School of Psychology

Understanding how people think, feel, behave and learn

Driving psychology education, research and clinical services that investigate human behaviour and cognition for positive change. We are the oldest Australian School of Psychology.

The School of Psychology at the University of Sydney is currently ranked 26th in the world for psychology*, and is the oldest School of Psychology in Australia. We are proud of our history and reputation, and believe in pursuing continuous innovation and excellence in our research and teaching.

Psychology is one of the most exciting sciences with many questions that need answers. In the School of Psychology, we strive to build upon our successes in order to make new discoveries and drive positive change.

*QS World University Ranking by Subject, 2019

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News bites

Zac Seidler wins APA Division 51 Award

Congratulations to Zac Seidler on receiving the American Psychological Association Division 51 Student of the Year Award! The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities (Division 51) advances knowledge in the new psychology of men through research, education, training, public policy and improved clinical services for men. Zac recently submitted his PhD thesis, "The Man Island Study: Engaging Men In Mental Health Treatment For Depression".

Congratulations to NHMRC Project Grant awardees

We are delighted to have received funding for the following projects, commencing in 2019.

Sharon Naismith & Michael Barnett. Triple therapy prevention of Recurrent Intracerebral Disease EveNts Trial (TRIDENT) - Cognitive sub-study. $1,416,383
Michael Bowen & Mary Collins. Characterising and exploiting δ subunit-containing GABA-A receptors as novel targets for treating social disorders. $634,841
Janette Vardy & Haryana Dhillon. CHALLENGE: Colon Health And Life Long Exercise ChaNGE. $1,121,891
John Kwok, Anthony Don, Carol Dobson-Stone, Ramon Landin-Romero, Woojin Kim & Boris Guennewig. Mutations in genes causal of white matter disease and dysregulation of lipid metabolism in frontotemporal dementias. $600,357
Jonathon Arnold, Jennifer Kearney, Samuel Banister & Iain S. McGregor. Preclinical development of cannabis-derived medicines for drug-resistant epilepsy. $747,389

Congratulations to ARC Discovery Project grant awardees

We are delighted to have received funding for the following projects, commencing in 2019.

Evan Livesey, Justin Harris, Irina Harris & Carlo Miniussi. Learning to stop: linking intra-cortical inhibition to response control. $553,306
David Alais, David Burr & Maria Morrone. Temporal context in perception: serial dependence and rhythmic oscillations. $452,593
Sally Andrews, Erik Reichle & Denis Drieghe. Tracking towards a complete model of skilled reading comprehension. $366,513
Bart Anderson & Ko Nishino. Perceiving and misperceiving the causes of optical structure. $365,709
Johannes Pols, Catharine Coleborne, Paul Rhodes, & Professor Anthony Harris. The development of Australian community psychiatry. $233,000

Colloquium program

Colloquia are held from 3-4pm on Fridays during semester in Heydon Laurence Lecture Theatre 217, unless otherwise specified.
Contact: Sophie Ellwood, Research Administration Officer

2019 speakers

Colloquia are held from 3-4pm on Fridays during semester in Heydon Laurence Lecture Theatre 217, unless otherwise specified.
Contact: Sophie Ellwood, Research Administration Officer.

Date	Presenter
1/03/2019	Prof Bart Anderson
8/03/2019	Dr Elodie Chiarovano
15/03/2019	Dr Peter Jonason
22/03/2019	A/Prof Penny Van Bergen
29/03/2019	A/Prof Mike Le Pelley
5/04/2019	Prof Steven Dakin
12/04/2019	Dr Melanie Takarangi
3/05/2019	Prof Nick Haslam
10/05/2019	Prof Sunny Lah
17/05/2019	Dr Jenny Richmond
24/05/2019	Prof Joel Pearson
31/05/2019	Dr James Morandini
9/08/2019	Prof David Shanks
16/08/2019	Dr Christina Anthony
23/08/2019	Prof Alex Holcombe
30/08/2019	Prof Tony Grant
6/09/2019	Dr Vilas Sawrikar
13/09/2019	Prof Neil Levy
20/09/2019	Prof Steven Heine
27/09/2019	Prof Martine Powell
11/10/2019	Dr David White
18/10/2019	Prof Robert Brooks
25/10/2019	Prof Valerie Thompson
1/11/2019	A/Prof Gabrielle Weidermann
8/11/2019	Prof Susanne Narciss