Callum Blades
- cblades at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- PGR
- Humanities and Law
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Biography
Callum Blades MA, BA (hons) is an interdisciplinary researcher and practitioner at Bournemouth University, with a background in psychosocial studies, psychodynamics and psychoanalysis, with application to political culture, conspiracy theories and contemporary society. He works with scholars, academics, counsellors and political theorists in order to contribute further knowledge of conspiratorial reasoning and affect-based decision-making within the public and political discourse.
Theses
- Blades, C., 2022. Paranoid-Schizoid, Manic Defensive Society: Kleinian Psychodynamics in Contemporary Political Culture. Master's Thesis. Department of Humanities and Law.
Films
- Shakespeare's Pericles: a psychosocial journey, 2025. Other.
- Shame in Shakespeare's Macbeth, 2024. Other.
Profile of Teaching PG
- Conspiracy Theories in Political Culture
- Emotion and Political Culture
Profile of Teaching UG
- Political Psychology
Internal Responsibilities
- Social Media Officer, Centre for the Study of Emotion, Conflict and Social Justice. https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-study-conflict-emotion-social-justice
Attended Training
- Introduction to Education Practice for Postgraduate Research, 01 Jun 2023