A team from The Open University, including OU Psychology, has been awarded £7.7million to create a new centre for combating online violence against women and girls, to open later this year.
The Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) has published an annual review on its third year (2022-2023).
Why the built environment? There is evidence that the kinds of buildings and neighbourhoods people live in can help to shape people’s psychological wellb''eing. For this reason, the research team were curious as to whether there was evidence that the built environment specifically affects how lonely people feel.
Four 25-hour short online courses especially for professionals in Psychotherapy and Counselling have been launched.
Professor Peter Hegarty (Co-Director of the Open Psychology Research Centre at The OU) hosted a talk with guest speaker Dr Evangelos Ntontis of The OU’s Psychology & Counselling Dept. Dr Ntontis was talking to undergraduates via The OU’s ColLab, and his subject was human behaviour during disasters and crises.
The Open University (OU) has secured a funding grant worth £657,922 for a project investigating trust in forensic science.
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International research, led by the OU, is to focus on exploring psychological drivers and proposing solutions to limit the spread of extremism around the world, in 3 year project.
From marketer to successful cyberpsychologist, Carolyn Freeman proves it’s never too late for a career change thanks to the OU.
Dr David Jones has led a critical exploration of ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ (BPD) in a Special Edition of The Journal of Psychosocial Studies as part of his work in the Critical and Psychosocial Mental Health Group in the School of Psychology at The Open University.
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