# Event Details - **Event Name**: Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Professor Cathy Montgomery and Professor Ruth Ogden deliver their inaugural professorial lectures.About this EventProfessor Cathy MontgomeryCathy joined LJMU in 1999 as a student and is now Professor of Psychopharmacology and Health Inequalities and Head of the Institute for Health Research. Her research focuses on the cognitive and neurobiological effects of substance use, alongside the social and structural factors that shape health and access to treatment. She works with NHS and community partners to improve outcomes for people who use alcohol and drugs particularly those from marginalised groups. Through a combination of laboratory research and applied public health work, she aims to inform more effective, equitable approaches to treatment and care.Professor Ruth OgdenRuth is Professor of the Psychology of Time at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research explores how individuals experience and interpret the passage of time, and how emotion, attention, and environmental context in shaping subjective duration. Her recent research examines how disruptions to everyday life, crisis and social isolation influence temporal experience. By highlighting the impact of time poverty on health and wellbeing, she aims to improve quality of life by increasing access to time.From the lab to the good life: applications of psychology in a changing world"This lecture explores how psychology can illuminate and improve, everyday life in a rapidly changing world. Drawing on Ruth Ogden’s work, it shows how our experience of time is not fixed but shaped by emotion, stress, and social context, with major disruptions such as the COVID‑19 pandemic revealing how easily time can feel distorted or fragmented. This is complemented by Cathy Montgomery’s work on substance use demonstrating how cognitive processes such as memory and executive function interact with social inequalities to influence behaviour, health, and recoveryDuring this lecture, these perspectives highlight a shared insight: human behaviour cannot be understood in isolation from lived experience. Whether through altered perceptions of time or the cognitive and social drivers of substance use, psychology provides powerful tools for designing more responsive, person-centred interventions."Agenda?: 05:00 PMWelcome & Introductions?: 05:15 PM - 06:00 PMLecture delivered by Professor Cathy Montgomery and Professor Ruth Ogden?: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PMDrinks reception - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/liverpool/professorial-lecture-series-2026-psychology-in-a-changing-world/100001990380884806 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, art, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Lower James Parsons Theatre, Liverpool John Moores University - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Liverpool - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Lower James Parsons Theatre, Liverpool John Moores University - **lat**: 53.4120416 - **long**: -2.9822111 - **full address**: Lower James Parsons Theatre, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/21f88f075c0c72501799627c81f37c67d4b1375f95faf45f896660f1dec58ed8-rimg-w1200-h674-dc0a2f60-gmir.jpg?v=1781615648 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world being held? - **A:** Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world takes place on Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Lower James Parsons Theatre, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world? - **A:** Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world is organized by Liverpool John Moores University. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Professorial Lecture Series 2026: Psychology in a changing world is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Liverpool, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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