Topics

AI and Learning
How AI is changing the way developers learn, build skills, and understand their own code, and what the psychological research says about protecting skill-building, comprehension and expertise as AI tools reshape the nature of work.

Identity and Belonging
Who gets seen as technical, and what that costs. Research and essays on social identity threat, meritocracy beliefs, belonging in tech and science, and how identity shapes learning and advocacy at work.

Measurement and Evidence
How to measure software work without misleading yourself: developer productivity metrics, AI ROI, cycle time, causal reasoning, and psychometrics.

Science and Research Practice
How research gets done and taught: causal inference, reusable software research, open science, and science education.

The book
News, events, and resources for The Psychology of Software Teams (CRC Press, 2026) by Dr. Cat Hicks, including the free book club guide.