About
Nikki’s research focuses on the socio-cognitive processes involved in extreme teamwork and decision-making. She is an applied social psychologist who conducts research with practitioners across a range of extreme teams (e.g., Emergency Services, NHS, Nuclear industry). She has two main strands to her research. First, she conducts research on indecision and decision inertia to understand the psychological processes that underpin choice derailments in crisis situations. Second, she explores the psychology of interoperability to identify ways to promote teamwork in complex multi-team systems. She takes a mixed methods approach to research, adopting quantitative and qualitative techniques including cognitive task analysis, interviewing, observations, and simulations