Paul Stenner

E-Mail: Paul.Stenner@open.ac.uk

Paul Stenner has been Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University since 2011. Previously Professor of Psychosocial Studies at the University of Brighton, he has held lectureships at University College London, University of Bath, and the University of East London. He is Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, a Humboldt fellow, and was President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP) until 2019. He adopts a transdisciplinary theoretical approach to psychology informed by process philosophy and is known internationally for his expertise in Q methodology and other qualitative methods for accessing the subjective dimension of social issues. He researches a range of topics from contested health issues to political subjectivity. Recent edited and authored books include Orpheus’ Glance. Selected Papers on Process Psychology: The Fontarèches Meetings, 2002–2017 (with Michel Weber, Les Editions Chromatika, 2018), Liminality and Experience: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Psychosocial (Palgrave, 2017) and Doing Q Methodological Research: Theory, Method and Interpretation (with Simon Watts, London: Sage, 2012).