Psychology Swansea University Research Excellence Scholarships: Fully Funded PhD: The Importance of Trust and Social Norms for Public Health Decision Making

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Psychology Swansea College Analysis Excellence Scholarships: Absolutely Funded PhD: The Significance of Belief and Social Norms for Public Well being Resolution Making

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Supply DescriptionPsychology: Swansea College Analysis Excellence Scholarships: Absolutely Funded PhD: The Significance of Belief and Social Norms for Public Well being Resolution MakingSwansea College is happy to supply fully-funded Swansea College Analysis Excellence Scholarships (SURES) for full-time doctoral college students to its fifth cohort, commencing in October 2024.This venture goals to research two key components that undermine compliance with public policymaking on matters akin to well being (e.g., vaccinations) or sustainable behaviour (e.g., rushing restrictions, low carbon zones): 1. Individuals’s mistrust in public well being officers, particularly these they disagree with, and a couple of. folks’s misperceptions of social norms (i.e., whether or not others like them would comply or not). Analysis printed by our staff confirmed that individuals assist insurance policies much less when these are proposed by leaders they dislike or mistrust ( ; ); and that individuals agree with others that defending well being is necessary – but, regardless of such settlement, they underestimate how a lot others will adjust to COVID-19 restrictions (Cole et al., below evaluation). Rising belief in leaders and correcting misperceptions about others’ opinions can scale back polarization and obtain assist for public insurance policies. We search to reply a variety of pressing analysis questions, together with however not restricted to: Does speaking transparently about well being and sustainable behaviour insurance policies scale back polarization on such matters and enhance belief in leaders? How appropriate are folks’s perceptions of what others like them do or would do? What are the results of misperceived social norms on one’s particular person behaviour? And may we appropriate misperceived norms?The venture depends on two traces of sturdy analysis, together with work developed by this staff and their worldwide collaborators. First, speaking transparently about the advantages and the dangers of many public insurance policies will increase long-term belief in authorities, whereas imprecise, reassuring speak (akin to what number of political leaders tackle the general public) decreases belief (Kerr et al., 2022; Petersen et al., 2021). Second, folks misperceive what their friends take into consideration public well being insurance policies – a phenomenon named ‘pluralistic ignorance’ (Prentice & Miller, 1993) – and, consequently, they assume the world is extra polarized that it really is (Fernbach & Van Boven, 2022; Lees & Cikara, 2020, 2021).We’re looking for to nominate a PhD scholar who will develop this venture utilizing strategies from experimental social psychology and political science to extend compliance with public insurance policies by growing belief and correcting misperceptions. Goal 1 shall be to evaluation the existent literature on belief in public leaders (e.g., politicians, policymakers, and so forth.) and on folks’s perceptions of social norms relating to well being and sustainable behaviour. Goal 2 shall be to check methods to extend the general public’s belief in public leaders. Lastly, Goal 3 shall be to check methods to appropriate misperceptions about social norms.Candidates ought to embrace a 500-word analysis proposal, setting out a pattern analysis query (throughout the scope of the present venture) and the strategies they’d use to reply this analysis query; this also needs to embrace a quick description of the analytic strategy that may be used to analyse the info.NecessitiesAnalysis Discipline Psychological sciences » Psychology Schooling Stage Bachelor Diploma or equalAbilities/{Qualifications}Candidates will need to have attained, or should be anticipated to realize, a first-class honours diploma and/or a distinction at grasp’s stage. In case you are eligible to use for the scholarship (i.e. a scholar who’s eligible to pay the UK charge of tuition charges) however don’t maintain a UK diploma, you may examine our comparability entry necessities. Please be aware that you could be want to supply proof of your English Language proficiency.Particular NecessitiesCandidates ought to have sturdy quantitative analysis abilities, to incorporate designing, conducting, and analysing information from experiments.

• The place candidates have a number of grasp’s levels, a distinction should be held within the diploma that’s most related to the supposed PhD examine.
• In case you are at present learning for a grasp’s stage qualification with an anticipated award date that’s later than 01/10/2024, you need to maintain a minimal of an upper-second-class (2:1) honours diploma.
• You must have the ability to exhibit a go with a minimal grade common of not less than 70% on your part-one grasp’s diploma modules (the taught facet of your grasp’s course quite than a research-focused dissertation) and submit your dissertation by no later than 30/09/2024.

Candidates should have the ability to start their course of examine in October 2024. As a cohort-based programme, deferral to another enrolment window throughout the educational 12 months or to a different educational 12 months will not be permissible.Please be aware that each the diploma and language-proficiency entry necessities for SURES are larger than the baseline normal for entry that’s stipulated for many of the PhD programmes at Swansea College.Resulting from funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to candidates eligible to pay tuition charges on the UK charge solely, as outlined by .Extra DataAdvantagesThis scholarship covers the total price of UK tuition charges and an annual stipend at £19,237.Extra analysis bills will even be obtainable.Eligibility standardsCandidates will need to have attained, or should be anticipated to realize, a first-class honours diploma and/or a distinction at grasp’s stage. In case you are eligible to use for the scholarship (i.e. a scholar who’s eligible to pay the UK charge of tuition charges) however don’t maintain a UK diploma, you may examine our comparability entry necessities. Please be aware that you could be want to supply proof of your English Language proficiency.Candidates ought to have sturdy quantitative analysis abilities, to incorporate designing, conducting, and analysing information from experiments.

• The place candidates have a number of grasp’s levels, a distinction should be held within the diploma that’s most related to the supposed PhD examine.
• In case you are at present learning for a grasp’s stage qualification with an anticipated award date that’s later than 01/10/2024, you need to maintain a minimal of an upper-second-class (2:1) honours diploma.
• You must have the ability to exhibit a go with a minimal grade common of not less than 70% on your part-one grasp’s diploma modules (the taught facet of your grasp’s course quite than a research-focused dissertation) and submit your dissertation by no later than 30/09/2024.

Candidates should have the ability to start their course of examine in October 2024. As a cohort-based programme, deferral to another enrolment window throughout the educational 12 months or to a different educational 12 months will not be permissible.Please be aware that each the diploma and language-proficiency entry necessities for SURES are larger than the baseline normal for entry that’s stipulated for many of the PhD programmes at Swansea College.Choice course ofPlease see our web site for extra info.Web site for added job particularsWork Location(s)Variety of affords obtainable 1 Firm/Institute Swansea College Nation United Kingdom Metropolis Swansea Postal Code SA2 8PP GeofieldThe place to use Web siteContact MetropolisSwansea Web siteRoadSingleton Park Postal CodeSA28PP E-MailG.Jiga@swansea.ac.ukSTATUS: EXPIRED

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£19237 per 12 months

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Swansea

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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:29:20 GMT

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