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Jesse Wise
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About Me:
I like to spend my time rock climbing (indoors and outdoors), reading, and trying new things.
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I love to cook and I will happily make everything from scratch – but it does have to be vegetarian! I live in Bristol with my partner. I just moved this year and I’m still finding my way around the city of my converted e-bike. One thing I discovered recently is a new Science Fiction book club – we just met to discuss our first book which was so much fun!
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My pronouns are:
She/Her
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My Work:
I study human behaviour and how to change it to be more environmentally-friendly behaviour. Right now, I am working on travel choices. How did you get to school today?
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Climate Change is a very serious problem. It is happening because of the choices people make, and continue to make. We need to change these choices very quickly and by a very large amount. I am trying to understand how we can make that happen. The government doesn’t always want to spend money or make laws to solve these problems, so scientists have to find another way to solve them.
One suggestion is that we influence people. Education doesn’t always work. How many times have you been told to eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day? Did you listen to them? If you don’t like fruit, I bet you didn’t! If people don’t like fruit, they are much less likely to eat it. It has to be the easy, attractive, and the right time to do it. That’s what I try to do with environmentally friendly choices. I am trying to find ways (that don’t cost anything!) to make it easy, attractive, and the right time to do it.
One idea is that we make it the cool thing to do. What if your football club started encouraging everyone to cycle to a match – would you do it? What if you had a job and they asked you to cycle? If you start cycling are you more likely to make other changes – like eating less meat? Will you spread that behaviour to your friends? Will they start changing? Together we can all make a difference!
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My Typical Day:
Most days I wake up at 8am, groan, make a coffee and drink it in bed whilst I wake up. I am NOT a morning person. Then I get to my computer and read papers and start designing my experiments, until the day ends at 5pm.
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My day really depends on the study I am working on. I do a whole range of work. Sometimes I am interviewing people, other times I am collecting Tweets and using machine learning to decipher what lots of people are saying quickly. I love the freedom of my job and it’s so cool that I get to learn all this stuff!
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What I'd do with the prize money:
My team would like to Glastonbury Science Futures Festival. We have a really cool stand we want to make and would love some funding for it. Come check us out if we win 🙂
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Education:
I went to Channing School in London, then I went to the University of Edinburgh. Now I am at Bath Univeristy.
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Qualifications:
I/GCSEs: Maths, Further Maths, English Language, English Literature, Spanish, Art, History, Business Communications, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
AS-levels: Spanish, Critical Thinking
A-level: Biology, Economics, Maths
Masters of Arts: Psychology and Economics
Masters of Research: Sustainable Mobility
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Work History:
Customer service at a mental health company
Cleaner at a hotel
Farmhand
Intern at a Behavioural Science consultancy
Bartender at a club
Bartender at a pub
Reserach assistant
Teaching assistant
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Current Job:
Now I am a PhD student. Even though I have a full scholarship, I need to take on side-jobs to help fund my studies. Either as a research assistant or teaching.
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Employer:
University of Bath
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Rock-climbing behavioural scientist
What did you want to be after you left school?
Someone fighting climate change
Were you ever in trouble at school?
I was suspended on my last day of school. I was given detention for swearing (not my fault!) and for graffiti (very much my fault!)).
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
A data analyst. Or a farmer.
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Tame Impala
What's your favourite food?
Coffee
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
Perfect health. That I didn't find social media addictive. A good memory.
Tell us a joke.
How do you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber? Ask them to pronounce the word “unionized”.
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