scholar activist in social and community psychology
Community connections and Covid-19 Community psychology is at the heart of my teaching and research. My introductory lecture begins with a discussion of the changing definitions of community, which was once limited to community of place, our neighbours and those…
On international bi-visibility, I reflect on 4 ways that I feel bisexuals can resist bi-invisibility. I’ve been aware of, and completely somewhat comfortable with being bisexual since my early teens but I’ve not always been outspoken about it. For a…
I decided to write this blog post about why I am open about my political stance in the classroom partly because I haven’t read much from others on this topic and partly because I’m aware that some academics explicitly strive…
Hello, my name is Katie and I’m a working-class academic. Being working-class is something I mention relatively often and think about even more so. It’s a salient part of my identity. It never used to be. I never thought I…
gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); I first came across the idea of imposter syndrome early on during my PhD research when I recognised a lot of the symptoms in my own thinking and behaviour. This week I was inspired to write this blog…
gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); Tonight at the London School of Ecomonics, Lord Layard and Andrew Marr will discuss Layard and colleagues’ latest book ‘The Origins of Happiness’. This post is a comment on the British Psychological Society Community Psychology Section response to…
gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); Leon Bernicoff had starred in Channel Four’s Gogglebox, along side wife June, since the show first aired in 2013. It was on Twitter yesterday evening that I spotted the headline stating that Leon had sadly passed away…
This is a brief review of the 3rd BPS Community Psychology Festival held in Bristol from 15th – 16th September 2017. A longer review of the event will appear in the next QMiP bulletin. From the minute I arrived…
gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); Time management skills are a byproduct of being an academic. Juggling research, teaching, admin and other and having done a PhD over four to five years lead you to acquire ways of managing your time more efficiently. If…
gtag(‘config’, ‘UA-114307531-1’); This post is similar to the previous one in that it is my attempt to pass on nuggets of wisdom gained through trial and error. The last post was very broad whereas this one will only be of…