Anna Butters

School of Psychology

Research Associate

a.l.butters@sheffield.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Anna Butters
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Profile

I am currently a Research Associate working with Professor Tom Stafford and Professor Stephen Pinfield (Information School) on a metascience project evaluating an experiment in Distributed Peer Review of applications for research funding.

I am also a part-time PhD student in the department where my research examines the psychological and social factors underpinning changes in alcohol consumption following participation in Dry January.

Qualifications

MA Social Research (University of Sheffield)
BSc Psychology (University of Sheffield)

Research interests

Metascience/ Improvement of research practices and systems/ Open Science
Alcohol Use and Behaviour Change

Publications

Journal articles

  • Butters A, Field M, Holmes J & Kersbergen I (2025) . Addiction Research and Theory.
  • Butters A, Kersbergen I, Holmes J & Field M (2023) . Drug and Alcohol Review, 42(5), 1087-1091.

Conference proceedings

  • Butters AL, Field M, Kersbergen I & Holmes J (2023) . Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, Vol. 18(Suppl 1) (pp 9-9). Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 21 September 2022 - 21 September 2022.

Reports

  • Stafford T, Butters A, Benson Marshall M & Pinfield S (2025)

Working papers

  • Butters A, Benson Marshall M, Pinfield S, Stafford T, Bondarenko A, Neubauer B, Nuske R, Schwidlinski P & Denecke H (2025) . RoRI Working Papers, 17.

Preprints

  • Butters A, Field M, Holmes J & Kersbergen I (2025) , Center for Open Science.