I am an academic researcher in quantitative behavioural and social science, specialising in judgement & decision-making and subjective well-being.
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2020 -
University of Warwick
Assistant Professor
Publications
- Ocean, N. (2023). Weighting ratings: are people adjusting for bias in extreme reviews? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000497
- Ocean, N., Meyer, C. (2023). Satisfaction and attrition in the UK healthcare sector over the past decade. PLoS ONE 18(4): e0284516. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284516
- Ocean, N., Howley, P. (2023). Which motivations would make farmers happier, and which would they choose? Land Economics, 99;(3): 458-476. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.112321-0139R
- Howley, P and Ocean, N. (2022). Can nudging only get you so far? Testing for crowd out effects. European Review of Agricultural Economics. Volume 49, Issue 5, December 2022, Pages 1086–1112, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab041
- Ocean, N and Howley, P. (2021). Using Choice Framing to Improve the Design of Agricultural Subsidy Schemes. Land Economics, 97;(4). https://doi.org/
- Howley, P and Ocean, N. (2021). Doing More With Less: Leveraging Social Norms and Status Concerns in Encouraging Conservation Farm Practices. Land Economics, 97;(2). https://doi.org/10.3368/le.97.2.372
- Ocean, N., Howley, P., & Ensor, J. (2019). Lettuce be happy: A longitudinal UK study on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and well-being. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.017
- Varley-Campbell J, Mújica-Mota R, Coelho H, Ocean N, Barnish M, Packman D, et al. (2019). Three biomarker tests to help diagnose preterm labour: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment 23;(13). https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23130
Working Papers
- Ocean, N. and Woodman, R. When nudges backfire: how not to improve attitudes towards shared e-scooters. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4040090
- Howley, P., Waqas, M., Ocean, N. Open minds, open borders: Individual differences in the relationship between immigration and psychological well-being. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3321720