Celebration of Qualitative Research in Psychology
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This free event includes a keynote talk by Professor Liz Peel, talks by our prize winners Annayah Prosser and Rachel O'Rourke, and a screening of the documentary "Blood in the blackbirds' field" followed by a Q&A with its creator, Blerina Kellezi.
The event will conclude with a symposium entitled "Qualitative Methods in Psychology: A dynamic toolbox for investigation and transformation in an age of uncertainty" convened by Candice Whitaker.
The event will be held at:
- BPS Leicester Office
St Andrews House
48 Princess Road East
Leicester
LE1 7DR
Lunch is included and there will be plenty of time for networking and to meet the QMiP committee.
How to take part
This event is free to attend but is only open to BPS/QMiP Members.
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10:00
Opening/refreshments/introduction/chairs' intro
10:30
Keynote - Professor Liz Peel
11:30
Prize winners talks - Annayah Prosser
12:15
Lunch/networking event (meet the committee)
13:30
"Blood in the blackbirds' field" + Q&A with Blerina Kellezi
14:45
Refreshments/quick break
15:00
Symposium "Qualitative Methods in Psychology: A dynamic toolbox for investigation and transformation in an age of uncertainty" (four talks) led by Candice Whitaker
16:30
Finish
Elizabeth Peel
Elizabeth Peel (she/they) is Professor of Communication and Social Interaction at Loughborough University and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
She is on the Editorial Board of four journals and co-edits the Gender and Sexualities in Psychologybook series for Routledge. They are author of over 100 publications in critical social and health psychology, including Gender Diversity and Sport (with Gemma Witcomb, 2022), Psychologies of Ageing (with Carol Holland and Michael Murray, 2018), and Critical Kinship Studies (with Damien Riggs, 2016).
As well as completing her MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Keele University she is Acting Dean for Loughborough's School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Annayah Prosser
Annayah Prosser is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the University of Bath's School of Management. Her primary research interest concerns how individuals and groups respond to societal crises, such as the climate and ecological emergency.
She explores how our group identities can both help and hinder societal transformations, and why some groups act in more prosocial and proenvironmental ways than others.
Annayah works in an interdisciplinary and mixed methods manner, utilising perspectives from the environmental social sciences (including psychology, sociology, geography, marketing and politics) broadly.
She also has a wide interest in methodological innovations and open science, particularly with regards to advances in qualitative methods. She is currently the deputy director of the Centre for Qualitative Research at Bath.
Candice Whitaker
Candice Whitaker is a Lecturer in Psychology at Leeds Trinity University, where she primarily teaches critical psychology and qualitative research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Candice's research interests centre broadly on the topics of men's health, wellbeing and young masculinities, as well as student identity, engagement and wellbeing.