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Research interests
My research broadly focuses on young children’s socio-moral development and moral reasoning. I investigate the various ways in which children come to navigate their social worlds and express their understanding of impartial moral norms.
My key areas of interest include:
- Children’s use and understanding of guilt displays
- Children’s sensitivity to moral justification
- Using novel research paradigms (e.g., posture change as an index of children’s emotional expression).
Prizes and awards
(2018 - 2022) ESRC-NWSSDTP PhD Studentship Award
(2024 - 2026) BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Manchester
2018 → 2023
Master of Research, The University of Manchester
2017 → 2018
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, The University of Manchester
2014 → 2017
Keywords
- Child Development
- Social Development
- Cognitive Development
- Moral Development
- Social Cognition
- Moral Reasoning
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Preschool children’s evaluations of their own unjustified requests
Waddington, O., Hepach, R., Jackson, I. & Köymen, B., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 218, 105377.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Boundaries of apologies: Children avoid transgressors who give the same apology for a repeat offence
Waddington, O., Jensen, K. & Köymen, B., 22 Oct 2022, In: Cognitive Development. 64, p. 1-10 10 p., 101264.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collaborative reasoning and problem-solving in early childhood
Köymen, B. & Waddington, O., 16 Apr 2026, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 381, 1948, 20240447.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Preschoolers’ attitudes towards broken and avoided commitments
Waddington, O. & Köymen, B., 1 Jun 2026, In: Acta Psychologica. 266, 106923.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sociomoral caveats to children’s selective forgiveness
Waddington, O. & Köymen, B., 30 Jul 2026, In: Developmental Review. 81, 101286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Projects
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LCD-PSY: Centre for Language, Communication and Developmental Psychology
Ambridge, B. (PI), Theakston, A. (PI), Sturrock, A. (CoI), Kindell, J. (CoI), Buckle, L. (CoI), Ferry, A. (CoI), Freed, J. (CoI), Kandemirci, B. (CoI), Linnert, S. (CoI), Lopez-Perez, B. (CoI), Papastergiou, A. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Köymen, B. (CoI), Mitchell, C. (CoI), Jensen, K. (CoI), Greenwood-Davies, S. (CoI), Hartshorn, C. (CoI), Ormerod, E. (CoI), Purcell, R. (CoI), Starkey, R. (CoI), Durrant, S. (CoI), Ellis, C. (CoI), Pert, S. (CoI), Waddington, O. (Researcher), Alcock, C. (Researcher), Walibhai, W. (Researcher), Zhang, S. (Researcher), Zhao, C. (Researcher), Leith, K. (PGR student), Ward, L. (PGR student), Price-Williams, D. (PGR student), Benafif, S. (PGR student), Eroglu, H. S. (PGR student), Savill, C. (PGR student), Gregori, F. (PGR student), Manfredi, L. (PGR student), Ozturk Mihci, I. (PGR student), Chen, Y. (PGR student), Ewaida, A. (PGR student), Hu, X. (PGR student), Jackson, K. (PGR student), Kerry, S. (PGR student), Zhang, J. (PGR student), Zhang, R. (PGR student), Chen, S. (PGR student), Breen, S. (PGR student), Ozturk, T. P. (PGR student), Walker-Sharpe, P. (PGR student), Price-Williams, D. (PGR student) & Wood, G. (PGR student)
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Thesis
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Recognising wrongdoing: Young children's reasoning about morality
Waddington, O. (Author), Köymen, B. (Main Supervisor), UnKnown, R. (Co Supervisor), Jackson, I. (Co Supervisor) & Jensen, K. (Co Supervisor), 20 Mar 2023Student thesis: Phd
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