Introduction
Nicholas Faulkner is a Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University. Nicholas completed his Ph.D. at Monash University and his undergraduate studies at Griffith University and Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies). In 2012, he was AEUIFAI Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence.
His research interests lie primarily in the areas of political psychology and behavioural public administration. In recent years, he has investigated several topics, including:
- how emotions, norms and social identities influence people's willingness to help people in other nations;
- how the internet can be used to improve or exacerbate intergroup bias and racism; and,
- how psychological techniques can be used to increase compliance with requests from government agencies.
His research has been published in leading social and political science journals, including Political Psychology, Public Administration Review, and Ethnic and Racial Studies. He also regularly consults and works with government and non-government bodies on how to use behavioural science to promote socially-beneficial behaviours.
Expert
- My PhD investigated how to encourage people to help others in distant nations.
- I have published research in top scholarly journals on topics such as anti-racism (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2016.1171370, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.026), helping across borders (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12411), and other topics.
Fields of expertise: Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Monitoring and evaluation, Social change / social transformations