Dr Robert Spencer
| Name | Dr Robert Spencer |
|---|---|
| Job title | Lecturer in Psychology |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | Psychology |
| Email address | r.spencer@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-4717 |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Rob Spencer is a behavioural scientist with a background in
behavioural ecology and evolutionary psychology. His research involves
the development of game-theoretical models to understand behaviour
between interdependent agents and the application of such models to real
populations (Behavioural Game Theory). He is interested in
decision-making in social dilemmas within human populations. His
research involves the use of economic games to understand
decision-making around resources and the psychological traits, life
history traits and environmental factors that mediate whether people
engage in self-interested or cooperative behaviours.
Education and qualifications
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Research outputs
Averting depletion in a two-player common pool resource game: Being seen, the expectation of future encounters, and biophilia play a role in cooperation
Bonfrisco, M., Russell, Y., Broom, M. and Spencer, R. 2024. Averting depletion in a two-player common pool resource game: Being seen, the expectation of future encounters, and biophilia play a role in cooperation. Dynamic Games and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13235-024-00557-8A pilot study for satellite-tracking Gadwalls Mareca strepera wintering in the Lea Valley, UK
Spencer, R., Roper, P., Hill, T. and Scott, S. 2022. A pilot study for satellite-tracking Gadwalls Mareca strepera wintering in the Lea Valley, UK. Ringing and Migration. 37 (1-2), pp. 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2023.2242050Tourism, migration, and the exodus to virtual worlds: place attachment in massively multiplayer online gamers
Coulson, M., Oskis, A., Spencer, R. and Gould, R. 2020. Tourism, migration, and the exodus to virtual worlds: place attachment in massively multiplayer online gamers. Psychology of Popular Media. 9 (4), pp. 525-532. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000244Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy
Dickins, T., Neller, K. and Spencer, R. 2018. Clutch size in Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society. 6, pp. 35-54.A game-theoretical model of kleptoparasitic behavior in an urban gull (Laridae) population
Spencer, R. and Broom, M. 2018. A game-theoretical model of kleptoparasitic behavior in an urban gull (Laridae) population. Behavioral Ecology. 29 (1), pp. 60-78. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx125An empirical and theoretical investigation of kleptoparasitic foraging behaviour in mixed-species aggregations of gulls (Laridae)
Spencer, R. 2017. An empirical and theoretical investigation of kleptoparasitic foraging behaviour in mixed-species aggregations of gulls (Laridae). PhD thesis Middlesex University PsychologyKleptoparasitism in gulls Laridae at an urban and a coastal foraging environment: an assessment of ecological predictors
Spencer, R., Russell, Y., Dickins, B. and Dickins, T. 2017. Kleptoparasitism in gulls Laridae at an urban and a coastal foraging environment: an assessment of ecological predictors. Bird Study. 64 (1), pp. 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2016.1249821Differences in aggression and nest behavior between herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and lesser black-backer gulls (Larus fuscus) on Lundy
Spencer, R. and Dickins, T. 2014. Differences in aggression and nest behavior between herring gulls (Larus argentatus) and lesser black-backer gulls (Larus fuscus) on Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society. 4, pp. 85-104.515
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