Research Associate

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Aston University Full time

You will join an interdisciplinary team conducting groundbreaking research with young people, on the role of social media influencers' narratives in youth mental health.

You will be based at the prestigious Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment at Aston University.

You will carry out participant recruitment, qualitative data collection (interviews), qualitative data analysis (phenomenologically focused), group facilitation work (consensus development), and co-production.


You will work under the supervision of Dr Michael Larkin (Aston University), Dr Ruth Page (University of Birmingham) and Prof Paul Crawford (Nottingham University), and collaborate with a wide range of people, including other research team members, colleagues at the McPin Foundation, young people, other researchers, professionals and practitioners.

A satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post.

About you:

About the project:


In this UKRI-funded project, we will conduct a series of studies to explore the role played by social media influencers' accounts of mental health, in contributing to the mental health literacy of young people.

We will work with young people and other stakeholders to develop guidance and tools to support young people in navigating and evaluating these accounts.


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