Mixed-sex civil partnerships: Developing a morality of love (2023)
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Carter, J., & Hayfield, N. (in press). Mixed-sex civil partnerships: Developing a morality of love. Families, Relationships and Societies, https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16886294054314

Civil partnerships were extended to mixed-sex couples in England and Wales at the end of 2019, shortly followed by Northern Ireland (2020) and Scotland (2021). Since then, thousands of mixed-sex couples have entered a civil partnership. While civil p... Read More about Mixed-sex civil partnerships: Developing a morality of love.

Veganism’s anti-anthropocentric capacity: A critical analysis of the advocacy discourse of three prominent vegan organisations (2023)
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Gough, L. A. (2023). Veganism’s anti-anthropocentric capacity: A critical analysis of the advocacy discourse of three prominent vegan organisations. Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism, 11(1), 9-28. https://doi.org/10.7358/rela-2023-01-goul

Anthropocentrism has been identified as a root cause of nonhuman animal and intrahuman oppressions and the environmental crisis. Veganism has been celebrated as a philosophy and practice capable of undermining anthropocentrism, yet the anti-anthropoc... Read More about Veganism’s anti-anthropocentric capacity: A critical analysis of the advocacy discourse of three prominent vegan organisations.

Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task (2023)
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Parker, S., Earnshaw, D., Penn, E., & Kumari, R. (2023). Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task. Qualitative Research Journal, 23(5), 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-11-2022-0145

Purpose: In recent years the movement of refugees has led to increasing negative media and political discourse about migration in the United Kingdom, particularly as the number of refugees crossing the English Channel has increased. Despite this host... Read More about Uncertain futures: Perceptions of refugees in a story completion task.

Only together, we flourish: The importance of friendship and care in navigating anti-Asian hate and shielding during COVID-19 (2023)
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Savage, S., & Wong, D. (2023). Only together, we flourish: The importance of friendship and care in navigating anti-Asian hate and shielding during COVID-19. Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association, 12(1),

The COVID-19 pandemic and the response of the government of the United Kingdom have exacerbated deep-seated inequalities. People of color and disabled people have been disproportionately impacted during the pandemic. This essay has two authors, Sophi... Read More about Only together, we flourish: The importance of friendship and care in navigating anti-Asian hate and shielding during COVID-19.

Part of the team: Effecting change and sharing power in healthcare settings (2023)
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Stanier, J., Purtell, R., Thomas, D., & Murray, W. (2023). Part of the team: Effecting change and sharing power in healthcare settings. Patient Experience Journal, 10(1), 164-172. https://doi.org/10.35680/2372-0247.1766

In 2019, we, as a group of patients and researchers, were invited to rethink how the executive board received and responded to patient stories at a specific NHS hospital trust in the UK. Through an iterative series of meetings, we were able to co-ide... Read More about Part of the team: Effecting change and sharing power in healthcare settings.

Qualitative story completion: A creative and novel method for psychotherapy and counselling psychology research (2023)
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Clarke, V., & Moller, N. (2023). Qualitative story completion: A creative and novel method for psychotherapy and counselling psychology research. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, 35(Spring 2023), https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsqmip.2023.1.35.24

Story completion (SC) – where respondents are presented with the start of a story (the story ‘stem’ or ‘cue’) and asked to complete it – originally developed as a projective technique for clinical and research assessment. While SC continues to be use... Read More about Qualitative story completion: A creative and novel method for psychotherapy and counselling psychology research.

‘How the other half lives’?: Taking a critical approach to the social psychology of economic inequality and extreme wealth (2023)
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Carr, P. (2023). ‘How the other half lives’?: Taking a critical approach to the social psychology of economic inequality and extreme wealth. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(5), Article e12743. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12743

The negative impact of economic inequality on social issues and wellbeing is of importance to social psychology that historically has an interest in social justice. Social Identity Theory is explored as an approach that acknowledges the wider context... Read More about ‘How the other half lives’?: Taking a critical approach to the social psychology of economic inequality and extreme wealth.

Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting (2023)
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Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2023). Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting. Health Psychology Review, 17(4), 695-718. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2022.2161594

Despite the persistent dominance of a ‘scientific psychology’ paradigm in health psychology, the use of qualitative research continues to grow. Qualitative approaches are often based on fundamentally different values from (post)positivistempiricism,... Read More about Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting.

Refugee identity and integration in Germany during the European “migration crisis”: Why local community support matters, and why policy gets it wrong (2022)
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Lienen, C., & LeRoux-Rutledge, E. (in press). Refugee identity and integration in Germany during the European “migration crisis”: Why local community support matters, and why policy gets it wrong. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2022.2098445

Although the 2015 “refugee crisis” dominated Europe’s policy-making agenda, little research was actually conducted with refugees. Using focus groups, interviews and photovoice, this study explores the identity and integration processes of 20 refugees... Read More about Refugee identity and integration in Germany during the European “migration crisis”: Why local community support matters, and why policy gets it wrong.

Towards good practice in thematic analysis: Avoiding common problems and be(com)ing a knowing researcher (2022)
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Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2023). Towards good practice in thematic analysis: Avoiding common problems and be(com)ing a knowing researcher. International Journal of Transgenderism, 24(1), 1-6

In response to the increasing use of thematic analysis (TA), and particularly the TA approach we have developed, in qualitative and mixed methods research published in IJTH, the editors of the journal have invited us to provide a commentary on good p... Read More about Towards good practice in thematic analysis: Avoiding common problems and be(com)ing a knowing researcher.

Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors (2022)
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Hayfield, N., & Campbell, C. (2022). Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors. Sex Roles, 87, 365–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-022-01320-2

Representations of peri/menopause are influential in relation to how peri/menopause is understood and how peri/menopausal women are perceived, both of which have important implications for health and wellbeing. In this paper, we report results from a... Read More about Students’ representations of menopause and perimenopause: Out of control bodies and empathetic expert doctors.

Queer (2022)
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Mackay, F. (2022). Queer. Philosopher, Summer 2022(Summer),

Finn Mackay reviews the history of queer activism and queer theory, while situating this history in the context of our current fraught political situation.

Agonism or identity? A response to Chin’s and Levey’s recognition as acknowledgement: Symbolic politics in multicultural democracies (2022)
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Thompson, S. (2023). Agonism or identity? A response to Chin’s and Levey’s recognition as acknowledgement: Symbolic politics in multicultural democracies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(3), 475-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2102934

In their thoughtful and thought-provoking article, Clayton Chin and Geoffrey Brahm Levey argue that a distinctive conception of recognition as acknowledgement can and should be used in order to achieve the symbolic inclusion of all members of multicu... Read More about Agonism or identity? A response to Chin’s and Levey’s recognition as acknowledgement: Symbolic politics in multicultural democracies.

Mothering, caring and educating: Learning from experience and psychosocial pedagogy (2022)
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Crociani-Windland, L. (2022). Mothering, caring and educating: Learning from experience and psychosocial pedagogy. Journal of Psychosocial Studies, 15(2), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1332/147867321X16575387662320

This article takes its starting point from aspects of the author’s biography and her experiences of supervising students who have in common experiences of being so-called ‘parental’ or ‘parentified’ children. Bion’s work and biography are used to und... Read More about Mothering, caring and educating: Learning from experience and psychosocial pedagogy.

‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss (2022)
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Wheeler, L., Fragkiadaki, E., Clarke, V., & DiCaccavo, A. (2022). ‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss. British Journal of Midwifery, 30(7), 368-374. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.7.368

Background A perinatal loss is a life-changing event that can have psychological consequences for a mother both after the loss and in a subsequent pregnancy. Aims This qualitative study aimed to examine mothers' lived experiences of the holistic jour... Read More about ‘Sunshine’, ‘angels’ and ‘rainbows’: Language developed by mothers bereaved by perinatal loss.

The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading (2022)
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Kaunert, C., Leonard, S., & Wertman, O. (2022). The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading. Social Sciences, 11(7), 266-285. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070266

In this article, we analyze the emergence of a global security norm of the COVID-19 epidemic as a threat to international security. This crisis is one of the gravest crises that humanity has experienced since the end of World War II in terms of the n... Read More about The securitization of COVID-19 as a security norm: WHO norm entrepreneurship and norm cascading.

Beyond divisions (2022)
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Crociani-Windland, L. (in press). Beyond divisions. New Associations,

International criminalization and the historical emergence of international crimes (2022)
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Randhawa, S. H. (2022). International criminalization and the historical emergence of international crimes. International Theory, 14(3), 460-502. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1752971922000021

This article examines international criminalization, the process by which particular acts come to be established as international crimes in world politics. While international legal scholars suggest international criminalization constitutes a legal p... Read More about International criminalization and the historical emergence of international crimes.

Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales) (2022)
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Shobiye, L., & Parker, S. (2023). Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales). Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(2), 358-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2079383

This paper explores the impact of the UK’s racialized asylum system on mothers and their children. Asylum-seeking mothers in the UK are treated with hostility and suspicion and prohibited from basic socio-economic rights such as employment yet must a... Read More about Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales).

The stigma-vulnerability nexus and the framing of drug problems (2022)
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Alexandrescu, L., & Spicer, J. (2023). The stigma-vulnerability nexus and the framing of drug problems. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 30(1), 6-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2049214

This paper proposes a stigma-vulnerability nexus as a critical incursion into understandings of and responses to drug-related social problems. Considering stigma and vulnerability as sites of ostensibly empathetic interventions that aim to mitigate t... Read More about The stigma-vulnerability nexus and the framing of drug problems.