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  Recent magazine features:

GET A SECOND LIFE (email me for a copy). 

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE?  

NEW HORIZONS: TAKING PSYCHOLOGY INTO SPACE

FOUNDATIONS OF SAND (Also appeared in Polish mag Charaktery and is cited by Mind Hacks blog and Advances in the History of Psychology).

MIND WIDE OPEN (also appeared in Polish magazine Charaktery and prompted this in the Irish Times).

WHEN THERAPY CAUSES HARM (prompted this article in The Guardian). 

THE CHEMICAL BRAIN

NEW SCI FEATURE

ARCHITECTURE 

SMOKING BAN

 

Dr Christian Jarrett BSc MSc PhD FRSA

I'm an author, journalist, editor & tutor specialising in psychology & the neurosciences. My first book, co-written with Joannah Ginsburg, was published in 2008 (see cover on the left). I am currently writing the Rough Guide to Psychology, to be published by Penguin books. I've previously contributed to the books Mind Hacks & 30-Second Theories.

I work full-time for the British Psychological Society as inaugural editor/writer of their Research Digest blog & I'm staff journalist on their magazine The Psychologist, for which I write monthly news, conference reports and features. Recent feature-length articles include Foundations of Sand and Mind Wide Open.  I also work as an associate lecturer for the Open University, on their Biological Psychology course.

Freelance work:

Past clients include: New Scientist (feature article), Psychologies magazine (columnist), BioMedNet (expert research reporter), BBC Focus magazine (book reviewer), The Psychological Testing Centre (writer), The Centre For Affective Sciences (writer), the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences (news writer and copyeditor), Unilever (conference reporter), the Mind Hacks book and blog (contributing author), 30-second Philosophies (book), the British Neuroscience Association (columnist), and BioMed Central (blurb writer).

My qualifications and other information:

I obtained a first class degree in psychology from Royal Holloway University of London, graduating in 1999. Then I completed a MRC-funded MSc in Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, before moving to the University of Manchester (known then as UMIST) where I obtained an MRC-funded PhD in Sensorimotor Neuroscience. I published several academic papers during my PhD and short post-doc (email me for copies). I am a full member of the Association of British Science Writers and in November 2007 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. I live in Shoreham-by-Sea with my wife Jude and our cat and dog. 

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Latest News

My new book "This Book Has Issues" is now on sale around the world (UK / USA).

June '09: It's several days since MJ died, but the pain isn't going away. I had tickets to three nights of his planned concerts, including the opening night. I've been an obsessive fan since the age of four. His highs and lows have marked my own life, from the euphoria of his Wembley concerts to sadness and incredulity at his arrest ... from the tantalising prospect of his return to stage ... to the horror of his death. I've lost a companion and an inspiration. The world is now a far less interesting place to be. RIP Mike and thank you for everything.

June '09: Latest feature article published (email me for a copy): Get a Second Life

April '09: How can we improve psychological science? Open access article in The Psychologist.

March '09: I've been commissioned to write the forthcoming Rough Guide to Psychology.

March 14 '09: I gave a talk on psychology's academic myths at the sell-out Psychology for All event in London.

March '09: This Book Has Issues now available in French. Italian, Spanish and Greek versions are on the way.

The March '09 issue of The Psychologist (p.221) carries a flattering review of This Book Has Issues. Michael Reddy writes: "This book walks a line between the pop psychology of newstands and the published work of professional psychologists and with Christian Jarrett as co-author there was a guarantee it would be a good read."

Feb '09: Slate magazine's BizBox blog features a flattering review of This Book Has Issues. Jerry Kalish writes: "When I learned that Christian and his American co-author published a book I was eager to see whether it was as interesting and helpful as the BPS Research Digest blog [which Christian edits]. The answer is a resounding yes."

Jan/Feb 09: I've begun acting as an associate lecturer for the Open University in my spare time.

Jan 09: Completed first draft of my latest magazine feature: on research, therapy and teaching in virtual worlds.

Nov 08: This Book Has Issues received a glittering review from Radio New Zealand (streaming; MP3) and on the Faster than Light radio show in Australia.

August 08: I was asked to contribute an entry to the forthcoming Ivy Press book: 30-Second Philosophies.

In July 08: I accepted an invitation to participate as one of four 'creatives' at a Wellcome Trust narrative skills training course for early years researchers.