Paul Leonard Gardner

My main interests are in teaching research methods, theoretical issues in psychology, and in providing learning opportunities for skills development for undergraduate psychology students. I also have an interest in the development of critical reasoning skills. Outside of my formal teaching I spend a great deal of time with young people and other groups talking about the role of science in everyday life both the University and various science festivals.

I left school at sixteen having attended a state comprehensive and worked as an apprentice in a coal mine for six years. I studied Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy at Sunderland University and then worked in mental health and some anti-racism research. I arrived at St. Andrews in 1992 on a short-term contract and became permanent three years later and have had a couple of promotions along the way.