Dr. Oliver Robinson is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Greenwich, President of the European Society for Research in Adult Development, and author of Development through Adulthood: An integrative sourcebook. His research covers topics such as crisis, transition, authenticity and spirituality in adult development, and methodological issues such as case studies, sampling and the idiographic-nomothetic debate. He also writes on the relationship between science and spirituality in human development, such as the recent book Paths between Head and Heart: Exploring the harmonies of science and spirituality.