Professor John Archer
John has an extensive career researching and teaching psychology. Notably, this is in the area of aggression, sex and gender, and grief and loss, informed by evolutionary principles. He has many publications in a wide range of journals, including Biological Reviews, Psychological Bulletin, Behavioural and Brain Sciences, and Animal Behaviour. He received the Scott Award in 2016, from the International Society for Research on Aggression, for his lifetime鈥檚 achievement in this research area.
In addition to extensive publications in academic journals, John has published a number of authored and edited books, the former including 鈥淭he behavioural biology of aggression鈥, Grief and loss鈥, and 鈥淪ex and gender鈥.
John served on a number of committees in the British Psychological Society and other learned societies. He was president of the International Society for Research on Aggression and editor-in-chief of the Society鈥檚 journal 鈥淎ggressive Behavior鈥. He gave invited plenary presentations over several years and in a number of countries.
- B.Sc in Zoology, 1965, University of Wales
- PhD in Psychology, 1970, University of Bristol
- Fellow of the British Psychological Society, 1981
- Scott Award, International Society for Research on Aggression (lifetime achievement), 2016
- Life Fellowship, International Society for Research on Aggression, 2018
- Human aggression
- Grief and loss
- Association for the study of animal behaviour: member since 1965
- British Psychological Society: member since 1975 (Fellow since 1981)
- International society for Research on aggression, since 1980 (President 2004-6; Life Fellow since 2016
His most recent significant publication was published in Biological Reviews in 2019, entitled “The reality and evolutionary significance of human psychological sex differences” (Biological Reviews, 94, 1381-1415.
Email: Email:Professor John Archer