Conference
Event

A Flavour of Psychology

The British Psychological Society

The British Psychological Society

Cost: free

A Flavour of Psychology - Sharing our Science - if you are over 16 in education or a member of the public interested in psychology this event is for you!
Booking essential www.bps.org.uk/ni/events and click on the title 'A Flavour of Psychology'

PROGRAMME

 

09.45            Welcome & Introduction

Professor Peter Hepper, Head of School of Psychology, QUB

Dr Barbara McConnell, Past Chair of NIBPS

 

10.00            Using psychology to help children with developmental disorders change the behaviours that can hinder their lives

                    Dr Kate Woodcock, Queen’s University Belfast

 

 

10.45            The sport psychologists role in supporting athlete performance and wellbeing

                    Dr Gavin Breslin, Ulster University

 

 

11.30            Comfort Break

 

11.45            ‘Global Mental Health: What the Global North can learn from the Global South’

Dr Ross White, University of Glasgow

 

 

12.30            Being more like a rubber band. How understanding your beliefs can help you succeed

                    Dr Paul Redford, University of the West of England

 

13.15            Lunch Break

                   

14.00            Bullying and Cyberbullying - Game Over?  New player: Online Radicalization and AI / Robotics! Issues for Children, Adults, and Educators

Dr Conor McGuckin, Trinity College Dublin

 

14.45            Understanding why some people commit violent crimes: A neurobiological understanding of risk factors leading to offending and implications for treatment

Prof Tony Beech, University of Birmingham

 

 

15.30            Closing Comments

Date and Time

Location

The Whitla Hall
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
BT
United Kingdom

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Contact Details

Anne Kerr