Department of Psychology

Psychologists play an important role in understanding the world, and our research aims to improve the lives of people around the world.

Our recent projects include innovative work on predicting high-risk offenders, and studies exploring how to protect victims and support witnesses. Other projects include 'increasing mammal release success rates and reducing the impact of tourism on wildlife' and 'developing tools to enhance employment prospects of adults on the autism spectrum'. Our research portal, Pure, has a full list of staff and researchers working within the department.

We've received funding from many prestigious organisations, including the Economic & Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, Federal Bureau of Investigation, British Academy and the British Psychological Society.

Our research entities include:

• Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology
• Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity
• International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology (ICRFP)
• Quality of Life, Health and Wellbeing Research Group
• Dog Cognition Centre