Calendar of events

Host: Behavioural Science Group (Dr Melina Kunar et al)

Title: What do “Look but Fail to See” errors tell us about awareness and/or consciousness

Abstract: Look but Fail to See (LBFTS) errors are those errors where we miss something that is ‘right in front of our eyes’, even though it is clearly visible and recognizable. Such errors can be amusing, as when we miss a gorilla in an inattentional blindness demo; vexing, as when we miss a typo; and serious, as when a tumor is missed in a CT scan or a weapon is missed at the airport. I will discuss how the capacity limits and operating rules of selective visual attention can give rise to LBFTS errors. LBFTS errors can also inform discussions about the awareness and/or consciousness. They falsify naïve theories that would claim that we are fully aware of everything we are seeing at the current moment, but we knew that wasn’t true. They also falsify or, at least, complexify more interesting theories that equate attention with awareness. Sadly, I will not have a neatly packaged theory of consciousness to offer. Perhaps that will emerge during the question-and-answer period.

Host: Suzanne Aussems

Title:The Women in Academia (WinA) Project: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Advancing Women’s Careers

Abstract: This talk will present key insights from the Women in Academia (WinA) project, a large mixed-methods study that examines how structural, cultural, and systemic conditions shape the career experiences of early- and mid-career women across UK higher education. Drawing on survey data from 401 academics across 62 UK Higher Education institutions, in-depth interviews and focus groups, and a sector-wide co-production process involving funders, senior leaders, and EDI specialists, the project uncovers persistent inequities in recruitment, progression, job security, workload, caregiving support, and research culture. The seminar will outline a set of clear, evidence-informed, and actionable recommendations across eight identified strategic areas, including governance systems, leadership behaviours, mentoring and career development, funding access, the valuing of diverse academic roles, job precarity, inclusion, and wellbeing. The session offers a practical roadmap for those seeking to move beyond compliance-driven approaches to achieve meaningful, sustainable gender equity.

Title: Developing a Sexual and Gender Minority-Specific Training Program for Mental Health Providers

Abstract: Skyler Prowten is currently a PhD Candidate in public health sciences and Research Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Violence Prevention Center (USA). This talk will provide an overview of her current research focused on tailoring the Core Competency Model of Suicide Prevention (CCM), a mental health provider suicide prevention training, to be responsive to individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or diverse (LGBTQ+). She will summarize major findings from a cross-national study on LGBTQ+ community perspectives on mental health and crisis services. Then, Ms. Prowten will outline her planned training program working with lived experience and clinical expert panels using a community-engaged co-design approach to tailor the CCM to be responsive to LGBTQ+ persons experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The talk will conclude with an interactive discussion and exploration of successful community-engaged research.

Host: Professor Kim Wade

Title: Sexual and Gender Minority Identity and Mental Health: Measurement, Impacts, and Solutions

Abstract: Dr. Cramer will provide an overview of his work on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and diverse (LGBTQ+) identity and health. The session begins with presentation of psychometric assessment work on LGBTQ+ identity and related measures. Emphasis is placed on suicide disparities in U.S. and U.K. contexts. Illustrating a steady stream of community-engaged research, Dr. Cramer then summarizes anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime victimization impact and jury perception studies. Shifting to solutions, Dr. Cramer will review his work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to develop an LGBTQ+ health education program. The talk also features examples of hate crime law policy analyses among transgender adults in the United States. It will conclude with an interactive discussion and exploration of cross-national research collaboration.

Host: Dr Adrian Von Muhlenen

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Host: Professor NicoleTang and Lauren Wilkinson

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Host: Dr Alice chan

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Host: Professor Fiona MacCallum

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