Our lab conducts research in two main areas. These broadly concern how people make sense of their social interactions (social cognition) and what they do when they interact (social interaction). We also explore the relationships between social cognition and behaviour to understand how aspects of social cognition predict elements of social behaviour.

Our current projects include:

Understanding the role of behavioural reciprocity in social negotiations

Understanding how aspects of social cognition relate to individual differences in face-to-face social behaviour

Understanding how the exchange of social information shapes interpersonal evaluation

Exploring how individual differences in face-to-face social behaviour lead to interpersonal "chemistry" (using speed dating)

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We use methods from economics and game theory, cognitive psychology, social psychology, ethnography, machine learning/AI and other disciplines to explore these ideas.