We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉 Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised! 3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution 2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions. Please share and apply! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

We are hiring! New Asst Prof (G8) post @durhampsych.bsky.social *All areas* but with some teaching in forensic psych. Deadline September 16. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Congratulations to all 20 of our researchers who will be part of expert sub-panels for #REF2029. The number and breadth of expertise demonstrates the excellence in research here at Durham. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @ref2029.bsky.social #research #excellence

Excited to share our new paper investigating Ugandan mothers' experience of gender roles and how it impacts their children's socio-emotional development! dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.... @drboothroyd.bsky.social @zannaclay.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social

A new ‪study shows new mothers only have about an hour of their waking day for rest, leading to stress, loneliness and emotional exhaustion. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social

Deadline for applications is 16th September!

September always brings with it that old back-to-school feeling and the urge to learn something new. Feel the same? Check out our professional short courses in behavioural science - flexible, online, and grounded in real world insight bit.ly/BehSciCPD #[email protected]

Come and work with us! We have an exciting opportunity to join us as an Assistant Professor. The post is full-time & permanent and is open to applicants from all areas of psychology. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching in forensic psychology. To apply➡️ bit.ly/3V7nqW9

Join us as we explore the challenges faced by psychology educators when teaching about sex and gender. Registrations now open for our free webinar. Monday 8 September, 1pm - 2pm BST lnkd.in/eUkBC2rQ #HigherEd #Psychology #TeachingPsychology #SexAndGender #InclusiveTeaching #UKAcademia #Pedagogy

It’s our first day at @edbookfest.bsky.social and our website has had a glow-up – go and take a look! readerbank.org

The #ReaderBank Imagination Quiz aims to understand readers’ imaginations with potential to enhance mental health therapies. shorturl.at/gHVSx @thereaderbank.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social @aldersonday.bsky.social @georgiapunton.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social

New from @durhamimh.bsky.social - the first @thereaderbank.bsky.social paper! We identify 4 factors in a new scale of reading imagery, the ReaderBank Imagination Quiz. Well done 1st author @georgiapunton.bsky.social & thanks to our partners at @edbookfest.bsky.social Cc @durhampsych.bsky.social

In a first study of its kind, our researchers have co-produced and tested a physical activity intervention with service users and staff in secure mental health units. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @proftammiwalker.bsky.social @durhampsych.bsky.social

I am very pleased to share our new website for 'The Health and Justice Forensic Research Lab' @durhampsych.bsky.social you can join the database for free. Take a look. Happy weekend everyone 😀 healthjusticeforensicresearch.webspace.durham.ac.uk

Just launched! Professional short online courses in behavioural science at Durham University. 👉Behavioural Science at Work: Applying Behavioural Insights to Boost Business Performance bit.ly/3U5szh3 👉Identity & Inclusion: Behavioural Insights for Leaders bit.ly/4flkMFK

We had a fantastic day yesterday celebrating Congregation with our psychology graduates. It’s always such a joy to mark the achievements of our incredible students — congratulations to all! #durhampsychology #durhamuniversitycongregation #classof2025

We are a World Top 100 University (QS World University Rankings 2026) - since 2010. We’ve strengthened our academic reputation, are 64th globally for employability and 22nd for sustainability. #QSWUR

This June, we will host @erc.europa.eu Scientific Council meeting. We're highlighting some of our ERC-supported projects, starting with a 5-year study by Prof @markonardini.bsky.social on the capacity of the human brain. Read more👉 bit.ly/3FpQ150 @durhampsych.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

Beyond the Nudge Join our dynamic, thought-provoking online discussion on the evolving role of behavioural science in business, policy, leadership, and behaviour change, with reflections from those shaping its future. Wednesday 25 June, 1pm (GMT) bit.ly/BeyondTheNudge

Our brilliant @proftammiwalker.bsky.social is speaking on this important topic today at the Public Policy Exchange event 'Supporting Women in the Criminal Justice System: Reducing the number of women in prison and addressing the distinct needs of women in the criminal justice system'

Deadline is just over a week away! See details and link below for job spec and how to apply.

Please join us on Friday 9 May 1-2pm to hear Dr Sasha Cook speak about 'Health and Illness-Oriented Leadership for Employees with Chronic Health Conditions (CHC)' Details below ⬇️

🎉Congratulations to Professor Graham Towl from our @durhampsych.bsky.social who has been awarded the prestigious @bpsofficial.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement Award. 🎉 Find out more about Graham's career and his unwavering commitment to improving and saving lives 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

📣We are hiring! Join us as a Career Development Fellow, full-time, fixed-term post from this September. To read more and apply 👉 bit.ly/42XI93k Deadline 22nd May. #academicjobs #psychology #psychologyjobs

Pioneering new research by @drshodgetts.bsky.social from our Department of Psychology has uncovered the hidden toll of #PMDD on daily life and relationships. Discover more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... #DUResearch @durhampsych.bsky.social

🧠🎓 Funded PhD opportunity @durhampsych.bsky.social! Explore why cluttered spaces are hard for kids with brain-related visual impairment. 4 yrs funding by @fightforsight.bsky.social | Start Oct 2025 🔗 Details: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #PhD #ChildHealth #Neuropsychology #VisualImpairment

Fascinating new piece for @uk.theconversation.com from Louise Hanson at @durhampsych.bsky.social #DUresearch #beauty #history #research

We’ll now be hearing from our keynote speaker, Professor Victoria Simms, who has joined us from Ulster University. Vic’s talk will discuss the importance of public engagement for researchers! @durhampsych.bsky.social

We’re now moving onto the second of our poster sessions! We’ve got excellent posters from Lucy Edgar, Eleonora Apolo de Azevedo, Xiangyu Deng, Xueqing Li, Wenjing Zheng, Rui Su, and Halo Gao

📢 Still time to apply for our MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience @durhampsych.bsky.social ! 👉 durham.ac.uk/study/course... 🧠 Join a top Psychology department and kickstart your Neuroscience career. 🔍 Wide range of research groups: durham.ac.uk/departments/... 📩 DM me for any question

Oscar Sill gave an amazing talk to end our short talk session, where he discussed the development of accurate own-body maps from childhood to adulthood! @durhampsych.bsky.social

Another great talk in our short talk session from Rai Bari, who presented his work on feature vs object-based attentional templates during feature, conjunction, and object search @durhampsych.bsky.social

Fran Cavanagh gave a fascinating talk on using machine learning to analyse large online text datasets @durhampsych.bsky.social

An insightful talk from Gloria Roden-Lui on the views of service users, staff, and carers on the use of restraint in secure psychiatric services @durhampsych.bsky.social

Giulia D’Avino gave a great talk on the effects of tiredness on word learning during infancy @durhampsych.bsky.social

An interesting talk from James Mcleod to start our short talk session! He presented his research on the perspectives of autistic adults about the factors influencing their PE access and engagement during secondary school @durhampsych.bsky.social

We’re now moving onto our short talk session, where we’ll be hearing from James, Giulia, Gloria, Fran, Rai, and Oscar about their research! @durhampsych.bsky.social

Now we have our first poster session! We have amazing posters from Artie Graham, Jack Thompson, Sarah White, Yuewen Wu, Maria Ciocan, Liang Wu, Charlie Greenall, and Mohsen Khoddami @durhampsych.bsky.social

We ended the first long talk session with another great talk from Courtney Turner, who presented her research on the stability of individual working memory capacity. @durhampsych.bsky.social

Bhakti gave a great first talk of the day, discussing the pathways to constructive and destructive behavioural responses. @durhampsych.bsky.social

We are starting the day with our first long talk session, where we’ll be hearing from Bhakti and Courtney @durhampsych.bsky.social

"Prescribed diversity experiences in regulated places shouldn’t be banned. Disestablishing DEI in the workplace and education can enhance individual freedom and civil liberties, but return society to more segregated and unequal times." New @spspnews.bsky.social post by Stefania Paolini #SocialPsyc

New paper by @kwnieberle.bsky.social published in Organizational Psychology Review 'Voice Echoes: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda on the Consequences of Employee Voice for Voicers, their Co-workers, and Managers', bit.ly/4i2rq3o

Huge thanks to @durhampsych.bsky.social for their amazing office snack box, which has now hit £500 raised for EDT! 🧠🥳 Could your workplace do an EDT office snack box too? Get in touch for more info! 😋 #ABI #Encephalitis #support #snacks

Learning new perceptual skills: Individual differences in the computations that integrate novel sensory cues into depth perception www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... by @meike-scheller.bsky.social @markonardini.bsky.social et al.

Congrats Dr Patrick Kotzur, Prof Stefania Paolini @durhamuniversity.bsky.social & team for receiving International Best Paper Award from the Society of Existential Psychology for 'Psychological well-being in Europe after the outbreak of war in Ukraine - Nature Communications'👏 go.nature.com/3E5CmiF

Congrats to Dr Patrick Kotzur, Professor Stefania Paolini @durhamuniversity.bsky.social & team for receiving International Best Paper Award from the Society of Existential Psychology for 'Psychological well-being in Europe after the outbreak of war in Ukraine - Nature Communications' 👏

I did an interview with BBC World Service on solitude research, the difference between solitude and loneliness, etc. This article was published in multiple languages ☺️ Pidgin: www.bbc.com/pidgin/artic... Portuguese - www.bbc.com/portuguese/a... Arabic - www.bbc.com/arabic/artic...