How do we make Psychology research matter?

Mina @MinaBakhtiariEn
By relating the academic research to the individual everyday life and setting. By answering the most important issues of people's real life that they mentally struggling with. By linking human-behaviour-environment more in our research.

Alvin Ng Lai Oon @owlvin_ng
Make it so relevant to school children that they pester their parents to know more, and wanna study psychology in college if not high school.

Liz Hather @liz_hather
Strong visual communications and accessible language outlining the outcomes/implications in applied applications helps to improve the reach of research. Increased reach provides opportunities to engage a wider audience in sharing the learned knowledge to support making change.

Dr Liza Morton, Healing Hearts & Minds @DrLizaMorton 
Impactful research informed by lived and clinical experience to produce meaningful outcomes which are disseminated, in an accessible way, widely to inform real change. 

Dr Hunter (psychologist) @realhuntermmm
Have clinicians be more involved in research, less career-only researchers. A lot of smart people are in academia but lack the clinical finesse. Also use non-academic ways of communicating research, eg. podcasts like @twoshrinkspod (which I co-host).

Krupa @Krupa_ITS
See how researchers are applying their degree & research methods to research roles outside of uni/traditional settings! So many brilliant researchers working in applied, non-clinical settings who would love to share what they do & the work is amazing!

Lucie BD @luciebd
Two ways: it matters to answer scientific questions even if there's no clear application; it matters to do applied research that is accountable to the communities who need the answers.

Dr Mary Stanley-Duke @DrMarySD
Help non-researchers to evaluate both research and their findings that way everyone can tease out high-quality findings of relevance to them in their lives and work. Primary school children should be taught the basics that are then added to in secondary. Happening a bit now...

Roseanna Brady @Roseanna_PfH
Address the questions of most importance to communities, 'patients', practitioners. Involve 'everyone' in research design. Move out of academic buildings and into community spaces.

Liz Jenkinson @DrLizJenkinson
Co-produce our research and communicate our findings outside of academia and in ways that can be widely understood and applied

Dr Dan O'Hare @edpsydan
Accessible language and key takeaways are essential. This is particularly the case for research that aims to 'make a difference' or change things ie. policy. In @jessphillips words – 'Don't bury the lead'. Tell us the implication up front.

Hyun Ko @HyunKoMD
Report on failures and successes of research with impact statements. Apply easy-to-understand language aimed at (non-)academics/(non-)psychologists.

addie - mental health matters @addiebabe
Research needs to be participatory as far as possible, we must do no harm #NothingAboutMeWithoutMe

Alexandra Negoita @Alex_Negoita_
Engaging with the communities our research is intended to support directly (through partnerships) and indirectly (social media/press communications).

Deb Gavan @deb_gavan
Psychology research is best when it informs and incorporates practical, evidence-aligned strategies which support helping professionals to expand their practice.

Michelle Tytherleigh @DrMTytherleigh
By highlighting all the bad that could have happened if it hadn't have been for psychology. Or if the rigour we have today hadn't been there.