About Alex

Alex is Professor and Co-Director of the Behavioural Science Centre at Stirling Management School, University of Stirling. The centre brings together economics, psychology, medicine, and other behavioural sciences to conduct interdisciplinary research into understanding and fostering economic prosperity, health, industrial productivity, and population well-being. With collegues, Alex co-ordinates the research and educational provision of the centre, with a particular focus on integrating psychology with other disciplines. He is known internationally for his research into well-being including both dysfunction and positive functioning.

Alex completed his BSc in Psychology at the University of Leicester in 2005 and a PhD in Psychology at the University of Warwick in 2008. From 2008 he worked in the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, initially as Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer, before accepting a Chair (full professorship) at the University of Stirling in 2012. In the last 5 years Alex has published over 75 academic papers, attracted c. £700,000 in research funding, and presented 30+ seminars, skills classes, workshops, and keynote speeches to conferences, other university departments, and industry partners. Alex currently serves on several editorial boards, including the Journal of Research in Personality, having previously been the senior editor of a special issue of Clinical Psychology Review and preformed ad hoc reviewing for over 50 journals and funding bodies. He has supervised three successful PhD completions and currently supervises a further 9 doctoral students, as well as teaching on the new MSc in Behavioural Science for Business & Policy at Stirling Management School. His research has been covered in over 50 news outlets, such as Time Magazine and the Financial Times, and is being applied in diverse settings including by schools, businesses, and health care providers. His hobbies include hill/mountain walking, philosophy, reading, and eating curry, but not all at the same time.

Current Doctoral Students

Marie Briguglio PhD Student (2012-)	Elisabeth Garratt Glass PhD Student (2012-)	Alys Griffith PhD Student (2011-)
Johanna Hudson PhD Student (2009-)	Wendy MacDonald DClin Trainee (2010-	Hilda Osafa PhD Student (2011-
Andrew Siddaway DClin Trainee (2012-)	Dr Peter Taylor DClin Trainee (2010-)	Pat Watkinson PhD Student (2010-)

Previous doctoral students

Dr Judith Johnson PhD Student (2008-2010) Thesis

Dr Rebecca Kelly PhD Student (2009-2011) Thesis

Dr Peter Taylor PhD Student (2008-2010) Thesis