BPS Research Board appoints new Chair

We're delighted to announce that Dr Richard Stephens has been appointed as the new Chair of the Research Board. 

Dr Richard Stephens has previously served as Deputy Chair of the Research Board (since October 2021) and also serves as Chair of the British Psychological Society Psychologist and Digest Editorial Advisory Committee. 

Richard is a former Chair of the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section (2013 - 2017). He is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University. Richard Chaired the Psychology Research Day, part of the BPS Psychology Careers Festival, in 2024 and 2023. 

He has been involved with psychology for more than three decades and has developed an international reputation for research on alcohol and emotional language. His research on the benefits of swearing for pain tolerance and for performing physical tasks is very well known and has been portrayed numerous times in the media.