Jerry Padfield
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About
Overview
Jerry Padfield is a researcher on the PEGASUS project at City St George's, specialising in co-production and lived experience as a source of knowledge. In his PhD he co-founded and co-produced the community radio show and podcast "A Space to Speak Your Mind", which went on to win 5 Community Radio Awards and a National Mind Award for Tackling Stigma and Discrimination. PEGASUS is a research trial which involves co-producing and evaluating a peer-led group intervention for reducing cardiometabolic disease risk for people with severe mental illness.
Qualifications
- PhD, Falmouth University, United Kingdom, October 2018 - November 2023
- MA, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom, January 2017 - July 2018
- BA (Hons), Plymouth University, United Kingdom, September 2003 - August 2004
Employment
- Co-PPIE Lead for the Centre for Mental Health Research, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2025 - present
- Research Fellow, City, University of London, United Kingdom, November 2023 - present
- Lived Experience Co-ordinator, Mind, United Kingdom, March 2022 - March 2023
- Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) Radio Studies Network Early Career Researcher Development Officer, MeCCSA, United Kingdom, February 2021 - February 2022
Publications
Publications by category
Chapter
- Kocic, A., Coleman, J., Padfield, J. and Milicev, J. (2021). Community radio as citizen journalism. Reappraising Local and Community News in the UK (pp. 81-93). Routledge.
Journal articles (2)
- Catchpole, J., Padfield, J., Kellermann, V., Salisbury, C., Das-Munshi, J., Gillard, S.... Hatherall, B. (2026). A peer-group programme for people with severe mental illness to reduce risk of cardiometabolic disease (PEGASUS): protocol for a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. doi:10.1186/s40814-026-01899-3
- Padfield, J. (2021). Community radio in the United Kingdom: Lessons from a demographic survey in Cornwall. Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture, 12(1), pp. 123-133. doi:10.1386/iscc_00041_1
Professional activities
Event/conference
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ENMESH. (Conference) Versailles, France (2024).
Paper: A Space to Speak Your Mind
Author: Jerry Padfield