Studying the Psychosocial

Friday, 4 February 2011, 10:30 - 17:00

The Open University, Walton Hall, Michael Young Building, Rooms1-4, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

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Organised by the Social Psychology Research Group at The Open University, with the support of the Qualitative Methods in Psychology section of the BPS, and the Psychosocial Studies Cluster at the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance, The Open University.

Programme

10:00 -10:30 Registration, with tea and coffee

10:30 -11:00 Stephanie Taylor (Open University): The Challenges of Psychosocial Research

11:00 -12:30 Steven Stanley (University of Cardiff): Insight into Interbeing: Mindfulness as Psychosocial Inquiry

12:30 -13:30 Lunch

13:30 -15:00 Katherine Johnson (University of Brighton): Photography andParticipatory Action-Research: Theory, Method, Praxis.

15:50 -16:00 Darren Langdridge (Open University): Reflections on Studying the Psychosocial

16:00 Reception

A day of talks, discussions and interactive workshops

Registration

RVSP: To register please e-mail Julie.Page@open.ac.uk by Friday 21 January 2011. If you were awarded a PhD student travel bursary for ‘Studying the Psychosocial’ originally scheduled for 3 December 2010, your bursary will carry over to this rescheduled event. Please contact Jean McAvoy, SPRG Convenor, J.M.McAvoy@open.ac.uk to confirm details.