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Biography

Dr Joe Stubbersfield is a senior lecturer in Psychology. He holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Manchester, an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Liverpool, and a joint Psychology and Anthropology PhD from the University of Durham. He has held previous posts at the University of St Andrews, the University of Durham and Heriot-Watt University before joining the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2021.Ìý

He is the co-Programme Leader for the BSc Psychology Programme, Volunteer Research Assistant coordinator for Psychology, and module leader for Volunteering for Psychology (year 3), and Pschology Placement (year 3). His other teaching includes social psychology at Foundation Year, Year 2, and MSc, and supervising final year undergraduate and postgraduate student projects on a variety of topics related to social psychology.

He is the leader of the Social and Organisational Psychology Research Group. He is the current editor of the for Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, and a lead designer of a free, online learning module on the 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

Book Chapters

Stubbersfield, J. (2024). Content-based learning biases. In T. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_134-1Ìý

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

Magazine, Newspaper and Online

Stubbersfield. J. (2024)

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.