Laura Dean

Laura Dean is a British occupational psychologist. She is the President of the British Psychological Society for 2026–2028.

Education Laura Dean graduated from the University of Leeds with a BSc Applied Psychology in 2000 and later graduated from the University of London with an MSc in Occupational Psychology in 2006.

Dean was granted Chartered status by the British Psychological Society in 2016. She completed her Doctorate in Education at the University of Sheffield. and Management School as well as Birkbeck, University of London.

In 2024, she was voted in as the next President of the British Psychological Society. Her term as President-Elect was from 2024 to 2026, and her term as President is from 2026 to 2028.

Awards

BPS Division of Occupational Psychology Excellence in Psychology Award (2025)

Publications Dean, Laura and Cousans, Fran (2023) Work Psychology: The Basics, London: Routledge.