Ella Rhodes

1 week ago | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

'There's increasing recognition of how deeply entangled human and non-human lives are'Dr Matthew Adams is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton and author of Anthropocene Psychology. He explores human-animal relationships and the climate crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective.

3 weeks ago | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

Psychologists working in fields spanning vicarious trauma in journalists, forensic psychology, social justice and discrimination, and developmental psychology have won four British Psychological Society awards. Dr Abigail Fiske is the 2024 winner of the BPS Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology.

Feb 27, 2025 | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

What inspired you to write your book? I think, having taught lots of students over a very long period, one of the things that I recognised was the idea that students were learning a lot of complex psychological theory, research methods, statistics, and qualitative data analysis, but didn't necessarily know what to do with it. I started to think about employability and the idea of psychological literacy – or the ability to apply psychology to achieve your personal, work, or community goals.

Feb 10, 2025 | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

Since I moved to Birmingham in 2008 for my undergraduate degree, the city has represented community, vibrancy and diversity to me. The poem (below) I wrote at the request of a friend to sell to raise funds for the charity she worked for, Sifa Fireside, tried to capture some of what it means to me personally and what it represents more broadly. Given my love for the place it was a pleasure to speak to the psychologists featured in this issue who are working with Birmingham's communities and beyond.

Feb 10, 2025 | bps.org.uk | Ella Rhodes

You are originally from Canada. What are the differences you've seen in community and society after moving to the University of Birmingham? I really noticed the poor state of housing, how the cost of living crisis was impacting people, and the levels of poverty. I feel like despair and hopelessness permeate everything here, and it's present in a lot of people's lives. I work with an organisation called the Intergenerational Foundation.