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Professional Area: Lived experience researcher

Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) Online Meet-up
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Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) Online Meet-up

April 16, 2025 Shivani Joshi

Dr Blandine French
"My lived experience allows me to have deeper and more relatable collaborations"
Dr Blandine French
Psychology/ Lived experience
Dr Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley
PhD
“I am a researcher of stories”
Dr Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley
Lived experience researcher/Health Scientist
Andrew C Grundy
PhD
“I realised that my lived experience was a form of knowledge and expertise that could make a difference”
Andrew C Grundy
Lived Experience Researcher
Anonymous case study
“My overriding motivation is to represent the voice of the marginalised and fight for social justice”
Anonymous case study
Lived Experience Researcher
Bethan Burnside
"My aim is to work towards blurring the line between being a psychological researcher & being a lived experience researcher"
Bethan Burnside
Lived Experience Researcher/Neuroscientist

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