Juliet Dunstone

I currently work as the Policy and Research Coordinator at Equate Scotland - a charity that aims to increase gender Equity in the STEM and built-environment sectors in Scotland. I have policy expertise in areas such as equalities, green skills, and workforce development.

Previously, I have worked as an academic researcher. I have contributed to research projects on:

•  Public responses to the Climate Crisis, people's interactions with water and utilities, and their motivation to take positive climate action (University of Stirling).

• The effectiveness of science communication, and whether using methods from Cultural Evolution research can make science communication more effective (University of Liverpool).

• The underlying causes and  consequences of  intuitive alignment (University of Birmingham).

• The the evolution of linguistic complexity (Edinburgh University).

I completed my Psychology PhD in 2020 with the ERC-funded RATCHETCOG research group at the University of Stirling, UK.  

My  PhD research was on the cognitive requirements for cumulative culture in human adults, with a focus on cognition, metacognition and executive functions. I specifically researched whether explicit awareness of own knowledge, and access to explicit executive function resources, has an impact on social and individual learning strategies. I worked as part of an interdisciplinary team comparing the cognitive abilities of human adults, human children and non-human primates.  

I have also been one of the co-organisers of the Culture Conference.

Outside of the traditional workplace I am a member of the media and spokesperson team for the campaign to stop the Rosebank oil field and I am a writer, editor, and social media contributor for Curious.Earth.

I also love dogs, wild swimming, eating pizza, and going on holiday on the train.