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How PEARL helps us see the world in a new way (or is it how we are meant to see it?)
As we increase the sophistication of our capabilities in using the facilities in PEARL, it is becoming clearer that the 'usual' way of...
Jun 27
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Call for Participants: Understanding Sociality in Public Environments
Update: Recruitment has now closed. There will be an experiment at PEARL on the 8th of July  that will seek to understand how the built...
Jun 24
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Upcoming Music Futures Workshop! : Rethinking Audio-Performer Interactions with Active Reverberation Technologies
Simulating different acoustic environments at PEARL UCL PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory)Â and the Royal College of...
Jun 11
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Call for Participants (over 65-year-olds): Regulating Emotions on a Shopping Trip
There will be an experiment at the UCL Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL) from the 23rd to 27th  of June that will...
Jun 10
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The London Bus Stop Reimagined at PEARL
A London bus stop... a forlorn shed that comes abuzz during rush hour and returns to its solitude of silence when commuters depart for...
Apr 24
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Maslow and bus stops
Although he called it a hierarchy in his 1943 paper, he stated that there were many exceptions to this. Cindy Blackstock (2011) ...
Apr 15
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UCL PEARL Hosts Inaugural Dagenham and Rainham Youth Conference
On Friday, 14 March, UCL Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Dagenham East hosted the inaugural Dagenham and...
Apr 3
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"A Place of Our Making" exhibition and film screening now on!
What happens when east Londoners, UCL researchers, and artists come together to explore how we could live easier, happier lives? From our...
Mar 20
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Call for Participants: Sunroof Effects on Thermal Comfort in London Buses
PLEASE NOTE: All spaces have now been filled. If you would like to recieve announcements for future experiments and events please join...
Jan 29
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Call for Older Participants: Inclusive Street Lighting
The UCL People-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL) is seeking people between the ages of 65 to 85 years to participate in a...
Jan 22
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Call for Autistic Participants: Inclusive Street Lighting
The UCL People-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL) is seeking autistic adults to participate in a study taking place from...
Jan 21
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Expression of interest: Sunroof Effects on Thermal Comfort in London Buses
This experiment has now been confirmed - please see the new blog post here. Original post: We are currently planning a potential...
Jan 17
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PEARLovation: Why PEARL is innovative
Participants boarding buses inside PEARL as part of an experiment to determine how thermal comfort alters with different exterior...
Dec 24, 2024
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Call for Participants: Improving Personal Mobility, Bicycle, Pedestrian Shared Space Safety and Convenience in a Korean Context
NOTE: Recruitment has now closed! Please join our mailing list here  to receive future calls for participants We are conducting a study...
Dec 11, 2024
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Fusing arts and sciences for a new future
“ The artist is the person in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the implications of their actions and of new knowledge in...
Nov 27, 2024
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Nov 4, 2024
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Making 'good stepping' a standard
Boarding a public transport vehicle is always going to be a challenge unless the infrastructure has been provided to overcome the...
Oct 27, 2024
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A small neuroarchitecture piece...
This week PEARL hosted a massive neuroarchitecture experiment where we had over one hundred participants navigating around a labyrinth...
Sep 14, 2024
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Stress effects of crowding on the London Underground
Photo cred it : Tim Ireland, PA Images NOTE: Recruitment has now closed! Please join our mailing list here to receive future calls for...
Sep 4, 2024
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Are you ready to welcome people to PEARL?!
The Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL) is looking for a new person to welcome people into the our facility. PEARL is...
Sep 3, 2024
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CVAN London at Pearl: Opening Up the World – A Multisensorial Approach to the Future of Visual Arts
We are pleased to announce that CVAN London and PEARL will be hosting an exciting event where we will explore innovative ways to view...
Aug 28, 2024
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Music and the soul - PEARL and interiority
The Liberal Arts have taken a bit of bad press recently: all the priority recently in the United Kingdom has been about STEM [1] , in...
Aug 26, 2024
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Artist Call Out: Interactive Artwork for Science and Art Event @UCL Pearl x CVAN
Update: Â We have found our artwork! Thanks to everyone who applied for their submissions. Contemporary Visual Arts Network London and...
Aug 19, 2024
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Open call for participants who identify as neurodivergent in East London to take part in UCL Trellis community-led arts project
Figure: Tate Institute, Newham We are currently looking for participants who identify as neurodivergent to take part in a UCL Trellis ...
Aug 8, 2024
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