Previous Events

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:30

Online

The Association of Child Protection Professionals presents: Lunch & Learn talk by Dr J. Motzkau

Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Berril Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, The Open University, MK6 7AA

Professor Naomi Moller will be giving her Inaugural Lecture- Researching relationships: Attachment, affairs, and sex and intimacy over 65, and will talk about her research into relationships

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 14:00 to 19:00

Internal Event

An internal FCRG forensic psychology research event, with guest speakers 

Friday, June 14, 2024 - 12:00 to 17:00

Internal Event

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 11:00 to 17:00

Library Seminar Rooms 4, The Open University Campus, Milton Keynes

Are you a doctoral student or an academic staff interested in exploring decolonial principles in your work? Join us for a workshop on decolonial approaches to research methods in Psychology. In this workshop, participants will begin to understand the differences between colonisation, ...

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 17:30 to 18:30

Online, or in-person (Berril Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA)

In her inaugural lecture, Rose Capdevila, Professor of Psychology at the OU, will discuss her research around the gendering of power in three contexts: activism, the history of psychology and social media.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 09:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

Dr Ailsa Strathie and Professor Lara Frumkin held an in-person internal meeting in The OU 's Edinburgh office.

Monday, March 4, 2024 - 09:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

Dr Sandra Obradovic and Professor Paul Stenner of the CusP Strand, held a joint internal event at the University of Sussex.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 09:00 to 16:30

Internal Event

An internal event organised by Dr Sandra Obradovic of the CuSP Strand of the School of Psychology & Counselling, with guest speakers Gordon Summut, Xenia Chryssochoou, and Antonis Dimakis.

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00

MS Teams

The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership unites Brunel University, The Open University and the University of Oxford. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), it is one of 15 ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships across the UK, providing postgraduate stud...

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 09:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

Dr Ailsa Strathie and Professor Lara Frumkin held an in-person FCRG meeting in London.

Thursday, November 2, 2023 - 09:00 to 17:00

Internal Event

Dr David Jones led a  joint event between PHeW and Polity Press – the launch of a special issue of the Journal of Psychosocial Studies on “Borderline”. The issue is edited by David Jones and features papers by other Phew members eg the PhD student Nina Fellows. ...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 10:30 to 18:30

Christodoulou CMR 11 and 14, OU Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes

The OPRC will be hosting an event on 10 and 11 July, inviting the OPRC Centre Advisory Board.

Monday, July 10, 2023 - 12:00 to 18:30

Christodoulou CMR 14 and 15, OU Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes

The OPRC will be hosting an event on 10 and 11 July, inviting the OPRC Centre Advisory Board. 

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 15:00 to 17:30

The Hub Theatre, OU Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes

As part of the Research Festival- Engaging Research on Global Challenges and Social Justice (14-21 June 2023), Professors Rose Capdevila and Lisa Lazard will be presenting at the roundtable discussion on 'Digital Research Methods' on the first day of the event- 14 June.  ...

Friday, June 9, 2023 - 12:00 to 21:00

Internal Event

This internal PHeW event, sponsored by the OPRC is a networking event, with the theme of Resistance and change in mental health care

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 15:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

FCRG is hosting four presentations by PhD students, exploring the range of research our students undertake.

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - 13:00 to 17:00

Internal Event

Dr Sandra Obradovic and Professor John Dixon are hosting an internal Culture and Social Psychology (CuSP) event, exploring Beyond existing methodologies: innovations in technological and digital uses for research, in London.  

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 09:00 to 17:00

The Whitla Hall, Queens University, Belfast

The Psychology & Counselling School's very own Dr Karen Hagan is chairing the organising committee and presenting at the upcoming one-day antibullying conference in Northern Ireland in the Whitla Hall, Queens University, Belfast.  

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 15:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

The Forensic Cognition Research Group (FCRG) within the School of Psychology & Counselling are hosting an internal event with two guest speakers. 

Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 11:30 to 17:00

The Royal Society of Edinburgh's Wellcome West Room, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ

Contact Dr Kesi Mahendran

We hear a lot about how the public can become easily polarised. How polarisation and entrenched positions is damaging for democracy, but how can psychology help to de-polarising the public. This free #oprc #cusp event is free with limited places in person.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - 17:00 to Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 18:00

Online via SPSSI Website

Dr Geetha Reddy of The Open University Psychology & Counselling School, along with Readsura Decolonial Editorial Collective and SPSSI (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) is running a free webinar series on Decolonial Perspectives on the Psychological Study of Social ...

Friday, August 5, 2022 - 18:00 to 20:00

Hotel du Vin, Crescent Rd, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2LY

Professors Graham Richards and Paul Stennner are hosting a book launch in August.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - 14:30 to 18:00

Online

You are cordially invited to the Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) event Opening Psychology? OPRC Roundtable Discussion. In June 2022, The OPRC will be hosting an event, leading a discussion about the shape of openness in psychology. The event will welcome an international panel of speakers and...

Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 18:00 to 20:00

Online

At this event we will discuss both of these outputs, as well as taking the opportunity to talk through the challenges of English as an Additional Language support, multilingualism and the use of child language brokers (young translators) in schools. This event is aimed at school educators, EAL coord...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 - 19:00 to 20:00

Online & Berrill Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Stephanie Taylor is a Professor in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology and Counselling. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Stephanie Taylor will discuss the associations of creativity, its contradictions and how we can understand the experience of being creative.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 11:00 to 13:00

Online

The Psychology of Health and Wellbeing Research Group are hosting a virtual event with the Mulberry Bush School exploring reflective and therapeutic practice with children who have experienced complex trauma.

Friday, May 27, 2022 - 11:00 to Saturday, May 28, 2022 - 18:00

Online

International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP), where the OPRC Co-Director Professor Paul Stenner is on the Executive Committee of the ISTP and a member of the Conference Organising Committee, invites you to submit proposals for creative session formats, including community engaged sessions...

Friday, May 27, 2022 - 11:00 to Saturday, May 28, 2022 - 18:00

Online

International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP), where the OPRC Co-Director Professor Paul Stenner is on the Executive Committee of the ISTP and a member of the Conference Organising Committee, invites you to submit proposals for creative session formats, including community engaged sessions...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - 12:30 to 14:00

Online

The BPS London & Home Counties Branch and the Psychology of Women and Equalities section are hosting a virtual event that will explore gender based violence and harassment from a multi disciplinary perspective. Dr Lisa Lazard and the Intersectional Violences Research Group will be taking part in...

Monday, April 11, 2022 - 14:00 to 15:00

Online

In this seminar Dr Nelli Stavropoulou as part of the ECR/PGR research strand will be sharing reflections from conducting participatory arts-based research with individuals seeking asylum in the UK.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 18:30 to 19:30

The Society for Psychotherapy Research UK Chapter, where Professor Naomi Moller is President and Dr Andreas Vossler is a member of the Local Committee, is proud to offer the 6th and final event of the series of online research events for psychotherapy researchers (both novice and experienced) and re...

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 18:30 to 19:30

The Society for Psychotherapy Research UK Chapter, where Professor Naomi Moller is President and Dr Andreas Vossler is a member of the Local Committee, is proud to offer the 5th in a series of free online research events for psychotherapy researchers (both novice and experienced) and research-intere...

Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 14:00 to 16:00

Online

Developed by Psychology & Counselling staff tutors in Wales in association with the BPS, you are invited to the inaugural Festival of Psychology in Wales - OPENTALKS, where Professor Sarah Crafter will give a keynote talk about 'Child language brokering as a family care p...

Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 18:30 to 20:00

The Society for Psychotherapy Research UK Chapter, where Professor Naomi Moller is President and Dr Andreas Vossler is member of the Local Committee, is proud to offer a series of free online research events for psychotherapy researchers (both novice and experienced) and research-interested pra...