People, Work and Organizational Psychology Summer Seminar
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Birkbeck Clore Management Centre
The People, Work, and Organizational Psychology Subject Group at Birkbeck Business School is pleased to invite you to this year’s Summer Seminar, which will take place in person on Birkbeck’s central London campus.
The 2025 seminar explores the theme of Change and the Contemporary Workplace, reflecting the profound and ongoing transformations reshaping the world of work. From the growing role of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making to the evolving expectations around inclusion, identity, and purpose, contemporary workplaces face complex challenges and opportunities that demand both scholarly and practical attention.
Birkbeck has a long-standing tradition of critical engagement with work and learning. Founded to widen access to education for working people, and home to the UK’s first Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck continues to be a leading voice in examining the social, technological, and institutional forces that shape working life.
This year’s seminar will bring together staff, students, and alumni to examine how individuals and organisations are responding to change - from structural shifts in power and policy, to the lived experiences of professional identity, resistance, and care in the workplace. Presentations will draw on both empirical and conceptual work in the fields related to research carried out by colleagues in the People, Work and Organizational Psychology Subject Group. These offer insights into how work is being redefined, and the implications this holds for theory, practice, and policy.
We warmly welcome current and prospective students, alumni, staff, and anyone with an interest in how work is changing and how we might respond.
Full programme to come.
Contact name: Kevin Teoh
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