Below are research opportunities shared with the NAAFA community
NAAFA is not conducting these studies. This is our effort to support research about fat community, weight stigma, and activism. These opportunities have been vetted, but we ask that you proceed with caution, prioritizing your safety and wellbeing.
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Format: Interview & Focus Group
Deadline: February 2026
Researcher & Affiliation: Fady Shanouda, Carleton University
Link: Fat Chair: Thickening Design Through Fat Studies
Description: This study aims to challenge exclusionary design paradigms by investigating how a “thickened design” approach – one that makes space for and incorporates fatness in the design process – can transform access to public life for fat individuals.
Participant Criteria: Fat men or male-identified people 18 years of age or old living in the US or Canada.
Compensation: $100 (Canadian)
Additional Information: There will be one 90-minute interview and one 120-minute focus group, if available.