Assessing the Causes of Alcohol-Fuelled Violence
Project aims
This project aims to answer the following questions:
- Does alcohol consumption increase overoptimism bias?
- Do sophisticated individuals consume less alcohol?
- Is the increase in overoptimism bias linked to violence?
Funding
This project is funded by the British Academy. The project commenced in September 2017 and will finish in August 2018.
Investigators
![Dr Iain Long](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/2690186/609470-1671020237382.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Iain Long
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Director of Undergraduate Economics Programmes
- longiw@cardiff.ac.uk
- 029 2087 6764
![Professor Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/2446934/39421-1600255314903.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam
Clinical Director, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Director, National Violence Surveillance Network, Violence Research Group. Chair, All-Wales Oral Surgery Strategic Advisory Forum.
- sivarajasingam@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2074 2441
![Professor Kent Matthews](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0003/2499402/609509-1613575514601.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Kent Matthews
Sir Julian Hodge Professor of Banking and Finance
- matthewsk@cardiff.ac.uk
- 029 2087 5855
Further information
For more information on this project, please contact:
![Professor Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/2446934/39421-1600255314903.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam
Clinical Director, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Director, National Violence Surveillance Network, Violence Research Group. Chair, All-Wales Oral Surgery Strategic Advisory Forum.
- sivarajasingam@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2074 2441