Organisational psychology
Research discipline
Organisational psychology is broadly concerned with how working conditions and structures impact individual wellbeing, mental health, and decision-making in working environments.
The Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science has an established international reputation in organisational psychology, attracting faculty and experts from around the world to conduct their research, and to teach students, at LSE.
Experts within this discipline have secured grants that have contributed to awareness of risk in different workplace settings, social identity and wellbeing in the workplace and has helped to improve workplace culture across several sectors, from finance to healthcare.
Experts in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science work across the following broad themes and topics:
- Workplace wellbeing
- Risk and safety culture
- Workplace identity
- Entrepreneurship and underemployment
- Individual and group decision-making.
Our research is anchored in a shared evidence-based approach that is theoretically informed and policy relevant.
