🎤 Announcements

🚀 Research Lunch Club has just sent out our first round of matches to researchers across 33+ cities worldwide - pairing members in groups of three across a variety of fields, from AI ethics and ethnography to cognitive science and UX research. Join us to be part of our second round of matches this May!

Follow us on Instagram @researchlunchclub as we share member lunches and meetups from around the world.

🔬 *new* Research Lunch Club Member Interview

Our interview this week is from Research Lunch Club — our sister community where researchers meet two other researchers from their city in person for lunch each month.

🔬 At Research Lunch Club, we’re also passionate about sharing the stories of researchers. Our Meet Our Members series spotlights the journeys and achievements of our research community, fostering connections across disciplines and giving you a view into who you can meet over lunch!

Research Lunch Club x Emily Stuart 🇺🇸

This week, we’re spotlighting Emily Stuart, Senior Director, Research at Craft, based in Boston. Emily leads research at Craft, focusing on designing impactful experiences and thriving team cultures. When not exploring Boston's North End (fav spot: Mood Restaurant!), you might find her knitting or watching reality TV. 👉 click to read more!

📰 Article Picks

🔗 Research Lunch Club – Connect With Researchers in Your City By Faysel @ People of Research | This article shares the story of Research Lunch Club, a global community connecting researchers for casual, in-person lunches in over 30 cities. The concept is simple: each month, researchers are matched in small groups to meet locally and build meaningful professional relationships. Learn more about their vision, goals and how it works!

🔗 Domain Knowledge Isn’t Just for Subject Matter Experts Anymore By Patrick Neeman | Generative AI tools are democratizing access to domain knowledge, making it easier for UX professionals to understand the context they’re designing for. Neeman emphasizes that designers must grasp business concepts like revenue models, personas, and Jobs To Be Done to create meaningful user experiences. He offers actionable prompts for using AI to accelerate learning in new domains, from defining terminology to performing competitive analysis.

🔗 Measuring the Unmeasurable, from Hypnosis to Social Impact By Sophie Cleff | Sophie explores how organizations quantify complex, subjective outcomes like creativity, social impact, or therapy effectiveness. Sophie Cleff outlines methods used by nonprofits and consultancies to assign value to intangible benefits—such as improved quality of life or community well-being. She explains frameworks from GiveWell and IDinsight that combine breadth, depth, and cost-effectiveness into quantifiable metrics.

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🎙️ Podcast Pick

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💼 Job Picks

Are you a hiring manager looking to share research opportunities with a global network of over 2,000 researchers in more than 60 countries? We'd love to hear from you! Just drop us an email ✉️.

UK & Europe

• Senior UX Researcher (SAAS) 🇬🇧 UK

• Senior Design Researcher, 🇸🇪 Sweden

• Staff UX Researcher, 🇩🇪 Germany

North America

• UX Research Scientist, Reality Labs (PhD), 🇺🇸 U.S.

• Sr. CX Researcher, 🇺🇸 U.S

• Senior UX Researcher, 🇨🇦 Canada

Oceania

• Senior UX Researcher, 🇦🇺 Australia

• Senior UX Researcher, 🇦🇺 Australia

Latin America

• UX Researcher, 🇧🇷 Brazil

• UX Researcher, 🇦🇷 Argentina

Asia

• UX Researcher, Quantitative, 🇸🇬 Singapore

• Senior UX Researcher, 🇮🇳 India

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👋 About us

We’re People of Research & Research Lunch Club - a global hybrid community uniting researchers across the industries, from UX Research to Behavioural Science. We connect, collab and grow. People of Research was created by @faysel.