Didar Karadag Akkaya
PhD studentResearch Overview
I am interested in knowledge acquisition and transmission processes in infants and young children. My current research investigates the emergence of infants’ early information transmission behaviour, the type of information that they prefer to transmit others, and the underlying motivations that may drive this behaviour. I will be using interdisciplinary tools to explore these research interests.
Prior to my doctoral studies at Lancaster University, I received my B.A. and M.A. degrees from Boğaziçi University, Turkey. My master’s thesis explored the selectivity in children’s information transmission by focusing on the role of group affiliation of the recipients and the type of information transmitted.
Current Teaching
2020-2021
Research Methods I-II
Research Integrity and Open Science I-II
Language and Writing Support for Msc students
2019-2020
Research Methods I-II
Developmental Psychology
Investigating Psychology I
Do children transmit generalisable or specific information in health and non-health related contexts?
Oral presentation
Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2023
Participation in conference - Academic
3rd Joint Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology & European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Participation in conference - Academic
Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
Participation in conference - Academic
6th Lancaster Conference of Infant and Child Development 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Development in Motion Conference 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Pre-SIPS RepliCATS Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Lancaster University Psychology PGR conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Congress of Infant Studies
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development 2020
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
The Spectrum of Teaching in Humans and Other Animals
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Introduction to Teaching at Lancaster
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Society for Improvement of the Psychological Science Mission Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Jacobs Foundation International Travel Grant
Prize (including medals and awards)
FST Science Week Postgraduate Research Talks- Best Talk Winner
Prize (including medals and awards)
- Developmental Research Group
- International Observatory on End of Life Care