Dr Paul Irwing is a Reader in organisational psychology

Industrial and organizational psychology

Industrial and organizational psychology is the scientific study of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Industrial and organizational psychologists contribute to an organization's success by improving the performance and well-being of its people...

 at the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

. He is currently a member of the editorial board of Intelligence

Intelligence (journal)

Intelligence is a peer-reviewed academic journal of psychology that covers intelligence and psychometrics. It is published by Elsevier and the official journal of the International Society for Intelligence Research.The journal was established in 1977 and the editor in chief is Douglas K. Detterman...

, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

Royal Society of Medicine

The Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...

. His D.Phil. was completed in 1992, and integrated goal-setting, job characteristics and self-concept theories of work motivation. Paul Irwing is the co-discoverer of two major gender differences

Gender differences

A sex difference is a distinction of biological and/or physiological characteristics associated with either males or females of a species. These can be of several types, including direct and indirect. Direct being the direct result of differences prescribed by the Y-chromosome, and indirect being...

 presented in six articles in Intelligence, two articles in the British Journal of Psychology and one article in Nature

Nature (journal)

Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...

. He has a total of 50+ publications including 20 journal articles and has presented 30 conference papers/invited lectures.