Maritime Psychology ― Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea

? ?This is a research volume that brings together organizational and health psychology research concerned with the maritime. It is the first volume in this rapidly developing area. Such research is undertaken by psychologists, other social scientists and maritime practitioners, lecturers and researchers. The importance of psychosocial factors is being increasingly recognised in the maritime field, by students, lecturers, seafarers, employers, unions, insurance companies and international regulatory bodies. There is now increased research funding, training and accreditation relating to areas of maritime psychology. The book is of interest to lectures, researchers and students of occupational and health psychology, of maritime science and of other social and health scientists and practitioners in the area. With over 1 million seafarers and English as the required international maritime language, an English language volume on Maritime Psychology will both recognize and give impetus to the development of this field internationally.?

Prof Malcolm MacLachlan, is Professor of Global Health and Director of Research in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. He is Associate Director of the Centre for Global Health, and a member of the Centre for Innovative Human Systems, at Trinity College Dublin. He has published over 20 books, including 15 edited volumes with various publishers (e.g. Springer , Wiley, Routledge, Palgrave-MacMillan, Churchill Livingstone). His research interests are in the application of organisational and health psychology to global health issues. He has recently developed an interest in maritime psychology. This has included facilitating the School of Psychology at Trinity exchanging an MOU with the National Maritime College of Ireland; attending conferences on seafarer research (Cardiff, 2011) and the International Maritime Society Conference (Odessa, 2012); as well as gaining sea time on merchant navy vessels, during 2011-2013. He is the lead author on a recently published review of maritime health in the International Maritime Health journal and of a chapter on maritime health and organisational psychology in the 2nd edition of the Textbook of Maritime Medicine (2014). He has been invited to deliver a Keynote Address at the next International Maritime Society Conference in Bergin, Norway, in June 2015.