by aseifert | May 13, 2015 | CenSes, Interviews, Philosophy, Research & Resources
Dr Ophelia Deroy, associate director of the Institute of Philosophy and researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Senses, talks about her research around people’s reluctance to eat insects, which she has been working on in association with food visionary, Ben...
by aseifert | Apr 17, 2015 | History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Philosophy, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Data can be described as quantitative if it can be measured or identified on a numerical scale. Examples include length, height, area, volume, weight, speed, age, distance, cost and so on. However, not all data using numbers is quantitative: Datasets are often...
by aseifert | Mar 24, 2015 | Being Human festival, CenSes, Fellowships & Networks, Interviews, Philosophy, Projects, Public Engagement, Research & Resources
To mark the launch of our call for applications for the first SAS/Senate House Library ‘Public Engagement Innovators Scheme’, we asked some staff from across the School about their experiences of public engagement and how it has influenced their research and...
by aseifert | Mar 5, 2015 | Annual Review, CenSes, Events, Philosophy
The best public engagement is underpinned by world-class research. In March, the Institute of Philosophy’s Centre for the Study of the Senses held a launch event for the national charity Fifth Sense that brought together leading researchers,...
by aseifert | Dec 8, 2014 | Events, Philosophy, PotW
In the Research Unit in Cognitive and Affective Sciences, we have recently performed a series of psychophysical and brain imaging studies together with neuropsychological investigations of brain-lesioned patients to demonstrate that perception is to be considered as...
by aseifert | Oct 14, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Philosophy, Public Engagement
In this blog, Dr Sara Pennell of the University of Roehampton explores the links between taste and memory, and how humans build memories around food. During the Being Human festival Dr Pennell is taking part in Memory Banquet, a series of events about food and...