Our academic staff regularly publish work in leading journals. Examples of their most recent work include:

• The Transcription of a Psychoanalytic Session: To Write Beyond the Logos by Dr Manuel Batsch in Sitegeist: A Journal of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy
• Young Masculinities, Purity and Danger: Disparities in Framings of Boys and Girls in Policy Discourses of Sexualisation by Jessica Clark in Sexualities
• Psychoanalytic Sociology and the Traumas of History: Alexander Mitscherlich Between the Disciplines by Professor Matt Ffytche in History of the Human Sciences
• Real Fantasies: Reinserting the Imaginary in the Scene of Social Encounter by Professor Matt Ffytche in Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
• Throwing the Case Open: The Impossible Subject of Luisa Passerini’s Autobiography of a Generation by Professor Matt Ffytche in History of the Human Sciences
• Growing Up Beside You: A Relational Sociology of Early Childhood by Dr Norman Gabriel in History of the Human Sciences
• Cultural Homelessness: A Challenge to Theory and Practice by Dr David Henderson in Psychodynamic Practice
• Beyond Repair: Interpretation, Reparation, and Melanie Klein’s Clinical Play-Technique by Dr Carolyn Laubender in Journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality
• On Good Authority: Anna Freud and the Politics of Child Analysis by Dr Carolyn Laubender in Psychoanalysis and History
• Panentheism and the Undoing of Disenchantment by Professor Roderick Main in Zygon
• Synchronicity and Holism by Professor Roderick Main in Revue de Psychologie Analytique
• Evolution in the Brain, Evolution in the Mind: The Hierarchical Brain and the Interface Between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience by Dr Leonardo Niro Nascimento in Psychoanalysis and History
• ‘Understanding’ as a Practical Issue in Sexual Health Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities co-authored by Dr Poul Rohleder in Health Psychology
• Sexuality Erased, Questioned, and Explored: The Experiences of South Africans with Physical Disabilities co-authored by Dr Poul Rohleder in Psychology and Sexuality
• Children's Imaginaries in the City: On Things and Materials co-authored by Dr Raluca Soreanu in Children's Geographies
• Supervision For Our Times: Countertransference and the Rich Legacy of the Budapest School by Dr Raluca Soreanu in The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
• The Psychic Life of Fragments: Splitting from Ferenczi to Klein by Dr Raluca Soreanu in The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
• Confusing Cases: Forrester, Stoller, Agnes, Woman by Dr Julie Walsh in History of the Human Sciences

Our academic staff regularly publish books on a wide range of topics. Their most recent work includes:

• The Sociology of Early Childhood: Critical Perspectives by Dr Norman Gabriel
• Ethical research with children: Untold narratives and taboos co-authored by Jessica Clarke
• Working-through Collective Wounds: Trauma, Denial, Recognition in the Brazilian Uprising by Dr Raluca Soreanu
• Narcissism and Its Discontents by Dr Julie Walsh
• Failure and Success in Forms of Involuntary Dislocation: Trauma, Resilience, and Adversity-Activated Development a chapter by Professor Renos Papadopoulos in Jungian Odyssey Series Volume VII 2014 The Crucible of Failure

Some of the best known work produced by the Department in previous years includes:

• The Foundation of the Unconscious: Schelling, Freud and the Birth of the Modern Psyche by Professor Matt Ffytche
• Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches co-authored by Dr Chris Nicholson

Our academic staff regularly collaborate on research projects to investigate a particular theme or question. Below are some examples:

• Holding Hands: Experiences of Shame, Pride and Protest Among LGBTQ Relationship Partners
• Balint Groups and the Patient Doctor Relationship
• Free Clinics and a Psychoanalysis for the People: Progressive histories, collective practices, implications for our times (FREEPSY)
• The Psychic Effects of Political Oppression

Our academic staff frequently feature within the wider press and media. Below are some examples of their latest appearances:

• Watch the interview with Dr Chris Nicholson on Psychoanalysis and Self-Awareness on the Dennis Relojo-Howell show on YouTube
• Read the article in The Conversation by Professor Renos Papadopoulos on Asylum By Numbers: This is Not a Quantifiable Crisis
• Read the BBC article Aylesbury Sex Ring: How it Started With an Investigation Into the Victim in which Dr Chris Nicholson is quoted
• Read the article in The Conversation by Susan Kegerreis on Why Some People Find It So Hard To Manage Their Time When Working From Home
• Read the article in The Conversation by Dr Chris Nicholson on More Teenage Girls Are Self Harming Than Ever Before - Here's Why
• Read the article in The Psychologist by Dr Carolyn Laubender entitled From the Bomb to Apollo 13: Bowlby and the Cold War
• Read the article in The Conversation by Dr Chris Nicholson on Why Freud Was Right About Hysteria
• Read the article in The Conversation by Professor Renos Papadopoulos on Forget the Sympathy: Asylum is a Refugees Right
• Dr Kevin Lu was appointed as the academic advisor to a BBC Radio 4 show Wireless Nights entitled Underwater at the Proms in 2015 hosted by Jarvis Cocker at the Royal Albert Hall
• Read the article in The Conversation by Dr Chris Nicholson on Not All Care Workers Prey on the Weak – But Some Are More Prone to Abuse

Our postgraduate students actively contribute to the research profile of the Department. Working closely with academic supervisors, their list of current PhD theses showcases the diverse range of research being carried out within the Department.

• You can view the most recently completed PhD theses in the Albert Sloman Library

If you are looking for research supervision, please visit the research groups and areas listed on this page to find associated members of staff. View individual staff profiles to discover more about their specific research interests and contact details. If you do not find the specific area of research you are looking for, please contact the Departmental Director of Research.

Research from the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies examines key issues with real-world impact.

• Read Professor Renos Papadopoulos' research showcase on Improving the Lives of Refugees Around the World