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Amplifying underrepresented voices: Using composite narratives to explore children’s lived experiences of mental health services in England.

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:27:00 GMT

How can researchers meaningfully capture children’s experiences of mental health services while protecting anonymity? Naomi Williams explores the use of composite narratives to amplify the voices of autistic children and young people with intellectual disabilities accessing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in England. Combining narrative inquiry, creative methods, and co-produced research, the article demonstrates how composite narratives can transform lived experience into powerful, accessible insights for practice, training, and policy.

Listening as Transformation: A conversation with Raymond Hyma and Suyheang Kry on Faciliative Listening Design

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:39:00 GMT

How can research become a tool not only for generating knowledge, but also for transforming relationships in contexts of conflict? Raymond Hyma and Suyheang Kry reflect on the development of Facilitative Listening Design (FLD) — a participatory peace research methodology that trains community members to become “listeners” who gather lived experiences through reflective, unrecorded conversations. Developed through peacebuilding practice in Cambodia, FLD centres active listening, relational knowledge, and community engagement to surface insider perspectives while fostering dialogue and understanding. The piece explores the lived experience of listening across difference, the methodological foundations of FLD, and its potential to generate both research insight and social transformation.

Using social network analysis to understand consumer behaviour

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:48:00 GMT

Irsa Ajmal explains how she uses social network analysis on large, anonymised real-time datasets to map peer influence—ranging from how mental health may spread through school friendship groups to how consumers adopt new banking innovations. She reflects on the practical realities of big-data research, from messy identifiers and time-dependent diffusion patterns to the value of methodological flexibility and foundational programming skills.

Stepping off the expert pedestal: theatrical archaeology and the importance of co-production

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:10:00 GMT

Professor Kate Astbury explores how theatrical archaeology reconstructs lost performances to reveal the interplay between theatre and politics in Napoleonic France. She shares insights from community-driven projects on Caribbean revolutionaries imprisoned at Portchester Castle, highlighting co-production and social justice in reshaping public history.

How to use computational social science in academic practice with Assistant Professor Nomisha Chandran Kurian

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:12:00 GMT

How to use Delphi studies in academic practice with Assistant Professor Davide Piaggio

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:15:00 GMT

How to conduct evidence synthesis in academic practice with Aishah Ibrahim

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:14:00 GMT

How to use discourse analysis and technology walkthroughs with Honglin Hannah Xiang

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:09:00 GMT

How to use participatory methods in Futures Studies with Assistant Professor Kavin Narasimhan

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:01:00 GMT