University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is consistently rated as one of the UK’s top academic institutions and a premier world institution. Research on emotion is carried out in the Department of Experimental Psychology which received a 5* - the highest possible grade – in the UK 2001 Research Assessment Exercise Brian Parkinson is recognised as a leading international figure in the psychology of emotion. Brian Parkinson is part of the social psychology group at Oxford University which has long been central to research on interpersonal interaction and emotion. His expertise is in emotions in communication and social life. He has led research on affect regulation and the videomediated communication of emotion. He is currently working on a project which assesses the impact of video mediation on real-time emotion-related interpersonal exchanges. Parkinson is an author of some of the leading books in the psychology of emotion

Dr Brian Parkinson is Fellow of Christ Church College and University Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at Oxford. He is a member of the social psychology group at Oxford University which has long been central to research on interpersonal interaction and emotion. His expertise is in emotions in communication and social life. He has led research on affect regulation and the videomediated communication of emotion. He is currently working on a project which assesses the impact of video mediation on real-time emotion-related interpersonal exchanges.