Dr John Barry is an internationally recognised expert on male psychology. John co-founded both the Male Psychology Network, the Male Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and The Centre for Male Psychology. He has been the lead organiser of the Male Psychology Conference (2014-2019, until covid-19 lockdowns). He is also co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health (2019), and co-author (with Louise Liddon) of the new book Perspectives in Male Psychology, Wiley, 2021. John has also had various research papers and opinion pieces on male psychology published in peer-reviewed journals. John also guest-edited complete editions of two different journals which ran special issues on the topic of male psychology. These were New Male Studies in 2016, and the Psychreg Journal of Psychology in 2020. He also was co-author on an article in a special issue on male psychology in the BPS magazine The Psychologist in 2014.

John has worked with organisations such as Harry’s Inc. (publishing the popular 'masculinity reports'), as well as joining forces with experts such as Dr Warren Farrell, who he invited to speak in the UK in 2016 and with who he co-authored apaper with about the gender empathy gap. He has also presented this work at the Houses of Parliament, University College London, conferences by the British Psychological Society and presented at various other universities and conferences in the UK. He has advised organisations such as CALM and Heads The Royal Foundation. His work has been featured in various media outlets such as the Metro and The Telegraph, The Sun and The Daily Mail.