Farshore University of Newfoundland

Faculty of

Research

Research centres, institutes, labs and projects with real questions behind them.

Research

Serious questions. Useful work. Occasionally excellent acronyms.

Research across the faculty connects scholarship with communities, policy, industry and the North Atlantic context that shapes Farshore.

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Research centre

Centre for Human Behaviour Under Mild Administrative Pressure

Studies decision-making, stress, motivation and social behaviour when forms, deadlines and unclear instructions are introduced.

Current priorities: applied research, graduate training, community partnership and explaining the project clearly enough for everyone to nod.

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Research centre

Institute for Rumour, Folklore & Things Everyone Knows

Examines oral tradition, digital folklore, community memory and information with suspiciously durable legs.

Current priorities: applied research, graduate training, community partnership and explaining the project clearly enough for everyone to nod.

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Research centre

Laboratory for Interpersonal Signals & Other Unreliable Data

Researches body language, communication cues, ambiguity and the limits of “I thought it was obvious.”

Current priorities: applied research, graduate training, community partnership and explaining the project clearly enough for everyone to nod.

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Research centre

Centre for Questionable Judgement in Public Life

Explores political communication, institutional decision-making and the consequences of confidence arriving before evidence.

Current priorities: applied research, graduate training, community partnership and explaining the project clearly enough for everyone to nod.

Graduate research

Graduate students work alongside faculty in centres, labs, archives, field sites and projects that may require waterproof notebooks.

Partner with Farshore

We welcome research partnerships with communities, organizations and people prepared to read the memorandum of understanding.

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