Seminars

We invite world-leading academics to speak at a series of open seminars throughout the year, all hosted by academics within the school.

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Our seminars take place on Tuesdays at the Lecture Theatre  5, Diamond Building, starting at 12:00pm followed by lunch at 1:00 pm in the ICOSS Foyer. The seminars are hold in person, but with the possibility to join remotely.

For more information or a copy of the seminar programme please email psychology@sheffield.ac.uk.

Programme 2024/2025 - First Semester

Date Speaker Title Host Location
01/10/2024 The Intersections of a Working-Class Academic Identity: A Class Apart Dr Emma Blakey Online
08/10/2024 Rinda Hakke How therapists operationalise the experiential components of Person-Centred Experiential Therapy Dr Vyv Huddy Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
15/10/2024 Exploring the flexibility of distractor suppression: Insights for Behavioural and Electrophysiological Evidence Dr Alon Zivony Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
22/10/2024 Masculinity & Relationships: A Clash of Social Identities or a Tale of Thwarted Social Connection? Dr Vanessa Loaiza Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
29/10/2024 Vaping in England: Good, bad and ugly evidence Prof. Matt Field Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
05/11/2024 Increased brain hyperexcitability as a result of early-life pharmacological activation of GABAA receptor? Dr Clare Howarth Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
19/11/2024 Prof Eleni Vasilaki TBC Dr Hazem Toutounji Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
26/11/2024 Conducting a psychological autopsy of gambling-related suicide Prof Tom Stafford Diamond Lecture Theatre 5
03/12/2024 The role of the gut-brain-microbiome axis in neurological disorders Dr Myles Jones Diamond Lecture Theatre 5

 

Programme 2024/2025 - Second Semester (coming soon)

Date Speaker Title Host Location
         

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