Matthew Jackman, (they/them)
International Visiting Student Fellow
Department:
Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney
Education:
Doctoral Researcher, University of Sydney; NDIS Lived Experience Theory and Practice Funded Studentship; Certificate IV Training and Assessment, Plenty Training; International Dip Mental Health, Human Rights and Law, Indian Law Society; Bachelor of Social Work (Honours), Monash University; Postgraduate Certificate in Mad Studies, Queen Margaret University; Graduate Certificate of Public Health, Victoria University; Masters of Advanced Social Work, University of Melbourne
Matthew is an international Mad activist and doctoral researcher undertaking a PhD on international Mad movements at the University of Sydney. Their PhD project investigates the contemporary activism and future direction of the consumer/user, psychiatric survivor, ex-patient and inmate, Mad and psychosocial disability movements (c/s/x/m/p+). Matthew understands their Madness as a dangerous gift that requires harnessing for the betterment of Mad movements, and the PhD as a conduit for Mad activism.
Using a critical qualitative research design conducting 45 interviews with lived experience activists and leaders across global majority and minority contexts, the PhD addresses gaps in the broader movements' undocumented international scope, and it's collective aims, goals, values, principles, sustainability and future direction. The PhD is grounded in Mad studies, where Matthias is an insider-outsider Mad researcher, who identifies as part of the Mad Pride movement.
Matthew is a WHO Consultant for meaningful engagement in Non-Communicable ‘Diseases’ and Mental Health Conditions. Furthermore, they were awarded the National Mental Health Advocate of the Year in 2020 by Mental Health Australia.
Matthew is a Commissioner (co-author) on the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Lived Experience in Mental Health Research, led by Traumascapes and the Service User Research Enterprise at King’s College London.