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Asked by anon-215099 to Laura, Kathryn, Ian, Chris, Bogdana, Alex on 10 Jun 2019. This question was also asked by anon-215100.
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Chris Fullwood answered on 10 Jun 2019:
I’d like to receive the funding so I can inspire the next generation of cyberpsychologists. This would benefit the whole of cyberpsychology because we need new ideas and young people who have grown up with this technology all around them to come and help shape the field
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Ian Cookson answered on 10 Jun 2019:
I think because I’m probably the funniest psychologist here. A psychologist once said to me, in his Scottish accent, “You know Ian, you’re a funny guy, and I know you’re funny. But here’s the thing. I think you know, I know you’re funny.” I couldn’t work that out either! What I want to do with the funding is buy resources for schools, so this doesn’t benefit me and my future career, but carries on the I’m a Scientist idea by encouraging young people to think about psychology.
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Kathryn Atherton answered on 10 Jun 2019:
I would use the funding to try to make a difference to a large number of people, making our society fairer, and changing the shape of our future.
No, I don’t think it would have an impact on my own career, but it could benefit the future careers of many students.
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Alex Lloyd answered on 11 Jun 2019: last edited 11 Jun 2019 8:12 am
I hope that I would deserve the funding as I want to use the money to give back to the students who have taken part in this process! I would like to support a group of students to conduct some research for themselves and present it back to their schools. I think this would benefit my career a lot. As I am still early on in my career, showing that I can help guide students to conduct their own research would show my ability to support students 🙂
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Laura Fisk answered on 11 Jun 2019:
I think we probably all deserve the money because it sounds like everyone here is passionate about doing an excellent job of sharing psychology with more young people. For me, I absolutely think it could benefit my career – because learning to communicate better is a fundamental bit of my job (well, and in being a human) and I need to learn from everyone I can about how to do it better. If I can communicate better, I can help people better – which benefits me in my career, but also benefits the people I work with (and the people they interact with and on and on…)
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Bogdana Huma answered on 13 Jun 2019:
I don’t think I deserve the funding…yet. This is a competition, so the funding will be awarded based on our performance throughout. We still have to convince you we deserve it.
The funding would influence my career indirectly, in that it would allow me to put together a workshop that draws on findings for my research to help people to better resist persuasive attempts (such as influencers on social media, salespeople who ‘cold’ call etc.). Since I finished my PhD I thought about doing this, but other work commitments have gotten in the way. So the funding would ‘oblige’ me to pursue this dream.
In the long run, organising this workshop will help my career because it will allow me to create impact from my research, which is an outcome that funding bodies look for when you apply for more research money. Additionally, this workshop will allow me to identity other issues related to persuasion that people might face and thus spark new research ideas.
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