Laura Ritchie<p><strong>Self-efficacy</strong> encompasses so much. The belief that you <em>can do</em> is the bedrock for everything, the key to agency and at the heart of human endeavour. It makes dreams real. I innaugerated my research <a href="https://www.chi.ac.uk/research/research-areas/psychology-and-counselling/lab-for-self-efficacy-performance-and-agency-lspa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lab for Self-efficacy, Performance, & Agency</a> just before the summer (in May) with the wonderful <a href="https://www.chi.ac.uk/news/globally-renowned-psychologist-visits-university-of-chichester-to-share-dr-albert-banduras-last-published-work/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandura book launch event</a> with Dr Daniel Cervone from UIC. This was an incredible event with opening words from Dr Mary Bandura. Dr Cervone gave us a comprehensive overview of Professor Bandura’s contribution and importance. There was a sense of honour, respect, and certainly of carrying the self-efficacy torch forward. You can watch the talk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLXwHFcApU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.lauraritchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_8973-scaled.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><p>As the academic year begins, I look forward to new celebrating completed projects, people thinking thougths, learning from new voices, and sharing findings and insights. That’s what it’s about! The LSPA research lab houses a range of disciplines and projects and demonstrates a view into the multifaceted life we – as performers, as creaters, as <em>free agents </em>of thought – lead.</p><p>What’s coming up at the research lab?</p><p>I’m launching a guest speaker series and this semester look forward to welcoming two fantastic speakers:</p><ul><li><a href="https://collegium-musicae.sorbonne-universite.fr/la-recherche/jeunes-chercheurs-au-collegium-musicae/theses-en-cours/mathilde-callac-le-numerique-et" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mathilde Callac</a> from the Sorbonne in France to present her three step ACP Toolkit for Performance.</li><li>Cristine MacKie, pianist and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Thoughts-Piano-Performance-Interface/dp/1640070559" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="">New Thoughts on Piano Performance: Research at the Interface Between Science and the Art of Piano Performance</span></a> to present on the ’embodied performer’.</li></ul><p>Keep an eye on the website for dates! Events will be free for all to attend, and yes, where possible they will be livestreamed.</p><p>So join me!</p><p>Collaborate, attend, comment. Join the conversation <strong><em>because you can! </em></strong></p><p>They are self-efficacy words to live by –<strong> Yes I Can ! (and so can you!!)</strong></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://www.lauraritchie.com/tag/agency/" target="_blank">#agency</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://www.lauraritchie.com/tag/bandura/" target="_blank">#bandura</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://www.lauraritchie.com/tag/research/" target="_blank">#research</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-tag u-category" href="https://www.lauraritchie.com/tag/self-efficacy/" target="_blank">#self-efficacy</a></p><p><a href="https://www.lauraritchie.com/2023/08/23/research-lab-for-self-efficacy-performance-agency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lauraritchie.com/2023/08/23/research-lab-for-self-efficacy-performance-agency/</a></p>