The Psychologist, Summer 2020
Towards a 'new normal' and beyond
Towards a 'new normal' and beyond
Towards a 'new normal' and beyond
Collecting together our special summer print edition, with a few extras.
It's 2040. Psychology has changed. How?
To tie in with the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference theme of 'Psychology of the future: Changing landscapes', we asked contributors for their '2040 visions'.
10 lessons for dealing with a pandemic
...from Jolanda Jetten, Stephen Reicher, Alex Haslam and Tegan Cruwys.
Editorial, summer edition 2020
An introduction to a special themed issue, 'Towards a new normal, and beyond', from Dr Jon Sutton.
Featured job: IAPT Practitioner, The Forward Trust
We hear from Emma Coulson, Service Development Manager at The Forward Trust, about a new role in changing times…
When the job hunts you
Linda Kaye on putting our online data to work.
From the Chief Executive, Summer 2020
Sarb Bajwa writes.
Close to home in the time of Covid-19
The second edition of Social Psychology and Everyday Life, by Darrin Hodgetts, Ottilie Stolte, Christopher Sonn, Neil Drew, Stuart Carr and Linda Waimarie Nikora, published by Red Globe Press/Macmillan Education, is out now. Ottilie (University of Waikato) and Darrin (Massey University Albany) reflect on aspects of the book that speak to the role of home in response to Covid-19.
Which utopia, whose future?
Gavin Miller considers science fiction and psychology.
‘We have to remember to find the beauty in what’s already at home with us’
Keon West’s photography from Instagram.
Global states of uncertainty
Tanya Bhavani on isolation-themed offerings from the Scottish Mental Health and Arts Festival.
Arts and culture in a ‘new normal’
Helen Johnson considers how psychologists can foster a relationship with the arts that nourishes all.
One thing I’ve learned about myself, or Psychology, during the pandemic…
For this edition, in place of our usual ‘Member of the month’, we thought we would put out a question on Twitter via @psychmag…
‘Trying to keep up the illusion of authority is decreasing trust’
Gemma Milne looks at how hype can blinker our understanding of what’s going on.
‘We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world'
New British Psychological Society President Dr Hazel McLaughlin follows up last month’s interview with a focus on change and the future.
‘Nothing could be worse than a return to normality’
Can psychology save the world in a ‘new normal’? Lee Rowland curates 10 quotes…
Moral progress after Covid-19
Roger Paxton thinks a better society is not just possible but likely.
‘We can come out of it poorer, but better’
Kim Stephenson and Pradnya Surana on the importance of reframing our relationship with money in pandemic times.
‘People are having a very different experience of death’
Ella Rhodes hears from those working on bereavement during the pandemic and beyond.
A web of coronavirus perspectives
As lockdown began, The Psychologist team set to work collecting evidence-based perspectives on coronavirus and the pandemic response for our website. At the time of writing, there are more than 90 views, interviews and more gathered there, from more than 120 psychologists. We are very grateful to all who gave their time and expertise so generously during challenging times.
‘A high stakes version of Groundhog Day’
Matthew Warren, editor of our Research Digest, with an update on the research response to Covid-19, and the issues raised.
‘The patients are just so sick…’
A Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Wales’ largest Intensive Care Unit in Cardiff, Dr Julie Highfield led the BPS Covid-19 Coordinating Group’s staff wellbeing work and has recently taken up a secondment with the Intensive Care Society as its National Project Director for Wellbeing. Ella Rhodes spoke to her.
‘We can support the engagement of the wider community to develop solutions…’
Ella Rhodes reports on the British Psychological Society's efforts to provide support and guidance around coronavirus.
‘We now fit the system to the person’
'As psychologists working in clinical health, we have been close to the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic and the lessons that are ours to seize and hold on to…'
A green perspective
Jan Maskell with two visions from a warming planet.
Restoring and honouring community
Sally Zlotowitz, with thanks to Ebinehita Iyere and Rachel McKail from MAC-UK.
Work, workers and workplaces
Roxane Gervais on flexibility and leadership.
What could Psychology look like?
Alison Clarke with a call to action.
Psychology as a thing of the past
Prof-bots or a psychologically informed future? You decide, says Angel Chater.
‘It’s everyone, everywhere, everything… There’s nothing that’s untouched’
Dr Rowena Hill is a psychologist from Nottingham Trent University now seconded full-time to the cross-governmental C19 National Foresight Group. On 1 May, our editor Jon Sutton spoke with her from lockdown.
The psychology of physical distancing
As lockdown rules ease in the UK but distancing guidance remains in place, how can we use group norms to make distancing easier for people at mass gatherings? John Drury, Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins have some advice.
‘The levers that government are pulling are psychological’
Our editor Jon Sutton hears from Kathryn Scott, Director of Policy for the British Psychological Society.
How do we ensure the responsible and practical use of PPE?
Sandra Lovell on the place of Personal Protective Equipment in safety controls for Covid-19.
Vaccinating against viruses of the mind
David Robson on psychological efforts to achieve ‘herd immunity’ against the spread of misinformation in pandemic times.
‘We will have to live with the risk of Covid-19… but Psychology has much to say about that risk’
Kavita Vedhara on the fascinating world of vaccine adjuvants and more.
‘What is remarkable about what we've achieved is that it's unremarkable’
Carl Walker seeks to make sense of the mutual aid response to coronavirus, and how to sustain it in an era of entrenched inequality.
'We need a certain amount of humility'
At the beginning of April, our editor Jon Sutton talked to Stuart Ritchie, a psychologist and a Lecturer in the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London, about concerns over coronavirus coverage and more.