by Josetta (they/them), doctoral researcher at University of Aberdeen.
September 2025.
I’m looking for people who are Black or of colour (BPOC) and trans and nonbinary
(TNB) people to interview for my PhD on “Race and Trans and Nonbinary Inclusion
in Mindfulness”. I’d like to interview people who have experience of mindfulness or
an interest in mindfulness about your experiences and suggestions; to address
barriers and collate ways to increase diversity and inclusion in mindfulness spaces..
Please share this call out with your networks.
I’ll be running one-to-one interviews and focus groups of 4-6 people for BPOC and
for TNB people to explore these issues in more depth. If you are both BPOC and
TNB and want a focus group, you can choose which one to attend. Interviews and
focus groups will last around 45 minutes to an hour, online and recorded purely for
data analysis. I have ethical approval from the University of Aberdeen, and all your
contributions will be anonymised and confidential. Please reach out to me on the
email below for more details and to book an interview or focus group.
There is also a short 5–10-minute survey for TNBI people and BPOC, so please do
take part if that is you and/or share with your networks. The survey begins with more
information about the project and contains links to sources of support.
Please use and share the survey link below:
https://bit.ly/43f1woY
Please email me with any ideas, questions, or if you would like to take part in a one
to-one interview or focus group:
j.malcolm.22@abdn.ac.uk
Thanks so much in advance to all who contribute to this important research.
I am honoured and grateful for the fees for this research being sponsored by The
Everyone Project’s Chloe Homewood Bursary:
https://www.everyoneproject.org/our-work-so-far