Archive

'We should, as a profession, be siding with the dispossessed’

Ian Florance interviews Rachel Tribe, an occupational and counselling psychologist who is, among other roles, Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of East London.

Changing ideologies and the role of the educational psychologist

Lorna Selfe on a career spent swimming against the tide of segregation.

Valuing early career psychologists

Daniel Yon offers concrete suggestions for supporting and valuing early career researchers in psychology.

Psychoeducation doesn’t have to be boring

Fiona Zandt on creative ways to help children and families understand anxiety.

The Rorschach Test at 100

The Executive Board of the British Rorschach Society – Kari Carstairs, Justine McCarthy Woods, Marc Desautels and Kevin Lambe – trace the history of the often controversial test in this country, and provide an outline of its use today.

‘Careers are squiggly’

Ella Rhodes, Jon Sutton and Annie Brookman-Byrne report from the British Psychological Society’s Careers in Psychology online event.

AWEsome work

Anna Sutton on promoting Authenticity to enhance Well-being and Engagement at work.

Words which can catch a wolf

Fears of child sexual abuse are on the rise in the digital era, with the internet providing a perfect playground for predators. But could technology also be the solution? Talia Gilbey writes.

The harmonic healing houses of Turkey

Asude Ucal revisits the Darüsiffas.

The art of negotiation

Emma Young digests the research.

Mirroring the game of life

Keeping up with the psychology of the pandemic

Actions speak louder than words

Orchestra wins impact award

Seven psychologists honoured in new year list

A treat for the senses

A candid look at exploited, vulnerable lives

‘Things were now differently different’

Professor Maria Gilbert 1938-2020

Engaging with climate change

Relationship status: It’s complicated

Finding light in the darkness

Vegan in a non-vegan world

A different kind of speciesism

Conducting quality research

One on one… with Dr Tendayi Viki

The nuances of language

Dr Richard 'Dick' Mein 1927–2020

Demystifying learning

From the President, February 2021

'How is a man supposed to be a man?'

Editorial, February 2021

William M. Cheyne 1938-2020

On ‘meatheads’ and ‘soy boys’

Alina Salmen and Kristof Dhont on the gendered nature of meat consumption and veganism.

‘Trying to change the world on my own would not work’

When Ian Florance asked him for an interview, Lawrence Moulin gave two reasons for agreeing: he wanted to talk about ‘how psychology can be applied in interesting places such as the Department of Health’; and to tell undergraduates who are, like him, from less ‘prestigious’ backgrounds, that they too can have a place in the profession.

The shift to sustainable diets

Richard Carmichael works on behaviour change, public engagement and policy for Net Zero. He tells us how food policy can help us reach climate goals.

Foundations for the best start in life

Ella Rhodes on a new British Psychological Society report on supporting children and families.

The distance between us

Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart on how society ‘helps’ us to rationalise the exploitation of other animals, giving us a ‘licence to harm’.

Let’s meat!

Charlotte De Backer with a history of meat consumption, and how a simple choice to eat or not eat meat can complicate our social lives

The four Ns of meat justification

Jared Piazza on psychological barriers to becoming and staying vegan.

The father of British neuropsychology

Barbara A. Wilson on Oliver Zangwill.

‘Vegan’: Recent word, ancient ideas

Matthew Ruby and Tani Khara on the power and status of plant-based diets in different cultural contexts.

Steakholders

An extract from ‘Why We Love and Exploit Animals: Bridging Insights from Academia and Advocacy’ edited by Kirstof Dhont and Gordon Hodson, published by Routledge. This chapter was written by Tobias Leenaert.

Challenging boundaries of work space

Emma Young digests the latest research on working from home during Covid-19.

Can you cultivate serendipity?

Want and buy less

'It’s a kind of social meteorite'

On, of and for the brain

A plea to hear each other

From the President, January 2021

One on One… Sheila Ufot

Disclosing derogation and disregard

Updates from the British Psychological Society’s Policy team

A chess game between genius and madness

Covid’s impact on research and mental health

‘Your ghosts follow you’

Featured Job, January 2021: Associate Psychologists

An antidote to the orthodoxy

Support for psychology researchers during the pandemic

Supporting men with breast cancer

‘A person with a learning disability is a person first’

A new hope for mental health in Northern Ireland

ESRC impact awards