Dr Angie Voela
Reader
Research Degrees Leader for Social Sciences. Co-editor of the international journal Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
Department of Social Work Counselling & Social Care , School of Childhood and Social Care
Angie Voela is a reader and course leader in Psychosocial Studies.
Qualifications
- BA, MA, MSC, PhD
Areas Of Interest
- Psychoanalysis and feminism
- Psychoanalysis and continental philosophy
- Practices of well-being
- Psychoanalytic and psycho-social approaches to identities, communities, culture, education, families, spaces and contemporary politics
OVERVIEW
Angie Voela is a reader and course leader in Psychosocial Studies. She specialises in psychoanalytic theories and practices and has published numerous articles and book chapters on psychoanalysis and gender, feminism and philosophy; psychoanalytic and psychosocial approaches to communities, politics, pedagogy, families, and space; psychoanalysis and contemporary culture; wellbeing and mental health; and identity in different contexts. Angie has been the co-editor of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society since 2018 and is training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the SITE of Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
MOST RECENT RESEARCH
- Psychoanalysis and political becoming
- Nomadism, citizenship and psychoanalysis
- Identity and gender in contemporary culture
- Psychoanalysis and architecture/space
- Freedom of speech and subjectivity in Higher Education.
MODULES
- Psychology for Psychosocial Studies (L4)
- Contemporary Social Issues (L4)
- Mad, Sad and Mad, Mental Health and Mental Disorder (L5)
- Counselling and Therapeutic Skills (L5)
- Gender (L6)
EXTERNAL WEBSITES
PUBLICATIONS
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Publications
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- SWAN: Self-healing and Wellbeing interventions through Existential Advocacy and Narrative inquiry. A pilot case study to promote maternal mental health in East London Women's Reproductive Health. p. In press. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2025.2508983
- Psychoanalysis and academic freedom in the modern university: Thoughts on the inside and the outside Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 30, pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-024-00512-x
- Adam’s House on Earth: Architectural and Libidinal Tensions in Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built in: Hendrix, J. S. and Proto, F. (ed.) Lacan + Architecture . Palgrave Macmillan, pp.23-58
- Killing Eve: Inflections of Rebirth and Pathogenesis in: Datema, J. and Voela, A. (ed.) Movement, Velocity, and Rhythm from a Psychoanalytic Perspective: Variable Speed(s). Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pp.19-57
- Movement, Velocity, and Rhythm from a Psychoanalytic Perspective: Variable Speed(s) Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
- Running with Thieves: Baby Driver and The Beat My Heart Skipped in: Datema, J. and Voela, A. (ed.) Movement, Velocity, and Rhythm from a Psychoanalytic Perspective: Variable Speed(s). Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pp.98-120
- Lockdown, Conspiracy Theories: Inaction, Transmission, Stupidity in: Ellis, D. and Voela, A. (ed.) After Lockdown, Opening Up: Psychosocial Transformation in the Wake of COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.271-291
- Conceptualising the Lockdown from the Point of View of Chronic Illness in: Ellis, D. and Voela, A. (ed.) After Lockdown, Opening Up: Psychosocial Transformation in the Wake of COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.91-110
- Introduction: For a Psychosocial Approach to the Lockdown in: Ellis, D. and Voela, A. (ed.) After Lockdown, Opening Up: Psychosocial Transformation in the Wake of COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.3-27
- Addressing the Safety and Criminal Exploitation of Vulnerable Young People: Before, During and After COVID-19 and Lockdown in: Ellis, D. and Voela, A. (ed.) After Lockdown, Opening Up: Psychosocial Transformation in the Wake of COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.151-171
- Seduction, Sharing Stories, and Borderlinking in Co-Constructed Narratives Narrative Works: Issues, Investigations & Interventions. 10, pp. 39-49
