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Browse 19 OpenLearn articles contributed by Dr Volker Patent
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Constraints in creativity
There has been considerable discussion of what classes as creative. Csikszentmihalyi (1996) defined creativity as something that "happens when someone does something new that is useful, generative, or influential". This implies novelty, which in...
Read now: Constraints in creativity about Managing projects through people
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04 Sep 2020
Panic buying and how to stop it
Dr Volker Patent looks at a tale of emerging norms, signalling and selective information processing.
Read now: Panic buying and how to stop it about Managing projects through people
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24 Mar 2020
Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Do models showing the spread of Covid-19 actually help us understand it better, or are they overly simplistic and potentially dangerous?
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18 Mar 2020
On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
A psychologist‘s intimate experience with Extinction Rebellion
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27 Apr 2019
Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
The supermarket chain Iceland was the first supermarket to remove palm oil from its product ranges, a decision that was applauded yet quickly gathered controversy.
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27 Apr 2019
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