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Biography

Dr Joe Stubbersfield is a senior lecturer in . He holds a BSc in Psychology from the ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï of Manchester, an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology from the ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï of Liverpool, and a joint Psychology and Anthropology PhD from the ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï of Durham. He has held previous posts at the ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï of St Andrews, the ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï of Durham and Heriot-Watt ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï before joining the ¾¢±¬´ó¹Ï in 2021.Ìý

He is the Personal Tutor, and Volunteer Research Assistant coordinator for Psychology, module leader for Approaches and Myth Busting in Psychology (foundation year), Volunteering for Psychology (year 3), and Pschology Placement (year 3), and supervises undergraduate projects on a variety of topics related to social psychology.Ìý

Other teaching responsibilities include:

• Developing Academic Skills and a Sense of Vocation (foundation year)
• Applied Skills for Research and Practise (year 2)
• Social Psychology (year 2)

He is leader of theÌý, and a member of the . He is the current editor of the for Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsÌýand a lead designer of a free, online learning module on the C for the Cultural Evolution Society.

Areas of expertise

• The social transmission and cultural evolution of narratives
• The role of cognitive biases in the content and propagation of misinformation, conspiracy theories and urban legends

Publications

Journal articles

Acerbi, A., & Stubbersfield, J. M. (2023). .ÌýProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,Ìý120(44), e2313790120.

Scrivner, C., & Stubbersfield, J.M.(2023). . British Journal of Psychology.Ìý

Youngblood, M., Stubbersfield, J. M., Morin, O., Glassman, R., & Acerbi, A. (2023). .ÌýHumanities and Social Sciences Communications,Ìý10(1), 1-11.Ìý

Stubbersfield, J.M. (2022). .ÌýCulture and Evolution,Ìý19(1), 41-60.

Matthews, L., Nowak, S., Gidengil, C., Chen, C., Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J., & Parker, A. (2022). . American Anthropologist. 1-16.Ìý

Stubbersfield, J. M., Dean, L. G., Sheikh, S., Laland, K. N., & Cross, C. P. (2019).ÌýÌýPalgrave Communications,Ìý5(1), 70.

Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J., & Flynn, E. (2018).Ìý

Jiménez, A.V., Stubbersfield, J.M, & Tehrani, J.J. (2018).Ìý, 215, 23-27.

Stubbersfield, J., Flynn, E., & Tehrani, J. (2017).Ìý

Stubbersfield, J. M., Tehrani, J.J., & Flynn, E.G. (2017).Ìý.ÌýJournal of Cognition and Culture,Ìý17 (1-2), 12-26

Stubbersfield, J. M., Tehrani, J. J. & Flynn, E. G. (2015).Ìý

Stubbersfield, J., & Tehrani, J. (2013).Ìý

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Book Chapters

Stubbersfield, J.M. (2023).Ìý. In J.J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.),ÌýThe Oxford Handbook of Cultural EvolutionÌý(online edn,ÌýC72S1–C72P225). Oxford Academic.Ìý

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Magazine, Newspaper and Online

Stubbersfield. J. (2023).Ìý. The Conversation.

Stubbersfield, J. (2021).Ìý. The Conversation.Ìý

Stubbersfield, J. (2020).Ìý. Konect Magazine.Ìý

Stubbersfield, J. (2018).Ìý. Folklore Thursday.

Stubbersfield, J. (2018).ÌýÌýEvolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture Blog.

Stubbersfield, J. (2014).ÌýÌýThe Conversation

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Book Reviews

Stubbersfield, J.M.Ìý(2019). [].ÌýEvolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture.Ìý3(1), 147-150.