School of Social and Political Science

Description

The Neuropolitics Research Lab produces transdisciplinary research, utilising developments in the cognitive neurosciences, to shed new light on political attitudes, identities and decision-behaviours. Our aim is to test the utility of methods more typically associated with neuroscience, informatics and cognitive psychology in helping us to understand more about political attitudes and behaviours.

Neuropolitics research is produced in collaboration with colleagues from the social sciences, psychology, informatics and the brain-imaging centres at the University of Edinburgh. We also work closely with colleagues from other universities at home and abroad as well as with partners in industry.