The journey through the
wilderness of research
YSJ Undergraduate Research Conference
22nd October 2014
Dr Elizabeth Freeman
The research
landscape
Don't get stuck in birds nest!
Don't forget you're
rucksack!
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Fanny Bullock
Workman (1906)
Valentina Tereshkova (1963)
Sylvia Earle
(1986)
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (2011)
are the new black!
“All truly great thoughts are
conceived while walking.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Walking through & being in nature
Research process:
Research outcomes:
Qualitative
1. Psychologically enabling context and practices that
Interviews,
group discussions,
1. Working
with
participants
they
gained
something
from
counsellors could work with.
journal writing,
+ follow-up
participating the research something
that informed
their lives
2.and
I worked
in their
solidarity
(in unity)
and mutual respect
possibly
practice
as counsellors.
2 studies (4 & 5
alongside people experiencing mental health
participants)
2. The research
helped people recognise that knowledge and
(WSE) approaches
3.expertise
The research
employed
methodological
which
effective
in promoting
well-being
can be found
Walking & Solo populations.
gave voice
to traditionally
under-represented
outside
of professional
contexts.
Experience
The research
and programmes
3. 4.Sharing
and exchanging
ideaswere
frominclusive.
research.
Embrace Change
In using a journal, a researcher is able to explore
the complexities of one’s own presence in the
research setting, which can enhance
understanding as well as ethical and
methodological rigour
― Etherington, 2004.
Trust yourself and the process
My best may not be the
best, but it's my best and
it's good enough.
Trust yourself and the process
Share & discuss
Embrace Learning
Do
something
that
is
meaningful
to you
GO
4
IT!!