UX Research Club

Send us Fan Mail AI is transforming the way organisations work, but successful AI adoption is about far more than technology. In this episode, Emmanuelle explores how AI is exposing the operational maturity of organisations, revealing the difference between teams built on strong systems, governance and workflows, and those relying on workarounds and individual effort. Using UX Research as a lens,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Emmanuelle Savarit explores one of the most subtle risks emerging as AI becomes embedded into research workflows: the illusion that faster outputs automatically mean deeper understanding. As AI increasingly supports recruitment, synthesis, reporting, and analysis, researchers gain speed and efficiency — but may also begin trusting polished outputs too quickly....

Send us Fan Mail AI is now entering almost every stage of the UX Research workflow — from briefing and discussion guides to transcription, synthesis, and reporting. But while the productivity gains are real, speed is not the only question. In this solo episode, Emmanuelle explores where AI is genuinely helping researchers, where caution is needed, and why the future value of UX Research will depen...

Send us Fan Mail The UX job market has changed significantly in recent years, with layoffs, tighter budgets, and the rapid emergence of AI affecting many UX professionals. In this episode of The UX Research Club , I speak with Mathieu Ritter , founder of Undiscovered , a recruitment agency specialising in UX, design and research recruitment, as well as product and software engineering roles. With...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Podcast Guest: Meltem Naz Kaso (Mel) from Career with Mel  In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Mel, a globally recognised UX career coach with many years of experience supporting professionals across nine countries. She’s known for her direct and empowering style, helping people gain clarity, confidence, and momentum during career pivots, burnout...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Podcast Guest: Mujtaba Hameed In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Mujtaba, an anthropologist and innovation consultant with over 10 years of experience working across culture, technology, and strategy. He is a Project Director at Stripe Partners , where he has led strategic research for companies including Apple, Meta, Google, and Spotify . A str...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the UX Research Club, Dr Emmanuelle Savarit introduces her new book, The UX Research Powerhouse: The Foundation of Strategic Leadership . She shares why she wrote this book, who it is designed to support, and how years of experience, patterns, and leadership lessons shaped the tools and frameworks inside it. Emmanuelle reads a selected excerpt from the author&ap...

Send us Fan Mail In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Linh Nguyen Slater. Linh is a seasoned research leader with over 15 years of experience designing and testing cutting-edge products across industries, including financial services, healthcare, automotive, and consumer technology. She’s passionate about leveraging customer insights to create meaningful, human-centr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Emmanuelle explores the shift from doing research to leading it,  what leadership in UXR really means (influence, vision, impact), how to move from reactive delivery to shaping strategy, and reflection questions to grow your influence. 📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership Launching in  November 2025, A playbook...

Send us Fan Mail In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Natasha den Dekker.  Natasha is a Lead User Researcher working in the financial services industry, and today, we will be discussing data protection in user research. With extensive experience spanning the legal, healthcare, and public sectors, Natasha brings a rigorous and methodical approach to safeguarding custo...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Dr Javier Bargas-Avila. Dr. Javier Bargas-Avila is a UX Research Director with 20+ years of experience, passionate about building exceptional products and high-performing teams. He spent 14 years at Google leading UX research across Cloud, Ads, YouTube, and Play, after founding the HCI lab at the University of Bas...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Towsey Kate Towsey is an independent strategic advisor, ResearchOps guru, and founder of the Cha Cha Club   a members' club for ResearchOps professionals.  Kate has been at the forefront of ResearchOps for over a decade. The inventor of the widely used acronym PWDR (pau·duh)  for “people who do research,”  Ka...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The UX Research Club , I’m joined by Julia Gurney , Senior UX Researcher and Accessibility Lead at Eye Square in Berlin. We discuss why accessibility must be embedded into UX research from the start — not treated as a final step. Julia shares her journey, practical tips for inclusive research, and why accessible design benefits all users, not just those with dis...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode is about the role of the UX Research Manager it will cover the following topics: Why Do We Need UX Research Managers? Some Historical Evolution of UX Research in Organisation Who has managed researchers over the years? The need for UX research managers The Key Difference: IC Researcher vs. UX Research Manager What Does a UX Research Manager Actually Do? How to Transit...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode is about applying for a UXR role and it will cover the following topics:  The importance of understanding the reason why you are applying for a new role What is the current market situation Disappointment is also part of the process The importance of asking yourself the right questions Where are you in your career, Having a plan is essential The general process of app...

Send us Fan Mail This episode looked at analyzing the data, extracting the main findings, preparing the presentation and sharing it with your stakeholders. Where do you start?   Going back to the raw data  Create the Excel in which you will capture the analysis  Create the themes  Go back to the research objectives  Extract the main findings  Preparing the documentation (deck)  Thank you for liste...

Send us Fan Mail In the last episode, we looked at how to prepare your research plan and what categories needed to be integrated into it, including the methods to be used. Now that you have decided on the methods you want to use, which participants or respondents you want to take part in your research and without forgetting the objectives and research questions you want to get some answers you now...

Send us Fan Mail While doing a research project, it is important to follow a systematic process, such as preparing a research plan, identifying your participants/respondents, collecting the data, analysing them, extracting and interpreting your data to translate them into actionable insights, and communicating them to your stakeholders.   As there is so much to cover to conduct a research project,...

Send us Fan Mail You are about to launch a product or a new feature. You are still at an early stage of your product development, your product is live, and your analytics are irregular. You want to understand your users, understand the market, and test a new feature. You can have 100 reasons that will trigger your appetite for research. So, now what? This episode will take you through all the step...

Send us Fan Mail For today’s episode, we’re having a guest, a very experienced researcher. Dr Nick Fine   LinkedIn is a user researcher, UX designer, genuine leader and public speaker. He has been in practice for over 12 years, 8 of which as a freelancer.  He has led UX to work for a number of big brands including Coca-Cola, SAB Miller, Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley, Ernst & Young, Novartis, Glax...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the importance to look after the wellness of UX researchers . - It will start with some numbers - It will also cover why UX researchers are struggling and what are the reasons. - It will also give you some tips on how you can best  support your UX researchers - finally, it will provide some exercises to help you to cope with your struggle. UX research uses sc...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the role of the UX researcher - It will explain that UX research is not the same discipline as UX design. - It will also cover the different tasks, skill sets and responsibilities of the UX researchers, -It will also draw an account of the top 25 tasks, skill sets and responsibilities which are sometimes miss understood, by the stakeholders. UX research uses...

Send us Fan Mail This episode (part 2)  is dedicated to the critical topic: Participants in UX research .   We will be covering the following:  The importance of Ethics (code of conduct, consent form,  etc.)  Doing UX research with  vulnerable people (children, elderly,  people with special needs)  Data confidentiality and  to which extent you can use the data  Incentives  Challenges (recruitment,...

Send us Fan Mail This episode ( part 1)  is dedicated to the critical topic: Participants in UX research.   We will be covering the following:  How do we define a participant?  How do we identify them and where?  How many participants do we need to get reliable and valid results while using quantitative and qualitative research methods?  How and Where do we recruit them? if you want to get access...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is dedicated to identifying which research method to use, when and why.  User experience research is essential to the product development cycle.  We use quantitative and qualitative research methods, which come from several disciplines.  We evaluate the user journeys, the design, and the way how the users interact with the product.  As mentioned in a previous episode,...