Department of Psychosocial Science

Contact

Head of Department: Roar Espevik
Deputy: Anette Harris
Head of Administration: Anlaug Lid

Address: Post box 7807, 5020 BERGEN
Visiting address: Christies gate 12 (4. etasje), 5015 BERGEN

Tel.: (+47) 55 58 31 90
E-mail: post@psysp.uib.no

Study programs

Climate and energy transition

Psychology makes a difference for climate change

Researchers in psychology investigate our attitudes and actions towards energy transitions and climate change.

RESEARCHERS TO WATCH

Combining psychology and anthropology

Andrea Bender combines psychology and anthropology to observe how our language and culture shape the way we perceive the world.

The PhD Interview

The PhD Interview: Pioneering research on steroids

The use of anabolic steroids has been linked to both violent aggression and suicide. In Dominic Sagoe's PhD the use of the dangerous drug has been mapped worldwide for the first time.

The department is responsible for the master's programme in psychology, the bachelor's and master's programmes in work- and organizational psychology, the bachelor's programme in general psychology and the one-year study in psychology.

Ongoing research projects consist of both basal and applied psychology and ranges from studies of personality and cognition to studies of people in social and societal situations.

Research groups

Bergen Bullying Research Group

Research Group for Social Cognitive Studies in Tourism

Bergen Laboratory for the Study of Decision, Intuition, Consciousness, and Emotion

Operational Psychology and Forensic Research Group

Society and Workplace Diversity Research Group

Child welfare, equality and social inclusion

Addiction Research Group

Bergen sleep and chronobiology network

Research schools

Graduate School of Clinical and Developmental Psychology

Graduate School of Human Interaction and Growth

Open positions

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