Webinar Series: Psychology Without Borders

OUPS Webinar Series 2026

Psychology Without Borders: Community Approaches to Refugee Wellbeing

Speaker: Lara Alvarez Torres

We’re delighted to continue our OUPS Webinar Series with a thought-provoking session exploring how psychology can support refugees and asylum seekers in ways that move beyond traditional, individual-focused approaches. This talk is ideal for anyone interested in community psychology, social justice, mental health, or working with displaced populations.

Psychology often asks big questions about who it serves: does it genuinely help people to thrive, or does it sometimes reinforce existing barriers? These questions feel particularly important when thinking about refugees and asylum seekers, whose lives are shaped not only by past experiences of displacement but also by the ongoing challenges of resettlement, uncertain immigration processes, cultural loss, and the struggle to build new communities.

In this talk, Lara Alvarez Torres will explore how psychology can support refugees in ways that go beyond traditional, individual…