Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health
@uobphenomenal.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary network at the University of Birmingham for researchers working on phenomenology and mental health
https://birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/
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👋Hi everyone!
We're the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health - an interdisciplinary network of researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social working on phenomenology and mental health
We're the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health - an interdisciplinary network of researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social working on phenomenology and mental health
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Great day with rich discussions. The talks all went so well together. #psychedelics #phenomenology #mentalhealth @uobphenomenal.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Great day with rich discussions. The talks all went so well together. #psychedelics #phenomenology #mentalhealth @uobphenomenal.bsky.social
We had an absolutely fantastic seminar last Wednesday 🤩 We talked about stigma, oceanic feelings, predictive processing, the importance of community and more!
And we're off to the races. Great lineup for today's @uobphenomenal.bsky.social seminar. Joined by speakers from Imperial, Exeter, Amsterdam, & Birmingham. #psychedelics #interdisciplinary #phenomenology #mentalhealth
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We had an absolutely fantastic seminar last Wednesday 🤩 We talked about stigma, oceanic feelings, predictive processing, the importance of community and more!
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This was great! Ageing is one of those topics where thinking about it even just a little bit and sharing experiences with others goes a long way to making us way more lucid about it. The default usually is to never think about it unless forced! This book club feels safe & sparks interesting convos.
Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health?
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Launching: de Beauvoir Reading Group on "Old Age"
Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This was great! Ageing is one of those topics where thinking about it even just a little bit and sharing experiences with others goes a long way to making us way more lucid about it. The default usually is to never think about it unless forced! This book club feels safe & sparks interesting convos.
Our schedule for our next network seminar has now been finalised!
Check out our website for the full list of awesome talks:
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/10/netw...
P.S. there's still time to register!
Check out our website for the full list of awesome talks:
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/10/netw...
P.S. there's still time to register!
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Our schedule for our next network seminar has now been finalised!
Check out our website for the full list of awesome talks:
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/10/netw...
P.S. there's still time to register!
Check out our website for the full list of awesome talks:
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/10/netw...
P.S. there's still time to register!
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Coming soon: Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by #PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by #PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Coming soon: Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by #PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by #PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
Don’t forget to sign up to our new reading group! We’ll be meeting in two weeks to discuss the beginning of section 5: “The Discovery and Assumption of Old Age: The Body’s Experience” (pp.314-345 of the 1985 Penguin Modern Classics edition)
Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health?
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Launching: de Beauvoir Reading Group on "Old Age"
Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Don’t forget to sign up to our new reading group! We’ll be meeting in two weeks to discuss the beginning of section 5: “The Discovery and Assumption of Old Age: The Body’s Experience” (pp.314-345 of the 1985 Penguin Modern Classics edition)
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This week on Behind the Stigma Podcast🎙️, I spoke to @isernmas.bsky.social on their excellent paper 'Unmasking therapy speak' - what they describe as a superficial use of psychotherapy language. We spoke about what that means & its wider impact. Listen here:🤩 www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...
New publication! ✨
Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.
🔓Link in reply
Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.
🔓Link in reply
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This week on Behind the Stigma Podcast🎙️, I spoke to @isernmas.bsky.social on their excellent paper 'Unmasking therapy speak' - what they describe as a superficial use of psychotherapy language. We spoke about what that means & its wider impact. Listen here:🤩 www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...
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Monthly Phenomenology, 6th Season (2025–2026) - Online
Francesca Forlè - Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
24 October 2025
From the Network for Phenomenological Research
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Francesca Forlè - Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
24 October 2025
From the Network for Phenomenological Research
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/09/m...
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Monthly Phenomenology, 6th Season (2025–2026) - Online
Francesca Forlè - Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
24 October 2025
From the Network for Phenomenological Research
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/09/m...
Francesca Forlè - Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions
24 October 2025
From the Network for Phenomenological Research
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/09/m...
📣Announcing our Psychedelics, Phenomenology, & Mental Health seminar, 5.11.25, Birmingham and Online
Drawing on phenomenological perspectives, the workshop will bring together interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the potential of psychedelic experiences for addressing mental health challenges.
Drawing on phenomenological perspectives, the workshop will bring together interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the potential of psychedelic experiences for addressing mental health challenges.
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📣Announcing our Psychedelics, Phenomenology, & Mental Health seminar, 5.11.25, Birmingham and Online
Drawing on phenomenological perspectives, the workshop will bring together interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the potential of psychedelic experiences for addressing mental health challenges.
Drawing on phenomenological perspectives, the workshop will bring together interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the potential of psychedelic experiences for addressing mental health challenges.
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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New special issue out on psychedelic treatments! Guest editor Elly Vintiadis, who also authored the introduction: doi.org/10.1080/0951... Free access! Follow this thread to know more about the other contributions #vol38issue7 #psychedelics #philsky #philpsy
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The promises and perils of the psychedelic turn in psychiatry
Published in Philosophical Psychology (Vol. 38, No. 7, 2025)
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September 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
New special issue out on psychedelic treatments! Guest editor Elly Vintiadis, who also authored the introduction: doi.org/10.1080/0951... Free access! Follow this thread to know more about the other contributions #vol38issue7 #psychedelics #philsky #philpsy
1/14
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Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry
Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci
Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health?
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Launching: de Beauvoir Reading Group on "Old Age"
Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...
birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health?
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
On September 3rd, we launched our network with an exciting and inspiring event designed for and led by ECRS across the Midlands.
If you missed it, you can read our report here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/birm...
If you missed it, you can read our report here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/birm...
Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health Launches Successfully with Inaugural Workshop
From left to right: network leads Francesca Brencio and Matthew Broome, and research fellow Jodie Russell at the launch event The Birmingham...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
On September 3rd, we launched our network with an exciting and inspiring event designed for and led by ECRS across the Midlands.
If you missed it, you can read our report here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/birm...
If you missed it, you can read our report here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/birm...
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Great kick off for the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health! Inspiring day, fruitful conversations and great speakers.
An heartfelt thanks to all the people who presented and attended (in person and remotely) from us!
@matthewbroome.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social
An heartfelt thanks to all the people who presented and attended (in person and remotely) from us!
@matthewbroome.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great kick off for the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health! Inspiring day, fruitful conversations and great speakers.
An heartfelt thanks to all the people who presented and attended (in person and remotely) from us!
@matthewbroome.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social
An heartfelt thanks to all the people who presented and attended (in person and remotely) from us!
@matthewbroome.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social
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thank you @uobphenomenal.bsky.social for an excellent workshop today! such a diverse and thought-provoking collection of talks, and lovely conversations with fellow attendees. i’m looking forward to the next event!
"Exploring lived experience in mental health", first workshop of the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health.
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
September 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
thank you @uobphenomenal.bsky.social for an excellent workshop today! such a diverse and thought-provoking collection of talks, and lovely conversations with fellow attendees. i’m looking forward to the next event!
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"Exploring lived experience in mental health", first workshop of the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health.
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
September 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Exploring lived experience in mental health", first workshop of the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health.
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham)
@matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks
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Loving the talks this morning at @uobphenomenal.bsky.social's event. We are learning about really interesting topics with some lovely speakers and great moderation by @jelliedsours.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Loving the talks this morning at @uobphenomenal.bsky.social's event. We are learning about really interesting topics with some lovely speakers and great moderation by @jelliedsours.bsky.social
Registration for our event closes today, so please sign up ASAP if you would like to come along.
It’s going to be a fun, jam-packed day!
It’s going to be a fun, jam-packed day!
🌟Registration for our PhD and ECR Research Day is now open! Click here to register and see the provisional schedule: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/deAH1HLcv2
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
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September 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Registration for our event closes today, so please sign up ASAP if you would like to come along.
It’s going to be a fun, jam-packed day!
It’s going to be a fun, jam-packed day!
Our event is only a week away! Please do register if you haven’t done so already!
🌟Registration for our PhD and ECR Research Day is now open! Click here to register and see the provisional schedule: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/deAH1HLcv2
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
August 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Our event is only a week away! Please do register if you haven’t done so already!
Our event is on September 3rd 2025 at The Studio in central Birmingham but there is an option for online attendance for those who would like to listen to the talks!
🌟Registration for our PhD and ECR Research Day is now open! Click here to register and see the provisional schedule: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/deAH1HLcv2
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
August 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our event is on September 3rd 2025 at The Studio in central Birmingham but there is an option for online attendance for those who would like to listen to the talks!
🌟Registration for our PhD and ECR Research Day is now open! Click here to register and see the provisional schedule: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/deAH1HLcv2
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🌟Registration for our PhD and ECR Research Day is now open! Click here to register and see the provisional schedule: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/deAH1HLcv2
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!
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Delighted to be part of this great new network at Birmingham, and quietly working on putting together a psychedelics and lived experience workshop as part of its activities!
👋Hi everyone!
We're the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health - an interdisciplinary network of researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social working on phenomenology and mental health
We're the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health - an interdisciplinary network of researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social working on phenomenology and mental health
August 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Delighted to be part of this great new network at Birmingham, and quietly working on putting together a psychedelics and lived experience workshop as part of its activities!
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Happy to hear that Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) is a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! www.choice360.org/ch... #philsky #philpsy #booksky
August 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Happy to hear that Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) is a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! www.choice360.org/ch... #philsky #philpsy #booksky
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Mobile methods in social research. Watch RuthBartlett talking about walking interviews. @sadierockliffe.bsky.social on swim-along interviews. And GabrielleLynch on shared car journeys. Amazing creative researchers! Thanks @ncrm.ac.uk
Mobile Methods in Social Research
This webinar was organised by QUEST (Qualitative Expertise at Southampton) in collaboration with the National Centre for Research Methods, the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership and Work Futur
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August 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Mobile methods in social research. Watch RuthBartlett talking about walking interviews. @sadierockliffe.bsky.social on swim-along interviews. And GabrielleLynch on shared car journeys. Amazing creative researchers! Thanks @ncrm.ac.uk