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Our Mela study has appeared in Science!

See the photo! So chuffed that our ESRC funded study on the collective participation in Mela has appeared in Science. Shruti Tewari was one of the post-docs on the study.

Newton International Fellowships

Newton International Fellowships are new to me but I was a newly minted PhD wanting to do my post doc in the UK, I would definitely consider it. This is open only to Non-UK PhDs! Check it out here…

The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network’s latest Newsletter

So, you want to learn about the latest on breast cancer, liver and alcohol, ‘teachable moment’ hypothesis… Read here! The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network’s latest newsletter will bring you all of these and more.…

Our work on Mela on The Guardian by Steve Reicher

Our work shows that crowds can be good for you. We did this work at possibly the largest gathering of humanity, namely Magh Mela. One of my colleagues, Steve Reicher, writes about this on The Guardian

Kumbh Mela here we come!

Some of you know that my colleagues and I have been involved in ESRC funded research on collective participation in Hindu pilgrimage event called Magh Mela. Our research has been published in PLoS ONE and other are…

Our new article just came out!

Following on our work on attractiveness, skin colour and health, here is a paper that just came out. Comments are welcome!