THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMAGINATION

A symposium to celebrate the launch of The Association for Psychosocial Studies Friday 13 June 2014 10.30am - 6.30pm at The British Library Conference Centre St Pancras, London with talks, responses and contributions from a wide range of psychosocial thinkers, practitioners and researchers including: John Adlam (NHS), Caroline Bainbridge (Roehampton), Karl Figlio (Essex), Stephen Frosh (Birkbeck), …

PSYCHOSOCIAL CONNECTIONS: PRACTICE, POLICY AND RESEARCH

1st  Annual Conference of the Association for Psychosocial Studies 16-17 December 2014 hosted by the Psychosocial Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire Preston PR12HE MORE INFORMATION and CALL FOR PAPERS TO FOLLOW Abstract Submission deadline will be 1-07-2014

Narcissism and Destructive Leadership

The Foundry

The idea that there are ‘narcissistic’ individuals who can wreak havoc when in positions of leadership and power has been receiving considerable public attention. Stories from  political arenas,  corporate boardrooms and public organisations tell of the damage done by particularly destructive individuals who gain positions of power. Superficially at least, the fit between the clinical …

Reasons to be cheerful or manic hope? Thoughts on the general election

    Tuesday 4 July, 6-8pm - The Tavistock Centre, Belsize Lane, NW3   A roundtable discussion organised by the Tavistock Clinic Policy Seminar, the Association for Psychosocial Studies, and the BSA’s Sociology Psychoanalysis and Psychosocial Study Group. The result of the recent general election took many of us by surprise. Labour’s unexpected surge in the polls …

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 …