Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online! www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

#1 Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵 👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

Hello, we invite you to join the E-Agora tomorrow. The ‘Manosphere’ with Cecilia Rollano, (National University of Distance Education, Spain). Tuesday the 16th of September 2025. At 17.00-18.30 Central European Time (16.00 West European Time/UK; 18.00 East European Time). Link: shorturl.at/tSGdb

Great hybrid event this week exploring the development of our understanding of mental health as part of #heritageopendays in #Lichfield

There's also an open letter from social psychologists to the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission, and of the European Parliament that is available to sign: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Dr Sue Widdicombe and I are inviting submissions for a Special Issue on "Making Others Misconduct Matter In The Public Sphere". onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... For questions, feel free to get in touch with us. Looking forward to your contributions! ✨

Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks

@qmip.bsky.social Postgraduate awards are now open for nominations. If you come across an excellent masters dissertation while marking, you have until 30 November to apply. www.bps.org.uk/member-netwo...

Bristol Feminists! Very limited places available to hear from Beatrix Campbell & Rahila Gupta speaking at the Watershed on publication of their new book. Spread the word www.drfinnmackay.co.uk/new-events/p...

🚨 Why are the numbers of people on Universal Credit higher? Here’s a thread to explain...

🔊 Climate change is a social justice issue 🔊 Recent analysis from @carbonbrief.org found that neighbourhoods in England where half or more of the population are people of colour are 15 TIMES more likely to face extreme heat than neighbourhoods where almost everyone is white @gndrising.bsky.social

Are you a leader interested in advancing environmental psychology in the UK? Are you a member of @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social? Applications are now open for the next Chair or Co-Chair BPS Environmental Psychology Section Further details here: www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

The full report showing who the highest earners are and our proposed solutions to extreme pay inequality is now published here. highpaycentre.org/ceo-pay-in-t...

Nice start to the week with a publication co-authored with @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social alumni Dan Johnson! We explored how Monégasque citizens are constructed in super-rich TV programming about Monaco doi.org/10.1177/0957... @ree-uwe.bsky.social

Labour won’t defend migration. Too scared of Reform, too terrified to lead. While they play dog whistle politics, inequality is the real problem. Not small boats. But private jets.

In our analysis, it's not that more people are angry about migrants in temporary housing, it's rather that the people who are angry are now also empowered... blogs.sussex.ac.uk/crowdsidenti...

Watch this powerful documentary. In 1945 two atomic bombs killed over 200,000 in #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. Today just one US bomb now stationed in Britain could kill over 600,000. Help us stop the new nuclear war drive. Join CND today. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...

Great opportunity to volunteer on the @qmip.bsky.social committee! You can find out more here: www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

Prof Matt Perry, UCU Newcastle branch chair: “The fact that they can pay £1.7m out to students shows the measure of the impact of our actions plus that the university had the money to cut compulsory redundancies in the first place." #AcademicSky #UKHE

“Are institutions really letting students down - or is the expectation placed on them part of the issue? And to what extent should the responsibility fall on universities in the first place?” #AcademicSky #StudentMentalHealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UWE Bristol is offering community, voluntary, and social enterprise organisations the opportunity to receive free consultancy through the Community Action and Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) Scheme. Find out more about the topics for consultancy, past projects and how to apply here: go.uwe.ac.uk/skuty

Published a paper exploring talk about wokeness and heritage in UK newspapers with @heritagejohn.bsky.social, Mirko Demasi and Shani Burke. Heritage is presented as apolitical and a refuge from the world raising questions about inclusivity @ree-uwe.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the @qmip.bsky.social 20th anniversary conference! It was a pleasure to meet old and new faces plus to hear about all the fabulous research going on! Thanks to everyone who got involved and helped us to celebrate in style with cake 😄 #qmip2025

Finally we have Evangelia Vergouli discussing why we need to rethink political influence. Do we all have the potential to become an extremist? @oppattune.bsky.social @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

Next up Elana Payne presents their work on how women in high profile occupational roles overcome adversity using grounded theory. Theory of embracing feminine authenticity to overcome adversity @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

Mujde Koca-Atabey discusses their research examining the educational experiences of Deaf adults in Turkey. #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

Next up second Doctoral Award winner @anastasiarousaki.bsky.social presents on the digitalisation of social care. Older unpaid carers felt that they were being forced online to obtain support @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

Doctoral Award winner @wiam.bsky.social presents their research on young people's experiences on health based welfare during COVID-19 @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

My fabulous colleague Eva Fragkiadaki discusses their research on co-production exploring how creative processes can be used to address power imbalances. Need to challenge ableism in mental health services @ree-uwe.bsky.social #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

@jolawpsych.bsky.social is exploring the intersection of class, gender and motherhood. Need to consider the role of power in research @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

@maddipow.bsky.social is discussing open science communities and whether they serve the needs of qualitative researchers #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

Next up @amritchauhan.bsky.social discusses oral health inequalities in autistic children. Qualitative methods that centred parents experiences were applied to develop the toothpaste intervention 🪥🦷 #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

First up this afternoon, Jen Schwarz is discussing how autistic people explore their identity. How do people make sense of their identity and the world around them? All the way from Australia! @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

Next up we have a presentation from @bpsofficial.bsky.social on barriers to inclusion for researchers from racially minoritised backgrounds. Participants discussed: Psychology education as Eurocentric Systematic racism Feeling isolated #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

Panel from the Teaching Qualitative Psychology group about the new psychology benchmark. Thanks to @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social, @elidacena.bsky.social, @cathsullivan.bsky.social and Hillary McDermott for sharing your experience and expertise @qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

Hope everyone's enjoying @qmip.bsky.social #QMiP2025 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

First up at #qmip2025 we have Paul Flowers sharing his experience of working in public health as a qualitative researcher and the opportunity to influence policy. Reflecting on how qualitative methods have become mainstream @qmip.bsky.social

Ready for another day @qmip.bsky.social conference #QMiP2025 #QualitativeResearch #AcademicLife

Great finish to day 1 of #qmip2025 with current chairs, Laura Kilby and Sarah Seymour-Smith handing over to @drcandicewhitaker.bsky.social and @elidacena.bsky.social! There was also merch and the promised cakes 🎂 @qmip.bsky.social

Great talk from @drsimongoodman.bsky.social on the management of Jewish identity in arguments over Jewish support for Palestine #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

Next we have @alexbridger talking about how we construct war and genocide. Starting off with SDGs, something that we consider in relation to teaching in HE #QMiP2025 @qmip.bsky.social

I had the great pleasure of introducing @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social keynote @qmip.bsky.social conference! Highlighting the importance of dialogue, how we can take an outsiderly position and the role of answerability #qmip2025

My fantastic colleague Emma Noble has a great poster on their research about tech facilitated relationship abuse with young people and education staff @ree-uwe.bsky.social

Michael Larkin also discusses AI in qualitative analysis. Similar to Virginia Braun’s points, "we" are the instrument of analysis. AI simply identifies topics that are spoken about; it is not performing analysis, and we need to resist the idea that AI is doing an analysis #qmip2025

Braun says no (yeah nah) to AI. That coding and analysis is a human endeavour. Coding should not be thought of as a laborious task that needs to be completed quickly and “free from bias”, but rather as a worthwhile, enjoyable, and creative experience, where we are the interpreters #qmip2025

First up we have @ginnybraun.bsky.social discussing the impact of Gen AI on qualitative research. Is this something we can ignore or do we need to develop a position on the use of Gen AI? Is AI our friend or not to be trusted? #qmip2025 @qmip.bsky.social

We're set up and ready to go for #QMiP2025! This morning we have a fab keynote from @ginnybraun.bsky.social coming up. Plus lots of qualitative research presentations including an IPA symposium! @qmip.bsky.social

Forgot I'd written this. Funny it has resurfaced today, because I'm speaking about this tomorrow at QMiP!