SRN Midlands serves as a platform to:
1. Build and sustain an interdisciplinary community
Maintain ongoing recruitment to ensure active, diverse, and sustained membership.
Convene regular meetings to foster connection, dialogue, and shared direction.
2. Generate and share knowledge
Collect, synthesise, and curate evidence and resources on emotionally demanding research.
Disseminate knowledge in accessible formats for academic, professional, and public audiences.
3. Provide expertise
Serve as a recognised expert network for individuals and organisations seeking guidance and insight.
4. Promote engagement and visibility
Support knowledge exchange through conferences, seminars, workshops, publications, and digital platforms.
Raise awareness of the emotionally demanding nature of research and of researcher wellbeing across academic and professional communities.
5. Enable collaboration and impact
Facilitate collaboration across research, policy, and practice to advance understanding and support in this area.
Support and develop collaborative grant applications to strengthen interdisciplinary skills in EDR.
