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The University of Adelaide’s School of Psychology is one of Australia’s most prestigious, offering you a world-class learning environment and delivering outstanding research and education.

Psychology is the scientific study and development of useful ways of understanding people’s thoughts and behaviours. If you wish to pursue a career or interest in psychology, the School of Psychology can take you in many rewarding directions.

Our research and teaching

Find out more about our discipline research and teaching excellence within the School of Psychology.

Health & Wellbeing Human Cognition & Performance Lifespan Development Education & Meta-Research Social & Cultural Dynamics

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Peter Strelan

Head of School

Professor Peter Strelan’s research program is primarily concerned with understanding trait and state-level individual responses to wrongdoing. He has an international reputation for his research on the psychology of forgiveness. As a former co-Chair of the Adelaide Education Academy and previously Associate Dean Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, he is also a leader in learning and teaching at the University of Adelaide, with particular expertise in flipped classroom methodology. 

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Our researchers

Search our School researchers for information on their research, career, publications, HDR supervision and contact details.

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Bachelor of Psychological Science

Psychological science investigates the way people think, behave, feel and learn. It studies processes of the human mind— including personality, intelligence and memory—so that we can better understand ourselves.

Latest news

Diabetes and heart disease researchers funded

University of Adelaide’s Dr Emma Solly and Dr Sivabaskari Pasupathy will share in the latest round of funding from The Hospital Research Foundation Group’s Advancing Care and Treatment of Chronic Conditions in Priority Populations competitive grant round.

Humans and AI in new collaboration for endometriosis classification

University of Adelaide researchers have identified a new approach for endometriosis classification, believed to be the first of its kind which combines both machine learning models and human knowledge.

Early career cancer researcher receives funding

The work of University of Adelaide research fellow Dr Kevin Fenix has been boosted by a grant from the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation.

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