NEWS | Pearl

Dec 24, 2024

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 11, 2024

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

Call for Participants: Street Lighting Effects on Neurotypical and Autistic People

There will be an experiment at UCL PEARL from 21st January to 27th of January I want to bring to your attention. The experiment seeks...

Nov 27, 2024

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 4, 2024

EXCALIBUR bus stop in East London

Oct 27, 2024

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...

Sep 14, 2024

A small neuroarchitecture piece...

This week PEARL hosted a massive neuroarchitecture experiment where we had over one hundred participants navigating around a labyrinth...

Sep 4, 2024

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 3, 2024

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...

Aug 28, 2024

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 26, 2024

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 19, 2024

Artist Call Out: Interactive Artwork for Science and Art Event @UCL Pearl x CVAN

Update: We have found our artwork! Thanks to everyone who applied for their submissions. Contemporary Visual Arts Network London and...

Aug 8, 2024

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 ...

Jul 16, 2024

Call for Participants: Perception, Discomfort, and Avoidance Behaviours of Pedestrians in Interactions with E-scooters

UPDATE: This experiment is now full. We thank you for your interest and hope you can participate in one of our upcoming experiments soon....

Jul 14, 2024

How do we think?

An interesting question. Some people would answer along the lines of logic and rationality, while others would look at the way in which...

Jun 27, 2024

Call for Participants: Bus Sunroofs and Thermal Comfort on London Buses

UPDATE: This experiment is now full. We thank you for your interest and hope you can participate in one of our upcoming experiments soon....

Jun 20, 2024

Call for Participants: Composing More Pleasant Streetscapes with Sounds and Smells

As we continue exploring how reintroducing nature into cities impacts people’s perception and well-being, we now seek participants to...

May 3, 2024

Delve into Dynamic Non-Driving Tasks

In partnership with 7th Sense Research, UCL PEARL is conducting research into the impact of non-driving related tasks on drivers’...

Mar 26, 2024

Online Focus Group on Bus Stop Design for Disabled People

In partnership with Guide Dogs, we have been conducting research into the impact of design trends that are on the increase within the...

Feb 26, 2024

EIT Urban Mobility to host Discovery Day at PEARL 18 March

Figure 1: PEARL simulation space We are proud to announce that the European Institute of Technology (EIT) Urban Mobility is hosting a...

Feb 20, 2024

Bus Stop Design Site Visits: Participants Wanted

As we continue exploring the impact of emerging design trends in the built environment on individuals with diverse abilities, we now seek...

Feb 16, 2024

Upcoming Built Environment Laboratory Trials

As part of our ongoing research project in partnership with Guide Dogs, we are conducting research into the impact of design trends that...

Feb 3, 2024

Bus Stop Design for Disabled People

In partnership with Guide Dogs, we are conducting research into the impact of design trends that are on the increase within the built...

Jan 22, 2024

Urban Green Spaces for Adolescents

Urban green spaces can play a pivotal role in shaping the experiences of adolescents as they navigate the transitional period from...