Jamey Lister, PhD, MSW’s Post

Using the incredible words of Nina Simone to start a conversation about equitable research practices was a huge highlight for me. Want to learn more about this topic yourself? Take a look at the slides (and the link to the Zotero Group full of amazing resources) I put together for this discussion with Education Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University - https://bit.ly/jhkm24 #EquitableResearch #ResearchEthics #Research #EducationResearch

#SundayReads: Would you like to contribute to the creation of a more compassionate organization or community? Whatever step you take will be powerfully magnified through the cascade that follows. Positive actions ripple outward repeatedly. One kind act can influence tens or hundreds of people, as the ripple spreads across time and from person to person. As this well-designed study clearly shows, “small changes in human institutions … can yield large changes in a group’s behavior.” Read the research by James H. Fowler and Nicholas Christakis in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences via The Greater Good Science Center: https://lnkd.in/e9qPkZYM #compassionateorganization #compassionateleadership #compassionateworkplace #compassioninaction

This compilation of work is incredibly impressive! Thank you J. Robin Moon, DPH, MPH, MIA (문정원) for your leadership! My favorites: the participatory evaluation model used by my former colleagues at UIC, and the focus on segregated care in the HEAC project in New York #healthcare #communityhealth #communitybased #community #collaboration #evaluation #participatoryresearch #structuralracism #healthequity

#TopTipTuesday Practice communicating your impact to different audiences. As defined by the CDRC, "Impact is the effect that research has beyond academia. Whether that’s how the understanding of a complex social theory affects policy and improves community life, or how a newly developed vaccine reduces the spread of disease among a population." Whether it's for a lecturing role, a fellowship, a #research grant, a non-academic role, or you are trying to influence policy - it's likely non-experts will be involved in the process, and need to understand the significance of what you do. What is it about your research and teaching which will make your audiences want to turn the page? Find out more in this article - "So what? Who cares? The skill of talking about impact?": https://lnkd.in/eUt4wHPX

Dear research community, begin the week with determination and hope! Your work matters and saves lives. Every research is a step forward to attain better outcomes for the world we live in. #KeepGoing #ResearchLife #ClinicalResearch

Check out NORC's latest paper introducing the Community-Engaged Research Framework. The Framework serves as a conceptual model to guide researchers in authentically engaging community members and organizations in social and behavioral science research. See here: https://lnkd.in/euimuVSB. #NORC, #centeronequityresearch, #publichealth, #communityengagement

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David M. Bersoff, Ph.D., our Head of Research, recently published a paper about overcoming political polarization in international academic journal Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA). It proposes strategies to combat polarization at-scale with a focus on leveraging employers. Read the full paper here: https://edl.mn/3Ao1O0u

It is done! The huge research dissertation on the injustice of the suppressed Socio-Economic Duty (SED) which could have offered some protection from policies causing social harm, like austerity, has been submitted 🤩 I'm still taking it all in... Reading & referencing of over 180 sources. Interviewing 16 expert stakeholders. Thematic analysis of over 160 pages of interview transcripts plus document & discourse analysis. Many late nights writing up over 50,000 words. It's been two busy years of part-time study and demanding assignments towards the Master of Research Degree in Social Sciences & Humanities. Handing in that final paper was a big step. I have learned so much and feel grateful to have had the opportunity to do this, and to leverage research as activism, holding governments to account. Exhausted, relieved, emotional - this work is in solidarity with all whose lives were made harder by austerity, all who resist neoliberal harms and in memory of all the lives lost. Thank you to everyone who has supported me on the research journey and all the challenges on top - looking forward to freeing up headspace and energy for other things and putting the research into action, outputs & roundtables coming soon... it was great to present the findings to the Cabinet Office team working on the SED's implementation - let's get it done right. But first, a little rest. Studying alongside work, life, community commitments etc in one's 40's is tiring!😴

I’m happy to share that the first article from my PhD project was published this Monday in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health!😊 You can find the article here: https://lnkd.in/gj8XMRbr This piece began as an assignment for an inspiring course called Intersectionality and I (special thanks to the coordinator, Petra Verdonk!🌟). While it’s a relatively short commentary, this publication is special to me, as this is my first time writing and structuring an article based on my own ideas and reflections. For those in other fields, I aimed to address social inequality by encouraging more equitable research in physical activity 🌈 There is a concept called Intersectionality that helps us find out hidden discriminations and privileges in society ⚖️　 However, there are not many quantitative (number-based) studies using this framework because of various challenges. But more of them are needed, to better understand disparities in physical activity through evidence 💪🏼 In this article, I identify these barriers and suggest recommendations to promote more quantitative intersectional research. It’s a short read (<1200 words), so if you’re interested, feel free to take a look! I’d love to hear your thoughts and would be happy to discuss further.