Psychology

This Psychology research programme at the University of Brighton is at the forefront of developments in applied, critical, community, social and health psychology and emerging fields such as cyberpsychology and ecopsychology.

We are renowned for a creative approach to methods and have specialist knowledge across both quantitative and qualitative approaches, incorporating the latest technology (including state of the art eye tracking and biopack equipment) via our lab resources.

Key facts

As a Psychology Psychology PhD student at University of Brighton University of Brighton , you will benefit from: 

• a supervisory team comprising two or sometimes three members of academic staff. Depending on your research specialism you may also have an additional supervisor from another School, another research institution, or an external partner from government or industry.  

• desk space and access to a computer in a space specifically designed for research students. There are a range of facilities on the Falmer site include various catering options.

• access to a range of electronic resources via the University’s Online Library, as well as to the physical book and journal collections housed within the Falmer Library and other campus libraries.  

• access to state-of-the-art research facilities and support from the Psychology Laboratories in our Watson Building, Falmer

• a range of social and research events and activities, including the Social Science Forum, a fortnightly opportunity for researchers to share their work and contribute to the development of each other’s research, an annual ‘Festival of Social Science’ for social scientists and their collaborators across the university, and an annual Social Science Public Lecture which is included in the Brighton Festival Fringe programme.

Research topics include:

• mental health and wellbeing

• friendship

• identity

• poverty and social exclusion

• security and surveillance

• gender

• sexuality

• intimacy

• migration

• nature-based interventions

• climate change