Theory & Psychology
Philosophical Psychology
"Theory & Psychology has brought the study of theory within psychology out of the cold. It is a hugely important journal for anyone with a serious interest in theoretcial developments in psychology. It is always packed with interesting and important articles and should be required reading for all psychologists." Valerie Walkerdine, Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
"Outstandingly good. Each issue makes one realise how much we need a journal exactly like this, to argue over Psychology's many unresolved confusions, mistakes and mysteries - and to plot the way out of them." Charles Antaki, Professor of Language and Social Psychology, Loughborough University, England
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Theory & Psychology is a fully peer reviewed forum for theoretical and meta-theoretical analysis in psychology. It focuses on the emergent themes at the centre of contemporary psychological debate. Its principal aim is to foster theoretical dialogue and innovation within the discipline, serving an integrative role for a wide psychological audience.
Theory & Psychology publishes scholarly and expository papers which explore significant theoretical developments within and across such specific sub-areas as: cognitive, social, personality, developmental, clinical, perceptual, or biological psychology. It also publishes, and particularly encourages, work with a broader meta-theoretical intent, examining such issues as the conceptual frameworks and foundations of psychology, its historical underpinnings, its relation to other human sciences, its methodological commitments, its ideological assumptions, and its political and institutional contexts. Interdisciplinary analyses addressing psychological topics are welcomed. These may include (but are not limited to) the philosophy of science and psychology, cognition and intentionality, forms of explanation in psychology, criteria of theory evaluation, the social basis of psychological knowledge, the history of psychological theories and methods, the utilization of psychological knowledge, critical theory and methods in psychology, feminist theory and methods in psychology, and rhetoric and argumentation in psychological theory.
Theory & Psychology addresses a wide range of psychologists and interested scholars from other disciplines. Articles are clearly written, for a general audience, without excessive use of specialized terminology. Articles also adhere to the APA's "Guidelines to Reduce Bias in Language'" (Publication Manual, 6th ed).
Theory & Psychology operates a strictly anonymous peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and, the author’s name from the reviewer. The reviewer may at their own discretion opt to reveal their name to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for both identities to remain concealed.
| Kieran O'Doherty | University of Guelph |
| Henderikus J Stam | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Kenneth J. Gergen | Swarthmore College, USA |
| Gerd Gigerenzer | Max-Planck Institute für Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany |
| Jonathan Potter | Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA |
| Markus Eronen | University of Groningen, Netherlands |
| Nora Ruck | Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna, Austria |
| Paul Sullivan | University of Bradford, UK |
| Jeffery Yen | University of Guelph, Canada |
| Marie-Cécile Bertau | University of West Georgia, USA |
| Sunil Bhatia | Connecticut College, USA |
| Geoff Bunn | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| Ian Burkitt | University of Bradford, UK |
| Erica Burman | The University of Manchester, UK |
| James Cresswell | Ambrose University, Canada |
| John Cromby | University of Leicester, UK |
| Manolis Dafermos | University of Crete, Greece |
| Kurt Danziger | York University, Toronto, Canada |
| Maarten Derksen | University of Groningen, Netherlands |
| Nurit Novis Deutsch | The University of Haifa, Israel |
| Mark Freeman | College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, USA |
| Zed Zhipeng Gao | The American University of Paris, France |
| Harry Heft | Denison University, USA |
| Barbara S. Held | Bowdoin College, USA |
| Alexa Hepburn | Rutgers University, USA |
| Hubert J. M. Hermans | University of Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Rene van Hezewijk | Open Universiteit, Netherlands |
| Fiona J. Hibberd | The University of Sydney, Australia |
| Arnd Hofmeister | University of Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany |
| Suzanne Kirschner | College of the Holy Cross, USA |
| Markus Knauff | University of Giessen, Center for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, Germany |
| Antonia Larrain | Alberto Hurtado University, Chile |
| Rashelle V Litchmore | Connecticut College, USA |
| Ivana Marková | University of Stirling, UK |
| Jill G. Morawski | Wesleyan University, USA |
| Clifford van Ommen | Massey University, New Zealand |
| Lisa Osbeck | Wesleyan University, USA |
| Ian Parker | University of Leicester, UK |
| Michael J. Pettit | York University, Canada |
| Catherine Raeff | Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Peter Raggatt | James Cook University, Australia |
| Ernst Schraube | Roskilde University, Denmark |
| Lívia Mathias Simão | Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil, Brazil |
| Kate Slaney | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| William E. Smythe | University of Regina, Canada |
| Paul Stenner | Open Univeristy, UK |
| Jeff Sugarman | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Gavin B. Sullivan | International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin |
| Shogo Tanaka | Tokai University, Japan |
| Thomas Teo | York University, Canada |
| Michael Tissaw | SUNY Potsdam, USA |
| Jaan Valsiner | Aalborg University, Denmark |
| Stephen Vassallo | American University, USA |
| Valerie Walkerdine | University of Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Kevin Weinfurt | Duke University, USA |
| Margaret Wetherell | The University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Martin Wieser | Sigmund Freud Private University Berlin, Germany |
| Wendeng Yang | Guangzhou University, China |
| Tania Zittoun | University of Neuchatel, Switzerland |
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