Beyond the Spoken Word: An Introduction to Psychosocial Thematic Analysis (PTA)

This seminar introduces the methodological foundations of Psychosocial Thematic Analysis (PTA), with Dr Isaac Chun-Yeung Yu and Dr Nini Kerr

Psychosocial Thematic Analysis (PTA) is a qualitative analytical approach that explores the interplay between individual psychic lives and wider social dynamics. This seminar introduces the methodological foundations of PTA, giving a context of how it developed, and taking the audience through its key principles including the “triadic attentiveness”. Using Isaac’s recent research, this seminar will illustrate how triadic attentiveness guides the developments of psychosocial themes and interpretations across the six phases. Finally, we will offer some thoughts on what reflexivity means in PTA.

The seminar is open to all; it welcomes postgraduate students, early-career researchers and academics interested in qualitative methodologies, psychosocial research and psychoanalytically informed approaches. No prior experience of psychosocial research is required.