Group
Cyberpsychology Research Group
Unit(s) of assessment: Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Research theme: Medical Technologies and Advanced Materials
School: School of Social Sciences
Overview
The Cyberpsychology Research Group is very active in undertaking and disseminating research in the area of the psychology of the Internet and digital technology use. The group’s research spans psychosocial implications of Internet and technology use across various channels and applications (e.g., smartphones, gaming, social networking), the use of technologies to inform mental health, education, and research, cybersecurity, as well as augmented and virtual reality applications.
Work by the group has appeared in major international journals such as Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, Computers in Human Behavior, Addiction, and Addictive Behaviors, and is regularly featured on national and international media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the BBC.
Research by this group directly informs teaching in our MSc Cyberpsychology, as well as a number of other undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It also forms part of the British Psychological Society’s Cyberpsychology Section.
National & international collaborators include:
- World Health Organisation
- Scientific Foresight Unit, European Parliament
- UK Parliament’s Select Committee on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- UK Council for Internet Safety
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Related staff
- Alex Sumich
- Andrew Harris
- Arooj Rashid
- Belinda Winder
- Ben Oldfield
- Caroline Flowers
- Dale Richards
- Daria Kuss
- Darren Rhodes
- Eiman Kanjo
- Emanuele Fino
- Filip Nuyens
- Filipa Calado
- Georgina Mclocklin
- Halley Pontes
- Jens Binder
- John Kingston
- Joni Zhong
- Kristina Newman
- Lee Hadlington
- Loren Abell
- Lucy Betts
- Lydia Harkin
- Mark Griffiths
- Miriam Park
- Moon Halder
- Mumin Abubakre
- Nadja Heym
- Olatz Lopez-Fernandez
- Peter Ford
- Rob Hutton
- Sarah Buglass
- Sarah Gardner
- Zaheer Hussain
Postgraduate researchers
- Alina Bychkova
- Anastasia Rousaki
- Chloe Ryding
- David Fernandez
- Elizabeth Killick
- Erin Gibson
- Gabriel Bonilla Zorita
- Ian Baker
- Ioannis Gkasionis
- Julia Ayache
- Kim Szolin
- Melina Throuvala
- Misha Preethi
- Oonach O’Brien
- Tyrone Burleigh
Facilities
NTU has invested heavily in its resources in recent years and this is reflected in our specialist psychology laboratories, which include:
- A virtual reality laboratory
- A cognitive modelling and visual analysis laboratory
- A psychophysiological laboratory
- A human communication and social interaction laboratory
- Dedicated facilities to support research into computer gaming and cyber-psychology
- EEG system
- Fixed and mobile eye-tracking facilities
- An extensive bank of psychometric tests.
The Cyberpsychology Research Group falls under the Centre for Public and Psychosocial Health.
