School of Psychology Research Guest Talks – Winter 2026

The School of Psychology Research Talks have started again for 2026! On Wednesday 28 January, we had the pleasure of hearing online a very exciting talk from Professor Cynthia Pury, a Psychology Professor at Clemson University (South Carolina, US). Cynthia has developed extensive work on courage, with multiple book chapters and peer-reviewed journal publications on the topic.

Professor Cynthia very generously gave her time to present her work on courage – we explored what courage is, the two different ways to explore it through process courage and accolade courage and the importance of risk and goal value in whether people would consider something to be courageous.

Dr Sofia Petisca, Lecturer in Psychology at Buckingham, said:

“I think all of us learned something new and perhaps felt more courageous towards the end of the talk! We are very grateful to Professor Cynthia and can’t wait for our next Psychology Guest Speaker this term!”