Branagh O'Shaughnessy

Join us in York! 12-month full-time *development-focused* psychology lectureship in our very friendly York St John team. Quant research methods too. Deadline 24th February. Please share: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL260/l...

FUNDING ALERT: Apply for up to £10k through York St John University’s Community Research Grants 2026.

The programme supports community-led issues by pairing successful applicants with academic researchers.

Apply by noon on 27 March 2026.

https://ow.ly/cfXP50Y8260

Illustration featuring all the women of the Mini Mná series. #art #blueskyart #speirgorm

A few years ago I made a series of mini drawings of interesting Irish women (available as a print here www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...) - this thread is a little information on the women featured, partly because it's useful, but mostly because I'm trying to be sustainable by recycling content.

The Great Psychology Delusion: Missteps, Pitfalls and How to Make a More Successful Psychological Science The Great Psychology Delusion takes an unflinching look at some of the foundational assumptions of psychological science. Exploring long-standing unanswered critiques of psychological research in a wa...

It's publication day for my book with @craigspeelman.bsky.social!

"The Great Psychology Delusion" is an unsentimental look at the conceptual mess of psychology, and how to improve.

Psychology is several sciences, and we need to get clear about them.

More soon!

www.routledge.com/The-Great-Ps...

Today we hosted our dissemination event on homelessness, substance use and recovery. Very grateful to all who participated and attended. We had insightful discussions which I hope are carried on as we try to advocate for and develop solutions to the overlapping problems of homelessness and SUD.

Homelessness, substance use and recovery: Enhancing understanding, and policy and practice responses. What is this event about?

We are hosting a research dissemination event at TCD on Sept 12th, where we will discuss findings from 2-year project on homelessness and substance use. Panelists include leading academics and practitioner-experts. See our webpage for more info: tinyurl.com/3z8md758

DCU are hiring a postdoctoral researcher to develop an intervention to improve farm families' mental health. A great team to work with, see the job ad here tinyurl.com/4pa7vrb3

As part of an intl webinar series on #HousingFirst I'll be presenting findings from my latest project on the recovery experiences of formerly homeless adults on March 19th 📝 kmb.camh.ca/eenet/events...