In the aftermath of a slaughter like Christchurch, we are forced, once again, to confront that old question: how can people be marked for murder, not for anything they have done but simply for who they are? It is a question the killer asks himself in his so-called manifesto...
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July 20th, 1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon. We all recognise this to be one of mankind’s greatest achievements. Yet what did it take to make John F. Kennedy’s dream a reality?
In his new book Richard Wiseman –...
The parties in a controversy over the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment have called for an 'open and respectful' debate.
In the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE), ordinary young men were divided into prisoners and guards in the basement of the university. Quickly...
Update: This collection was originally posted in 2018 as the men's England football team prepared for their first World Cup semi-final in 28 years. We looked back on some of our past material considering the mental side of the game (plus some external links).
After the...
Leadership has for too long been grievously neglected by mainstream psychology, and it is good to see the topic now more regularly getting serious scholarly attention, so I hesitate to criticise John Antonakis’s particular effort (‘...
‘In most of the major countries of the globe there are either elected leaders, or strong authoritarian populist movements, and the question is why? Why are these people who, to many of us, are so appalling, so appealing? And of all these people that question is asked most...
After entering this huge maze of a conference to confusion and conflict, and then forging on in search of clarity and creativity,...
How can leaders and managers let go of control? Can psychologists provide routes to collaboration, and work towards developing individuals to ‘self-manage’? An event this November as part of the British Psychological Society’s professional development offering will prepare...
As we watch the American political parties select candidates to run for President, it appears that many are asking a similar question about leadership; just how do some people get elected to positions of power? A symposium, convened by Carl Senior of Aston University, and...
1. ‘Leadership is about ‘us’, and for all of us
It’s easy to imagine that leadership is the province of great individuals who have the personality, vision and drive to change the world. But Professor Alex Haslam (University of Queensland) says: ‘...