Georgia Capewell
Trainee Research Assistant

Profile

Biography

I studied Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Cambridge (2020-2023),
completing a dissertation project in my final year centred on the long-term effectiveness of
psychological inoculations against misinformation, under the supervision of Professor Sander van
der Linden and Dr Rakoen Maertens. I began working at the University of York in February 2025.

Research

Overview

Title of project: The Many Faces of Prejudice: The “What”, the “Why”, and the “How” of
Inferences We Make from Membership in Social Groups

Projects

The project I am currently working on is a cross-
cultural study investigating the inferences we make about others based on their membership in
social groups, under the supervision of Dr Lusine Grigoryan.

Publications

Selected publications

Capewell, G., Maertens, R., Remshard, M., van der Linden, S., Compton, J., Lewandowsky, S., &
Roozenbeek, J. (2024). Misinformation interventions decay rapidly without an immediate posttest.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54, 441–454. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13049