Mini Biog
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I was educated at Latymer Upper School, London, and at the University of Nottingham where I eventually joined the academic staff. After 41 years service, I retired from the Chair of Organisational Psychology in 2012.During my time at Nottingham, I became Head of what was then the Department of Psychology (1994-1998). In 1999, I established the Institute of Work, Health & Organisations as a new international postgraduate research school. The Institute was formally recognised by the WHO as a Collaborating Centre in Occupational Health. I stood down as its Founding Director in 2010 and took a year’s sabbatical before retiring from the University in 2012 to join Birkbeck University of London as its new Chair of Occupational Health Psychology & Management. I resigned from Birkbeck in 2020.
I was awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours List 2000 for services to occupational health. This award was largely related to my role in the development of the Management Standards approach to work-related stress and psychosocial risks to employee health. The following year, 2003, I was made an Honorary Fellow of both the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Dublin) and of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. In 2008, I was presented with an award for a Distinguished Contribution to Occupational Health Psychology jointly by the American Psychological Association, the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the US Society for Occupational Health Psychology.
In 2012, I was awarded an Honorary Chair in Psychosocial Oncology by the University of Aberdeen and an Emeritus Chair by the University of Nottingham.
I founded the journal Work & Stress in the late 1980s with my colleague, Professor Phillip Dewe, and stood down as its Managing Editor some 27 years later at the end of 2013. I remain its Emeritus Editor.
You can find more information on me and my connections on Linkedin and see me on You Tube.
Tom Cox
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View my Alec Rodger Memorial Lecture "Resilience, People, Organisations and their Communities" on YouTube.CSWL
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The Centre for Sustainable Working Life (CSWL) was formally established in the School of Business, Economics & Informatics at Birkbeck University of London on 25th June 2013.I remain its first Director. Professor Phillip Dewe was its Deputy Director until his retirement in 2015. The future of the Centre is currently under review after being moved to the Department of Organisational Psychology.
METIS
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I hold an Honorary Chair in Psychosocial Oncology at the University of Aberdeen. This position supports my role in the METIS Collaboration which is an initiative of the Academic Urology Unit in the Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Dentistry.METIS is concerned with the psychosocial, organisational and economic perspectives on the patient’s journey through cancer. It is also concerned with the rerad across from our knowledge of cancer survivorship and work to other long term conditions. My contribution is currently in relation to cancer survivorship, working life and work participation.
It has been funded by UCAN, Macmillan in Scotland, NHS Grampian and the ESRC.
At present, METIS is based around a collaboration between the Universities of Aberdeen and Birkbeck University of London.
Author Archives: The Old Grey Fox
JUNE: ALEC RODGER MEMORIAL LECTURE 2013
Employee Engagement Each year, the Department of Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck University of London, invites a person of standing in organizational psychology to present the Alec Rodger Memorial Lecture. This year it was presented by Professor David Macleod. David’s topic was: Employee … Continue reading
MAY: NEW PUBLICATION
Psychosocial Risk Assessment I have just published an article on future developments in psychosocial risk inspection and assessment in the Final Report of the SLIC Inspection Campaign 2012. The article focuses on six issues which I believe will define the … Continue reading
MARCH: WORK FOUNDATION REPORT
Returning To Work: Cancer survivors and the Health and Work Assessment and Advisory Service On 18th March, The Work Foundation launched its report on the recent development of return to work support services in the UK which looked at the issues that … Continue reading
MARCH: SLIC INSPECTION CAMPAIGN 2012
SLIC Inspection Campaign 2012: Psychosocial Risk Assessment I was invited by the Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (SLIC) to provide a forward looking scientific commentary at the conclusion of its Final Conference of the 2012 Inspection Campaign on Psychosocial Risks Assessment. The … Continue reading
MARCH: HEALTH AND WELLBEING AT WORK 2013
Cancer Survivorship and Working Life With Dr Sara MacLennan, I presented at this year’s Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference in the NEC Birmingham on Wednesday 6th March (11.10 – 11.50). We talked about cancer survivorship and working life in … Continue reading
FEBRUARY: NEW PUBLICATION
Medics’ Attitudes to Older Adults We have had our review of medical students’ and doctors’ attitudes to older adults accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Education and Training). It deals with the evidence on the effectiveness of … Continue reading
JANUARY: NEW PUBLICATION
HAZARDS OF WORK: MINING IN GHANA We have had our paper on the nature of the psychosocial and physical hazards associated with work in the mining industry in Ghana accepted by the Journal of Safety Research (impact factor: 1.29(5)). It … Continue reading
JANUARY: NEW PUBLICATION
Narrative Exposure Therapy We have had our paper on the use of Narrative Exposure Therapy in the treatment of adult survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake published by BMC Psychiatry (impact factor 2.55). It may be cited as: Zang, Y., Hunt, N., & Cox, T. … Continue reading
AUTUMN & NEW YEAR BREAK 2012
I took a break from my blog for nearly three months, November 2012 into January 2013, having been busy with a major funding application in psychosocial oncology through METIS, building works at home and then welcome escapes to Dubai and, … Continue reading
NEWS FROM 2012
___________________________________________________ OCTOBER: THE PICCADILLY CLUB Autumn Meeting This month, the Piccadilly Club held its Autumn Supper Meeting and discussions on occupational health on the South Bank in London. Its next meeting will be next Spring probably in March. The Club … Continue reading
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