Annelin Festervoll

Annelin Festervoll (MSc) is a lived experience (LE) researcher with a background in psychology and lived experience advocacy. Her work engages with foundational questions concerning conceptualization of mental ill-health and recovery and the integration of lived experience/experiential knowledge in research to enhance the relevance and impact for those we intend to serve. Her current work includes being the sole editor of an edited volume on lived experience in mental health research with over 25 international contributors, as well as being a steering committee member for an international Delphi-study aimed at developing a consensus definition of recovery in psychosis. She adopts a systems-oriented perspective, with a particular interest in the complex, interconnected, and multifaceted nature of mental health and its surrounding context. This is reflected in her academic interest which spans early intervention, philosophy of science in mental health research, and the conceptualizations