Background

I graduated from the University of Warwick with a 1st class BSc(Hons) in Psychology in July 2016.

Current Research

I am a first year PhD researcher (Department of Psychology) working within the University of Warwick's TASCC (Towards Autonomy, Smart and Connected Control) project, "The Cooperative Car" - an interdisciplinary group funded by Jaguar Land Rover and EPSRC.

My PhD research will focus on the transition to autonomous vehicles from a behavioural science perspective. For example, I will aim to address the question of how human drivers and autonomous vehicles can communicate and signal their intentions to each other, and how human drivers adapt their behaviours when interacting and sharing the road with autonomous vehicles.

Supervision

I am working under the supervision of Dr Derrick Watson (Psychology) and Professor Nick Chater (Warwick Business School).

Office

The office I am working in is located in Senate House, 1st Floor (Warwick Institute for the Science of Cities). I will also be working in Psychology (e.g. in the driving simulator lab) and the Behavioural Science Lab (WBS), so please email to confirm meetings in case I am not in WISC at a given time.

Owain Ritchie

O dot Ritchie at warwick dot ac dot uk