Brett Smith - Professor, Durham University

And if you hate books *and* the world, why not try "The City of Today is a Dying Thing, by Des Fitzgerald?

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The Reading Room at Wellcome Collection. A room with objects and artefacts in display cases, as well as bookshelves, desks and chairs. Image credit: The Reading Room, Benjamin Gilbert. Source: Wellcome Collection.

🏛️ 📚 Read this Open Letter! @harrietbarratt.bsky.social @drfijohnstone.bsky.social & @coreenanne.bsky.social respond to the recent Wellcome report on the use of archives, manuscripts and material cultures in health research.

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Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being, Meaning, and Measuring Well This 3-day workshop brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data.

Join the Measurement Heretics Workshop – an exploration of impact beyond numbers.

This 3 day workshop next week (11–13 March) brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data 📊

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Disability Sports News – February 2026 Latest Disability Sports News for February 2026.

We've just published our latest disability sports news article. Here we round up some of the latest news from the disability charities and sports organisations that we are proud to work closely with. Read it on our website www.activityalliance.org.uk/news/10473-d...

Co-Production and Physical Activity This one-day event will offer a day focused on co-production research that centres on movement, physical activity and medical humanities.

Interested in co-production research in physical activity & medical humanities? 🏃 On 24 March we're hosting an event focused on research that centres on movement, physical activity & medical humanities.

Some sessions will be available online. Secure your spot! 👇️
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Claire Jeantils appointed as third CHARM Chair We are pleased to announce that Dr Claire Jeantils has been appointed as the third CHARM Chair (2026).

We’re pleased to share the news that Dr Claire Jeantils has been appointed as the third CHARM Chair (2026) — a fantastic recognition of her work in translational medical humanities and narrative medicine.
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'Art and the Critical Medical Humanities': An interview with the editors We catch up with the editors of 'Art and the Critical Medical Humanities', a new volume bringing together artists and scholars who challenge earlier instrumental views of art.

Art and the Critical Medical Humanities - New book on how art can contribute to understanding health and illness - co-edited by Dr Fiona Johnstone from Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

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This looks amazing!

🎨 International Visual Methods Conference (10th Edition): People, Place, Narrative

📆 22 - 24 March 2027

📍 Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

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We have a fabulous line up of speakers at The Senses and Medical Humanities!

📅 24 Feb, 10.30–4PM
📍Collingwood College, Durham

A few tickets still available. Book now!
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The Josselson Chair in Qualitative Inquiry at Fielding Graduate University Presents: Culture and Innovation in Qualitative Research Speaker Series, Dr. Hector Y. Adames - Fielding Graduate University ... Event on Fielding Graduate University

The Ruthellen Josselson Chair for Qualitative Inquiry at Fielding Graduate University is pleased to launch the Culture & Innovation in Qualitative Research Speaker Series with a presentation by @dradames.bsky.social Saturday, February 21, 2026 9am-10am PST. Register bit.ly/speakerseriesadames

Measuring at the Beginning and the End: A critical eye on health metrics Join us for an in-person workshop with speakers Dr Sarah Wieten and Dr Rebecca Jackson.

On Tue 24 Feb join us for an in-person workshop with @sarahwieten.bsky.social & @beccajackson.bsky.social, for informal short talks on critical appraisal of metrics at the beginning & end of life, with particular attention paid to Apgar and SOFA scores.

More info 👇️
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New Book Published: Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education has been published as a comprehensive reference for scholars and practitioners working at the intersection of disability and physical education. Edited by Anthony J. Maher, Justin A. Haegele, and Janine Coates, the first edition was released in January 2026 by Routledge. This volume is the first to systematically introduce qualitative research methods for studying disability in physical education.

New Book Published: Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education

The Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education has been published as a comprehensive reference for scholars and practitioners working at…

Stories of Shame, Stories for Shame Veronica Heney writes about shame and self-harm and how it is represented in fiction.

Veronica Heney, Co-Lead of our Narrative Practices Lab, recently published a paper challenging the idea self-harm is naturally shameful. She discusses it in this article, outlining how self-harm in fiction can be particularly problematic.

Read it here 👇️
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Intersectionality and co-production in disability and physical activity research; critical reflections on promise, negotiation and transformation Scholars undertaking intersectional research are called upon to address issues of power, positionality, and difference throughout their research. Equitable and experientially informed co-production...

New article by colleagues on intersectionality, co-production and physical activity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Cuts to disability benefits for those who cannot work ‘is recipe for greater hardship’ and ‘will put lives at risk’ Activists say the government’s decision to slash disabled people’s out-of-work benefits is a “recipe for greater hardship” and will risk claimants’ lives, as ministers this week pushed through cuts…

🗣️“In pursuing arbitrary savings figures, the government risks our lives rather than testing new approaches that benefit disabled people, and the wider economy and society." - DR UK's Mickey Erhardt in Disability News Service's latest piece

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AI, algorithms and society: find out how our new Leverhulme research centre is leading interdisciplinary international research into how humans interact with algorithmic technologies.

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My short article on ‘ontological friction’ is out now! Super grateful to @evasurawy.bsky.social for the incredible support

"Focus on what you can control" is decent enough advice BUT.... that doesn't mean the uncontrollable stuff just ceases to exist and stops having an impact on us. So what do we do with the uncontrollable stuff?

Free Online Webinar Announced: Barriers to Physical Activity for Children with Cerebral Palsy Liverpool John Moores University will host a free online webinar on February 18, from 11:00 to 12:00 (GMT-3), as part of the 2025–26 seminar series launched by the LJMU Disability Sport and Physical Activity (DisSPA) Network. The webinar will be delivered in an online format and is open to all interested participants. The seminar, titled “Barriers to Physical Activity for Children with Cerebral Palsy and the Role of Living-Labs,”

Free Online Webinar Announced: Barriers to Physical Activity for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Liverpool John Moores University will host a free online webinar on February 18, from 11:00 to 12:00 (GMT-3), as part of the 2025–26 seminar series launched by the LJMU Disability Sport and Physical…

Special issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology Edited by Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Eileen Joy and Lisa Trainor Call for papers New developments and good practice in reflexive thematic analysis The year 2026 is the 20th anniversary of the publication of the paper Using thematic analysis in psychology in Qualitative Research in Psychology. This paper has gone on to be the most cited qualitative methodological paper of all time according to an analysis by the journal Nature. Reflexive thematic analysis (TA) has transformed the practice of qualitative research in and beyond psychology. This Special Issue will mark this anniversary by exploring good practice and new developments in reflexive TA. We invite both full length papers and shorter commentaries and reflections from psychology and related disciplines. Potential topics include: • The use of reflexive TA to analyse visual and multimodal data • Is an N of one possible? The use reflexive TA in case study research • Beyond consensus and theme agreement: Strategies for using reflexive TA when there is more than one analyst • The use of reflexive TA in creative and arts-based research • The use of reflexive TA in Indigenous research • The use of reflexive TA in participatory designs (including participants as co-analysts) • Extensions of reflexive TA (e.g., frameworks and guidance for interpretative analysis) • Reviews of good (and poor) practice • Combining reflexive TA with other approaches (e.g., combining reflexive TA and narrative analysis; reflexive TA and discourse analysis) • “Behind the scenes”: Reflections on doing reflexive TA • Using reflexive TA in constructionist, critical realist or mixed methods research • Can reflexive TA be a feminist method? A queer method? A critical race theory method? • Doing deductive reflexive TA

• Good practice in teaching and supervising reflexive TA • Methodological pluralism and reflexive TA • Power relations and the politics of interpretation in reflexive TA Abstract submission deadline: 29 May 2026 Submit a maximum 500 word abstract to: Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk Deadline for paper submissions: 30 November 2026 Please contact any of the editors to discuss potential submissions: V.Braun@auckland.ac.nz; Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk; Eileen.Joy@auckland.ac.nz; L.R.Trainor@swansea.ac.uk Please note that we do not anticipate having a focus on the use of GenAI in reflexive TA as a Special Issue of QRIP on GenAI in qualitative research is currently in progress.

I'm excited to share a Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology on New developments and good practice in reflexive thematic analysis co-edited by me, @ginnybraun.bsky.social @eileenjoy.bsky.social and Lisa Trainor. Please contact any of us if you have any questions.

Would you like to be a guest in the podcast?

Let us know if you do research on sedentary behaviour, physical activity, or exercise science, and have 60 minutes for a recording.

Would be great to have you as a guest.

New Issue of Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Published (Volume 43, Issue 1) The January 2026 issue of Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (Volume 43, Issue 1) is now available, presenting a diverse collection of scholarly work addressing current research, practice, and policy issues in adapted physical activity, disability sport, and inclusion. This issue opens with a Viewpoint article examining the classification system in Para Judo, focusing on recent transitions, performance-related outcomes, and future challenges for the sport.

New Issue of Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Published (Volume 43, Issue 1)

The January 2026 issue of Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (Volume 43, Issue 1) is now available, presenting a diverse collection of scholarly work addressing current research, practice, and policy issues in adapted…

Join us on Wednesday for our Lab Coat Lunches event with Matt Durran! 🥼 He will talk about his work with the Royal Free Hospital in London combining modern technologies with traditional crafts techniques.

🕐 1-2pm, Wednesday 4 Feb, online

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The weight of stigma: Charlie and the fragility of bodies in the age of lightness This study examines the intersectionality between obesity and homosexuality, focusing on how the intersectional stigmatisation of these identities produces distinct experiences of exclusion, vulner...

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Example 3 describes common misinterpretations of p values in null hypothesis testing, with attention concerning replication probability and violation of assumptions. The authors describe the misconception that a p value informs replication probability. Thus, if the same study was repeated using a different random sample, it is erroneously interpreted as the probability of reaching significance again. This, again, arises from misunderstanding conditional probability. The actual probability of reaching the same result in a repeated experiment is conditional on truth… which we do not know. Our p values depend on what we assume to be true in setting up the experiment (the null hypothesis), which is what we are conditioning on. If the null is true, and one would reject at p = 0.05, then a repeated experiment would have a 0.05 probability of rejection. If the alternative is true, the actual probability of rejection would depend on the true population parameters, which are unknown. Thus, the probability of replication is conditional on the actual (unknown) population parameters. It is not estimated by the p value of the original experiment.

P Values and Replicability

“The actual probability of reaching the same result in a repeated experiment is conditional on truth… which we do not know.”

From Cayetano & Mantero (2021): “Conditional Uncertainty: Misinterpretations of ‘Significant’ p Values”: doi.org/10.1111/jocs...

Measurement Heretics: A Reading Group in Human(e) Sciences The Measurement Lab's monthly online reading group. Each paper will have an author's/commentator’s introduction, and have group discussion.

📖 Our Measurement Heretics monthly reading group looks at work that engages with scientific, medical, and social measuring practices of past and present ⚖️

It's free to attend, online and open to all! The next session is 17 Feb, 3.30-5pm.

Find out more & sign up 👇
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Let's be clear - there has been many Professor's doing this research, some for some time. Let's celebrate the rich history of women in academia leading research in sport.

Insightful review ⬇️ of 'Implementing Sport Policy' book edited by Marc Keech, myself and John Hayton.

Thanks Richard Tacon for spending the time reading and writing about the book!

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Hello #EMCA community!

There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.

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📘Pre-order our NEW Disability Rights Handbook NOW!

We have spent over 50 years providing in-depth, comprehensive guidance on the everchanging benefits system - everything you need to make a claim!

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