Seminars
We invite world-leading academics to speak at a series of open seminars throughout the year, all hosted by academics within the school.
Off
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 | TBC | 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 | TBC | Prof Claudia von Bastian | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 01/04/2025 | Dr Laura Crucianelli | TBC | Dr Hannes Saal | TBC |
| 08/04/2025 | Dr Alexander Scott | TBC | Prof Sue Sherman | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 20/05/2025 | Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh | TBC | Dr Alekhya Mandali | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 03/06/2025 | Dr Robert Griffiths | TBC | Dr Vyv Huddy | Lecture Theatre 7, The Diamond |
| 10/06/2025 | Dr Michael Lengieza | TBC | 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 |