John Kerr

• Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago

John received his PhD in psychology from Victoria University of Wellington in 2020 and holds a BSc(Hons) in neuroscience and a master's degree in science communication, both from the University of Otago. Before his current role, John held a Research Associate position at the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge. Outside of research, he has also worked in publishing and communications roles in the UK and New Zealand, most recently as a Senior Media Advisor at the Science Media Centre of New Zealand.

His research interests include:

- communication of scientific information to non-experts
- media coverage of, and beliefs about publicly debated scientific issues
- political attitudes, conspiracy theories and misinformation

• 2022–present Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, University of Otago
• 2022–present Science Lead, Public Health Communication Centre
• 2020–2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge

• 2020 Victoria University of Wellington, Psychology

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