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Professor Mark Coulson

Professor of Psychology
School of Human and Social Sciences
mark.coulson@uwl.ac.uk

I gained my first degree in psychology from Nottingham University, my PhD in Biological Sciences from Cambridge University, where I specialised in experimental psycholinguistics, and a postgraduate diploma in Sports Science from Loughborough University.

I have a wide (perhaps too wide) range of research interests, spanning forensic and criminal psychology, homesickness, misophonia, emotional expression and communication, video gaming and online behaviour, systematic review and meta analysis, and positive psychology and mindfulness.

I have delivered training and provided expert consultation to the World Health Assembly, the UK Government’s Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Charted Institute of Personnel and Development, among others. My public facing work includes television, radio and press interviews, and I was the expert psychologist on UK Channel 4’s ‘Married at First Sight’.

  • Qualifications

    • BSc Psychology (University of Nottingham)
    • PgDip Sports Science (Loughborough University)
    • PhD Biological Sciences (Cambridge University)

  • Memberships

    Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
    Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Teaching

I have taught most areas of psychology, in particular positive psychology, forensic psychology and cognitive, biological and social psychology.

Research