In November, we were honored to have Kenneth J. Gergen (emeritus Professor in Psychology at Swarthmore College) - the leading figure of Social Constructionist Psychology – as guest at Aalborg University. Carolin Demuth (Associate Professor of Cultural and Developmental Psychology) interviewed him on the topic of Social Constructionist Psychology as part of a series of interviews organized by the research section PSYCHE: https://www.kommunikation.aau.dk/psyche-talk-3-social-constructionist-psychology-e112780

In the interview, Prof. Gergen looked back at the beginning of his career and explained how it came about that he started the social constructionist movement. He further lays out aspects of his work such as relational theory, positive aging, qualitative inquiry, the activities of the TAOS institute and the contribution of social constructionism to cultural psychology.The entire interview will be published in the journal Qualitative Studies: https://tidsskrift.dk/qual