Brunel Psychology
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
We are a vibrant research-intensive Division with expertise in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, culture and evolution, developmental, and social psychology based in Brunel University of London 🎓🧠🧬🧪
LINK TREE: https://linktr.ee/brunelpsyc
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📣 @brunelpsy.bsky.social and the @culturemindslab.bsky.social with @nicolewen.bsky.social and @loraadair.bsky.social is excited to support Nu Know’s Parent-Teen Summit 2026 at Boxpark Wembley 🧡 📣
🗓 Thursday 2nd April 2026
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🗓 Thursday 2nd April 2026
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Nu Know
Working together to navigate adolescence.
nuknow.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
📣 @brunelpsy.bsky.social and the @culturemindslab.bsky.social with @nicolewen.bsky.social and @loraadair.bsky.social is excited to support Nu Know’s Parent-Teen Summit 2026 at Boxpark Wembley 🧡 📣
🗓 Thursday 2nd April 2026
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🗓 Thursday 2nd April 2026
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Excited to see this paper out, with @aiyanakoka.bsky.social, led by @brunelpsy.bsky.social alumnus Dr. Nachita Rosun, now a postdoc at @obu-hst-research.bsky.social. Summary in the thread 👇🏻
1/ New paper from @brunelpsy.bsky.social CCE in Evolution & Human Behavior looks at secularisation in Mauritius 🇲🇺
Nachita Rosun, @matthewmgervais.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social have been testing big theories outside the usual Western settings 🌏
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Nachita Rosun, @matthewmgervais.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social have been testing big theories outside the usual Western settings 🌏
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Existential security and the cultural evolution of secularisation in Mauritius
Despite the central role of religion in human history and its continued global growth, an increasing number of individuals identify as secular or athe…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Excited to see this paper out, with @aiyanakoka.bsky.social, led by @brunelpsy.bsky.social alumnus Dr. Nachita Rosun, now a postdoc at @obu-hst-research.bsky.social. Summary in the thread 👇🏻
Brunel psychology officially opened our new common room for students today 🧠🤩🥳
Somewhere for students to relax, having coffee and socialise between lecturers 💙
Somewhere for students to relax, having coffee and socialise between lecturers 💙
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Brunel psychology officially opened our new common room for students today 🧠🤩🥳
Somewhere for students to relax, having coffee and socialise between lecturers 💙
Somewhere for students to relax, having coffee and socialise between lecturers 💙
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1/ New paper from @brunelpsy.bsky.social CCE in Evolution & Human Behavior looks at secularisation in Mauritius 🇲🇺
Nachita Rosun, @matthewmgervais.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social have been testing big theories outside the usual Western settings 🌏
🔗 👇
Nachita Rosun, @matthewmgervais.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social have been testing big theories outside the usual Western settings 🌏
🔗 👇
Existential security and the cultural evolution of secularisation in Mauritius
Despite the central role of religion in human history and its continued global growth, an increasing number of individuals identify as secular or athe…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
1/ New paper from @brunelpsy.bsky.social CCE in Evolution & Human Behavior looks at secularisation in Mauritius 🇲🇺
Nachita Rosun, @matthewmgervais.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social have been testing big theories outside the usual Western settings 🌏
🔗 👇
Nachita Rosun, @matthewmgervais.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social have been testing big theories outside the usual Western settings 🌏
🔗 👇
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1/ 🧠📊 New paper in Brain Communications by Dr Matteo De Marco and colleagues uses network science to rethink how cognition changes in Alzheimer’s disease 🧪
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1/ 🧠📊 New paper in Brain Communications by Dr Matteo De Marco and colleagues uses network science to rethink how cognition changes in Alzheimer’s disease 🧪
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The effect of Alzheimer’s biomarker positivity on neuropsychological networks
Wright et al. show that people with brain amyloidosis have significant alterations in their neuropsychological network, when this is analysed with the meth
doi.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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1/ 🧠📊 New paper in Brain Communications by Dr Matteo De Marco and colleagues uses network science to rethink how cognition changes in Alzheimer’s disease 🧪
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1/ 🧠📊 New paper in Brain Communications by Dr Matteo De Marco and colleagues uses network science to rethink how cognition changes in Alzheimer’s disease 🧪
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🎉 Congratulations to Andrei Barbanta! 🎉
We’re delighted to share that Andrei Barbanta, our outstanding Technician at Brunel University of London psychology, has won a British Psychological Society Technician Award 🏆👏
We’re delighted to share that Andrei Barbanta, our outstanding Technician at Brunel University of London psychology, has won a British Psychological Society Technician Award 🏆👏
Congratulations to the winners of the BPS and the Association of Technical Staff in Psychology (ATSiP) awards 2025 | BPS
The BPS and the Association of Technical Staff in Psychology (ATSiP) awards recognise the integral role that technicians play in advancing psychological research.
www.bps.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Andrei Barbanta! 🎉
We’re delighted to share that Andrei Barbanta, our outstanding Technician at Brunel University of London psychology, has won a British Psychological Society Technician Award 🏆👏
We’re delighted to share that Andrei Barbanta, our outstanding Technician at Brunel University of London psychology, has won a British Psychological Society Technician Award 🏆👏
🧠✏️ How does the brain actually design?
Join us for a talk by Prof John S Gero (Drexel University) on what neuroscience reveals about designing: from architects to engineers, tools to AI
Cohosted by CCN and @brunelcce.bsky.social
📅 4 Feb | 11-12
📍 Bannerman 109 + online
Open to all 👋 👇 🔗
Join us for a talk by Prof John S Gero (Drexel University) on what neuroscience reveals about designing: from architects to engineers, tools to AI
Cohosted by CCN and @brunelcce.bsky.social
📅 4 Feb | 11-12
📍 Bannerman 109 + online
Open to all 👋 👇 🔗
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
🧠✏️ How does the brain actually design?
Join us for a talk by Prof John S Gero (Drexel University) on what neuroscience reveals about designing: from architects to engineers, tools to AI
Cohosted by CCN and @brunelcce.bsky.social
📅 4 Feb | 11-12
📍 Bannerman 109 + online
Open to all 👋 👇 🔗
Join us for a talk by Prof John S Gero (Drexel University) on what neuroscience reveals about designing: from architects to engineers, tools to AI
Cohosted by CCN and @brunelcce.bsky.social
📅 4 Feb | 11-12
📍 Bannerman 109 + online
Open to all 👋 👇 🔗
📢 Happening this time next week!
Open to all! 🔓
📅29th January 2-4pm Brunel campus or online
Further info 👇
Open to all! 🔓
📅29th January 2-4pm Brunel campus or online
Further info 👇
📢 Talk announcement bringing together @brunelcce.bsky.social and CCN research centres! 📢
Dr Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center) joins us on 📆29th Jan, 2-4pm to unpack the latest global religion survey and how it diverges from Pew’s influential 2015 projections 🌍📊
Open to all! 🔓
Dr Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center) joins us on 📆29th Jan, 2-4pm to unpack the latest global religion survey and how it diverges from Pew’s influential 2015 projections 🌍📊
Open to all! 🔓
January 22, 2026 at 12:13 PM
📢 Happening this time next week!
Open to all! 🔓
📅29th January 2-4pm Brunel campus or online
Further info 👇
Open to all! 🔓
📅29th January 2-4pm Brunel campus or online
Further info 👇
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Dusted off the ol' blog after years of heavy disuse because I'm h*ckin' excited to tell y'all about some of the exciting things we're trying in our stats/methods/skills curriculum at Brunel!
Read! Share! Tell us what you think!
#psychscisky 🧪 #philsci #methodology #teaching
Read! Share! Tell us what you think!
#psychscisky 🧪 #philsci #methodology #teaching
Don’t Send A Magician To Do A Scientist’s Job: A New Blog Series About Our Experiments In Teaching Science to Young Scientists — Will Gervais
We’re doing some exciting and innovative things with our methods, stats, and skills curriculum and we want to tell y’all about it! Debuting our new bespoke 9-module statistics, methods, and skills cu...
willgervais.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Dusted off the ol' blog after years of heavy disuse because I'm h*ckin' excited to tell y'all about some of the exciting things we're trying in our stats/methods/skills curriculum at Brunel!
Read! Share! Tell us what you think!
#psychscisky 🧪 #philsci #methodology #teaching
Read! Share! Tell us what you think!
#psychscisky 🧪 #philsci #methodology #teaching
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Is the world becoming more religious? Is a Christian revival underway in the UK?
I'll discuss these questions in London next week:
Wed. at @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
Thur. at @brunelpsy.bsky.social students.brunel.ac.uk/whats-on/sha...
& Thur. at Kings www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...
I'll discuss these questions in London next week:
Wed. at @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
Thur. at @brunelpsy.bsky.social students.brunel.ac.uk/whats-on/sha...
& Thur. at Kings www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...
Is the world becoming more religious or less religious?
Join this event to hear Conrad Hackett explore the conflicting narratives about religion in the UK and around the world.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Is the world becoming more religious? Is a Christian revival underway in the UK?
I'll discuss these questions in London next week:
Wed. at @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
Thur. at @brunelpsy.bsky.social students.brunel.ac.uk/whats-on/sha...
& Thur. at Kings www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...
I'll discuss these questions in London next week:
Wed. at @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
Thur. at @brunelpsy.bsky.social students.brunel.ac.uk/whats-on/sha...
& Thur. at Kings www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...
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@willgervais.com wonderfully showcasing the work of CCE members @replicatedtypo.bsky.social @michealdebarra.bsky.social and @abbeyepage.bsky.social in re vamping the research methods at @brunelpsy.bsky.social 💙
We’re learning as we go but dead excited 📚☠️🤗
Follow for updates 🧪
We’re learning as we go but dead excited 📚☠️🤗
Follow for updates 🧪
Dusted off the ol' blog after years of heavy disuse because I'm h*ckin' excited to tell y'all about some of the exciting things we're trying in our stats/methods/skills curriculum at Brunel!
Read! Share! Tell us what you think!
#psychscisky 🧪 #philsci #methodology #teaching
Read! Share! Tell us what you think!
#psychscisky 🧪 #philsci #methodology #teaching
Don’t Send A Magician To Do A Scientist’s Job: A New Blog Series About Our Experiments In Teaching Science to Young Scientists — Will Gervais
We’re doing some exciting and innovative things with our methods, stats, and skills curriculum and we want to tell y’all about it! Debuting our new bespoke 9-module statistics, methods, and skills cu...
willgervais.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
@willgervais.com wonderfully showcasing the work of CCE members @replicatedtypo.bsky.social @michealdebarra.bsky.social and @abbeyepage.bsky.social in re vamping the research methods at @brunelpsy.bsky.social 💙
We’re learning as we go but dead excited 📚☠️🤗
Follow for updates 🧪
We’re learning as we go but dead excited 📚☠️🤗
Follow for updates 🧪
📢 Talk announcement bringing together @brunelcce.bsky.social and CCN research centres! 📢
Dr Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center) joins us on 📆29th Jan, 2-4pm to unpack the latest global religion survey and how it diverges from Pew’s influential 2015 projections 🌍📊
Open to all! 🔓
Dr Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center) joins us on 📆29th Jan, 2-4pm to unpack the latest global religion survey and how it diverges from Pew’s influential 2015 projections 🌍📊
Open to all! 🔓
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
📢 Talk announcement bringing together @brunelcce.bsky.social and CCN research centres! 📢
Dr Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center) joins us on 📆29th Jan, 2-4pm to unpack the latest global religion survey and how it diverges from Pew’s influential 2015 projections 🌍📊
Open to all! 🔓
Dr Conrad Hackett (Pew Research Center) joins us on 📆29th Jan, 2-4pm to unpack the latest global religion survey and how it diverges from Pew’s influential 2015 projections 🌍📊
Open to all! 🔓
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1/ 👩🎓 Big shout-out to Brunel PhD student Hannah Mays and supervisor @nelliferenczi.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social for contributing written evidence on misogyny in the manosphere and online content to a major policy consultation
https://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/brunel-public-policy/news-and-events/news/Written-evidence/Misogyny-the-manosphere-and-online-content-–-Hannah-Mays-and-Nelli-Ferenczi
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1/ 👩🎓 Big shout-out to Brunel PhD student Hannah Mays and supervisor @nelliferenczi.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social for contributing written evidence on misogyny in the manosphere and online content to a major policy consultation
1/ At Brunel Psychology, we’re excited to share a recent project and video featuring @byroncreese.bsky.social and the development of SmartSocks 🧦🤯 - wearable tech designed to help detect distress in people living with dementia in collaboration with health-tech start-up Milbotix
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SMARTSOCKS info video
This is "SMARTSOCKS info video" by Brunel University of London on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
1/ At Brunel Psychology, we’re excited to share a recent project and video featuring @byroncreese.bsky.social and the development of SmartSocks 🧦🤯 - wearable tech designed to help detect distress in people living with dementia in collaboration with health-tech start-up Milbotix
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1/ In a recent @britishacademy.bsky.social video @rebeccasear.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social takes a clear-eyed look at the 21st‑century rise of eugenics - an ideology that should have been left behind, yet is now re‑emerging in a number of troubling ways ⚠️🧬 🧪
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics
YouTube video by The British Academy
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ In a recent @britishacademy.bsky.social video @rebeccasear.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social takes a clear-eyed look at the 21st‑century rise of eugenics - an ideology that should have been left behind, yet is now re‑emerging in a number of troubling ways ⚠️🧬 🧪
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
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We have already received many wonderful abstracts, thank you all! 🌟
For those who need a little extra time, we have good news: the #EHBEA2026 deadline has been extended to 9 Jan. ✍️✨
Add the finishing touches, hit submit, and join an exciting, inspiring conference!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
For those who need a little extra time, we have good news: the #EHBEA2026 deadline has been extended to 9 Jan. ✍️✨
Add the finishing touches, hit submit, and join an exciting, inspiring conference!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
Overview | EHBEA2026
The upcoming conference of the European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands, 14th-17th of April 2026.
EHBEA conferences bring together researchers applyi...
www.ehbea2026.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
1/ 🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr @byroncreese.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social , whose NIHR-funded project has been featured in this month’s Leading Edge!
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
1/ 🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr @byroncreese.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social , whose NIHR-funded project has been featured in this month’s Leading Edge!
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1/ 🧵 New PNAS paper by CCE’s @michealdebarra.bsky.social @aiyanakoka.bsky.social with Angel V Jiménez and Nachita Rosun🎉
📄 Why do people turn to religious or supernatural cures?
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#evolpsy #evolanth #evolutionarybehaviouralsciences #culturalevolution
📄 Why do people turn to religious or supernatural cures?
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#evolpsy #evolanth #evolutionarybehaviouralsciences #culturalevolution
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
1/ 🧵 New PNAS paper by CCE’s @michealdebarra.bsky.social @aiyanakoka.bsky.social with Angel V Jiménez and Nachita Rosun🎉
📄 Why do people turn to religious or supernatural cures?
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#evolpsy #evolanth #evolutionarybehaviouralsciences #culturalevolution
📄 Why do people turn to religious or supernatural cures?
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#evolpsy #evolanth #evolutionarybehaviouralsciences #culturalevolution
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@michealdebarra.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social discuss all about this research in this short video 📹
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Understanding Illness & Treatment Through Supernatural Beliefs | A. Willard & M. De Barra, Brunel
YouTube video by Templeton Religion Trust
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@michealdebarra.bsky.social and @aiyanakoka.bsky.social discuss all about this research in this short video 📹
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🧵 1/ Excited to share this work from CCEs Francisco Gómez Jiménez, whose research explores gender diversity across cultures 🌍
Francisco introduces the muxes of the Istmo Zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico - a remarkable example of longstanding, culturally grounded gender diversity 🏳️🌈
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Francisco introduces the muxes of the Istmo Zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico - a remarkable example of longstanding, culturally grounded gender diversity 🏳️🌈
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Testing Biological Evolutionary Patterns Amongst Muxes: A Chat with Dr. Francisco Gómez Jiménez
YouTube video by Gender Diversity Across Cultures
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🧵 1/ Excited to share this work from CCEs Francisco Gómez Jiménez, whose research explores gender diversity across cultures 🌍
Francisco introduces the muxes of the Istmo Zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico - a remarkable example of longstanding, culturally grounded gender diversity 🏳️🌈
🎥👇
Francisco introduces the muxes of the Istmo Zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico - a remarkable example of longstanding, culturally grounded gender diversity 🏳️🌈
🎥👇
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1/ 🎙️ New paper by Dr Aiyana Willard argues it’s time to retire HADD = “we’re hardwired to see agents EVERYWHERE” and replace it with something that *actually* fits the evidence 🪦➡️📚
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
🔗 Read it 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
🔗 Read it 👇
Belief as explanation: a motivation-based theory of agency and anthropomorphism in religious belief
Supernatural agent beliefs are ubiquitous across cultures, yet many theories aimed at explaining this fact have not held up to scrutiny. The most famous of these, the Hyperactive Agency Detection D...
www.tandfonline.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
1/ 🎙️ New paper by Dr Aiyana Willard argues it’s time to retire HADD = “we’re hardwired to see agents EVERYWHERE” and replace it with something that *actually* fits the evidence 🪦➡️📚
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
🔗 Read it 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
🔗 Read it 👇
1/ 🎉 New Brunel Psychology publication alert co-authored with Dr Pauldy Otermans and Sofia Barbosa Boucas, is now out in the European Journal of Education!
“Students’ Views on Their Academic Skills Development” 📚✨
“Students’ Views on Their Academic Skills Development” 📚✨
Students' Views on Their Academic Skills Development: How Can We Further Enhance Students' Development During Their Degree and Beyond?
Providing students with the right academic support throughout their studies is a crucial element for successful degree completion and graduate outcomes. The purpose of this study is to provide insigh...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1/ 🎉 New Brunel Psychology publication alert co-authored with Dr Pauldy Otermans and Sofia Barbosa Boucas, is now out in the European Journal of Education!
“Students’ Views on Their Academic Skills Development” 📚✨
“Students’ Views on Their Academic Skills Development” 📚✨
🧵 1/ Delighted to share that the edited volume Interprofessional Ethics Across the Life Course in Health and Social Care is now published with Brunel Psychology Sofia Barbosa Bouças as an contributor. 📘✨
#InterprofessionalEthics #BrunelResearch
#InterprofessionalEthics #BrunelResearch
Interprofessional Ethics Across the Life Course in Health and Social Care: A Scenario-Based Approach
Interprofessional teams of health and social care professionals encounter, and respond to, significant ethical challenges and complexity in their everyday work. This scenario-based book explores how t...
www.routledge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🧵 1/ Delighted to share that the edited volume Interprofessional Ethics Across the Life Course in Health and Social Care is now published with Brunel Psychology Sofia Barbosa Bouças as an contributor. 📘✨
#InterprofessionalEthics #BrunelResearch
#InterprofessionalEthics #BrunelResearch
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1/ 🩸 New Research by former CCE Tristin Agtarap and CCE member Julieta Baker 📣👏
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
Empowered Choices: Exploring the Interplay of Menstruation, Menstrual Products, and Well-being
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
1/ 🩸 New Research by former CCE Tristin Agtarap and CCE member Julieta Baker 📣👏
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body
A new paper in *Sexuality Research & Social Policy* explores how menstrual product choices and menstrual-care practices shape empowerment, autonomy and connection to the body