Dr Anna Butters (she/her)
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
Research Associate
Full contact details
School of Information, Journalism and Communication
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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I am currently a Research Associate on an interdisciplinary, mixed-methods project evaluating use of Distributed Peer Review (DPR) in research funding allocation. I have worked on the project since 2024, previously in the School of Psychology, and am primarily responsible for the quantitative side of the evaluation. The DPR project is part of the AFIRE program of experiments at the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) where I am a Research Fellow.
I completed my PhD in Psychology (2025) having previously completed an MA in Social Research (2021) and BSc in Psychology with Foundation Year (2020) at the University of Sheffield.
- Research interests
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My research interests include research improvement, data communication, researcher wellbeing and research evaluation. With a background in psychology I am interested in applying psychological theory and approaches to understand and improve research practices and systems.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- “Knowing how it works for me”: a qualitative interview study of the use of personalised approaches to manage common challenges during Dry January. Addiction Research and Theory. View this article in WRRO
- Temporary abstinence challenges: what do we need to know?. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42(5), 1087-1091. View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings
- O25: Understanding what strategies Dry January participants use to temporarily abstain from alcohol. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, Vol. 18(Suppl 1) (pp 9-9). Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 21 September 2022 - 21 September 2022. View this article in WRRO
Reports
Working papers
- Applicants as reviewers: Evaluating the risks, benefits, and potential of distributed peer review for grant funding allocations (RoRI Working Paper No. 17). RoRI Working Papers, 17.
Preprints
- Applicants as reviewers: A mixed methods evaluation of the risks, benefits, and potential of distributed peer review for grant funding allocations, Center for Open Science.
- Applicants as reviewers: A mixed methods evaluation of the risks, benefits, and potential of distributed peer review for grant funding allocations, Center for Open Science.
- “Knowing how it works for me”: A qualitative interview study of the use of personalised approaches to manage common challenges during Dry January, Center for Open Science.
- “Knowing how it works for me”: a qualitative interview study of the use of personalised approaches to manage common challenges during Dry January. Addiction Research and Theory. View this article in WRRO