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Phil Reed D.Phil.

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Phil Reed, D.Phil., is a professor of psychology at Swansea University. He obtained a D.Phil. from the University of York and previously held a Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford, and a Readership in Learning and Behaviour at University College London.

Phil's broad basic and applied research interests include: Learning and Behaviour; Autism, Special Needs, and Educational Interventions; and Psychology and Medicine, including Digital Dependence, and Uro/Gynaecological Health. Phil has written several books, including Interventions for Autism: Evidence for Educational and Clinical Practice, and published over 240 papers. He has been invited to present his work at many international conferences.

Phil’s research includes both basic theoretical analyses of psychological concepts, and evaluation of interventions, services, and products in relation to psychological and behavioural factors impacting effectiveness. Phil and his team have presented their work in Women’s Health at the National Assembly for Wales, and were awarded the ‘Medal of the President of the Republic’ of Italy in 2016 for scientific contribution to society.

Phil appears regularly in the media, and has been featured on the Science Channel’s ‘Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman’, ‘ITV Wales’, ‘BBC Wales’, and ‘BBC Radio Wales’. There have been two radio specials on Phil’s Digital Dependence research on syndicated U.S. radio shows (Richie Allen; Katherine Albrecht), and features in Time Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, and locally in the Swansea Evening Post, and the Western Mail.

Phil serves on Editorial Boards for leading journals and has held appointments for UK Departments for Health and Education and Children in Wales Policy Council. Phil has worked with public-sector organisations, medical and educational charities, private businesses, and has received funding from Tenovus Cancer Care, NHS, LEAs, Baily Thomas Fund, ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, and Mechner Foundation.

Books by Phil Reed D.Phil.
Recent Posts
Understanding the Digital Swarm
Studies of biological swarms give insight into digital swarming, allowing social media users to recognize and understand the behaviors of others in their digital group.
Can Social Media Help the Search for Truth?

Efforts to determine true posts have importance for disinformation management, but what if this misses the point, and the function of social media has nothing to do with truth?

Efforts to determine true posts have importance for disinformation management, but what if this misses the point, and the function of social media has nothing to do with truth?

Is There a Link Between ADHD and Social Media?

Caution is needed about claims that social media increases ADHD, but there are reasons why social media is preferred by those with ADHD, which may not lead to positive outcomes.

Caution is needed about claims that social media increases ADHD, but there are reasons why social media is preferred by those with ADHD, which may not lead to positive outcomes.

Why Digital News Can Make Us Feel Helpless

Learned helplessness helps us understand how our endless newsfeeds play a role in our negative mental state.

Learned helplessness helps us understand how our endless newsfeeds play a role in our negative mental state.

Holiday Time and the Mobile Phone

Will your holiday feel longer or shorter, and better or worse, with a digital device in your pocket?

Will your holiday feel longer or shorter, and better or worse, with a digital device in your pocket?

The Dangers of Back-to-Back Digital Meetings

Research suggests that too many digital meetings could reduce what we take in, narrow our ability to interpret novel ideas, and negatively affect our vision.

Research suggests that too many digital meetings could reduce what we take in, narrow our ability to interpret novel ideas, and negatively affect our vision.