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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations Lisa! So happy to see this out and really looking forward to reading and engaging!

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jul 30

📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇

Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 30

We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...

Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Sarah Huque @sarahhuque.bsky.social · Jul 25

It's been a privilege to learn from all of the amazing scholars and practitioners I've met so far on my research visit to Canada for @d-liveability.bsky.social - including catching up in-person with Prof John Oliffe from our Research Advisory Group!

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jul 24

Fascinating new article on suicide/self-harm in prisons from Elena Vasilou:

"Self-destruction in prison: A queer view on pain through decolonial and psychoanalytic theory"

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm contributing to an @iaspinfo.bsky.social @iasr-suicide.bsky.social webinar this Thursday - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d5def8...

I'll be reflecting on experiences of working with/from lived and living experience in suicide and self-harm research and policy
@d-liveability.bsky.social

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks Geth! Great to see you at the launch last week :-)

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is a really interesting blog from Anita Sangha @fairness.bsky.social. I had a brill chat with Anita while she was developing this - helpful to consider suicide in relation to *wealth* inequalities, beyond the usual focus on income/area level deprivation

www.faircomment.co.uk/p/inequality...

Inequality and suicide

“Suicide prevention is everyone’s business”, and Labour promised to make it theirs. But the government is failing to tackle one of the biggest risk factors for suicide: socio-economic inequality.

www.faircomment.co.uk

Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's a busy time on @d-liveability.bsky.social!

We are hiring a 12 month #postdoc Research Fellow to contribute to #qualitative analysis of suicide prevention policies + parliamentary debates:

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Research Fellow (Discovering Liveability)

Research Fellow (qualitative methods) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to innovative suicide research that centres liveability...

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 16

Online + in person seminar tomorrow, 17th June 3pm, w/Cate Curtis:

'Injury turned inwards, injury turned outwards: Two sides of the same coin?' - Cate will be sharing findings from the Self-Harm and Injury Exploration project theshineproject2023.wordpress.com

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Hybrid Seminar Series With Cate Curtis

'Injury turned inwards, injury turned outwards: Two sides of the same coin? '

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 4

+ as presented at #EMCRF2025 - this paper by Sam Groves, An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Female Nurses With Lived Experience of Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviours - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

‘Not Angels but Humans’ An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Female Nurses With Lived Experience of Self‐Harm and Suicidal Behaviours

Aims To explore the experiences of qualified nurses who have lived experience of self-harm (with or without suicidal intent) during nursing training or practice. Specifically, to examine characteris...

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 4

There were some great presentations #EMCRF2025 on self-harm among professionals (nurses, counsellors), including from my colleague Fiona Stirling.

This excellent new paper explores this for nurses via autoethnography/lived experience - incredibly rich analysis:

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 3

Pre-conference workshop yesterday at #EMCRF2025 with @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social and Seonaid Cleare - vital supported session to explore how to support ourselves and our teams working on self-harm + suicide research: + how systems and structures contribute

Slide showing title slide of presentation 'Supporting our mental health and wellbeing in self-harm and suicide research'

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jun 3

Myself and several @d-liveability.bsky.social folks are in Glasgow this week for #EMCRF2025 hosted by @roryoc.bsky.social + team - great first day yesterday, especially loved Susan Rasmussen's keynote - excellent career advice via the medium of pigs!

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National Survivor User Network @nsunnews.bsky.social · May 20

ICYMI: The second blog in our “Limitations of Lived Experience” series explored the power of lived experience work in the right spaces, and the risks when it doesn’t reach them.

www.nsun.org.uk/you-could-ju...

"You could just listen to me”: the erasure of lived experience in healthcare

We must continue to use our lived experience to rewrite the narrative of those that try to erase us.

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 19

@sarahhuque.bsky.social - may be of interest?

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 19

This looks like a super-cool postdoc for people interested in #qualitative #mentalhealth research and the interactions between #mh and #welfare

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/114985-...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Welfare Experiences & Mental Health

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 16

One of the best bits of my job is getting to work with wonderful scholars - @sarahhuque.bsky.social writes here on work she has led, + some we are doing together #suicidecultures #discoveringliveability - finding joy in collaborative, qualitative approaches, even when studying #suicide

Sarah Huque @sarahhuque.bsky.social · Apr 28

A tiny bit of writing about finding joy in mental health/suicide research:
internationaljournalofsocialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/q...

Qualitative Mental Health Research Piece – Sarah Huque

One of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IJSRM) Reviewer College members, Sarah Huque (School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh; [email protected]), has kin…

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 15

Exciting! Our edited collection on stigma (with @brisunipress.bsky.social) is off to print, and we've some different events upcoming in June to celebrate and share the wonderful contributions that feature in it. Including this one with the MedSoc study group in London, sign up below 👇

Oli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · May 15

Our (@gmthomas.bsky.social Tanisha Spratt @amychandler.bsky.social) book went to print - very exciting! The @britsoci.bsky.social London MedSoc Study Group is hosting a launch event (thanks @twiterney.bsky.social) on 19 June 18:00-19:30. All welcome, register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...

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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · May 1

Job Opportunity!💡We’re looking for a Research Assistant to join the #DiscoveringLiveability team in Lincoln 🔍 In addition to a salary, this 5 year role is accompanied by tuition for a part-time Social Sciences PhD programme at the University of Lincoln. To find out more, click on the link below:

Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Research Assistant - Discovering Liveability Project

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant (plus PhD tuition fees) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project. You will be joining an...

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 1

Also next week - a public lecture with @annamueller.bsky.social & @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 7th May

Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland

Free tickets:

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Public lecture with Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn

Hosted by the Suicide Cultures Project, at the University of Edinburgh

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · May 1

Lovely Vic is looking for folks to talk about their experiences of being involved in patient and public involvement to try and learn more about it. If you've been involved before and would be willing to take part, get in touch: [email protected]

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 1

Next week (6-7th) is our @wellcometrust.bsky.social supported symposium on #suicidecultures and the #sociology of suicide! We've got a diverse and exciting programme of speakers & roundtable discussions. We'll be providing remote access to many of the talks 👇
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Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide Symposium

A two-day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May 2025

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Apr 24

Our brilliant new team members for @d-liveability.bsky.social!

Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · Apr 23

Say hello to our newest team members! 👋

We’re delighted to have Paro and Lynne joining us on the #DiscoveringLiveability project. If you’d like to find out more about the rest of the team, you can read our team profiles on our blog. Just follow the link in our bio and click ‘Meet the Team’!

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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Apr 3

26th June: we are excited to host an FSHI funded symposium at U of Edinburgh based around the forthcoming edited collection 'Recalibrating Stigma: Sociologies of Health and Illness'

More details below!

Gareth M. Thomas @gmthomas.bsky.social · Apr 2

Free symposium, 'Recalibrating Stigma', on 26.06.25 at at University of Edinburgh. Funded by SHI Foundation. Speakers: Katharine Cheston, Harriet Cooper, Fay Dennis, Janice McLaughlin, Jennifer Remnant, and more! Details: jumpshare.com/v/bzZYybtCP9.... Register by 30/04. Email at [email protected].

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