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Research interests
My research is positioned in the areas of labor and behavioral economics.
My research has been featured in over 1000 media outlets across the globe including the Atlantic, BBC, Business Standard, Daily Beast, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph Australia, Daily Star, El Confidential, Financial Express, Fox News, Glamor US, Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, Independent, Mirror, New York Magazine, Sky News, Sun, Telegraph, Times and Sunday Times, Times of India.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students who are interested in these broad research fields.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Uncertain Future and the Affective Imagination
Dawson, C. (PI)
Economic and Social Research Council
15/01/25 → 14/01/28
Project: Research council
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Anticipatory Emotions, Risk and Time Preferences
Dawson, C. (PI) & Johnson, S. (CoI)
6/05/21 → 1/10/21
Project: Research-related funding
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Understanding Official Data Sources, Low Pay Commission
Ritchie, F. (PI), Dawson, C. (CoI) & Whittard, D. (CoI)
1/08/13 → 1/02/14
Project: Project at a former HEI
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Research output
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Associations of genetic variants for educational success with risk and time preferences vary by childhood environment
Dawson, C., 4 Feb 2026, (Acceptance date) In: Communications Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Asymmetric Anticipatory Emotions and Economic Preferences: Dread, Savoring, Risk, and Time
Dawson, C. & Johnson, S. G. B., 31 Jan 2026, In: Cognitive Science. 50, 1, e70160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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IQ, Genes, and Miscalibrated Expectations
Dawson, C., 12 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Looking on the (B)right side of life: Cognitive ability and miscalibrated financial expectations
Dawson, C., 30 Sept 2025, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 51, 9, p. 1703-1715 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Joy of (Finally) Winning: Brexit and Subjective Wellbeing
Qin, Y., Baker, P. & Dawson, C., 13 Dec 2025, PsyArXiv Preprints.Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Tomlinson, P. (Recipient) & Dawson, C. (Recipient), 17 Dec 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Top ten most-citied article published
Dawson, C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)