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Dr. Philip Howlett is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. His work focuses on cross-cultural psychology, friendship dynamics, emotion perception, and wellbeing. He currently leads an ESRC-funded project examining shared values' impact on young people's environmental behavior and hope. He collaborates with lab groups including Critical Research in Social Psychology (CRISP), Social and Cultural Cognition (SCC), and Environment, Transport & Sustainability (EnTS). Previously, he researched intergroup friendships and race talk funded by the British Academy, and school integration via social network analysis funded by the Nuffield Foundation. His research bridges social psychology with applied contexts like education and environmental policy, emphasizing cultural and contextual influences on human behavior.
Key projects include exploring how friendship group sizes vary cross-culturally and influence emotion judgment, developing the Friendship Habits Questionnaire to measure socializing styles, and investigating how shared values mediate pro-environmental attitudes. His work contributes to UN SDGs targeting sustainable communities and reducing inequalities.
Professional activities include collaborative performances on social psychology themes and peer-reviewed conferences. His research often employs mixed-methods approaches, combining surveys with experimental designs to understand interpersonal relationships in diverse settings.
