Amy Chandler
@amychandler.bsky.social
Professor of the Sociology of Health and Illness. Researching suicide, self-harm, bodies/embodiment and 'mental' health. Lived experience & liveability. Scotland/Edinburgh. She/her.
@d-liveability.bsky.social
#suicidecultures
@d-liveability.bsky.social
#suicidecultures
📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
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Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London
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July 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇
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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!
July 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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!
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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"Self-destruction in prison: A queer view on pain through decolonial and psychoanalytic theory"
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July 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
"Self-destruction in prison: A queer view on pain through decolonial and psychoanalytic theory"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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
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
July 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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
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
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...
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.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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...
www.faircomment.co.uk/p/inequality...
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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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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June 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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:
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
We are hiring a 12 month #postdoc Research Fellow to contribute to #qualitative analysis of suicide prevention policies + parliamentary debates:
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
'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
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
Hybrid Seminar Series With Cate Curtis
'Injury turned inwards, injury turned outwards: Two sides of the same coin? '
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June 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
'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
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
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:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
This excellent new paper explores this for nurses via autoethnography/lived experience - incredibly rich analysis:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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June 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
This excellent new paper explores this for nurses via autoethnography/lived experience - incredibly rich analysis:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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
June 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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
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!
June 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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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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.
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"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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May 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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...
www.nsun.org.uk/you-could-ju...
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-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/114985-...
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Welfare Experiences & Mental Health
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May 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/114985-...
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
A tiny bit of writing about finding joy in mental health/suicide research:
internationaljournalofsocialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/q...
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; shuque@ed.ac.uk), has kin…
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May 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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
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 👇
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:
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May 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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 👇
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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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May 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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:
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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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:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
Public lecture with Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn
Hosted by the Suicide Cultures Project, at the University of Edinburgh
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May 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
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:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
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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: Victoria.Cluley3@nottingham.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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: Victoria.Cluley3@nottingham.ac.uk
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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events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
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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May 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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 👇
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
Our brilliant new team members for @d-liveability.bsky.social!
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’!
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’!
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our brilliant new team members for @d-liveability.bsky.social!
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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!
More details below!
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 thomasg23@cf.ac.uk.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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!
More details below!
Continuing to learn so much from @nsunnews.bsky.social blog series on the limitations of #livedexperience
Here's one from @projectsoulstride.bsky.social who also happens to be one of our @d-liveability.bsky.social project advisors:
www.nsun.org.uk/lived-experi...
Here's one from @projectsoulstride.bsky.social who also happens to be one of our @d-liveability.bsky.social project advisors:
www.nsun.org.uk/lived-experi...
Lived Experience is Not Enough: the Illusion of Inclusion in Mental Health Spaces
The lived experience movement is at a crossroads. We can either allow it to be diluted into another form of institutional tokenism, or we can demand more accountability, more inclusion, and ultimately...
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April 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Continuing to learn so much from @nsunnews.bsky.social blog series on the limitations of #livedexperience
Here's one from @projectsoulstride.bsky.social who also happens to be one of our @d-liveability.bsky.social project advisors:
www.nsun.org.uk/lived-experi...
Here's one from @projectsoulstride.bsky.social who also happens to be one of our @d-liveability.bsky.social project advisors:
www.nsun.org.uk/lived-experi...
Beyond excited to see what this edited collection becomes!
See full CFP below - we (@jeffreyansloos.bsky.social @carolinelenette.bsky.social Jennifer White + me) are working to make space for different kinds of (critical) suicide studies
#suicidecultures @d-liveability.bsky.social #critsui
See full CFP below - we (@jeffreyansloos.bsky.social @carolinelenette.bsky.social Jennifer White + me) are working to make space for different kinds of (critical) suicide studies
#suicidecultures @d-liveability.bsky.social #critsui
April 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Beyond excited to see what this edited collection becomes!
See full CFP below - we (@jeffreyansloos.bsky.social @carolinelenette.bsky.social Jennifer White + me) are working to make space for different kinds of (critical) suicide studies
#suicidecultures @d-liveability.bsky.social #critsui
See full CFP below - we (@jeffreyansloos.bsky.social @carolinelenette.bsky.social Jennifer White + me) are working to make space for different kinds of (critical) suicide studies
#suicidecultures @d-liveability.bsky.social #critsui
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⭐ New work opportunity alert!
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Affective Experience and Measurement Labs. An exciting opportunity to deepen your research interests working across both labs. Applications open till 21 May!
Find out more and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/postdocopp
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Affective Experience and Measurement Labs. An exciting opportunity to deepen your research interests working across both labs. Applications open till 21 May!
Find out more and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/postdocopp
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
⭐ New work opportunity alert!
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Affective Experience and Measurement Labs. An exciting opportunity to deepen your research interests working across both labs. Applications open till 21 May!
Find out more and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/postdocopp
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Affective Experience and Measurement Labs. An exciting opportunity to deepen your research interests working across both labs. Applications open till 21 May!
Find out more and apply 👇
tinyurl.com/postdocopp
Some great reflections from @courtneybuckler.bsky.social here on the nature of 'evidence' in relation to lived experience - very familiar, and speaking to practical and more theoretical questions about what knowledge 'counts'
@d-liveability.bsky.social
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@d-liveability.bsky.social
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On giving “evidence”: reflections on the Community Mental Health Services Inquiry
NSUN's Senior Policy & Campaigns Manager, Courtney Buckler reflects on the experience of giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s Inquiry into Community Mental Health Services.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some great reflections from @courtneybuckler.bsky.social here on the nature of 'evidence' in relation to lived experience - very familiar, and speaking to practical and more theoretical questions about what knowledge 'counts'
@d-liveability.bsky.social
www.nsun.org.uk/news/on-givi...
@d-liveability.bsky.social
www.nsun.org.uk/news/on-givi...