Dr Olivia Kirtley is an Assistant Research Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Contextual Psychiatry (CCP) at KU Leuven in Belgium. Olivia’s research uses the experience sampling method (ESM) to investigate dynamic daily-life processes involved in suicidal thoughts and behaviours among young adults, with a focus on protective factors, social processes, future thinking, and exposure to suicidal behaviour. Olivia led the “individual approaches” team for the recently published Lancet Commission on Self-Harm. As well as research on suicide and self-harm, Olivia has a strong international reputation for advancing the uptake of open science practices to increase transparency, reproducibility, and replicability in suicide, clinical psychology, and ESM research, including by co-designing the pre-registration template for experience sampling studies and leading the award-winning Experience Sampling Method Item Repository. Dr Kirtley co-led the IASP Early Career Group Task Force to implement the Registered Reports article format at Crisis. In addition to her research, Olivia is an Open Science Advisor and Consulting Editor for Clinical Psychological Science, Associate Editor for Archives of Suicide Research, and member-at-large on the International Academy of Suicide Research board.
Dr Olivia Kirtley
Treasurer 2025-2028