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
Learn more about the project.
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: 24 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
Explore the Database of Religious History

Past projects

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

Find out more on the STARS-C 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.

Research projects

Current research projects and initiatives

Combatting housing discrimination against Roma people in Hungary

Perceptions of source independence and polarisation

Women in academia and the responsibilization of mental health: A social identity and intersectionality perspective

The Database of Religious History (DRH)

Past projects

What It’s Really Worth: The Wellbeing Value-for-Money of Major Policies

Beliefs, misinformation, and disinformation about maternal and child health among Nigeria’s major tribes: Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani

African publics’ perceptions of science and spirituality post COVID-19 pandemic

Shifting Involvements or Shifting Identities? The Effect of Secularisation on Polarisation and Economic Behaviour

Disentangling the Socio-Cognitive Underpinnings of Impostor Phenomenon among UK University Students: An Exploration of its Impact on Mental Health, with a Special Focus on Underrepresented Groups

Development and validation of a representative face stimulus database

Evaluating the Impacts of the Nationwide Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme in England

PERISCOPE consortium to study the behavioural aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and policy responses.

STARS-C: Starting from the bottom: Using Participatory Action Research to re-imagine local mental health services in Colombia

A Theory for Cephalopod Intelligence: The Alien Intelligence in Our Midst

What's Up With Everyone?

Pathways to Reconciliation