Department of Psychology • City, University of London

Psychology facilities tour

Explore some of our specialist Psychology facilities at City, University of London.

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About

We are a thriving, research intensive department, conducting world class research across many areas of psychology including autism, memory, decision making and cognitive neuroscience.

Students learn from active researchers and expert practitioners in range of innovative degree programmes.

The department produces research that is rated as being well within the top third of UK institutions (REF 2014). Investment in recruiting researchers with established, recognised expertise over recent years has allowed the department to expand substantially, fostering a dynamic environment for research and learning.

Excellence in teaching

Dr Stian Reimers has won the Vice-Chancellor’s Award in the category of Excellence in Learning and Teaching within the School of Arts and Social Sciences.

Our academics and staff members are often recognised by their excellent teaching. For example, Dr Stian Reimers and Dr Jessica Jones Nielsen have won the Vice-Chancellor’s Award in the category of Excellence in Learning and Teaching within the School of Arts and Social Sciences.

Professor James Hampton was awarded the Research Supervisor of the Year and Dr Andreas Kappes won the Teaching Excellence Award! at the Academic Impact Awards run by the Student's Union and the Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD).

What is it like to study Psychology at City?

Our Research Students organise national events such as Brain Awareness Week, Pint of Science and Heroes of Neurons. These events are celebrated every year at City, University of London.

City teaching and research programmes have unique features to enhance your experience at City.

City was one of the first institutions to develop DPsych programmes in Counselling Psychology.

Our BSc Psychology degree we provide the opportunity for you to graduate with a BPS accredited BSc Psychology degree in a specialised area of Psychology (4 pathways here - Counselling and Health Psychology, Organisational Psychology and Behavioural Economics, Psychology with Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience and Psychology with Child Development).

Our MSc programmes offers clinical internships in clinical settings such as Mind (Hackney) and we have developed international PhD programmes to provide our students with research experience in international laboratories.

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Research degrees

CPD courses

Counselling Skills Workshop

Staff

Academic staff

Dr Carsten Allefeld, Lecturer in Psychology
Professor Peter Ayton, Professor of Psychology
Professor Dermot Bowler, Professor of Psychology
Dr Beatriz Calvo Merino, Reader in Psychology
Dr Sara Chaudry, Lecturer in Counselling Psychology
Dr Seraphine Clarke, Lecturer in Psychology
Professor Martin Conway, Director Centre for Memory & Law
Dr Paula Corcoran, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology
Professor Philip Corr, Professor of Psychology
Dr Danai Dima, Reader
Dr Kathryn Emerson, Lecturer in Psychology (Education Only)
Dr Ansgar Endress, Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Jacqui Farrants, Consultant Psychologist
Dr Anne-Kathrin Fett, Senior Lecturer
Dr Paul Flaxman, Senior Lecturer in Org Psychology
Professor Tina Forster, Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Elliot Freeman, Reader
Dr Sebastian Gaigg, Reader in Psychology
Dr Lucia Garrido, Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Martina Gerada, Lecturer in Counselling Psychology
Dr Jennifer Gerson, Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
Dr Ava Green, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
Dr Corinna Haenschel, Reader in Psychology
Professor James Hampton, Professor
Professor Mark Howe, Professor of Psychology
Dr Andreas Jarvstad, Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Jessica Jones Nielsen, Assistant Vice President (EDI- Race Equality)
Dr Daphne Josselin, Lecturer in Counselling Psychology
Dr Andreas Kappes, Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Mehdi Keramati, Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Lauren Knott, Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Anna Lambrechts, Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Sophie Lind, Reader in Psychology
Dr Lynsey Mahmood, Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
Dr Elena Manafi, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology
Dr Ohemaa Nkansa-Dwamena, Lecturer in Counselling Psychology
Dr Aylish O'Driscoll, Lecturer in Counselling Psychology
Dr Dimitris Pinotsis, Senior Lecturer
Dr Anke Plagnol, Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Economics
Dr Marie Poirier, Reader
Professor Emmanuel Pothos, Professor of Psychology
Dr Ignazio Puzzo, Visiting Lecturer
Dr Deborah Rafalin, Associate Dean (Education), School of Arts and Social Sciences, Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Courtney Raspin, Visiting Lecturer
Dr Stian Reimers, Reader in Psychology
Dr Francesco Rigoli, Senior Lecturer
Dr Fran Smith, Lecturer in Psychology
Dr Claire Stone, Visiting Lecturer
Dr Susan Strauss, Senior University Teacher
Dr Lydia Tan, Lecturer
Dr Katy Tapper, Reader in Psychology
Dr Jutta Tobias Mortlock, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology
Dr Brenda Todd, Senior Lecturer
Professor Carla Willig, Professor of Psychology
Dr Kielan Yarrow, Reader in Psychology
Dr Julia Yates, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psycho
Dr James Yearsley, Senior Lectureship in Psychology
Dr Lara Zibarras, Reader

Research

The results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 for the Psychology Department show a marked improvement, compared to the last assessment round (Research Assessment Exercise, RAE, 2008).

In REF2014 we returned 28 FTE (over 30 individual members of staff) and 67% of our research was rated at the top 4* or 3* categories. In RAE2008, we returned 10.8 FTE and 50% of our research was rated in these categories.

Currently, the results of REF2014 show the Psychology Department to have jumped to a ranking of 29 out of 82 relevant departments in the UK, compared to our ranking of 50/76 in RAE2008, according to the research power measure (which is based on both research quality and research volume).

These results are encouraging for our effort to continue providing a supporting, vibrant research environment and research-led teaching through internationally recognised experts, across the entire department.