Social Psychologist

As a social psychologist, you run research projects that help us understand why people do what they do in groups and communities. You might investigate things like whether a school anti-bullying programme actually works, or how young people feel about their identity in mixed-gender spaces. Your findings get used by schools, councils, hospitals and charities to make their services better.

Most days you will design research studies, collect data through surveys and interviews, and analyse what you found using statistics software. You will write reports explaining your findings clearly so that teachers, nurses, and policy-makers can use them. You will also work with other scientists, social workers, and the communities you are studying, so you need to be good at listening and explaining your work in everyday language.