To mark Zombie Awareness month and off the back of the success of ‘The Last of Us’ TV series, it felt fitting to dedicate this episode to the undead themselves.
Three experts join Robyn Montague for a round-table discussion on how to survive a zombie apocalypse (according to science).
Dr Sarita Robinson is an expert in disaster and emergency psychology at the University of Central Lancashire, Dr John Leach is a survival expert and visiting research psychologist at the University of Portsmouth, and Dr Matthew Higgins is a Lecturer from the School of Creative Technologies, who’s also a big fan of zombie pop culture!
They reveal how your reaction to a fictional apocalypse could well inform how you’d behave in a real-world scenario.
USEFUL LINKS
Dr John Leach: https://globalbushcraftsymposium2022.com/speakers/john-leach/
Give-up-itis: when people just give up and die: https://theconversation.com/give-up-itis-when-people-just-give-up-and-die-103727
Dr Sarita Robinson:
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/academics/sarita-robinson
Metro article on Dr Robinson: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/25/woman-who-predicted-the-pandemic-now-preparing-for-meteorites-and-solar-pulses-13691076/
Matthew Higgins: https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/matthew-higgins
The Last of Us: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/
University of Portsmouth research: https://www.port.ac.uk/research/
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