Geoff Bunn

Dr Geoff Bunn is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) within the Faculty of Health and Education, specializing in the history of psychology and pedagogical innovation. He holds a PhD in Psychology from York University (Toronto, Canada) and has held roles such as Curator of Psychology at the Science Museum, London, and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster. His research focuses on student agency, psychosocial pedagogy, and the historical interplay between psychology and society. Bunn pioneered the MSc/PgDip Psychology Conversion Award, the largest online program at MMU, and has led editorial roles in journals like History & Philosophy of Psychology. He has received multiple teaching awards, including the 2019 MMU Students’ Union 'Outstanding Innovation in Teaching' award.

Education: PhD (Psychology, York University, 1998); MA (History of Scientific Thought, University of Leeds, 1992); BSc (Psychology, University of Leeds, 1991).

Research Interests:

• History of psychology and its societal impacts
• Student experience in higher education
• Critical psychology and human sciences
• Psychoanalytic approaches to pedagogy

Teaching & Administration: Unit Leader for Conceptual and Historical Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy; Co-Programme Leader of MMU's Psychology Conversion Award. External roles include examiner for the University of Bradford and peer reviewer for journals like Isis and History of Psychology.

Media Contributions: Authored BBC Radio 4 series A History of the Brain (2011) and The Truth and Nothing but the Truth (2013), later published as A Short History of the Brain (2023).