Calendar of events

Host: Charlotte Gannon

Title: University Press Strategic Review

Abstract: In the past decade the number of new, open-access scholar-led institutional presses in the UK, hosted by universities themselves has been slowly rising: in part as a response to the increasingly unsustainably commercialised publishing landscape as well as shifts to more open publishing. While the University of Warwick Press (UWP) was established some time ago and hosts some journals and a very modest monograph publishing programme already, following an outline review in '23, a yearlong strategic review project is currently evaluating and exploring new paradigms and configurations of operation by a newly created role: the Press Manager. This work will culminate in creating a business case with a range of future models for the University to decide upon. As crucial part of informing this work the Press Manager is engaging in a range of community consultations, talking with scholars and practitioners about how their own publishing aspirations, insights and experiences might be reflected in a future iteration of the Press. As such, this brief talk will give insights into UWP’ current operations, the ongoing project and provide a focus for informal discussions to help inform the thinking around this work.

Host: Professor Fiona MacCallum

Title: Measuring What Matters: Bridging Research, Practice, and Lived Experience in Perinatal and Parent–Infant Mental Health 

Abstract: This seminar draws on a programme of research on perinatal mental health measurement and screening, with a particular focus on perinatal anxiety. Using examples from the development, validation, and cross-cultural adaptation of perinatal-specific measures, the talk examines how decisions about what we measure influence evidence generation, interpretation, and clinical screening, with downstream consequences for who is identified, supported, and included in perinatal mental health care. The presentation will reflect on the academic–clinical gap through the lens of measurement, highlighting both challenges and opportunities, and will argue for more collaborative, inclusive, and implementation-aware approaches to research that genuinely improve perinatal and parent–infant mental health research and practice.

Host: Dr Adam Jowett

Title: Using Reflexive Thematic Analysis: Good Practice and Potential Pitfalls

Abstract: This talk will introduce the principles and phases of reflexive thematic analysis (TA) with a focus on key considerations when using the method. Reflexive TA is an approach to analysing qualitative data that involves the researcher constructing meaningful patterns across the data. It stands out from other forms of thematic analysis in acknowledging and embracing how researchers shape data analysis through their perspectives and active methodological decisions. This talk is aimed at both research students who are using (or want to use) reflexive TA for their theses, and supervisors supporting students with their projects. The talk will introduce the six phases of reflexive thematic analysis and emphasise good practice and potential pitfalls at each phase, with practical guidance for researchers, students and supervisors in using reflexive TA for student research.

Dr Nikki Hayfield is Associate Director of Psychology at the University of the West of England. She is co-author of Essentials of Thematic AnalysisLink opens in a new window (Terry & Hayfield, 2021), published by the American Psychological Association, and has collaborated extensively with Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke on publications advancing the development and application of reflexive thematic analysis. Her research primarily uses qualitative methods to explore marginalised identities, particularly in relation to sexuality and gender. She is also the author of Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and Challenging Invisibility and InvalidationLink opens in a new window.

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Host: Katy Stokes

The session will highlight, via Prosper Portal resources and practical examples, the scope of competencies that early career researchers have which make them suited to a wide range of careers.

The session will also showcase how Prosper can be used to support effective career development conversations between postdocs and their managers – and how the Prosper Portal offers advice on what career development support looks like for those managing early career researchers

This session will be interactive, and offer recommended actions to encourage participants to put into practice the learning outcomes from the session.

During this session, participants will:

• Recognise the breadth of skills and competencies researchers develop, how these are transferable and valued across a wide range of sectors – including beyond academia.
• Explore the concept of ‘squiggly’ careers by considering case studies of early career researchers who have found success in non-traditional pathways.
• Consider how they can develop their own definitions of career success and become aware of Prosper resources which can help them to explore career pathways tailored to their own needs.
• Learn how to hold effective career development conversations – as a postdoc, and as a manager.

Host: Dr Olga Feher

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Host: Professor Adam Sanborn

Title: How would I feel tomorrow? Towards a mechanistic understanding of subjective pain experiences.

Abstract:  In this talk I suggest that tests of pain perception help validate theories of emotion. I will describe empirical support for predictive processing accounts of pain perception and how we used both group averages and individual difference approaches to examine this account. I will argue that our approach offers reliable, valid, objective quantification of the psychological drivers of pain at the level of the individual which may be useful in clinical pain settings.

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Host: Dr Suzanne Aussems

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Host: Dr Matthew Mak

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Host: Professor Nicole Tang

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