably however, peace psychology is almost exclusively concerned with the study of violent conflict. Vollhardt & Bilali (2008) suggest that the value attached to […]
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Title: Symbols of Terror: 9/11 as the name of the thing and the thing of the name Speaker: Dr Laura Kilby Laura Kilby joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012 as a Senior Lecturer within the department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics. Her research interests centre upon examining the construction of identities within debates about terrorism, multiculturalism, and Britishness. She […]
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Dr Alessandro Soranzo‘s article, PSYCHOACOUSTICS: a comprehensive MATLAB toolbox for auditory testing recently published in Frontiers in Psychology, received a total of 1944 clicks making it among the best performing articles in Frontiers. Alessandro has been invited to use the article as the foundation for a Frontiers Research Topic. With Research Topics, Frontiers seeks to change the way research is […]
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Title: Why the same colour can appear different? Speaker: Dr Alessandro Soranzo (Psychology, SHU) Dr Alessandro Soranzo is a Reader in Psychology within the Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University. His main area of interest lies in the Psychology of Perception, including; Colour and Illumination Perception, Visual Illusions, Perception and Art, Virtual Reality, and Robotics. Colour contrast […]
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