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Psychology
As with philosophy, I first became interested in psychology whilst pursuing a first-year undergraduate option in the subject. However, it was a few years later, whilst thinking about the issues involved in the notion of political mobilisation that I really became interested. Specifically, I started to explore the non-rational aspects of political action and engagement. This has led to an on-going critical engagement with rational choice theory, and more generally with any theoretical position that reduces human choices to means-end calculations. In line with this engagement, my main areas of interest in psychology lie in the realms of social psychology and evolutionary psychology. This has been reflected in much of the work that I have done with The Philosophers' Magazine. For example, I have interviewed Richard Dawkins and Helena Cronin, and I've put together an online implementation of the classic Wason experiment. Teaching I have set up and taught on psychology programmes at a number of colleges:
Applied Psychology Work Experience I have spent about 18 months of my working life in "social-work" type employment. Between January and August 1986, I was a "house parent" in a home for children with learning and emotional difficulities. I spent six months in 1988 working as a "senior house parent" in another children's home - this time for children with severe learning difficulties. And between October 1993 and April 1994, I worked as a nursing "team assistant" on an acute medical ward in a hospital near London, UK. |
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