Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them)
@vicclarke.bsky.social
Qualitative, critical, feminist & LGBTQ+ psychologist writing about reflexive thematic analysis & qualitative methods w/ Ginny Braun.
www.thematicanalysis.net
www.storycompletion.net
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Qualitative researchers' experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social
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w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social
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A newish* open access paper: My student Romany Murray's prof doc counselling psych research: “I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis share.google/z3Q1tYJ6lipb...
“I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis
Informal caring is an increasingly common phenomenon. Experiences of mental health caring are not well-researched, and few studies focus on experiences of family carers supporting individuals with ...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A newish* open access paper: My student Romany Murray's prof doc counselling psych research: “I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: a qualitative exploration of lived experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis share.google/z3Q1tYJ6lipb...
A paper based on my MA Music Therapy student Ann MacLeod's research using a novel vignette-story completion technique - ‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice share.google/IYNcUvKOHJ6P...
‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice
There is increasing interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy (PT) as a mental health intervention; however, there is a long history of stigma associat…
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October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A paper based on my MA Music Therapy student Ann MacLeod's research using a novel vignette-story completion technique - ‘Go with the "wave of music" to dive deep’: Exploring perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the role of music within this practice share.google/IYNcUvKOHJ6P...
Melissa McCallum's important research using qualitative surveys, interviews, focus groups & reflexive thematic analysis (supervised by me) -
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK
Background
Discussions around racial disparities and injustice have gained increasing prominence in psychotherapy and counselling research. However, research in this area has been criticised for its.....
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October 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Melissa McCallum's important research using qualitative surveys, interviews, focus groups & reflexive thematic analysis (supervised by me) -
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
Exploring Black Women's Experiences in Psychotherapeutic Training and Practice in the UK - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research share.google/QAahdyVCLjtV...
This was a really fun project to supervise! Conducted by Karen Jones for her MA Music Therapy dissertation. Coauthored with @jazztoad.bsky.social "I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy share.google/ew4XJFpHDXLe...
"I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities
| Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy
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October 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This was a really fun project to supervise! Conducted by Karen Jones for her MA Music Therapy dissertation. Coauthored with @jazztoad.bsky.social "I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy share.google/ew4XJFpHDXLe...
When @ginnybraun.bsky.social & I first wrote about thematic analysis in 2006 we never imagined writing about TA again let alone writing a lot of chapters! Here's the latest chapter in The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology w/ @garethterry.bsky.social & Lucie Wheeler. Congratulations to the editors!
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
When @ginnybraun.bsky.social & I first wrote about thematic analysis in 2006 we never imagined writing about TA again let alone writing a lot of chapters! Here's the latest chapter in The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology w/ @garethterry.bsky.social & Lucie Wheeler. Congratulations to the editors!
Exciting to receive my copy of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies by Kim Kelly with a review/overview chapter on qualitative SC methods by @ginnybraun.bsky.social me, Hannah Frith & Naomi Moller. There are 2 other chapters on qualitative SC by @nikilina.bsky.social & Matt Wood & Toni Williams.
October 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Exciting to receive my copy of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies by Kim Kelly with a review/overview chapter on qualitative SC methods by @ginnybraun.bsky.social me, Hannah Frith & Naomi Moller. There are 2 other chapters on qualitative SC by @nikilina.bsky.social & Matt Wood & Toni Williams.
If you are a LGBTQ+ identified Heartstopper fan - or know LGBTQ+ fans aged 14+ - my undergrad students' project this year is exploring why this group ❤️ Heartstopper & why positive media representation is important to LGBTQ+ people using a qualitative survey.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you are a LGBTQ+ identified Heartstopper fan - or know LGBTQ+ fans aged 14+ - my undergrad students' project this year is exploring why this group ❤️ Heartstopper & why positive media representation is important to LGBTQ+ people using a qualitative survey.
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New open access paper based on Jessica Taylor's doctoral research supervised by me & Zoe Thomas exploring nonbinary people’s everyday experiences of their bodies using qualitative surveys, solicited diaries (such amazing data!) & ints, analysed w/ reflexive TA. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“My body is in the way”: a phenomenological exploration of nonbinary people’s experiences of their bodies
There is an emerging literature on nonbinary people’s experiences of and feelings about their bodies and bodily adornment; this literature is part of an important move to address the erasure of non...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New open access paper based on Jessica Taylor's doctoral research supervised by me & Zoe Thomas exploring nonbinary people’s everyday experiences of their bodies using qualitative surveys, solicited diaries (such amazing data!) & ints, analysed w/ reflexive TA. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Conference season is coming to an end but there’s still time to print @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social’s #ReflexiveThematicAnalysis Bingo from @sagepub.com:
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A must-have for ever#Qualitativeve researcher#DoingQualal
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A must-have for ever#Qualitativeve researcher#DoingQualal
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August 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Conference season is coming to an end but there’s still time to print @ginnybraun.bsky.social & @vicclarke.bsky.social’s #ReflexiveThematicAnalysis Bingo from @sagepub.com:
study.sagepub.com/sites/default/…
A must-have for ever#Qualitativeve researcher#DoingQualal
study.sagepub.com/sites/default/…
A must-have for ever#Qualitativeve researcher#DoingQualal
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Very pleased to hear that @vicclarke.bsky.social and my Thematic Analysis book is now translated (by Saki Mizoroki) into Japanese... Please share with anyone who may be interested...
@amymaher.bsky.social
@amymaher.bsky.social
テーマ分析：実践ガイド - 新曜社
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August 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Very pleased to hear that @vicclarke.bsky.social and my Thematic Analysis book is now translated (by Saki Mizoroki) into Japanese... Please share with anyone who may be interested...
@amymaher.bsky.social
@amymaher.bsky.social
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I have done some updates to @vicclarke.bsky.social and my thematic analysis website - including adding the recent genAI and qual talk... access issues should be fully resolved!
www.thematicanalysis.net/talks-about-...
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Talks about thematic analysis | Thematic Analysis
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August 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I have done some updates to @vicclarke.bsky.social and my thematic analysis website - including adding the recent genAI and qual talk... access issues should be fully resolved!
www.thematicanalysis.net/talks-about-...
www.thematicanalysis.net/talks-about-...
A great talk by @ginnybraun.bsky.social on GenAI and qualitative analysis. Can GenAI do reflexive TA? The short answer is no - reflexive TA is a human practice. Should we use GenAI as qualitative researchers given all the harms of the tech? If you're remotely concerned with social justice ... no???
Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...
Dr Braun(love) - or: how I learned to stop worrying and love GenAI (yeah nah)
YouTube video by Virginia Braun
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August 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A great talk by @ginnybraun.bsky.social on GenAI and qualitative analysis. Can GenAI do reflexive TA? The short answer is no - reflexive TA is a human practice. Should we use GenAI as qualitative researchers given all the harms of the tech? If you're remotely concerned with social justice ... no???
Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide now in Greek!
Such a pleasure to finally see the Greek translation of the #ThematicAnalysis book by @vicclarke.bsky.social & @ginnybraun.bsky.social published!
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Θεματική Ανάλυση
Η Θεματική Ανάλυση (ΘΑ) είναι μία από τις πιο δημοφιλείς τεχνικές ανάλυσης ποιοτικών δεδομένων στην ψυχολογία και στις κοινωνικές επιστήμες, καθώς και στις επιστήμες υγείας.
Στα κεφάλαια του βιβλίου ...
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July 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide now in Greek!
Great thread by @ipanalysis.bsky.social on AI and qualitative analysis (and other things). I remain completely baffled about the enthusiasm for using AI to do qualitative analysis and (reflexive) TA specifically... not least because it is profoundly unethical, exploitative, eco disaster technology
Uncharacteristcally long 🧵 (sorry) re: #Qualitative methodologies, science, and 'AI'.
As Qualitative researchers, we should definitely care and remain curious about what 'good work' can look like - but we should be very wary about assuming that a focus on 'rigour' will address this question. 1/13
As Qualitative researchers, we should definitely care and remain curious about what 'good work' can look like - but we should be very wary about assuming that a focus on 'rigour' will address this question. 1/13
July 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great thread by @ipanalysis.bsky.social on AI and qualitative analysis (and other things). I remain completely baffled about the enthusiasm for using AI to do qualitative analysis and (reflexive) TA specifically... not least because it is profoundly unethical, exploitative, eco disaster technology
I agree with the suggestion of 🍾 as a suitable celebration @ginnybraun.bsky.social!
www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025...
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Psychology professor's paper is one of century's most-cited - The University of AucklandFacebookTwitterYouTubeLinkedInInstagramWomen's Refuge
Professor Ginny Braun got the surprise of her life when a paper on research methodology rocketed into prominence.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I agree with the suggestion of 🍾 as a suitable celebration @ginnybraun.bsky.social!
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Psychology associate professor, Dr. Victoria Clarke, has co-authored the third most-cited academic paper of the 21st century, according to renowned international science journal @nature.com
UWE Bristol academic paper named as one of this century’s most-cited | UWE Bristol
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April 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Psychology associate professor, Dr. Victoria Clarke, has co-authored the third most-cited academic paper of the 21st century, according to renowned international science journal @nature.com
Exciting to receive another translation of my @sagepub.com book with @ginnybraun.bsky.social Successful Qualitative Research! The covering letter just said it was a Chinese edition - if anyone recognises the language it would be nice to know!
April 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Exciting to receive another translation of my @sagepub.com book with @ginnybraun.bsky.social Successful Qualitative Research! The covering letter just said it was a Chinese edition - if anyone recognises the language it would be nice to know!
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The most cited papers of the 21st century, including @vicclarke.bsky.social and @ginnybraun.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As they told us in this 2021 interview, 'thematic analysis has travelled to places we've never heard of'!
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As they told us in this 2021 interview, 'thematic analysis has travelled to places we've never heard of'!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The most cited papers of the 21st century, including @vicclarke.bsky.social and @ginnybraun.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As they told us in this 2021 interview, 'thematic analysis has travelled to places we've never heard of'!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As they told us in this 2021 interview, 'thematic analysis has travelled to places we've never heard of'!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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An analysis by @nature.com reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century.
On the list: advances in AI; ways to improve research quality & systematic reviews; cancer statistics and more. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With @richvn.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social & Matthew Hutson
On the list: advances in AI; ways to improve research quality & systematic reviews; cancer statistics and more. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With @richvn.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social & Matthew Hutson
Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
An analysis by @nature.com reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century.
On the list: advances in AI; ways to improve research quality & systematic reviews; cancer statistics and more. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With @richvn.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social & Matthew Hutson
On the list: advances in AI; ways to improve research quality & systematic reviews; cancer statistics and more. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
With @richvn.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social & Matthew Hutson
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What's the most-cited paper published this century?
A @nature.com analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
(With @helenpearson.bsky.social, @heidiledford.bsky.social and Matthew Hutson).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A @nature.com analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
(With @helenpearson.bsky.social, @heidiledford.bsky.social and Matthew Hutson).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What's the most-cited paper published this century?
A @nature.com analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
(With @helenpearson.bsky.social, @heidiledford.bsky.social and Matthew Hutson).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A @nature.com analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
(With @helenpearson.bsky.social, @heidiledford.bsky.social and Matthew Hutson).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@ginnybraun.bsky.social & I were interviewed by @nature.com for a feature on the Most-cited papers of all time. Our paper Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology is number 3! And the 9th most cited paper OF ALL TIME! Wow! Go qualitative research!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@ginnybraun.bsky.social & I were interviewed by @nature.com for a feature on the Most-cited papers of all time. Our paper Using Thematic Analysis in Psychology is number 3! And the 9th most cited paper OF ALL TIME! Wow! Go qualitative research!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New in #Qualitative Psychology, "'Being Really Confidently Wrong': Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback" by @vicclarke.bsky.social et al. Recommendations for improving methodological integrity of peer review. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
March 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New in #Qualitative Psychology, "'Being Really Confidently Wrong': Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback" by @vicclarke.bsky.social et al. Recommendations for improving methodological integrity of peer review. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Book while you can - the excellent @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social on ‘Is COREC a useful tool to guide the reporting of qualitative research?’
(Hint - 👎)
Online QUEST/@ncrmuk/@scdtp supported seminar 14 May @12.30
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(Hint - 👎)
Online QUEST/@ncrmuk/@scdtp supported seminar 14 May @12.30
coreq.eventbrite.co.uk
Is COREQ a useful tool to guide the reporting of qualitative research?
This special event in the QUEST/NCRM/SCDTP seminar series focuses on how we report qualitative research.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Book while you can - the excellent @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social on ‘Is COREC a useful tool to guide the reporting of qualitative research?’
(Hint - 👎)
Online QUEST/@ncrmuk/@scdtp supported seminar 14 May @12.30
coreq.eventbrite.co.uk
(Hint - 👎)
Online QUEST/@ncrmuk/@scdtp supported seminar 14 May @12.30
coreq.eventbrite.co.uk
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super excited to see a photo of the actual book that is the Polish translation of @vicclarke.bsky.social and my @sagepub.com book Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide! Sadly I have zero words of Polish!
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
February 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
super excited to see a photo of the actual book that is the Polish translation of @vicclarke.bsky.social and my @sagepub.com book Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide! Sadly I have zero words of Polish!
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative
@amymaher.bsky.social 🥰
#ThematicAnalysis
#Qualitative