PSYCHOLOGY | 7
Research
At Keele we are proud of the extent to
which our psychology research activities
inform our teaching across our degree
courses. It is policy for our staff to teach
their own psychology specialism wherever
possible. For this reason the research
interests of our academic staff add a
strong flavour to our undergraduate
and postgraduate psychology courses.
There are four main research groups in
psychology: the Cognitive and Biological
Research Group, the Social Psychological
Research Group, and the Health and
Well-being Research Group.
Cognitive and Biological
Research
Keele Cognitive and Biological
Psychologists have expertise in the
applied areas of researching psychiatric
and neurological patients; swearing,
emotion and pain; alcohol and
hangovers; football heading as a cause
of neuropsychological deficits; memory,
false memory and eye-witness testimony;
face perception; and factors influencing
attention and task switching.
Developmental Psychology
Research
This group brings together academics
with an interest in children and young
people’s social development, cognitive
development, and their health and
well-being. The group is interested in
researching how children and young
people develop across many different
settings, particularly within education (e.g.
schools, FE colleges and university) and
forensic sectors.
Health and Wellbeing
Research
The group focuses on a broad range of
topics related to health and wellbeing.
It bridges the gaps between applied
research and psychology by exploring
how people experience and can be
supported in handling a range of health
and wellbeing-related issues. Topics
include the role of the arts and leisure
activities in health and wellbeing, health
screening and vaccinations, health literacy
in different populations, health behaviours,
maternal health, ageing, intergenerational
practice, and counselling for clients with
a range of mental and physical health
challenges. The group encompasses
different methodological approaches,
with particular strengths in qualitative and
participatory techniques.
Social Psychological
Research
Our Social and Developmental
Psychologists specialise in applied
psychological research in areas such
as policing, social identity and crowd
behaviour; forgiveness as possible conflict
resolution; and cyberpsychology.
We also have a number of special interest
groups including the Children and Young
People’s Research Network, and the
Qualitative Research Forum.
Further details:
keele.ac.uk/psychology/research/
Our award-winning academic
staff are involved in conducting
research which has been
assessed as being world-
leading, internationally
excellent or internationally
recognised (Research
Excellence Framework 2014).
Our research is funded by
a range of national and
international bodies including
the UK-India Education and
Research Initiative, the Berkley
Initiative for Transparency
in the Social Sciences,
the Leverhulme Trust, the
Economic and Social Research
Council, the Police Knowledge
Fund and Stoke on Trent City
Council.
keele.ac.uk/psychology