A new opportunity to work at Royal Holloway University of London has come up. The one year teaching fellowship in Forensic Psychology commences on 1st of September 2017. To apply, please follow this link: https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=1216-386. To have an informal discussion about the post, please contact Prof. Amina Memon at amina.memon@rhul.ac.uk.
Children, Justice and Communication conference – University of Portsmouth May 2017
Please click this link for further information about the Children, Justice and Communication conference being held at the University of Portsmouth on the 4th and 5th May 2017: conference-flyer-final-2016-octnov. Hosted by the Centre for Forensic Interviewing, it will bring together researchers and academics to discuss evidence-based approaches.
iIIRG Chairman and Founding Director plays a vital role in UN’s call for anti-torture interviews
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9th Annual Conference 2016
Here you will find a selection of presentations presented at the iIIRG Annual Conference 2016, at the Latimer Place Venue, London. Please note that iIIRG accepts no responsibility for the content of the presentations – the presentations were written by individuals (or groups) and reflect their own individual viewpoints and arguments and are not the express views of the iIIRG.
Keynotes
Presentations
Castelfranc-Allen, Hope, Mumladze, Mikaia, Saamishvili, & Chkhaidze
Gabbert, Hope, La Rooy, McGregor, Milne, & Ellis
Mergaerts, Van Daele, & Vervaeke
Reid, Gozna & Boon – Risk Assessment in Deception
Reid, Gozna & Boon – Towards a holistic model of deception
Scott, Tudor-Owen, Henry, & Bull
Stolzenberg, McWilliams, & Lyon
Lectureship Opportunity!
The Psychology Department at Goldsmiths University of London is looking to appoint a lecturer (full time, permanent) who can complement existing research strengths in the Forensic Psychology Research Unit, as well as teaching on the newly launched MSc Forensic Psychology.
Here’s a link to the advert – http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AUE261/lecturer-in-psychology/
A bit about Goldsmiths, we’re a highly research active Department, and very friendly and supportive, which makes it a lovely place to work. We have a number of research ‘units’, one of which is the newly established Forensic Psychology Unit, of which we have a growing number of external members including Beth Loftus and Itiel Dror.
Current research projects and areas of expertise include (in part) evidence-based investigative interviewing techniques with witnesses and suspects, including reluctant witnesses and mentally disordered witnesses; suggestibility of memory; false memories; detecting deception; working with offenders; personality disorders among serious offenders; super recognisers; and more.
Local active research groups in the area include the South East Eyewitness Network (SEEN), Skeptics in the pub, the British False Memory Society (BFMS), and the brilliantly named Talking about Research in Memory and Cognition (TARMAC). We all meet on a fairly regular basis.
We have great relationships with the Police, the College of Policing, and local prisons and secure units, allowing opportunities for academic/practitioner collaborations.
You can see what the Department looks like here – http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/msc-forensic-psychology/ (filmed a few years prior to the MSc, so there’s no mention on forensic psychology in the video). Finally, we’re based in London! Which is amazing …but pricey.
Feel free to ask me any questions (f.gabbert@gold.ac.uk)
Many thanks.
All best
Fiona
Fiona Gabbert
Professor of Applied Psychology
Director of Goldsmiths’ Forensic Psychology Unit
Goldsmiths University of London
New Cross, SE14 6NW
Why are educators learning how to interrogate their students?
An interesting article in The New Yorker on the use of the Reid Technique in schools.
New PhD Opportunity in London!
The intoxicated co-witness: The impact of alcohol on collaborative remembering.
When witnesses talk it is likely that one witness unintentionally influences other witness leading them to report details they have not observed themselves but just heard about from the other witness. This is called ‘memory conformity’. This project will investigate the impact of alcohol on collaborative remembering and memory conformity. In a series of quantitative studies this research programme will investigate how alcohol-related beliefs impact collaborative remembering and metamemory.
Supervision:
The successful candidate will work under a supervisory team composed of Dr Julie Gawrylowicz (Senior Lecturer), Prof Ian Albery (Professor of Psychology), and Dr Dan Frings (Associate Professor) at London South Bank University.
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Autism and Policing – 3rd March 2016
Free Police Awareness Event at City University London on 3rd March 2016.
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Conference Date Change
iIIRG’s 2016 conference in London has changed dates to a week earlier than previously planned. The masterclass will now take place on the 20th and 21st June, and the conference on the 22nd to 24th June. Please get in touch with iIIRG if you have booked flights etc., and incurred any admin costs associated with this change in date.
PhD Opportunity!
The House of Legal Psychology offers Erasmus Mundus fully funded 3-year PhD fellowships starting September 2016 in Europe; Maastricht (Netherlands), Portsmouth (UK) and Gothenburg (Sweden). We are looking for international applicants who have successfully completed a Master’s degree in Psychology in which sufficient psychology and research methods training has been completed. Click here for more details.