BPS updates, Covid

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'.

08 July 2020

The British Psychological Society's Conference 2020 should have taken place in Leeds on 30 June and 1 July, with the theme 'Psychology of the future: Changing landscapes'. It went ahead online, and you can find coverage here on our website.

In our special summer print edition, themed entirely around 'Towards the new normal, and beyond', we published several contributions answering the question 'It's 2040. You're still working in Psychology, but it has changed. How?'

'We can only go forward from here'

The winning entries from a BPS Conference 2020 student competition, around the theme of Psychology of the Future: Changing Landscapes.

When the job hunts you

Linda Kaye on putting our online data to work.

'We now fit the system to the person'

As psychologists working 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. We have dared to imagine a progressive (perhaps utopian?) future, written from the perspective of a new graduate, and we invite you come along with us…

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.

'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.