Professor Richard Rowe
BSc, MSc, PhD
School of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
+44 114 222 6606
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School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
91Ö±²¥
S1 4DP
- Qualifications
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BSc (Manchester), MSc, PhD (Reading)
- Research interests
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My research addresses the factors underlying risky and antisocial behaviours in young people and the development of interventions to reduce these problematic behaviours. Major focusses have been on conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder in children and adolescents, and risky driving in young motorists.
Other work has addressed suicide, self-harm and alcohol use. I have been involved in evaluating existing evaluations (e.g., for South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership) and designing novel interventions which have taken a variety of forms. In all cases interventions are informed by an understanding of the causal factors that underlie the target behaviour and by theories of behaviour change.
- Publications
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- Research group
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Current postgraduate students
- Nadia Chan, cross-informant agreement in hyperactivity, self-sponsored.
- Ian Edwards, impulsivity in young driver road safety, Road Safety GB/Road Safety Trust studentship.
- Megan Frith, modelling a general psychopathology factor using multiple informant data, ESRC AQM studentship.
- George Hales, the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on psychosocial outcomes. ESRC Pathways studentship.
- Satwika Rahapsari, the neurobiology of early life stress. Indonesian Ministry of Education studentship.
- Ayu Sari, the role of teachers in identifying mental health problems in Indonesian schools, Indonesian Ministry of Education studentship.
- Zeliha Saribaz, environmentally mediated effects on young people’s internalising problems. Turkish Education Office.
- Grants
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Key research funding
- Promoting Intelligent Speed Assistance to reduce UK Road Traffic Crashes. Road Safety Trust. £195,932. PI: Rowe. 2022-2024.
- A new resource for behavioural science - Developing tools for understanding the relationship between behaviours. Economic and Social Research Council. £441,000. PI: Webb. 2021-2022
- HAROLD: HAzards, ROad Lighting and Driving. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. £587,684. PI: Fotios (91Ö±²¥), 2019-2022
- Identifying the mechanisms linking socioeconomic status and child antisocial behaviour. Nuffield Foundation. £127,555. PI: Rowe. 2016-2022.
- Teaching activities
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I am the Director of our MSc Psychological Research Methods courses.
I lecture in research methods for our Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, MSc in Psychological Research Methods and MSc in Occupational Psychology.
I am also the Module Organiser for PSY356 Criminal Psychology.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- ESRC Grant Assessment Panel D member.
- PhD Opportunities
I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.
We advertise PhD opportunities (Funded or Self-Funded) on
For further information, please see the department PhD Opportunities page.