Dr Lauren White

BA (Hons), MA, PhD, AFHEA

School of Education

Lecturer in Social Research Methods

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l.e.white@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Lauren White
School of Education
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Profile
Understanding how health, illness & disability are experienced in everyday life - Meet Dr Lauren White

Lauren joined the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ Methods Institute in January 2023 as a Lecturer in Social Research Methods, having previously worked as a researcher in
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Lauren is a sociologist interested in health, disability, everyday life, materialities and mobilities. Her research is often interdisciplinary in nature and spans sociology, geography, urban studies, and critical disability studies. She is particularly interested in creative and participatory qualitative research methods and doing meaningful public engagement.

Her PhD was entitled, ‘’ and explored the everyday experiences of living with a common health condition.  In 2017, Lauren won the national ESRC writing prize ‘Making Sense of Society’ for communicating this research to broader audiences. Following her PhD, Lauren received an ESRC postdoctoral research fellowship to develop research interests and disseminate research. In 2022, Lauren was awarded the Mildred Blaxter New Writer’s Award in the journal, Sociology of Health and Illness.

Research interests

My research falls into the following areas:

  • Creative and participatory qualitative research methods 
  • Sociology of Health and Illness
  • Critical Disability Studies 
  • Sociology of Everyday Life 
  • Mobilities 
  • Materialities

Research Projects:

'Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture'

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Publications

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Journal articles

  • Rutter S, Madden A & White L (2023) . BMC Public Health. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thomas GM & White L (2023) . Space and Culture, 26(3), 296-308. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2022) . Sociology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2022) . Sociology of Health and Illness. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2021) . Qualitative Research. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2021) . Social & Cultural Geography. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2020) . Qualitative Research, 20(1), 121-123. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L () Hospitality work as social reproduction: Embodied and emotional labour during Covid-19. Sociology. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • White L, Carter A & Davies K (2024) Composite Narratives, Developing Characters: A Method of Creative Data Analysis in Developing Public Engagement Artefacts In Kara H, Mannay D & Roy A (Ed.), The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis Policy Press RIS download Bibtex download

Exhibitions

  • White L (2021, November 1) Everyday life with irritable bowel syndrome. University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½. RIS download Bibtex download

Website content

  • White L & Carter A (2021) . RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L Towards joyful ways of learning. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L, Goodley D & Buxton A 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L, Liddiard K & Goodley D On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L Bumble Bees and Creativities: Methodological Musings on the Methods for Change Showcase Event. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L & Davies K Our lockdown walks: Physically, but not socially, distanced walking as method. RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • White L, Picardi C, Paterson C, Towsend B, Wang J, Buxton A, Hallam-Bowles S, Liddiard K, Law J, Calinescu R & Goodley D (2023) , Center for Open Science. RIS download Bibtex download

All publications

Journal articles

  • Rutter S, Madden A & White L (2023) . BMC Public Health. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thomas GM & White L (2023) . Space and Culture, 26(3), 296-308. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2022) . Sociology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2022) . Sociology of Health and Illness. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2021) . Qualitative Research. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2021) . Social & Cultural Geography. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L (2020) . Qualitative Research, 20(1), 121-123. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L () Hospitality work as social reproduction: Embodied and emotional labour during Covid-19. Sociology. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • White L, Carter A & Davies K (2024) Composite Narratives, Developing Characters: A Method of Creative Data Analysis in Developing Public Engagement Artefacts In Kara H, Mannay D & Roy A (Ed.), The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis Policy Press RIS download Bibtex download

Exhibitions

  • White L (2021, November 1) Everyday life with irritable bowel syndrome. University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½. RIS download Bibtex download

Website content

  • White L & Carter A (2021) . RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mishra A, White L & Liddiard K Participatory research poses challenges to postgraduate researchers – here’s how we’re tackling the issue. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L Towards joyful ways of learning. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L, Goodley D & Buxton A 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L, Liddiard K & Goodley D On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L & Goodley D Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People: Our Project Launch!. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L Bumble Bees and Creativities: Methodological Musings on the Methods for Change Showcase Event. RIS download Bibtex download
  • White L & Davies K Our lockdown walks: Physically, but not socially, distanced walking as method. RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • White L, Picardi C, Paterson C, Towsend B, Wang J, Buxton A, Hallam-Bowles S, Liddiard K, Law J, Calinescu R & Goodley D (2023) , Center for Open Science. RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching interests

Lauren has previously taught on a variety of sociological modules and qualitative methods modules. She has also supervised BA and MA dissertations on a diversity of sociological topics.