What’s New at the SSF: Research, Evidence and New Ways to Explore the Framework
A great deal has been developing behind the scenes at the Six Stages Framework, and this new What’s New at the SSF series is a simple way of helping you keep track of new resources, research, reflections and opportunities across the website.
Rather than creating another long-form series, these short updates will point you towards what is new, what may be worth revisiting and what is coming next.
New this week: Research with the Six Stages Framework
As the SSF begins to appear within independent doctoral research and to be applied beyond its original focus on racism and anti-racism, an important question arises:
How do we build a meaningful evidence base around the framework?
My view is that research should not simply seek to confirm the SSF.
It should be able to apply it, test it, question it, challenge it and develop it.
The new research page therefore invites doctoral researchers, academics, Educational Psychologists, EPs in training and practitioner researchers to consider whether aspects of the SSF might connect with questions they are already exploring.
Researchers interested in using or critically examining the framework can contact us to request a Research with the SSF Expression of Interest form.
It now brings together more than three decades of publications and professional writing alongside books, academic chapters, independent doctoral citations, emerging applications of the SSF in research and current research collaborations.
Importantly, this is being presented as a living research record.
As new citations, applications and research projects are identified, they can be added so that we can begin to see not only where the framework is being used, but also how it is being interpreted and developed independently.
Psychology in public conversation
Another new strand being developed is Media & Expert Commentary.
This brings together television, radio, press and professional commentary across areas including racism, hate crime, SEND, mental health, workplace culture, leadership, AI, identity and human behaviour.
It also shows something about the development of the SSF itself: psychological thinking does not have to remain within academic journals or professional spaces. It can help us make sense of what is happening around us.
Our recent work has also been exploring belonging across difference and genuine allyship.
A question running through both the SSF Weekly Reflection and Through the SSF Lens is:
Can another person be fully themselves without their identity feeling like a threat to our own?
This led to one of this week’s central propositions:
Belonging across difference becomes possible when another person’s identity does not have to diminish our own.
It is a question that reaches well beyond any one relationship or social issue. It applies to families, schools, workplaces, communities and societies.
Coming next
Over the coming days we will be inviting more researchers and Educational Psychologists to engage with the developing SSF research programme, including through EPnet and EPs in training networks.
We will also continue developing the SSF Knowledge Hub, Visual Psychological Formulations, Weekly Reflections and other resources designed to make psychological thinking accessible and applicable to everyday human behaviour.
Explore the SSF
If you are new to the framework, start with Start Here.
And for current events, psychology and human behaviour, explore Through the SSF Lens.
What’s new at the SSF is ultimately about one thing: continuing to understand, question and develop the framework—and making that learning available to others.
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What’s New at the SSF: Research, Evidence and New Ways to Explore the Framework
A great deal has been developing behind the scenes at the Six Stages Framework, and this new What’s New at the SSF series is a simple way of helping you keep track of new resources, research, reflections and opportunities across the website.
Rather than creating another long-form series, these short updates will point you towards what is new, what may be worth revisiting and what is coming next.
New this week: Research with the Six Stages Framework
One of the most important developments this week is the launch of Research with the Six Stages Framework.
As the SSF begins to appear within independent doctoral research and to be applied beyond its original focus on racism and anti-racism, an important question arises:
How do we build a meaningful evidence base around the framework?
My view is that research should not simply seek to confirm the SSF.
It should be able to apply it, test it, question it, challenge it and develop it.
The new research page therefore invites doctoral researchers, academics, Educational Psychologists, EPs in training and practitioner researchers to consider whether aspects of the SSF might connect with questions they are already exploring.
Researchers interested in using or critically examining the framework can contact us to request a Research with the SSF Expression of Interest form.
A growing record of publications and citations
We have also substantially expanded the Research, Publications & Academic Impact page.
It now brings together more than three decades of publications and professional writing alongside books, academic chapters, independent doctoral citations, emerging applications of the SSF in research and current research collaborations.
Importantly, this is being presented as a living research record.
As new citations, applications and research projects are identified, they can be added so that we can begin to see not only where the framework is being used, but also how it is being interpreted and developed independently.
Psychology in public conversation
Another new strand being developed is Media & Expert Commentary.
This brings together television, radio, press and professional commentary across areas including racism, hate crime, SEND, mental health, workplace culture, leadership, AI, identity and human behaviour.
It also shows something about the development of the SSF itself: psychological thinking does not have to remain within academic journals or professional spaces. It can help us make sense of what is happening around us.
That same principle sits behind Through the SSF Lens.
This week through the SSF Lens
Our recent work has also been exploring belonging across difference and genuine allyship.
A question running through both the SSF Weekly Reflection and Through the SSF Lens is:
Can another person be fully themselves without their identity feeling like a threat to our own?
This led to one of this week’s central propositions:
It is a question that reaches well beyond any one relationship or social issue. It applies to families, schools, workplaces, communities and societies.
Coming next
Over the coming days we will be inviting more researchers and Educational Psychologists to engage with the developing SSF research programme, including through EPnet and EPs in training networks.
We will also continue developing the SSF Knowledge Hub, Visual Psychological Formulations, Weekly Reflections and other resources designed to make psychological thinking accessible and applicable to everyday human behaviour.
Explore the SSF
If you are new to the framework, start with Start Here.
Interested in research? Explore Research with the Six Stages Framework.
Want to see the developing research record? Visit Research, Publications & Academic Impact.
And for current events, psychology and human behaviour, explore Through the SSF Lens.
What’s new at the SSF is ultimately about one thing: continuing to understand, question and develop the framework—and making that learning available to others.
This Week’s Main Publications
Dolly Parton Through the SSF Lens: What Does Genuine Allyship Look Like?
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My dear white friend: Letter3: Linkedin Newsletter
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Quality standards and EDI performance management and Personal Development Plans.
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