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ProfJulia Simner

Professor of Psychology (Psychology)

School of Psychology

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    7 Oct 2023
    “Synaesthesia for Design?” is a panel discussion presented by Journey Through The Senses & Nairobi Design. What can design theory and practice derive from multisensory processing and synesthesia? Talk and panel discussion.
  • CONSULTANCY
    Consultancy: Multisensory applications to AR/VR
    1 Sep 2023
    Consultancy in Research & Development
  • BROADCAST INTERVIEW
    10 Jan 2023
    Series 21, The Case of the Blind Mind's Eye (The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry)
  • CONSULTANCY
    Consulting: Multisensory Applications to Energy Efficiency
    20 Sep 2022
    Consultancy in Research & Development
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER BPS/ British Psychological Association (Cognitive Section); 19th Annual Conference. 6th September
    6 Sep 2022
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Synesthesia Society of Africa. 26th June
    26 Jun 2022
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Int. Assoc. of Synesthetes, Artists & Scientists. Moscow, May 27
    27 May 2022
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    Education / Training
    12 Mar 2022
    Collaboration with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Spectrum, The Colour of Music: Rimsky Korsakov ; with Elias, S., Raikin, D., Schwartz, A., & Simner, J (March 12, 2022)
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 2nd Extreme Imagination Conference. 21st October
    21 Oct 2021
  • ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERSHIP
    Pan Sussex Autism Network
    1 Sep 2021
    Network membership to promote wellbeing in autism within SE England schools
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sense and Synesthesia. University of Oxford. 1 February
    1 Feb 2020
  • EDITORSHIP
    Psychological Science
    1 Jan 2020
    Editorial Board Member
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: NeuroMarseille. University of Marseille. 6 December
    6 Dec 2018
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Int. Meeting of the UK Synaesthesia Assoc. Trinity Dublin, 22 April
    22 Apr 2016
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Shortlisted for British Medical Association: Medical Book of the Year
    1 Sep 2014
    Shortlisted for Medical Book of the Year by the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book Awards 2014, for her book Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia (Simner & Hubbard, 2013). This edited work comprises 50 chapters by leading experts in the field of synaesthesia research. The book was “highly commended” within the category of Psychiatry.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Crossing Sensory Boundaries. OCAD Toronto, 19 March
    19 Mar 2014
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Excellence in Education
    1 Sep 2013
    Teaching Award for Excellence in Education, University of Edinburgh
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Exhibition
    23 Aug 2013
    Edinburgh International Television Festival: Synaesthesia, A Creativity Showcase by Audio Network
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Neuroaesthetics. ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, November
    8 Nov 2012
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Int. Meeting of the German Synaesthesia Assoc. Hanover, November
    1 Nov 2010
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: American Synaesthesia Association
    1 Oct 2010
    8th Annual Conference of the American Synesthesia Association at Vanderbilt University, Nashville
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    European Commission’s Atomium Culture Initiative
    1 Sep 2009
    Selected as one of “the top 1% of young researchers in Europe”, as part of the European Commission’s Atomium Culture Initiative (www.atomiumculture.eu). This Europe-wide initiative “promotes the continent’s leading young academics” and to create a “network of excellence by identifying the most gifted young researchers in Europe” (http://tinyurl.com/EdinburghAtomiumCulture; www.atomiumculture.eu).
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
    Education / Training
    13 Mar 2008
    Edinburgh Science Festival (2008; 2009: Connect Gallery; National Museum of Scotland: Colourful touch: Synaesthesia’s merging of the senses)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    1 Jan 2008
    Member
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER VII International Congress of Synesthesia
    26 Sep 2007
    Granada ArteCitta