Activity | Born: 23/09/1943
Education and Qualifications:
BA (Nat Sci), Class I, Open Exhibition, Oxford University, 1964 Part II of Experimental Psychology Tripos, (Class I), Cambridge University, 1967 PhD Graduate School, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1970
Fellowships:
Fellow of the British Psychological Society, 1982 Member of Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2002 Walter Cottman Fellow, Monash University, Australia, 2003 Fellow of the Association of Psychological Sciences, 2010 Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, 2010
Professional Career:
Voluntary Service Overseas: graduate teacher at Swiss Cottage Secondary School, Singapore, 1964-1965 Holder of Nuffield Biological Scholarship, 1966-1968 Tutor and demonstrator, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1970 Residential Child Care Officer, Todwick Grange Children's Home, Sheffield, 1971 NATO Travelling fellowship to USA, 1971 Post-doctoral research worker on SSRC funded project, 1971-1974 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1974-1983 Open University Summer School Teacher, 1974, 1978 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1983 Reader in Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1985 Head of Department, Department of Psychology, Sheffield, 1986-1989 Professor of Psychology, University of Sheffield, 1991 Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 1995-2011 Head, Unit for School and Family Studies, Goldsmiths College, 1998-2011 Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2011- Various Visiting Fellowships and Lectureships, 1976-2004
Involvement with BPS and others:
BPS Conference Programme Committee, 1980-1985 BPS Scientific Affairs Board, 1981-1983 Representative for BPS on the Biological Council, 1982-1992 BPS Council, 1983-1985 BPS Developmental Psychology Section committee member , 1983-1986 BPS Psychobiology Section committee member, 1983-1985 Biological Sciences Committee, Joint Matriculation Board, 1983-1986 Research Streering Group, Playboard, 1984-1987 Research Adviser, Preschool Playgroups Association, 1984-1991 Advisory Working Party on Bullying in Schools, Gulbenkian Foundation, 1989-1990 Adviser, Home Office Project on school bullying and community violence, 1991-1992 BPS Fellowships Committee, 1994-1998 Adviser, Childline Bullying Project, 1994-1995 Commissioning Panel, ESRC 5-16 research initiative, 1995-1996 Executive Committee, International Society for Study of Behavioural Development, 2002-2009 Advisory Board, Anti-Bullying Alliance, 2004-2008 Chair, Developing Country Fellowships Committee, ISSBD, 2009-
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre.
Sources: Professor Smith's CV (abridged). |
PublishedWorks | Selected publications (taken from Goldsmiths website):
Articles:
Smith, Peter K., Thompson, Fran and Davidson, Julia. 2014. Cyber safety for adolescent girls: bullying, harassment, sexting, pornography, and solicitation. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology , 26(5), pp. 360-365. Bagci, Sabahat C., Kumashiro, Madoka, Smith, Peter K., Blumberg, Herbert H. and Rutland, Adam. 2014. Cross-ethnic friendships: Are they really rare? Evidence from secondary schools around London. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 41, pp. 125-137. Livingstone, Sonia and Smith, Peter K.. 2014. Annual Research Review: Harms experienced by child users of online and mobile technologies: the nature, prevalence and management of sexual and aggressive risks in the digital age. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 55(6), pp. 635-654. Bagci, Sabahat C., Rutland, Adam, Kumashiro, Madoka, Smith, Peter K. and Blumberg, Herbert H.. 2014. Are minority status children's cross-ethnic friendships beneficial in a multiethnic context? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32(1), pp. 107-115. Smith, Peter K. and Jones, Alice P.. 2012. The Importance of Developmental Science for Studies in Bullying and Victimization. International Journal of Developmental Science, 6(1-2), pp. 71-74. Boulton, Michael J., Smith, Peter K. and Cowie, Helen. 2010. Short-Term Longitudinal Relationships Between Children's Peer Victimization/Bullying Experiences and Self-Perceptions Evidence for Reciprocity. School Psychology International, 31(3), pp. 296-311. Houlston, Catherine and Smith, Peter K.. 2010. The impact of a peer counselling scheme to address bullying in an all-girl London secondary school: A short-term longitudinal study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 79(1), pp. 69-86. Monks, Claire P., Smith, Peter K., Naylor, Paul, Barter, Christine, Ireland, Jane L. and Coyne, Iain. 2009. Bullying in different contexts: Commonalities, differences and the role of theory. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14(2), pp. 146-156. Houlston, Catherine, Smith, Peter K. and Jessel, John. 2009. Investigating the extent and use of peer support initiatives in English schools. Educational Psychology, 29(3), pp. 325-344. Smith, Peter K. and Monks, C. P.. 2008. Concepts of bullying: Developmental and cultural aspects. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 20(1), pp. 101-112. Slonje, Robert and Smith, Peter K.. 2008. Cyberbullying: Another main type of bullying? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49(2), pp. 147-154. Smith, Peter K., Mahdavi, Jess, Carvalho, Manuel, Fisher, Sonja, Russell, Shanette and Tippett, Neil. 2008. Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(4), pp. 376-385. Samara, Muthanna and Smith, Peter K.. 2008. How schools tackle bullying, and the use of whole school policies: changes over the last decade. Educational Psychology, 28(6), pp. 663-676. Koo, Hyojin, Kwak, Keumjoo and Smith, Peter K.. 2008. Victimization in Korean Schools: The Nature, Incidence, and Distinctive Features of Korean Bullying or Wang-Ta. Journal of School Violence, 7(4), pp. 119-139. Smith, Peter K., Smith, Cherise, Osborn, Rob and Samara, Muthanna. 2008. A content analysis of school anti-bullying policies: progress and limitations. Educational Psychology in Practice, 24(1), pp. 1-12. Smith, Peter K., Monks, C. and Swettenham, J.. 2003. Aggressors, victims and defenders in preschool: peer, self and teacher reports. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 49(4), pp. 453-469. Smith, Peter K., Ananiadou, Katerina and Cowie, Helen. 2003. Interventions to reduce school bullying. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48(9), pp. 591-599. Smith, Peter K., Singer, M., Hoel, H. and Cooper, C.. 2003. Victimisation in the school and the workplace: Are there any links? British Journal of Psychology, 94(2), pp. 175-188. Smith, Peter K., Cowie, Helen, Olafsson, Ragnar and Liefooghe, Andy. 2002. Definitions of Bullying: A Comparison of Terms Used, and Age and Gender Differences, in a Fourteen Country International Comparison. Child Development, 73(4), pp. 1119-1133.
Book: Smith, Peter K.. 2009. Children and Play: Understanding Children's Worlds. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Book Sections: Smith, Peter K.. 2011. Bullying in schools: thirty years of research. In: Iain Coyne and Claire P. Monks, eds. Bullying in Different Contexts. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, pp. 36-59. Gregory, Alice M., Ball, Harriet A. and Button, Tanya M.. 2010. Behavioural Genetics. In: Peter K. Smith and Craig Hart, eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, 2nd Edition. London and Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 27-43. Smith, Peter K.. 2010. Cyberbullying: the European perspective. In: Joaquin Mora-Merchan and Thomas Jaeger, eds. Cyberbullying: A cross-national comparison. Landau: Verlag Empirische Pädagogik, pp. 7-19. Smith, Peter K. and Slonje, Robert. 2010. Cyberbullying: the nature and extent of a new kind of bullying, in and out of school. In: Shane Jimerson, Susan Swearer and Dorothy Espelage, eds. The International Handbook of School Bullying. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 249-262. Curtner-Smith, Mary Elisabeth, Smith, Peter K. and Porter, Malvin. 2010. Family level intervention with bullies and victims. In: Eric Vernberg and Bridget Biggs, eds. Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 75-105. Cowie, Helen and Smith, Peter K.. 2010. Peer support as a means of improving school safety and reducing bullying and violence. In: Beth Doll, William Pfohl and Jina Yoon, eds. Handbook of Youth Prevention Science. New York: Routledge, pp. 177-192. Smith, Peter K.. 2009. Bullying in primary and secondary schools: Psychological and organizational comparisons. In: Shane Jimerson, Susan Swearer and Dorothy Espelage, eds. The International Handbook of School Bullying. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 137-149. Thompson, Fran, Tippett, Neil and Smith, Peter K.. 2009. Prevention and responses to bullying. In: Kathryn Geldard, ed. Practical Interventions for Young People at Risk. Thousand Oaks: Sage. |