Department of Psychosocial Studies

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Exploring how psychic, social and historical forces shape individuals and societies

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Congratulations - outstanding REF2021 result

An overall score of 3.03 plus increases in outputs and impact since REF2014 secured us a national ranking of 22.

Our research

Birkbeck is at the forefront of the innovative, expanding interdisciplinary field of psychosocial studies, which stretches across, and draws from, the social sciences and the arts and humanities.

Our staff

Our Department is made up of 19 academic staff members and over 30 teaching and scholarship staff, as well as visiting professors, research associates, teaching assistants and professional services staff.

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We have a dynamic, enthusiastic and intellectually curious student community and they bring a wealth of life experience to the classroom.

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About us

The Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck was founded in 2000 and we investigate a wide range of contemporary social, political and personal concerns.

Current students

Find out more about programme handbooks, My Birkbeck for Students, and our online learning environment, Moodle.

Meet our staff

"Our work is interdisciplinary, innovative and exciting, and it challenges traditional views of personal and social life."

Professor Stephen Frosh

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Counselling and psychotherapy at Birkbeck

Birkbeck has been a centre of excellence in training for counsellors and psychotherapists for over 40 years.

MPhil/PhD research

We offer an exciting research environment, with supervisory expertise in a number of areas, including psychology, sociology, philosophy, literature, media and cultural studies, and religion.

Student funding

Securing funding for your studies will be a key concern and we are committed to providing the advice and support you need.

Research projects

Our academics are engaged in a range of cutting-edge research projects, supported by bodies including the ESRC, the AHRC, the EU and the Leverhulme Trust, among others.

Staff in the media

Our academic staff lead innovative research that is regularly reported in the print, broadcast and digital media.

Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics centre (MaMSIE)

Our Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics centre (MaMSIE) creates spaces for interdisciplinary conversations about motherhood and the maternal.

Birkbeck Institute for Social Research

This research centre is the focal point for social research at Birkbeck and a hub for the dissemination and discussion of social research in London and beyond.

Partnerships

We have a formal link with the Department of Social Psychology and the Psychology Institute at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, which includes staff and student exchanges.

Association for Psychosocial Studies

In 2014, we sponsored the foundation of the Association for Psychosocial Studies, which promotes the development of the field.

What is psychosocial studies and why is it important?

Find out what psychosocial studies is about, why every one of us can relate to it, and what it's like to study our BA Psychosocial Studies course.

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BGRS Essentials: Research degree examination process for supervisors

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Maths Skills: Plotting Linear Functions

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Avoiding Plagiarism Week: Academic referencing and avoiding plagiarism

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BGRS Essentials: Research degree examination process for supervisors

23 October 2024
11:00 — 12:00

Online
Book your place

Events calendar

Maths Skills: Plotting Linear Functions

23 October 2024
12:00 — 13:00

Online
Book your place

Events calendar

Avoiding Plagiarism Week: Academic referencing and avoiding plagiarism

23 October 2024
13:00 — 14:30

Online
Book your place

View all events

Podcast

Caring in crisis?

Dr Bruna Seu discusses some of the issues raised by her 2017 book, written with Dr Shani Orgad (LSE), Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs.

Podcast

Forgiveness in Judaism and Psychoanalysis

Stephen Frosh presented this talk in Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Philadelphia, introduced by Harvey Schwartz.

Comment

Corbyn and the Sound of Future

While most of us are still going through some sort of Brexit-shock, the Labour Party embarks on the process of a leadership contest and an inner-party conflict from which it might not return.