Professor Alex Gillespie

Alex Gillespie is Professor of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE, an Editor of Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Visiting Professor II at the Oslo New University, and a founder of the Culture and Risk Research Unit.

His research begins with recognising that people and groups have different perspectives. Key questions include: How do we bridge these divergences of perspective and achieve our collective life? What can we learn from listening to each other? And, more pragmatically, what technologies can we develop to study and intervene in these interactions? For example, Alex developed the Healthcare Complaint Analysis Tool, tools for studying perspective taking, and assessing defensiveness. Methodologically, he likes to analyse interesting sources of textual data using mixed methods.

Awards

• Multiple LSE Excellence in Education Awards and Teaching Prizes
• Multiple Editor’s choice articles in leading journals
• Multiple awards for innovation and impact
• Cambridge European Trust Fellowship
• Peterhouse College Research Studentship
• Chevening Scholar

Expertise

Communication; Misunderstandings; Culture; Perspective taking; Listening; Dialogue