Tag: gender

CUSP, Events, Psychology

Dr Lisa Lazard to participate in a panel discussion at the BPS event

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'Understanding Gender Based Violence and Harassment: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective' Wednesday, May 25, 2022- 11:30 to 13:00 (online). The British Psychological Society (BPS) London & Home Counties Branch and the Psychology of Women and Equalities section are hosting a virtual event that will explore gender based violence and harassment from a multi disciplinary perspective. During the… Continue reading Dr Lisa Lazard to participate in a panel discussion at the BPS event

Academic journal, Open Psychology Research Centre, Student news

The Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

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The Conversation publishes the article by Dr Lisa Lazard and the Intersectional Violence Research Group Our recent article on the “Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer” in The Conversation arose out of our work on the Psychology of Women & Equalities Section (POWES) of The British Psychological… Continue reading The Sarah Everard murder: the problem with the government’s plan to make women ‘feel’ safer

Psychology, Social Psychology

Social media, gender and relationships

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Social media practices are part of contemporary life, including family relationships. Dr Rose Capdevila and Dr Lisa Lazard from the School are part of an academic team who study Networking Families using a critical psychological perspective. You can read about the research on the Networking Families website. http://fass.open.ac.uk/research/groups/networking-families

Psychology, Social Psychology

You Women’s Digital Lives event

Meg-John Barker

Abigail Locke, Charlie Dann, Lisa Lazard, Rose Capdevila and Sandra Roper are holding a one day event on "Young Women's Digital Lives" (as part of a BPS Seminar Series "Locating gendered relationships in digital space") at The Open University in Camden on Monday the 25th of March 2019. Speakers include Dr Beth Bell (York St John University), Prof Ros Gill, and… Continue reading You Women’s Digital Lives event

Counselling, Psychology, Social Psychology

New course on gender identity

Meg-John Barker

Open University Psychology have got together with gender charity Gendered Intelligence to put together this FutureLearn two week course about understanding gender identity. The course is a good starting point for any individual or organisation looking to increase their awareness of gender diversity, particularly trans identities. Ultimately, people taking the course will learn how to… Continue reading New course on gender identity