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 7, 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 - Second Semester (coming soon)
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host | Location |
| 18/02/2025 | Dr Liadh Timmins | Gender Modality and Minority Stress | Dr Alon Zivony | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 25/02/2025 | Dr Guy Curtis | Promote, prevent, and prosecute: Tailoring academic integrity for distinct student psychological profiles | Dr Chantelle Wood | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 04/03/2025 | Dr Claire Monroy | Domain-general cognition in deaf infants | Prof Danielle Matthews | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 11/03/2025 | Dr Ronan McGarrigle | Effortful listening across the adult lifespan: zooming in (and out) using pupillometry and daily life fatigue measures | Dr Dan Poole | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 18/03/2025 | Dr Tom Longden | Electro-metabolic control of blood flow by brain pericytes | Dr Clare Howarth | Online |
| 25/03/2025 | Dr Benoit Bediou | The relationship between video game play, cognition and mental health across ages | Prof Claudia von Bastian | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 01/04/2025 | Dr Laura Crucianelli | The contribution of tactile and thermal signals to the sense of body ownership | Dr Hannes Saal | TBC |
| 08/04/2025 | Dr Alexander Scott | TBC | Prof Sue Sherman | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 06/05/2025 | Dr Lynne Barker | The role of the gut-brain-microbiome axis in neurological disorders | Dr Myles Jones | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 20/05/2025 | Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh | Using EEG signals for Implicit Brain-Machine Interactions | Dr Alekhya Mandali | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 27/05/2025 | Prof Eleni Vasilaki | From Time to Choice: Decision-Making from a Reinforcement Learning Perspective | Dr Hazem Toutounji | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 03/06/2025 | Dr Robert Griffiths | Applying Perceptual Control Theory Principles to Improve Mental Health Service Design and Delivery | Dr Vyv Huddy | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 10/06/2025 | Dr Michael Lengieza | Targets for Repairing the Human–Nature Relationship: Relational Values vs. Nature Connectedness | Dr Harriet Baird | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
Programme 2024/2025 - First Semester
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host | Location |
| 01/10/2024 | Dr Teresa Crew | 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 | Dr Brandi Lee Drisdelle | Exploring the flexibility of distractor suppression: Insights for Behavioural and Electrophysiological Evidence | Dr Alon Zivony | Diamond Lecture Theatre 5 |
| 22/10/2024 | Dr Lamarche Veronica | Masculinity & Relationships: A Clash of Social Identities or a Tale of Thwarted Social Connection? | Dr Vanessa Loaiza | Diamond Lecture Theatre 5 |
| 29/10/2024 | Dr Sharon Cox | Vaping in England: Good, bad and ugly evidence | Prof. Matt Field | Diamond Lecture Theatre 5 |
| 05/11/2024 | Dr Helen Stolp | 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 | Dr Elena Petrovskaya | Conducting a psychological autopsy of gambling-related suicide | Prof Tom Stafford | Diamond Lecture Theatre 5 |
| 03/12/2024 | Dr Lynne Barker | The role of the gut-brain-microbiome axis in neurological disorders | Dr Myles Jones | Diamond Lecture Theatre 5 |