Staff Profile

Dr Alasdair
Gordon-Finlayson

Faculty of Health, Education and Society

Alasdair’s interests are in social and cultural psychology, the psychology of religion and spirituality, as well as the intersection of these two areas (e.g. doctoral dissertation on “Becoming Buddhist” in a Western cultural context). Alasdair’s methodological interests are mainly qualitative, and specifically grounded theory.
Alasdair is the module co-ordinator for the first-year research methods module and the third year designated module on religion, spirituality and wellbeing. In addition, Alasdair contributes to teaching on social psychology modules at levels 5 and 6 and to research methods at all levels.
PURE Profile
For publications, projects, datasets, research interests and activities, view Alasdair Gordon-Finlayson’s research profile on Pure, the University of Northampton’s Research Explorer.