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 continue to to develop the SRN as a network for survivor researchers and others with lived experience of mental distress who are interested or involved in research. We also seek funding to undertake research, and offer mentoring, training and consultancy.
This is a developing website which aims to provide survivor research resources, articles, and news. We welcome feedback.
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Featured News and SRN events
Ethical, political and methodological struggles in doing survivor research
A recording is now available of this 15 March workshop with Konstantina Poursanidou PhD - 'Can you help me get out?: Ethical, Political & Methodological Struggles in Doing Survivor Research in...
Polarised mental health politics and the struggle for ambivalence
A recording is now available of of this 22 March workshop with Konstantina Poursanidou PhD - "And the Activists tell us that Meds are Evil: Polarised mental health politics and the struggle for...
SRN session at NSUN 2021 agm
A recording of our session at the NSUN 2021 AGM is now available. The session was entitled Survivor Researchers: What do we bring? After a short introduction to SRN, Dina Poursanidou delivered a...
SRN Discussion and Support Group 13 January
Our next SRN Discussion and Support Group meeting is at 17.30-19.30 on Thursday 13th January 2022. This is a space for people with lived experience of mental distress to discuss survivor research...
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Covid-19, whiteness and making black mental health matter
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Participatory Ideology: From Exclusion to Involvement
New book by Peter Beresford - 'Participatory Ideology: From Exclusion to Involvement' - and book launch video. "This book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political...
Online Film Festival – 19-25 April
The Social Power and Mental Conference is staging an online Film Festival from 19 to 25 April, alongside its conference The films highlight issues regarding mental health and amplify the voices of...
CRASSH Online Conference – 19-23 April
CRASSH Online Conference - 19-23 April Social Power and Mental Health: Evolving Research Through Lived Experience Online conference - CRASSH - CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND...