Science, Policy and Pandemics: Episode 5 - Insights from Behavioural Sciences

This week, our host Dr Rob Doubleday sits down with Dr Simone Schnall and Dr Sander van der Linden to discuss to psychological aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. We explore topics including the psychological aspects of isolation, why people spread misinformation, and coping with uncertainty.

CSaP's Science and Policy Podcast is a production of the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge. This series on science, policy and pandemics is produced in partnership with Cambridge Infectious Diseases and the Cambridge Immunology Network.

Our guest this week:

Dr Simone Schnall is a Reader in Experimental Social Psychology at the University of Cambridge.You can read Simone's recent blogs on Coronavirus: A View from Behavioral Science, which cover topics including "The White Male Effect" and "When Anxiety Yields to Grief". 

Dr Sander van der Linden is a University Lecturer and Director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. 

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This series is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have feedback about this episode, or questions you’d like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk .