Awareness of Implicit Bias?
January 29, 2014
There’s a nice video that gives some details of studies on implicit bias over at the Feminist Philosophers Blog. These studies are relevant to biases that influence hiring and evaluation decisions, and show that biases about race, gender, sexual orientation and parenting role can influence judgements of individuals’ skills. Apart from providing useful …
Introducing the Project Blog
January 22, 2014
Welcome to the blog that charts the progress of our three year Leverhulme Trust funded research project, on Bias and Blame. Suppose it turns out that our behaviour is influenced in subtle ways such that we often unintentionally treat people differentially, or unfairly. Many studies in psychology have found this to be the case: …
Leverhulme Funded PhD
Our project comes with a funded PhD studentship attached. We’re recruiting now. Details below! Project title: Bias and Blame: Do Moral Interactions Modulate the Expression of Implicit Biases? The Department of Philosophy, The University of Nottingham, is offering a funded PhD place ( £13,726 maintenance per year over 3 years FT, including payment of the …
