Research projects
Current funded research led by experts from the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science. Our projects contribute to multiple disciplinary agendas around the world.
Current research projects and initiatives
Combatting housing discrimination against Roma people in Hungary
Project Team: Dr Luca Varadi (Central European University): Principal Investigator, Dr Ruth Ditlmann (Hertie School of Government) and Dr Ilka Gleibs (PBS): Co-Investigators
Funded by: CIVICA
Duration: 30 June 2024 to 31 May 2026
Perceptions of source independence and polarisation
Project Team: Dr Jens Madsen (PBS), Dr Lee de Wit (Cambridge University), David Young (post-doctorial researcher, Cambridge University)
Funded by: Templeton World Charity Foundation
Start date: 1 December 2023
Duration: 30 months
Women in academia and the responsibilization of mental health: A social identity and intersectionality perspective
Project Team: R. Ysseldyk (Carleton University): Principal Investigator; Dr Ilka Gleibs (PBS): Co-Investigator; M.K. Ryan (Australian National University): Co-Investigator; M. Bujaki (Carleton University): Co-Investigator; L. Oliveira-Silva (Federal University of Uberlândia): Principal Investigator, M. Pereira (Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais: Principal Investigator; M. Redmond (Carleton University): Co-Investigator; S.E.K. Smith (Western University): Co-Investigator
Funded by: Carleton University International Research Seed Grant
Duration: 12 months (awarded March 2023)Funded by: Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Duration: 36 months (awarded October 2023)Funded by: LSE RISF funding
Duration: 12 months (awarded June 2024)
The Database of Religious History (DRH)
The DRH is an independent academic initiative, based at the University of British Colombia (UBC), involving partners from all over the world. The aim of the DRH is to provide an accessible database for historical data to help researchers and policymakers explore attitudes to the world today.
Project leads: Professor Ted Slingerland (UBC) and Professor Michael Muthukrishna (Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE)
Currently funded by: John Templeton Foundation
Past projects
Project Team: Dr Christian Krekel (PBS): Principal Investigator, David Frayman, Professor Richard Layard, Sara MacLennan
Funded by: LSE KEI Large Fund
Duration: January 2024 to June 2025
Project Team: Dr Bankole Falade (PBS) together with MEAG and partners in Nigeria from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Lagos State University and Bayero University, Kano
Funded by: Media Ecosystems Analysis Groug (MEAG) / Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Duration: 1 July 2024 to 28 February 2025
Project Team: Dr Bankole Falade (PBS): Principal Investigator, collaborators in Ghana, South Africa and Kenya
Funded by: Sub-grant: International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society. Main grant: Templeton Religion Trust
Duration: January 2024 to June 2024
Project Team: Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink (KCL): Principal Investigator; Dr Georgios Melios (PBS): Co-Investigator
Funded by: Leverhulme/BA small grant
Start date: April 2023 to October 2024
Project Team: Dr Deema Awad (PBS): Principal Investigator; Dr Miriam Tresh (PBS): Co-Investigator
Funded by: LSE Research and Impact Support Fund
Duration: 12 months (ended July 2024)
Project Team: Dr Jens Koed Madsen (PBS): Principal Investigator; Dr Deema Awad (PBS): Co-Investigator
Funded by: LSE Research and Impact Support Fund
Duration: 12 months (ended July 2024)
Project Team: Dr Christian Krekel (LSE, CEP): Principal Investigator; Ekaterina Oparina (CEP): Co-Investigator; Sorawoot Srisuma (University of Surrey): Co-Investigator
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Duration: April 2022 to March 2024
Project leads: Dr Barbara Fasolo (DoM) and Dr Matteo M. Galizzi (PBS), as part of the LSE Behavioural Lab.
Funded by: Horizon 2020 - European Commission
Duration: 1 November 2020 to 31 October 2023
This research partnership, informed by co-production principles, aims to establish dialogue between community actors and health service representatives to increase access and the quality of provision to improve mental health and wellbeing in Colombian communities heavily affected by poverty and armed conflict.
Project team: Dr Rochelle Burgess (UCL), Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch (LSE), Dr Dario Maldonado Carrizosa, Maria Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti, Diego Lucumí Cuesta, Nubia Chacón, Diego Ferney Tovar
Funding: ESRC/RCUK and Minciencias (Ministry for Science, Colombia)
Duration: 1 February 2021 to 1 June 2023
Project lead: Dr Michael Muthukrishna (LSE)
Funded by: Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF)
Duration: 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2023
Find out more about A Theory for Cephalopod Intelligence on the TWCF website.
In February 2021, this AHRC-funded project produced five Aardmen films to support young people's mental health awareness. The project was led by Professor Paul Crawford (University of Nottingham), with a team of advisors and in partnership with Academy-award winning Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep etc).
PBS project lead: Dr Thomas Curran (LSE)
Funded by: AHRC
Duration: 1 November 2019 to 1 April 2022
Find out more on the AHRC website.
Visit the What's Up With Everyone website to view the films: https://www.whatsupwitheveryone.com/
Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch leads this UKRI project to investigate the impact of Schools for Forgiveness and Reconciliation (ES.PE.RE) on the psychological and social wellbeing of people living in territories hit by the Colombian armed conflict.
Project team (UK): Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch (PI), Dr Maria Cecilia-Dedios and Dr Natalia Concha
Project team (Colombia): Dr Fabio Idrobo (PI), María Camila García Durán, Diego Salcedo, and Dr Elizabeth Borrero (Public Health Axis of the Santa Fe Foundation (FSFB)), Leonel Narvaez and Paula Monroy (Foundation for Reconciliation)
Co-funded by UKRI, Newton Fund and Colciencias.
Completed in December 2021.
Visit the Pathways to Reconciliation webpage for more information about the project and to watch an animated film (in English and in Spanish) on the research findings.