Research
The School of Psychology and Neuroscience's mission is to deliver original, rigorous, and significant research into human cognition, brain function, emotion, behaviour and heath in order to advance the scientific disciplines of psychology and neuroscience. We foster an inter-disciplinary research culture, involving national and international collaboration with colleagues in other schools, universities, industry and healthcare.
Research themes
Our research is organised around complementary themes that reflect shared strengths in understanding behaviour, brain function and health.
Research groups
We host, and works closely with, a wide range of multi-disciplinary research groups, units, institutes, and centres. These include world leading confederations of scientists undertaking cutting edge research in to behaviour, cognition, health, neurology, and endocrinology.
Postdoctoral opportunities
The School is home to a large and vibrant cohort of post-doctoral staff, and we are always keen to hear from other individuals who would like to join us. Post-doctoral positions on grants held by our academic staff are advertised on the University’s vacancies page whenever available.
Resources
We offer a range of specialized research tools and resources. Labs in our School provide cutting-edge resources for high-density in vivo electrophysiology, deep-brain imaging, and optogenetic circuit manipulation.