Research

Scientific Approaches to Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology

Scientific Approaches to Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology

Our research is characterised by breadth and integration - the two guiding principles of Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology at LJMU. We pursue a wide range of research topics that are related to understanding consciousness and the mind as well as its various forms of transformation.

Research topics include:

• psychological and physiological effects of meditation
• personal transformation and subjective well-being
• transforming effects of self-expressive art
• theories of religious conversion

In addition, we also scrutinise our own teaching practice and investigate issues concerning Learning, Teaching and Assessment, especially in relation to our award-winning MSc online programme. In pursuit of these questions we employ a wide range of quantitative as well as qualitative methods, ranging from collecting and interpreting (neuro-) physiological data to the qualitative analysis of focus-group sessions and interviews.