The department is engaged in research across a broad range of disciplines and provides a high quality research environment for staff and students. The department has a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research and participates in both national and international collaborative projects. 

Research laboratories

• Chemosensory laboratory – Contact: Bente Gunnveig Berg
• Clinical neuroscience laboratory – Contact: Alexander Olsen
• Developmental neuroscience laboratory (Nulab) – Contact: Audrey van der Meer
• The Human Factors Laboratory (HFL) – Contact: Karin Laumann

Research groups

• Adult clinical psychology research group – Contact: Roger Hagen
• Biological and cognitive psychology research group – Contact: Ruud van der Weel
• Citizens, environment and safety (CES) – Contact: Christian Klöckner
• Communication, contemplation and wellbeing (CCW) – Contact: Ingunn Hagen
• Eating and weight disorders research group (EWeR) – Contact: Siri Weider
• Greening organisations – Contact: Fay Giæver
• Healthy workplaces - Contact: Siw Tone Innstrand / Marit Christensen
• Integrative neuroscience – Contact: Karl Jacobsen
• Learning and skill development – Contact: Hermundur Sigmundsson
• Mind, brain and education – Contact: Hermundur Sigmundsson
• Occupation, psychocardiology and sleep (OPS) – Contact: Ingvild Saksvik Lehouillier / Eva Langvik
• Research group on transportation – Contact:  Trond Nordfjærn
• Resilience centre – Contact: Odin Hjemdal
• SCaLa – Speech, cognition and language research group – Contact: Dawn Behne
• Sexual Conflicts research Group – Contact: Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair
• Social psychology and risk – Contact: Britt-Marie Drottz Sjøberg
• The Early brain development group (EBD) – Contact: Lars Morten Rimol

• The Trondheim Early Secure Study (TESS) – Contact: Lars Wichstrøm