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.
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.
We would like to invite you to take part in our study on face recognition, which features characters from the show.
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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.
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.
A piece of textile art inspired by a Psychology research project has gone on display at Northern Ireland’s Linen Biennale. ‘The Belfast Quilt’ was the brainchild of Heather Richardson, Staff Tutor in English and Creative Writing.
A new publication co-edited by Dr Lara Frumkin, The Open University, considers a range of issues faced by those researching terrorism and counter terrorism, asking vital questions about the future of terrorism research.
The Open Psychology Research Centre has published the second issue of its annual review, providing an overview of the Centre and its activities during the inaugural year 2021-2022.
A new online course, jointly developed by experts at The Open University and the University of Northampton, is now available for social care professionals who work with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) and separated or lone migrant young people.