Research Volunteering Opportunities
Overview
The Psychology department is situated in 7 George Square in the centre of Edinburgh. Members of the academic staff and postgraduate students conduct a wide range of active research programmes, within various research groups, covering a number of different aspects of human mental life.
Our volunteers are a vital part of our research and their contribution is greatly valued. We maintain a list of volunteers who are invited at intervals to come to the department to participate in research studies. You can also make direct arrangements to participate in certain studies by following the links below. (Our research projects don’t all have a web page or direct booking, so to maximise your opportunities to volunteer you should join the panel as well as using the links.) Our volunteers enjoy the experience of taking part in our studies and they gain a useful understanding of how psychology research takes place. They also generally learn some interesting and encouraging facts about themselves. All research takes place under very strict ethical guidelines. Personal information about our volunteers is treated in strict confidence; no-one except the researcher ever gets to know people’s results from our studies. Our scientific results are always communicated in print in such a form that it is impossible to identify information about any particular individual. Volunteers may withdraw from the research at any time without giving a reason.
We hope you will enjoy being one of our volunteers; we look forward to seeing you.
Contact Information
To join the panel, contact the Volunteer Panel Officer, Psychology, School of Philosophy Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ. Phone: 0131 650 3458, fax: 0131 650 3461.
Online Application Form
Complete the application form online (first link) or download the PDF version (Adobe Reader required) or Microsoft Word document version to print out and return by post:
Direct Participation
To book directly to take part in some of our studies:
- Edinburgh External Volunteer Panel
- Student Volunteer Panel (If you are a student participating for Year 1 credit)
- Volunteer Research Assistant Programme (for students in Year 3 or Year 4)