James Cane is a Chartered Psychologist, Principal Lecturer in Psychology, and the Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Mobilisation (REKM) Lead for Psychology.
As REKM Lead for Psychology, Dr Cane oversees the strategic approach to Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Mobilisation activities for Psychology across our Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells campuses. Previously Dr Cane oversaw all psychology-related research, knowledge exchange, and teaching strategies in the Psychology Section at CCCU as Director of Psychology before moving on to a Faculty Research Support and Training position covering Psychology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Computing and Sports and Exercise Sciences in 2022. He was appointed to his current REKM Lead role in 2026. In his teaching roles as Principal Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, he has designed and delivered modules in advanced research methods and statistics, health psychology, and biological and cognitive psychology at CCCU, London South Bank University, University College London, the University of Kent, and Kent and Medway Medical School, and teaches at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He supervises work across PhD, MSc and undergraduate programmes.
Well-versed in using statistical tools and research design, he has led workshops on R and RStudio, SPSS, JASP, JAMOVI, and Reference Managers, as well as events on crafting peer-reviewed research articles, identifying and delivering on research impact, and writing research bid applications. He has published in health psychology, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and social cognition and his work has contributed to understanding health behaviour change, cognitive processes in substance use, eye movements and attention processes, and social cognitive dynamics.
Dr Cane was awarded his PhD in Psychology in 2010 and held postdoctoral positions at University College London and the University of Kent, before joining LSBU as a Lecturer in Psychology in 2015. In 2017, he joined Canterbury Christ Church University as a Senior Lecturer where he initially took on the role of Undergraduate Programme Director before being appointed to Section Director and Principal Lecturer in November 2019. He took on the role as Faculty research methods and analysis support lead at the end of 2022 and then was appointed to his current role in 2026.
Dr Cane is a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol.), a member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology, a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society (FPsyS), and a member of the Experimental Psychology Society. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).