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Behavioural studies

Behavioural studies is concerned with a multidisciplinary examination and understanding of the biological, sociological and psychological bases of human behaviour and the consequent interpretations of the nature of human development, personality, identity and relationships. This interest in behaviour has wide and varied applications into areas such as work and workplace relationships and identities, education, criminology, youth studies and services, intercultural communication and understanding, and medical and therapeutic contexts.

Behavioural studies offers postgraduate students the opportunity to undertake either a PhD or MA by research (100%). The section has a strong commitment to building up the number of postgraduate students, and staff are able to provide MA and PhD candidates with supervision in a range of areas, theoretical orientations and methodological perspectives. Staff are dedicated to promoting research which is theoretically informed as well as grounded in rigorous empirical research.

Research strengths and supervision

Globalisation, AFL football and AFL players identities, workplace change and identities, youth studies and identities, behavioural dimensions and perceptions of terrorism, health psychology, trauma reactions, dissociative disorders, psycho-dermatology, psychology of medical treatment compliance.

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