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Dr Joe Stubbersfield is a senior lecturer in Psychology. He holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Manchester, an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Liverpool, and a joint Psychology and Anthropology PhD from the University of Durham. He has held previous posts at the University of St Andrews, the University of Durham and Heriot-Watt University before joining the University of 91桃色视频 in 2021.听
He is the co-Programme Leader for the BSc Psychology Programme, Volunteer Research Assistant coordinator for Psychology, and module leader for Volunteering for Psychology (year 3), and Pschology Placement (year 3). His other teaching includes social psychology at Foundation Year, Year 2, and MSc, and supervising final year undergraduate and postgraduate student projects on a variety of topics related to social psychology.
He is the leader of the Social and Organisational Psychology Research Group. He is the current editor of the for Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, and a lead designer of a free, online learning module on the for the Cultural Evolution Society.
Areas of expertise
- The social transmission and cultural evolution of narratives
- The role of cognitive biases in the content and propagation of misinformation, conspiracy theories and urban legends
Publications
Journal articles
Acerbi, A., & Stubbersfield, J. M. (2023). .听Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,听120(44), e2313790120.
Scrivner, C., & Stubbersfield, J.M.(2023). . British Journal of Psychology.听
Youngblood, M., Stubbersfield, J. M., Morin, O., Glassman, R., & Acerbi, A. (2023). .听Humanities and Social Sciences Communications,听10(1), 1-11.听
Stubbersfield, J.M. (2022). .听Culture and Evolution,听19(1), 41-60.
Matthews, L., Nowak, S., Gidengil, C., Chen, C., Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J., & Parker, A. (2022). . American Anthropologist. 1-16.听
Stubbersfield, J. M., Dean, L. G., Sheikh, S., Laland, K. N., & Cross, C. P. (2019).听听Palgrave Communications,听5(1), 70.
Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J., & Flynn, E. (2018).听
Jim茅nez, A.V., Stubbersfield, J.M, & Tehrani, J.J. (2018).听, 215, 23-27.
Stubbersfield, J., Flynn, E., & Tehrani, J. (2017).听
Stubbersfield, J. M., Tehrani, J.J., & Flynn, E.G. (2017).听.听Journal of Cognition and Culture,听17 (1-2), 12-26
Stubbersfield, J. M., Tehrani, J. J. & Flynn, E. G. (2015).听
Stubbersfield, J., & Tehrani, J. (2013).听
Book Chapters
Stubbersfield, J. (2024). Content-based learning biases. In T. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_134-1听
Stubbersfield, J.M. (2023).听. In J.J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.),听The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution听(online edn,听C72S1鈥揅72P225). Oxford Academic.听
Magazine, Newspaper and Online
Stubbersfield. J. (2024)
Stubbersfield. J. (2023).听. The Conversation.
Stubbersfield, J. (2021).听. The Conversation.听
Stubbersfield, J. (2020).听. Konect Magazine.听
Stubbersfield, J. (2018).听. Folklore Thursday.
Stubbersfield, J. (2018).听听Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture Blog.
Stubbersfield, J. (2014).听听The Conversation
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Book Reviews
Stubbersfield, J.M.听(2019). [].听Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture.听3(1), 147-150.
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