Dr. Julia F. Christensen

Scientist | Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics | Author of The Pathway to Flow & Dancing is the Best Medicine

London, England, United Kingdom

About

I'm an experimental psychologist and a popular science writer. I have spent the past years studying the relationship between the arts, emotion and the brain, using quantitative and qualitative research methods. I am passionate about communicating scientific evidence from neuroscience and psychology to a broad audience, within and beyond academia.

Experience

  • Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
    Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Warburg Institute, University of London
    Apr 2017 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Quantitative and qualitative research, data analysis • Event management (eg popular science engagement activity during ‚Being Human’ Festival, London) • Liaison with internal and external IT, finance, data protection officers and arts institutions etc • Popular science and scientific writing

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at City, University of London
    Jul 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Newton International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship awarded by the British Academy • Project management, quantitative and qualitative research, data analysis • Outputs: 3 peer-reviewed publications in international journals

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCL
    Oct 2014 - Jun 2015 · 9 mos

    • Qualitative and quantitative research – neuroscience and law • Topic: the partial defence to murder ‘Loss of Control’ – interdisciplinary work, neuroscientific research, criminal case analysis • Outputs: 2 peer-reviewed publications in international journals • Honours: Evens Science Prize for neuroscientific paper on the neuroscience of coercion

  • Universitat de les Illes Balears ()
    • PHD Researcher
      Oct 2010 - Oct 2014 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      • PhD scholarship by the Spanish Ministry of Education • PhD thesis • Qualitative and quantitative research methods – neuroscience and the arts • Outputs: 4 peer-reviewed publications in international journals • Honours: Santander prize for best PhD students

    • Research Technician
      Oct 2009 - Sep 2010 · 1 yr

      • Qualitative and quantitative research for the research projects of the Chair of the 'Three Religions' • Topic: Moral psychology, moral judgment