PhD in Psychology of Communication and Change

Introduction

The PhD in Psychology of Communication and Change (C&C) was preceded by the training and research carried out on the Pasychology of Communication: social internaction and human development programme. C&C offers a range of research lines that selectively cover interest in human communication in couples, the family and groups on the one side and the conceptual and methodological needs of different psychological disciplines linked to scientific study and intervention in areas such as development, education, social work, health, organisations, cyberspace, physical activity and sport etc.

Candidate profile

The PhD programme in Psychology of Communication and Change is addressed to graduates in Psychology or related areas who have taken a master's degree in one of the following: social sciences, communication studies, education and development, medicine and health sciences, behavioural sciences or physical activity and sport.

Applicants should take account of the thesis topics proposed by the research groups in keeping with their lines of research. Therefore, applicants' academic and methodological backgrounds and research interests must fit in with options provided by the programme.

Applicants can propose up to three lines of research (in order of preference) to which they could contribute through their own research project.

Professional opportunities

This PhD programme provides the following principal career options:

• University teaching and research.
• Teaching in schools.
• Healthcare.
• Social services.
• Financial, political, religious or non-governmental organisations.
• Organisations engaged in creativity, human resources or entrepreneurship.
• Conflict resolution.
• Programme assessment.
• Legal psychology.
• Social networks.
• Physical activity and sport.

Objectives and justification

1. Promote innovation and transfer of knowledge through PhD research aimed at offering responses to problems of communication and change following the lines of research defined by the programme.
2. Develop conceptual and methodological competences to guarantee quality research in the psychology of communication and change.
3. Offer exchange opportunities facilitating different levels of mobility among the research staff, associates and external collaborators and among the PhD students and the research groups and other institutions external to the programme organisation.

Coordinator

J. Reinaldo Martínez Fernández (UAB)

Administration

Secretary of the Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology
B5 Building, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Opening hours:

• Morning: from 9:30 am to 13:30 pm.
• Afternoon: from 15:30 pm to 17 pm (Friday afternoon closed)

Tel: +34 93 581 13 77 / +34 93 581 2758
Fax: +34 93 581 33 29
Mail: postgrau.psic.basica@uab.cat

Contact: Esther Calderon Fajardo