Research output per year
Research output per year
School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am accepting PhD students: please contact me to discuss project ideas.
I am an experimental social psychologist and my research spans two main themes: (1) addictive behaviours and (2) social cognition. In the first theme, I investigate the affective, motivational and cognitive processes that influence addictive behaviours, as well as the stigma ascribed to substance use disorders. In the second theme, I explore how intergroup relations, prejudice and stereotyping affect how we interact with others.
I am also an expert in open science and open scholarship, and am Aston's Local Network Lead for the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), organise the ReproducibiliTEA journal club, and am a member of the Framework for Open & Reproducible Research Training (FORRT). I am currently involved in several meta-research projects and advise on open science through my editorialship roles for Addiction, Research & Theory, and Peer Community In Registered Reports.
2019-2020: £60,000, Co-Principal Investigator, NHS Health Education England.
2019-2020: £5,000, Co-Principal Investigator, Aston Joint Research Group Fund.
2018-2019: £15,000, Principal Investigator, Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Research Award, University of the West of England.
2018-2019: £6,000, Principal Investigator, Psychological Sciences Research Group Internship Scheme, University of the West of England.
2018-2019: £500, Psychological Sciences Research Group Impact Scheme.
2016-2017: £13,000, Co-Principal Investigator, Research Investment Fund, Edge Hill University.
I teach on the following undergraduate and postgraduate modules:
Developmental and Social Psychology, Year 1 Psychology.
Social Responsibility in Psychology, Year 1 Psychology.
Advanced Research Methods, MSc Health Psychology.
Health Behaviours & Interventions, MSc Health Psychology.
UG and MSc Dissertation Project.
2020-Present: Lecturer in Psychology, School of Health & Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham.
2017-2020: Lecturer in Social Psychology, Department of Health & Social Sciences, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol.
2016-2017: Teaching Associate, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University.
2013-2016: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University.
Local Network Lead of UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN)
ReproducibiliTEA Journal Club Lead
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
PhD, Edge Hill University
2 Sep 2013 → 2 Sep 2016
Award Date: 2 Sep 2016
PG Cert, Edge Hill University
Award Date: 29 Jun 2015
BSc, Edge Hill University
2 Sep 2010 → 2 Sep 2013
Award Date: 1 Jul 2013
Higher Education Advisory Board, McGrawHill publishers
26 Jan 2022 → …
Action Editor: Peer Community In Registered Reports
2021 → …
Action Editor: Addiction Research & Theory
2021 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review