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PUBLIC ENGAGAMENT

In 2019 I received the Vice Chancellor's Public Engagement with research Award

I am currently heading up the University of Lincoln's Pint of Science team.

We brought the international Pint of Science festival to Lincoln for the first time in May 2019.

For more info visit the Pint of Science website

I appeared on BBC One's Crimewatch Roadshow in March 2019.

I spoke about our research on improving CCTV (Ritchie et al, 2018, Applied Cognitive Psychology).

As part of our association with Pint of Science, we have hosted public talks evenings with former NASA astronauts, Mike Foale and Steve Swanson.

Magazine

Articles

Article for The Conversation on face masks. Noyes, Gray & Ritchie (2021). Why we can still recognise people in face masks. Link

Article for The Conversation on face recognition technology. Kramer & Ritchie (2016). The trouble with facial recognition technology (in the real world). Link

Article for the Journal of Geek Studies on human face identification. Ritchie & Kramer (2016). Why (and how) Superman hides behind his glasses: the difficulties of face matching. Link

Other
Stuff

I have given lots of public talks, some of which can be found on YouTube.

I recorded the first episode in the Spotlights podcast. You can hear it here

The Community Lab

In November 2017, my colleagues and I set up The Community Lab in Skegness Aquarium. The Community Lab provided a series of interactive demonstrations based on current research and interesting phenomena in psychology.

I gained funding for the event from the ESRC as part of their Festival of Social Science. We received lots of great feedback from our visitors who ranged from children to older adults.