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How can we flourish?
For our latest Voices In Psychology competition, looking to identify and nurture new writing talent, we asked the question…
From poverty to poetry
For our annual poetry competition we asked for entries related to the BPS policy theme, ‘From poverty to flourishing’. We present the winning poem followed by three runners up… plus a poem commissioned by the BPS from member and spoken word artist Sanah Ahsan.
Don’t care too much for money?
Emma Young digests research on money.
The landscape of poverty
Rhiannon Cobner, Jen Daffin and Sarah Brown with a psychosocial ecological approach to flourishing.
‘You can improve the policy by attending to people’s dignity’
David Robson meets psychologists considering the importance of how poverty is framed.
Fair’s fair?
What should psychologists understand about austerity, and ways to broaden the role of psychologists in order to combat its effects? Insights from ‘Make My City Fair’ in Birmingham.
The stranger
A chapter from Darren McGarvey’s book Poverty Safari
Forging brighter futures with young care leavers
Duncan Gillard, Louise Hayes, Aoife McNally and Kate Willis on giving people skills to ‘reboot’ their lives.
‘Out of poverty, I felt like an alien’
Karina Webb reflects on the complexity of flourishing.
Taking context seriously
Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington with a socio-ecological perspective on decision-making in contexts of poverty.
‘For us it’s about getting out of the laboratory, into the field’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Clifford Stott MBE.
‘The pandemic has highlighted the huge social divide that exists in the UK’
Vivian Hill talks attainment gaps, education and resilience.
Four approaches for flourishing
Experiences from the Psychologists for Social Change network.
‘I’m one of them’
Our editor Jon Sutton meets Professor Greta Defeyter, Director of Healthy Living, a research lab at Northumbria University.
June 2021
A decade of ‘power posing’: Where do we stand?
Tom Loncar on credibility and challenges.
May 2021
Living with cancer
A collection of pieces from our May issue.
April 2021
Cycles
Our journalist Ella Rhodes considers the cyclical nature of life, both the more literal and the metaphorical.
March 2021
Lost
Psychologist Hugo Spiers introduces chats with five authors of popular books on the topic of finding and losing your way…
February 2021
What are the barriers to our profession, and how can we remove them?
The winners and runners up in our latest 'Voices In Psychology' programme.
January 2021
A vegan future?
Dr Annie Brookman-Byrne introduces the January issue.
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