^aSchool of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Correspondence: Valerie Walkerdine, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3XA, UK

Abstract

To understand the debates about psychosocial studies that take place in this collection of papers, we need to know a little of its provenance. This introduction sets out to provide a brief background and introduction to debates that have framed the emergence of psychosocial research in the human and social sciences in Britain.