Paul Hutchings

Academic Director: Centre for Psychology and Counselling
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Background

Dr Paul B. Hutchings is Associate Professor of Psychology and Academic Director (Head of School) of the Centre for Psychology and Counselling at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, leading the department in teaching, research, and community engagement.

Paul’s research focuses on attitudes towards individuals and groups across a broad spectrum of societal issues. His research and engagement work with the British Psychological Society (BPS) has contributed to government policy in areas such as migration and asylum-seekers. As former Chair of BPS Cymru Paul has also been instrumental in embedding evidence-based knowledge in government approaches to psychological issues. Paul is an active collaborator on a number of large-scale international research projects examining global societal issues, as well as being Principal Investigator on a number of local and national projects.. 

Specialist Subjects

  • The role of implicit and explicit attitudes on people's thoughts and behaviours
  • Prejudice and discrimination
  • Prescriptive and descriptive gender stereotyping
  • Attitudes towards disability and stigmatised individuals
  • The influence of prejudice attitudes on political decision-making
  • The influence of terrorist acts on attitudes towards ethnic groups
  • The use of experimental methodologies in exploring societal issues

Professional and/or Research Experience

Dr Paul B. Hutchings is a Principal Investigator and research lead, having led on several research projects and completed the Welsh Universities Research Leadership Programme, As a researcher in experimental psychology Paul brings specialist subject knowledge and research expertise to bear on a variety of social issues, ensuring that robust methodology and data collection underpins research. In the past 10 years Paul has been involved in a number of projects at national and international level, including:

• The 'Walking in our shoes' project examining coping with limb loss
• The 'Sustainable Human Resources Management' project, a multi-country collaborative project on attitudes towards environmental issues at an organisational level
• The 'Toward Gender Harmony' project, a multi-country collaborative project on attitudes towards prescriptive and descriptive gender stereotypes
• 'Project Impex' which examines the impact of implicit and explicit attitudes on social cohesion

Qualifications

  • PhD Psychology (Title: 'The role of implicit and explicit prejudice in cross-racial emotion recognition')
  • MSc Research Methods
  • PGCE PCET
  • BSc Psychology
  • BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Languages Spoken

English

Professional Membership or Roles

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
European Association of Social Psychologists (EASP) full member
International Society for Political Psychologists (ISPP) member
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Chair BPS Cymru (2014-2018)
Chair BPS Cymru Policy Forum (2016-2018)
BPS Senate member (2014-2018)
BPS Professional Practice Board member (2016-2018)
BPS Cymru committee member (2005 - 2023)
RQTU Registered Test User: Occupational

Link to Orcid Profile

ORCID Research profile

Professional Publications

  • Publications in current REF cycle (2021-present):
  • Wojtczuk-Turek, A., Jurek, P., Hutchings, P. B., Phelps, C., Sullivan, K. E., … & Turek, D. (2025). Does the relationship between sustainable human resource management and organizational identification vary by culture? Evidence from 35 countries based on globe framework. Central European Management Journal. DOI: 10.1108/CEMJ-04-2024-0121.
  • Besta, T., Jurek, P.,... Hutchings, P. B.,... & Zadkowska, M. (2024). Measuring collective action intention toward gender equality across cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.
  • Phelps, C., Hutchings, P. B., Stokes, T., Cooke, Z., Williams, M., & Jenkins, S. (2024). The impact of a customised aesthetic prosthetic leg cover on social interaction cues and attitudes in the general UK population: two experimental studies. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. ISSN 1746-1553.
  • Hutchings, P. B., & Sutton, J. (2024). 'To be able to have input into government is a real power'. The Psychologist, 37.
  • Wojtczuk‐Turek, A., Turek, D., Edgar, F., Klein, H. J,. Bosak, J., Okay-Somerville, B., Fu, N., Raeder, S., Phelps, C., Sullivan, K. E., Hutchings, P. B., & Labedzki, R. (2024). Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction— unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. ISSN 1535-3966.
  • Hutchings, P. B., & Sullivan, K. E. (2023). Gender: How stubborn are the stereotypes? The Psychologist. ISSN 0952-8229.
  • Rendon-Guerrero, Y., Bendall, A., Jenkins, S., Phelps, C., Bartlett, G., & Hutchings, P. B. (2023). A mixed-method approach: virtual reality to co-create future higher education workspaces in a post COVID-19 academic environment. Digital Futures.
  • Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Besta, T., Olech, M., Vandello, J., Bender, M., Hutchings, P. B., Sullivan, K. E., Zadkowska, M. (2022). Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
  • Mohamed, N. H., Beckstein, A., Hutchings, P. B., Pang Tze Ping, N., Dawood, S., Sullivan, K. E., Fadilah, R., Yahaya, A., & Villadolid, J. (2022). Cross-cultural Differences in Psychological Health During Covid-19. European Journal of Mental Health. ISSN 1788-7119
  • Neal, J., Phelps, C., Hutchings, P. B., & Williams, D. (2022). Football and Dementia: Understanding the Link. Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN Electronic: 1664-0640.
  • Sullivan, K. E., & Hutchings, P. B. (2022). Right-Wing Authoritarian and Explicit Prejudice Attitude Responses to the Paris Terror Attacks: A Within-Subjects Analysis. Terrorism and Political Violence, 34 (7), 1357-1368.
  • Beckstein, A., Rathakrishnan, B., Hutchings, P. B., & Mohamed, N. H. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in Malaysia: Current treatment and future recommendations. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 21 (1). ISSN 2590-3829.
  • Bosson, J., Jurek, P., Vandello, J., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Olech, M., Besta, T., Bender, M., Hoorens, V., Becker, M., Sevincer, A. T., Best, D. L.,... Hutchings, P. B.,... & Zukauskiene, R. (2021). Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. ISSN 1552-5422.
  • Hughes, O., Hutchings, P. B., & Phelps, C. (2021). Stigma, social appearance anxiety and coping in men and women living with skin conditions: A mixed methods analysis. Skin Health and Disease. e73. ISSN 2690-442X.
  • Hutchings, P. B., & Sullivan, K. E. (2021). "Students are people too": Intersecting challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In: A. Beckstein (Ed.), The COVID-19 pandemic : a multidisciplinary approach to managing mental health challenges. UMS Press, Sabah, Malaysia. ISBN 9789672962519.
  • Williams, K. E., Hutchings, P. B., & Phelps, C. (2021). Beyond learning in higher education: an evaluation of the ‘Life Design’ initiative to improve student employability. Studies in Higher Education. ISSN 1470-174.

Available to Supervise Doctoral Students

Yes