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Bradford Centre for Qualitative Research

Whose Interpretations? Interpretive Analysis in Participatory Public Health

A Symposium

Find below a comprehensive programme of the symposium for Thursday 9th October 2025 between 10:30 and 16:45.

- 10:30 – 11:00: Registration and morning coffee - 11:00 – 11:15: Opening of the symposium: - Welcome from the convenors: Dr Satrio Nindyo Istiko (Born in Bradford) and Associate Professor Laura Sheard (The University of Manchester) - Introducing BCQR as the host of the symposium: Dr Jennifer Hall & Dr Bridget Lockyer (Born in Bradford) - 11:15 – 12:00: Opening keynote from Dr Diego Garcia Rodriguez (University of Nottingham) – Between collaboration and constraints: Participatory research and interpretive analysis  -12:00 – 13:05: Session I – Communities as co-interpreters in qualitative health research - Dr Kate Fryer (University of Sheffield) and Shirley Samuels (Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association) - From tokenism to transformation: Participatory modes of conceptualisation through community research link workers in health research - Dr Satrio Nindyo Istiko (Born in Bradford) - Feeding back findings from population survey and focus groups to communities: A case study of using participatory qualitative research to develop public health interventions - Professor Eleonore Kofman (Middlesex University) and Professor Elena Vacchelli (Greenwich University) - Identifying community assets: Applying critical cartographies and walking interview approaches - Q&A - 13:05 – 13:35: Lunch - 13:35 – 14:40: Session II – Interpretive analysis in the context of partnerships between multidisciplinary research team, service providers, local authorities, and families - Dr Giorgia Previdoli (University of York) and Dr Rachel Benchekroun (University College London) - Navigating interpretive analysis of food support as a multidisciplinary team working with PPI panel, community partners and families, and moving towards a more equitable participatory approach - Rados Keravica (Born in Bradford) - Listening to and interpreting the voices of young people with learning disabilities - Dr Runa Lazzarino and Professor Erminia Colucci (Middlesex University) - Meta-Creativity: Methodological reflections on the co-development of creative methods within a participatory study on the health of migrant, refugees and asylum seekers in London - Q&A - 14:40 – 15:45: Session III – Researchers as interpreters: positionality and making sense of participants’ interpretive capacity - Dr Yang Zhao (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) - Critical interpretation with constraints: Reflections on the opportunities and challenges of a Chinese researcher in UK-led global health projects in low- and middle-income countries - Dr Hannah Stoddart (University of York) – Coordinating first aid provision: An ethnographic study exploring the multiplicity of categories at the Great North Run - Dr Ed Breckin (Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group) - Interpreting risk and navigating care: Accessing public health in the shadow of organised crime in Mexico - Q&A - 15:45 – 1600: Afternoon break - 16:00 – 16:40: Session IV – So why does interpretive analysis matter for tackling health inequalities? A World Café conversation (co-facilitated by Dr Satrio Nindyo Istiko, Associate Professor Laura Sheard, and Dr Diego Garcia Rodriguez) - 16:40 – 16:45: Closing

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