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<div dir="ltr">Am jumping on this announcement to highlight this opportunity to you guys. This is part of the new ESRC funding given to RES. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">It’s not yet clear how to sign up but the December 11 one sounds like something you guys will want to definitely attend (if not stream in the lab)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Best,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">H/t to Mirko for this. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 13, 2024 1:29:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie O'Neill <katie.oneill@stir.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> phd-behsci Mailing List <phd-behsci@lists.stir.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Phd-behsci] New PhD Lab slot: Wednesday 11:30-13:00 + Welcome to our new PhD students!</font>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space">For the newbies, a bit of context.
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<div class="">Katie’s research is on why people do or don’t believe in conspiracy theories.<br class="">
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<div class="">On 13. Sep 2024, at 13:27, Katie O'Neill <<a href="mailto:katie.oneill@stir.ac.uk" class="">katie.oneill@stir.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Welcome to all of the new members! I’m sorry I won’t be able to attend the regular sessions but I will be sure to keep you updated on the latest
conspiracy theories.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Based on the recent Harris/Trump Presidential Debate:</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Pet dogs and cats are being eaten by illegal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio (<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77l28myezko" originalsrc="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77l28myezko" shash="lIW0D7vjAAwZox468p/urWqzXFR6jZ52TU9E49LPO0jVOnQbu1V+nJvvF1Oo9uk6g4Dg9W5BrotQ40D4e4bRbAG0LeOH4f0QMSHqPcycSCxAQDqwfwGMQNXJQYH+aTEg1m4mRvIlymnJ4y3IwjyL25+k3sS/PqsQBo5B5CHhBv4=" originalsrc="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77l28myezko" shash="FbUX2j5k8tc+YPXmn71g7EZ7AFJBy3EVeF2kneTycPslkINbfBnaIvN3mI/lZrqeeVHN753k0sSCZ7inEtWxB8dluTZgzfsnmkmGGB+2nOBHZKnfVOubg5zZew1P8y2SkqFLpFSehQsPqboxI6hJaroiRSTkKgnOLyWkmfoEDrE=" class="" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77l28myezko</a>)
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">The pearl earrings that Kamala Harris wore at the debate were secret earphones where she was being fed answers (<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/09/11/social-media-claims-harris-had-earphone-earrings-during-the-debate/" originalsrc="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/09/11/social-media-claims-harris-had-earphone-earrings-during-the-debate/" shash="PcKdYcsdrpVy1b8vmVZIjgQF6vyC18E0kVGYJ3ImxdcN7MM7pHANSU+AMtqm1zJ1I9zBTLcKoonwfqAof5PiWusLx6a3fQgSTecAK61TSIugwgwRJGvyPRM+/XrjDiTA4CpDrF2SQXx920GUtOsi3eyrw1zM5s9IJB49oRk3cr8=" originalsrc="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/09/11/social-media-claims-harris-had-earphone-earrings-during-the-debate/" shash="paQoFeiqOsZ1Q+OC3FgwE3l7IlSI+A7nf/d5HRkYAfwb3JMPEmDJhRk7GNZYH4cuCsyo1ttDLRuXfFtyRKAvA8zcE0RWzOdXcQv2Q36K2SkQoRbAmm5b3SfUyahiEW9XJNd40O0+gCJleqtt8vGuI7JpQWcT/LhLmDdICcjxQYc=" class="" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2024/09/11/social-media-claims-harris-had-earphone-earrings-during-the-debate/</a>)</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span class="" style="font-size:11pt">Katie</span></div>
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<<a href="mailto:phd-behsci-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk" class="" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">phd-behsci-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk</a>><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Till
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<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Phd-behsci] New PhD Lab slot: Wednesday 11:30-13:00 + Welcome to our new PhD students!</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Turns out all other slots were worse than our original one. So we will stick with Wednesday. Note, that I moved the lab half an hour out, as this will help some folks at the margins
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This means that the new PhD Lab slot for Autumn is<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Wednesdays 11:30-13:00.</b></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">By the way, one of the reasons it is getting harder to find a time slot that works for all is that our PhD lab is growing in size!<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">I
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Gabrielle “Gabe” Han – <a href="mailto:g.s.han@stir.ac.uk" class="" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">g.s.han@stir.ac.uk</a> </li></ul>
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Gabe is already at Stirling and will have her office in C.X1</li></ul>
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Liz Barker – <a href="mailto:elizabethhbarker@yahoo.co.uk" class="" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">elizabethhbarker@yahoo.co.uk</a> (until she gets a Stirling e-mail address)</li></ul>
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She will officially join Stirling in October, but I hope she can make the first lab session on the 25th of September</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">
We have to get a little creative in keeping our two Liz’s apart now. In fact, their names only differ by two letters. Liz Bar<b class=""><u class="">n</u></b>e<b class=""><u class="">s</u></b> and Liz Bar<b class=""><u class="">k</u></b>e<b class=""><u class="">r</u>.<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>I
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Stewart Robertson – <a href="mailto:Stewart.Robertson@fca.org.uk" class="" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Stewart.Robertson@fca.org.uk</a> (until he gets a Stirling e-mail address)</li></ul>
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Same as Liz – he will officially join Stirling in October, but I hope she can make the first lab session on the 25th of September</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm; font-size:12pt; font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">
Most of you will know Stewart as a fellow MSc Behavioural Science graduate</li></ul>
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