Read Prof Robert Walker’s blog about the day.
A free in-person one-day conference exploring different ways in which to research shame. Shame and Medicine was a Wellcome Trust funded interdisciplinary research project based at the University of Exeter and the University of Birmingham, with a collaboration with a clinical partner at Children’s Health, Ireland, in Dublin. The overall aim of the project was to research the role of shame in various aspects of health and medicine, including clinical practice, patient experience and medical student education.
Our conference committee organised an exciting programme with high quality international speakers, covering different disciplines from across the research community. There were thought-provoking discussions, learning, and development opportunities. The conference was a chance to share and discuss research in shame methodologically and philosophically, with an emphasis on the different methods for collecting and presenting data.
Our conference was open to everyone interested in shame, negative self-conscious emotions, health, and social care research, both based in the UK and internationally. The programme was multi-disciplinary, with a wide range of research presentations and discussions selected for their importance and relevance to shame research, and offered the opportunity to:
- Engage with innovative research.
- Build your network and engage with researchers across an array of disciplines to form new collaborations.
- Share your own research with other attendees.
- Discuss ways in which to share ideas and develop new ways of thinking and undertaking research.
We are delighted that the following speakers joined us in person for the day:
- Professor Will Bynum, Duke University
- Professor Nicolay Gausel, University of Stavanger
- Professor Verlin Joseph, The University of New Mexico
- Gabi Kent, Open University
- Nicole A. Kouri, Wayne State University
- Professor Robert Walker, Beijing Normal University and University of Oxford
Registration opened at 09.30 and the conference started at 10.00.
This was an in person event.
