Mental health knowledge built by service users and survivors
Welcome to the Survivor Researcher Network (SRN)
The Survivor Researcher Network is a UK based user-controlled network for mental health service users and survivors with an interest in research.
Previously hosted by NSUN, we are now an independent network and Community Interest Company. We are seeking funding to continue to develop the SRN as a network for survivor researchers together with undertaking research, and offering mentoring, training and consultancy.
This is a developing website which aims to provide opportunities for discussion, survivor research resources, articles, and news. You can register with the site to take part in the discussion forums and submit blog articles. We welcome feedback.
You can read more about the SRN on our About Us page
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Featured News and SRN events
Crafting Contention through MadZines
Crafting Contention through MadZines - recording of the presentation at our April 2022 Discussion and Support Group H.Spandler gave an overview of the MadZines project, a 3 year research project...
The Survivor Researcher as Trickster – experiential knowledge in research
‘The survivor researcher as ‘trickster’? Critical reflections on the role of experiential knowledge within academic research in mental health’ We are posting a video recording of the presentation...
January 2023 Discussion and Support Group
Developing research methods resources - democratising research Our January meeting is at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 18th January, via Zoom. You can register here. These online meetings offer a...
Co-production and decolonisation through the lenses of people, power and process
The presentation by Jacqui Lovell, SRN CIC Director, at our August Discussion and Support Group meeting is now available in video form, together with the slides used. This presentation was entitled...
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Lived Experience Researcher and Provider Identities
Blog by Veenu Gupta - Understanding the identity of lived experience researchers and providers Veena Gupta introduces her PhD research into lived experience researcher and provider identities and...
NIHR: Payment for Public Involvement
NIHR: Payment for Public Involvement in Health and Care Research: A guide for organisations on determining the most appropriate payment approach This new guidance, issued on 27 June 2022, includes a...
Labour exploitation in mental health research
Article by Stan Papoulias and Felicity Callard - Material and epistemic precarity: It's time to talk about labour exploitation in mental health research. "The conditions under which people labour in...
Peer Support Research – ENRICH study
The article reporting on quantitative research in the ENRICH Study on peer support for people being discharged from inpatient mental health, published in Lancet Psychiatry, has received a critical...
