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What we've supported: Interdisciplinary Expansion Sandpit

Interdisciplinary Expansion Sandpit

We provided a £1500 stipend for researchers in phenomenological psychopathology, or other allied disciplines, who wanted to spark new ideas in the field by organising a sandpit event. A sandpit event is one where academics from disparate academic and institutional backgrounds collaborate in creative ways over a set period of time. The provided funding can be used for either online or in person support. The goal of such an event is to generate innovative, interdisciplinary research groups and projects under a given theme. Under this project, the sandpit event would (either online or in-person) bring together interdisciplinary researchers (for example, from the humanities, social sciences, lived experience, clinical practice) outside of phenomenology and mental health to expand the disciplines in the group, and to develop new groupings and responses to our problem of renewing and reinvigorating phenomenological psychopathology. 

Applicants had to hold a PhD in a relevant field or have equivalent research or lived experience.  An important aspect of this project is to diversify the field of Phenomenological Psychopathology. We encouraged applications from the widest range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to maximise innovation in the field. We were particularly keen to receive submissions from female applicants, gender diverse applicants, early career researchers, those with lived experience of mental health difficulties, and researchers from the global south/non-WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) countries.

Following the completion of the interdisciplinary expansion sandpit, awardees were required to submit a 750-word summary detailing the outputs of the event.

Some of our Award Winners include:

Rosa Ritunnano


Rosa Ritunnano is Consultant Psychiatrist in a specialist Early Intervention in Psychosis Service in the UK, and a joint doctoral researcher at the Universities of Birmingham and Melbourne. Her research explores the experience and meaning of delusions in psychosis from multiple disciplinary perspectives, focusing on the applications of phenomenology across psychiatry, psychology, philosophy and linguistics. 

Jeannette Littlemore


Jeannette Littlemore is a Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on the role played by figurative language in the sharing of emotional experiences. She also explores the role played by metaphor and metonymy in language learning in cross-cultural communication and language learning. 


Anke Maatz 

After an MD in experimental attachment theory, Anke joined the Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zürich for clinical training in psychiatry and psychotherapy and a Postdoc position in an interdisciplinary project on the conceptual history of ‘schizophrenia’.  In 2020, she started her own research group Humanities in Mental Health at the hospital, where she is also involved in implementing participatory research. 


Rosa, Jeanette and Anke, together with Julian Hofman, University of Zürich, organised Delusions at the Intersection, 26-27th February 2024, at Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich.


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