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Jan 29
Call for Participants: Sunroof Effects on Thermal Comfort in London Buses
We are currently looking for 200 participants to take part in an experiment at UCL PEARL on 19th February. This will investigate how...
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Jan 22
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...
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Jan 21
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...
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Jan 17
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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