The Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (IWHO) is an international postgraduate research institute within the School of Community Health Sciences. It is committed to promoting the contribution of applied psychology to occupational and public health and safety and to the development of successful and healthy people, communities, and organisations. Occupational psychology, occupational health psychology, health psychology and clinical psychology are among its defining interests.
The Institute is proudly international in outlook. It has a department in the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus and a strong programme of international collaborations. It hosts the Centre of Organisational Health & Development that is a designated Collaborating Centre in Occupational Health of the World Health Organization (one of just four in the UK). The Institute is also a member of the Topic Centre programme of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
The Institute is an independent postgraduate research institute in applied psychology and related areas. It provides high quality postgraduate education and doctoral training related to its research in: Work and Organisational Psychology, Occupational Health Psychology and Safety, Health Psychology and Clinical Psychology. It is home to a productive community of postgraduate students and staff sustained, in part, through active international collaboration.
In the most recent national assessments, the Institute was awarded 24/24 for its education provision (with a commendation for teaching) as part of the University’s ‘psychology group’ and, with the Nottingham University Business School, a 5 rating (international standing) for its research.
The Institute is part of the Topic Centre for Good Practice, Systems and Programmes in Occupational Safety and Health for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Bilbao). It is a founding partner of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, and a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre in Occupational Health. It also hosts the international journal ‘Work and Stress’.