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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🎥 The Psychology of our Relationship with Fictional Villains | OPRC Lecture re-cap Why do villains keep us hooked? Zoe Walkington explores the psychology behind our relationship with them—and what this means in the real world. 📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8Z... #Psychology #PublicLectures

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

There's still time to register for @sarahcrafter.bsky.social fascinating online lecture on 15th April 7pm. @oprc.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social

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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🎧 Research in Practice podcast for #WorldSocialWorkDay Sarah Crafter & Kirstie Baughan explore what ‘care’ means for unaccompanied minors, drawing on research to support social care practice. 🖇️ tinyurl.com/5h763d4d 🎓 Free CPD: uni.open.ac.uk/practisingcare @sarahcrafter.bsky.social

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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

“Road safety should be treated as a major public health issue—and a priority for policymakers.” – Prof Gemma Briggs Explore her research via Driving Change 👉 drivingchange.webflow.io Follow @gemmabriggs.bsky.social Latest OPRC lecture🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOzH... @catrionahavard.bsky.social

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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🎧 Introducing Dark Listening - Join our OPRC Lecture exploring Dark Listening — a participatory, arts-based research method developed to examine cultures of listening in UK child protection practice. 📅 11 March | 7-8PM | online 🔗 tinyurl.com/2edn2edb

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Automatic face recognition is meant to reduce human bias, but when it’s trained on narrow datasets—like mostly white male faces—it can reproduce those same biases and even lead to wrongful arrests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBKm...

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Is facial recognition technology 'racist'?

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The Open Psychology Research Centre Public Lecture will be delivered online by my fantastic colleague Professor Gemma Briggs on 11th February from 7- 8pm. The talk is entitled Why do we tolerate road deaths? Implications for policy and practice. Registration link in the comments

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The next Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) online lecture will be delivered by the OPRC’s Prof Gini Harrison on the 12th November from 7pm to 8pm. If you want to find out more and attend please register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a67b94...

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I'm giving a talk about her book as part of The Open Psychology Research Centre online public lecture series on 8th October 7pm. If you want to find out more about When Face Recognition Goes Wrong, please do come along and register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/656278...

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Dear all, you are invited to the Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) FREE online lecture "Accents in the courtroom" delivered by Prof Lara Frumkin on 14th May from 7pm to 8pm @OU_Psychology @OU_FASS @OU_Law events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fb5534...

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Dear all The Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) online lecture delivered by Zoe Walkington is on our relationship with fictional villains. Taking place on 12th March from 7pm to 8pm. Please register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/112e72...

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Dear all The first Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) online lecture of 2025 will be delivered by Louise Newbigging on the 12th from 7pm to 8pm. Details of the talk are below, if you want to find out more and attend please register events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f0b696...

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Cat appears to be a fan of my book. You can get your own copy from here www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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Catriona Havard @catrionahavard.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Are you interested in face recognition? You might like my new book 'When face recognition goes wrong' You can also get a discount code www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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