The PsychCrunch podcast

PsychCrunch is the podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology.

Each episode we explore whether the findings from psychological science can make a difference in real life.

Just how should we live, according to psychology? We speak to psychologists about their research and whether they apply what they've discovered in their own lives.

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Check out our latest episode, number 38, on the application of "Nothing about us without us."

In years gone by, the norm for psychological research was to design studies from the outside looking in. Acting as observers of particular populations, there was generally an expected separation between the researchers and the researched.

More recently, however, there's been a shift.

For decades, the rallying cry "Nothing about us without us" has been used to communicate the idea that no policy should come to pass without the full and direct participation of those it's set to affect. This important approach has made its way to psychological research, and as it gathers momentum, we're seeing more and more lived experiences and expert insights from studied populations enrich our scientific landscape.

This episode, Emma Palmer-Cooper meets James Cusak (Chief Executive, Autistica) and Dr Amy Pearson to look at the benefit of involving studied populations in research design — specifically, in autism research.

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