Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Association for Psychosocial Studies. All members and interested parties welcome.   Friday 15th December, 4.00->6.00pm   Committee Room 3; 30 Bedford Way (Institute of Education/UCL) London WC1H 0AL.

Annual Conference: ‘Psychosocial Reflections on a Half Century of Cultural Revolution’

University of Bournemouth

Venue: University of Bournemouth Date:  5th-7th April 2018 Call for papers Deadline: 22nd January 2018 Send your abstract of 250–300 words to: APS2018@bournemouth.ac.uk *Due to popular demand, we have added a new open stream for those who wish to submit proposals for papers, panels or artistic presentations on: “Current and Future Directions in Psychosocial Studies” ‘Psychosocial …

Psychosocial Methodologies: Politics and Change

Psychosocial Methodologies: Politics and Change   UCL Institute of Education in association with the Association for Psychosocial Studies and the University of Birmingham   Dates: over 3 days Monday June 18th10am - 5pm Tuesday June 19th  10am- 5pm Wednesday June 20thand 10 am – 1.15pm   Tutors: Claudia Lapping, Ian McGimpsey, Maria Jose Lagos, Felipe Acuna …

Annual General Members’ Meeting and Panel: Mental Health and The Emotional Work of the Gig Economy

University of Westminster, Boardroom 309 Regent Street, London, United Kingdom

3.30-5pm: Panel on Mental Health and The Emotional Work of the Gig Economy Speakers: Sally-Anne Gross and Dr George Musgrave (University of Westminster): Can Music Make You Sick? In recent years there has been a growing body of research that has begun to examine the dark side of our relationship to music. The media understandably …

The ‘READING’ CONFERENCE 2019

Birkbeck College

ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STUDIES ‘READING’ CONFERENCE 2019. At Birkbeck, University of London, Thursday 16th and Friday 17th May 2019 The Psychosocial – reflections and developments   The APS Reading Conference 2019 will create an innovative space for developing the field of psychosocial studies. Over two days, you will have the opportunity to participate in discussion …

Psychosocial Methodologies: Politicising Research with Narrative and Free Association

A course for psychosocial researchers taking place at UCL Institute of Education and supported by the Association for Psychosocial Studies and the University of Birmingham   Course tutors:  Claudia Lapping, Ian McGimpsey, Felipe Acuna, Mohamed Elshirazy Dates: Mon 1st, Tues 2nd and Weds 3rd July, 10 am - 4pm Location: UCL Room: B06 Drayton House, 30 …

AGM and Relaunch of the Journal of Psychosocial Studies

We  are delighted  to celebrate the publication of the double re-launch issue of the Journal of Psychosocial Studies. The journal will henceforth be published by Policy Press. This move to a professional academic publishing platform reflects the strength of the journal and growing national and international recognition of the unique place it occupies in the field of …

APS Summer Programme 2020

The APS is very excited to be hosting a series of topical events and in an array of formats during the summer of 2020. Please click here for more details and free registration links: APS Summer 2020 Programme.

APS Reading Group: Nini Fang’s ‘Feeling/ being out of place: psychic defence against the hostility environment’

Please join us for our second in a series of monthly online reading groups where we will be coming together and discussing topical articles drawn from The Journal of Psychosocial Studies. Like everyone, APS members are working under very altered and potentially isolating circumstances and it was with great regret that the we had to …