Social psychology of empathy and cooperation 

Staff

Professor David Booth

Professor David Booth

Honorary Professor

David Booth investigates the ways in which an individual's life works. His research and teaching centre on the processes in the mind that fit to the current situation the actions and reactions by people, members of other species and, indeed, intelligent robots.

Dr Stuart Derbyshire

Dr Stuart Derbyshire

Reader in Psychology

The main aim of my lab is to understand pain without injury. Consequently we hurt people using hypnosis, painful images, illusions and other trickery. I am generally interested in the nature of pain and the relationship between pain and consciousness.

Dr Suzanne Higgs

Dr Suzanne Higgs

Reader in the Psychobiology of Appetite

60 second video iconI am a research psychologist interested in the study of motivated behaviours like eating and drug taking.

Professor Glyn Humphreys

Honorary Professor of Cognitive Psychology

Dr Michael Larkin

Senior Research Tutor for Clinical Psychology
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Joint Course Director MRes Clinical Psychology

My main roles involve teaching, supporting and supervising research on the clinical psychology doctorate, and organising the MRes Clinical Psychology course. I also supervise PhD students using qualitative research methods to explore experiences of psychological distress, recovery, relatedness and caring. My research interests are in these same areas.

Dr Arie Nouwen

Dr Arie Nouwen

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology

Dr Nouwen’s main research interests focus on two areas: the motivational processes underlying dietary self-care in people with diabetes, and the Centre for Obesity Research. Dr Nouwen uses both applied clinical and social as well as experimental laboratory paradigms. He is Associate Editor of Diabetic Medicine and Consulting Editor of Health Psychology.

Professor Chris Oliver

Professor Chris Oliver

Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Chris Oliver is Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Director of the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. His main research interests are behavioural, cognitive and emotional disorders in people with severe intellectual disability, genetic syndromes and autism spectrum conditions.

Postgraduate research students

Jody Osborne

Rita Meneses

Alla Yankovskaya