Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees

About the project

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• PhD and MPhil Degrees Business Research Degrees Dance Research Degrees Education Research Degrees English and Creative Writing Research Degrees Law Research Degrees Pre-PhD Preparation Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees History and Politics Research Degrees Sport Research Degrees Theatre Research Degrees
• Business Research Degrees
• Dance Research Degrees
• Education Research Degrees
• English and Creative Writing Research Degrees
• Law Research Degrees
• Pre-PhD Preparation
• Psychology and Criminology Research Degrees
• History and Politics Research Degrees
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• Theatre Research Degrees
• Research Centres Centre for Cultural History Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity Centre for Future Technologies Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group Centre for Sustainable Business Centre for Workforce Development Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Creative Industries Research Centre MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA) People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab Qualitative Research Hub Social Work Collaborative Research Hub The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
• Centre for Cultural History
• Centre for Education, Innovation and Equity
• Centre for Future Technologies
• Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER) Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education Diversity and Equality in Sport Enhancing Sport Performance Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step Integrated Caring Science Research Group Nutritional Supplementation Occupational Performance Research Group
• Children, Teaching and Practice in Physical Education
• Diversity and Equality in Sport
• Enhancing Sport Performance
• Health and Wellbeing Research SHIFT Step By Step
• SHIFT
• Step By Step
• Integrated Caring Science Research Group
• Nutritional Supplementation
• Occupational Performance Research Group
• Centre for Sustainable Business
• Centre for Workforce Development
• Centre of Excellence for Childhood, Society and Inclusion Homelessness Studies Lab
• Homelessness Studies Lab
• Chichester Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
• Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
• Creative Industries Research Centre
• MOVER Centre Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
• Lab for Self-Efficacy, Performance and Agency (LSPA)
• People and Well-Being in the Everyday Research Centre (POWER) Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab Creative Research Methods Lab Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory Human Attention Laboratory Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab Quantitative Criminology Lab Research in Practice Hub Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab Vocal Communication Lab
• Child and Adolescent Socio-Emotional Development Lab
• Cognitive Ageing and Dementia Research Lab
• Creative Research Methods Lab
• Cultural and Social Cognition Laboratory
• Employee Well-being in Work & Organisational Psychology (EWWOP) Lab
• Functional Behavioural Science Laboratory
• Human Attention Laboratory
• Lab for Global Research on Gender, Sexuality and Identity
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Lab
• Quantitative Criminology Lab
• Research in Practice Hub
• Sexualised Violence and Abuse Research Lab
• Vocal Communication Lab
• Qualitative Research Hub
• Social Work Collaborative Research Hub
• The Iris Murdoch Research Centre
• Research Excellence Framework REF 2014 REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
• REF 2014
• REF 2021 Data Collection Statements
• Data Collection Statements
• Research Governance
• Research Office

Psychology PhD Study

Psychology is the scientific study of experience and behaviour – why we do what we do, how we interact with other people and the emotional significance we attach to this. These studies have gained increasing importance across a wide range of professional activities, including human resources, education, sport, social care and the creative industries.

Criminology PhD Study

Criminology is the scientific study of understanding offending behaviour; how we prevent crime in the first place and exploring how to understand and evaluate the Criminal Justice System, including Police Investigations and how the Prison service functions.

We have a growing number of PhD students conducting innovative and original research across a variety of topic areas, including message framing in various health contexts, workplace integration, wellbeing in dance, policing and many more. For research queries specific to the Department of Psychology and Criminology please contact Dr Roy Spina on r.spina@chi.ac.uk .

South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership: funding available in this subject pathway

We are one of just four universities making up the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) – an exciting collaboration delivering the latest in research methods and skills training for social scientists.

Backed by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the South Coast DTP provides a range of funding opportunities to doctoral students, and fantastic opportunities for postgraduate and postdoctoral study.

Use cutting edge research equipment and software

Our postgraduate researchers can take advantage of cutting-edge research equipment, across a wide-ranging suite of research labs.

Specialist advanced research equipment

We also boast an impressive range of specialist advanced research software, which we use for quantitative and qualitative data analysis, online surveys, and online experiments.

• Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) neuroimaging equipment enabling us to image what is happening within the brain in real-time: NIRScout – NIRx Medical Technologies
• Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation equipment for facilitating or inhibiting cortical processing via electrical neuromodulation, useful for increasing addiction treatment efficacy
• Immersive Virtual Reality System for Neuroscience Research, used for simulating real-world environments, treating phobias and trauma: aLIAS Laptop, Biopac MP15, virtual reality development platform Vizard, Oculus Head set (DK2 and Rift), and 3D software
• Physiological data acquisition system for measuring physiological body responses: BioPac
• 12x neuro-anatomical brains and one anatomical Model of a torso – used for a range of modelling activities

Specialist advanced research software

• AMOS
• CMA – Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software
• Data Miner
• E-prime
• Inquisit
• NOLDUS – The Observer XT: Software package for the collection, analysis, and presentation of observational data
• Nvivo
• Qualtrics
• SPSS
• SuperLab

Professor Esther Burkitt

Professor of Developmental Psychology

Professor Antonina Pereira

Executive Dean Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities

Dr Moitree Banerjee

Head of School of Law, Business and Psychology / Reader in Clinical Psychology

Dr Roy Spina

Senior Lecturer

Dr Ian Tyndall

Reader in Cognitive Psychology

Dr Karen Rodham

Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology

Valentina Canessa-Pollard

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Dr Rachel King

Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology

Dr James Stiller

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Amber Leeson

PhD Student

Leanne Haywood

PhD Student

Gillian Docherty

PhD Student

Lorena Covington

PhD Student in Psychology

Jasmine Afaily-Zadeh

PhD Student

Debbie Cunningham

PhD Student

Nicky McLean

PhD Student

Alexander T. R. Sharpe

Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Department Administrator

Emmanuel Obine

Lecturer in Psychology (Student Experience)

Hollie Newman

Lecturer in Criminology, Programme Lead for MSc Criminology

Izzy Ball

Lecturer in Psychology

Stewart Seymour

Associate Lecturer in Psychology

Louise Seymour

Associate lecturer in Psychology, Nurse Health Advisor

Psychology and Counselling Research

We have an active and thriving research culture focused into a number of different research laboratories across various subdisciplines.

Entry Requirements

The standard requirement for an MPhil/PhD is a first or upper-second honours degree and usually a relevant research related Master’s degree. Candidates with other qualifications are considered on an individual basis.

How To Apply

Once you’ve decided on your topic/area of interest, normally the first step is to identify a potential supervisor with expertise most related to your area of interest. You can contact them directly, asking if they would be available and interested in supervising your intended project.

We recommend checking individual staff profiles, including in our POWER Centre’s Psychology and Criminology research labs, to see if their expertise matches your interests. All students are interviewed by their potential supervisor(s) and a Research Degree Coordinator or nominated other. To apply: https://www.chi.ac.uk/research/phd-and-mphil-degrees/

Research areas