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In a partnership with Northeastern University, the School of Psychology offers a stipend (offsetting travel and accommodation costs) for Northeastern undergraduate students to work as full-time research interns for one or two semesters as part of their co-op program.
Students to date have worked with Dr Jocelyn Dautel, Dr Laura Taylor, Dr Grace Carroll and Prof Aidan Feeney. See below for examples of projects that Northeastern Co-op students have been invited to work on:
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Generation peace: Children, conflict and competing identities in Europe |
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Using e-contact to promote more positive intergroup contact experiences |
Social Interactions Laboratory |
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Examining the impact of music video watching on stress and anxiety reduction. |
Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life |
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Examining modifiable factors influencing the decision to join a stem cell registry |
Stem Cell Donation Project, Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life |
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Balance control in neurotypical adults and in adults with autism. |
Perception, Action and balance research |
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Factors which motivate young people to disidentify with traditional identities
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Visit the Centre for Identity and Intergroup Relations Website
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Learn more about Dr Danielle Blaylock Learn more about Dr Stephanie Burns
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Dark Personalities in Context |
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Multidisciplinary research on facial expression |
Social Interaction Lab |
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Emotion and Cognition Research |
Interdisciplinary collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast (Psychology), the University of Warwick (Philosophy), and the University of Birmingham (Psychology).
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Learn more about Dr Agnieszka Jaroslawska Learn more about Prof Aidan Feeney Learn more about Prof Teresa McCormack
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Download our Intern Opportunities Guide for Northeastern University undergraduate students.
Connect with Northeastern University for further details and to apply.
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Email Charlotte Lam (Northeastern University) or email Dr Jocelyn Dautel (Queen’s University, Belfast)
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Alex Jacob International Affairs & History Northeastern University During my five and a half months at Queen’s, I have participated in three main areas of work.
Through these and other work tasks, I have also learned a lot about how to integrate my International Affairs and History degrees with other disciplines and apply my knowledge in those fields to a wider variety of sectors and experiences. Overall, I have really enjoyed living, traveling, and working in Northern Ireland. Belfast is a smaller city, so it is very manageable but there is still a lot to do. It is also quite easy to both get around the whole island and to travel elsewhere in the UK and Europe. |
Leah Cohen Northeastern University I decided to do my co-op here because I love Ireland and knew I wanted to do my co-op abroad. Psychology research is the field I want to eventually get into, so this was perfect. My experience at Queen’s has been great, working with the Animal Behaviour Centre. Specifically what I did as a research assistant here was oversee recruitment of participants for both parts of a study investigating whether the ability in humans to recognize and attend to infant features is linked to personality or attitude towards animals. For the second part, an eye-tracking study, I scheduled in and ran the participants. I helped design some Qualtrics surveys and edited some ethics applications. I created and ran the Animal Behaviour Centre twitter page, and am currently helping write a literature review on methods of bycatch reduction through human behaviour change. With this co-op, I got to see and work on all stages of the research process and work on various other projects. This will help me gain employment with my new experience in all aspects of psychology research, which is exactly what I’m trying to do. |
