Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Project

 Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Project Launch, 14th October 2022 Through this launch event, we invited critical reflection on the theme of renewing phenomenological psychopathology. The Launch Event introduced the award, kicked-off initial engagement with academic stakeholders in order to frame research questions and plans for the next two years. Thanks to the generous support of Wellcome, the Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology project was formally launched at the University of Birmingham and via Zoom on the 14th of October 2022. This was a one-day hybrid event, with online and in-person panels running simultaneously. In total we had fifteen excellent speakers from multiple backgrounds and of all career stages. We had around fifty in person attendees and over 100 online attendees.  Following introductions from the project team, our launch event was kicked off by our first keynote speaker Dr Robert Chapman from Sheffield Hallam University, with their talk ent...

Interdisciplinary Expansion Sandpit Event: Delusions at the Intersection Organisers: Rosa Ritunnano and Jeanette Littlemore from University of Birmingham; Anke Maatz and Julian Hofman from University of Zürich Presenters at the "Delusions at the Intersection" Interdisciplinary Expansion Sandpit Event The workshop took place at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, the formerly so-called “Burghölzli”, and directly linked to the work of one of his first directors, Eugen Bleuler (1998-1927): Bleuler is best known for his introduction of "schizophrenia" which marks a turn to psychopathology in the history of psychiatric nosology. Whilst delusions play only a subordinate role on his account of "schizophrenia", Bleuler's work served this workshop as inspiration for an approach that is marked by methodological pluralism and, importantly, allows a place for personal experience. Honouring his legacy, researchers and lived experience experts from a varie...

Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Closing Event, 1st March 2024 On the 1st of March 2024, we celebrated two years of extending and renewing phenomenological psychopathology, with a closing event in Florence. Co-hosted between the University of Birmingham and the University of Florence, the closing event brought scholars from across disciplines to share critical reflections, recent work on, and future plans for phenomenological psychopathology research.  The event commenced with a welcome address by Professor Valdo Ricca (University of Florence), who set the scene for the importance of phenomenological psychopathology and the interdisciplinary work between philosophy and psychiatry, amongst other academic disciplines. This was followed by Lucienne Spencer (University of Oxford), who offered a critique of phenomenological reduction, advocating for more inclusivity in phenomenological psychopathology by employing an intersectional approach. The first keynote was delivered by G...

 Throughout the tenure of the project, a number of events were supported by the grant. We have detailed here a list of all the events supported, including links to further information and reports from the event itself: From the closing event for the RPP Project held at the University of Florence in March 2024 2022 The Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology Project Launch Organisers: Matthew Broome, Lucienne Spencer and Roxana Baiasu 14th October 2022, University of Birmingham and online 2023 Madpeople's Coping Mechanisms Organisers: Sofia Jeppsson & Paul Lodge  September 25-26th 2023, Faculty of Philosophy, Radcliffe Humanities, University of Oxford Camouflaging: Philosophical and Clinical Perspectives Organisers: Valentina Petrolini and Philipp Schmidt September 28-29th 2023,Online 2024 Delusions at the Intersection (Interdisciplinary Expansion Sandpit Event) Organisers: Rosa Ritunnano and Jeanette Littlemore from University of Birmingham; Anke Maatz and Julian Hofman ...

International Exchange Fellowship This fellowship allowed an individual to travel to sites across our network in order to undertake a placement for up to two months. This funding was for academics in the field of phenomenological psychopathology or allied fields, who wanted to develop collaborations with leading researchers, transform their careers and shape the direction of future research. International Exchange Fellows had the opportunity to work with international colleagues, gain vital experience in multi-/inter-disciplinary working and extend their international networks. We provided a £3000 stipend per International Exchange (IE) Fellow to cover travel, accommodation and any visa costs.  While we encouraged applicants to consider choosing one of the existing Network members, applicants were welcome to nominate an alternative suitable institution if there was interest in becoming a member of our Network. Applicants were required to submit: • A letter from the proposed host ...

 Small Grants and Writing Retreats The Small Grant Award was available until April 2023.  It offered seed-corn funding that allowed a team of scholars, across disciplines and countries, to form around a particular research topic and to develop new work that integrated different disciplines and accounts of lived experience of mental disorder. The aim was to enable a group of, for example, researchers, clinicians, academics in the humanities and experts by experience to pursue substantial competitive research leading to publication and/or work towards major grant applications. Two Small Research Grants of £10,000 each were available, and two Virtual Writing Retreats supported by the Project Team.   For example, the Small Grant could cover a six-month small scale project of an interdisciplinary, international Group, the running of which requires a part-time Research Assistant who could, for instance, offer support for short-term data collection or for the undertaking of...