I am checking the list of attendants and... our public today comes from several regions in the UK, but some of you are travelling to from overseas (haha you wish you could travel, but you get it) to take part in it. Big thank you all! 😻 #unpackingfieldwork

Just so you can manage your (high?) expectations for today's webinar: get ready for some group discussion, but also for small, cosy group discussions in a breakout room with one of our experts Karina García Reyes Dr Lydia Medland Magda Mogilnicka

Here we go! Karina García Reyes telling us a bit how UnpackingFieldwork started :) #unpackingfieldwork

Moving on, Dr Lydia Medland tells us about her own experience doing research and fieldwork #unpackingfieldwork

After hearing from Lydia, let's move on and let's hear what Magda Mogilnicka has to say about her personal and professional experience doing research #unpackingfieldwork

Thank you Dr Lydia Medland and Magda Mogilnicka for presenting your research, but also for introducing plenty of topics to discuss. Let's get started with the Q&A! #unpackingfieldwork

Ethics forms; we have all gone through that process but... "who" is the ethics committee? Is it too abstract? Is it just a formality? #unpackingfieldwork

More on ethics: what happens when researchers face new ethical challenges during fieldwork? #unpackingfieldwork

Ethics forms; a way for universities to cover their own backs? #unpackingfieldwork

Is there a lack of emotional support (in the form of counselling, for example) for researchers? #unpackingfieldwork

Coping with loneliness, coping with mentally-demanding situations and, what's worse, researchers feeling that they are not being properly supported #unpackingfieldwork

And the elephant in the room: doing a PhD is, almost by definition, a journey that easily leads to isolation #unpackingfieldwork

Being the Twitter person here means that I get to jump from breakout room to breakout room and listen to all discussions. Such a variety of topics and interesting discussions! #unpackingfieldwork

Time for a final round of questions! #unpackingfieldwork

To those of you who speak Spanish, you might want to check this. And one of our founders will take part in it! Karina García Reyes 💪

This looks like a great opportunity to discuss a series of crucial issues that are not often verbalised and, unfortunately, left in the shadow👇 Great initiative! We will follow your work :)

Thanks Pankhuri and Unpacking_Fieldwork for inviting me. This was really fun! #digitalethnography #soctwitter