Dr Lauren White
BA (Hons), MA, PhD, AFHEA
School of Education
Lecturer in Social Research Methods
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School of Education
Floor 2
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
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- Profile
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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
iHuman and the School of Education at the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½.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
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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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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . BMC Public Health.
- . Space and Culture, 26(3), 296-308.
- . Sociology.
- . Sociology of Health and Illness.
- . Qualitative Research.
- . Social & Cultural Geography.
- . Qualitative Research, 20(1), 121-123.
- Hospitality work as social reproduction: Embodied and emotional labour during Covid-19. Sociology.
Chapters
- 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
Exhibitions
Website content
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- Towards joyful ways of learning.
- 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP.
- On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.
- Bumble Bees and Creativities: Methodological Musings on the Methods for Change Showcase Event.
- Our lockdown walks: Physically, but not socially, distanced walking as method.
Preprints
All publications
Journal articles
- . BMC Public Health.
- . Space and Culture, 26(3), 296-308.
- . Sociology.
- . Sociology of Health and Illness.
- . Qualitative Research.
- . Social & Cultural Geography.
- . Qualitative Research, 20(1), 121-123.
- Hospitality work as social reproduction: Embodied and emotional labour during Covid-19. Sociology.
Chapters
- 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
Exhibitions
Website content
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- Participatory research poses challenges to postgraduate researchers – here’s how we’re tackling the issue.
- Towards joyful ways of learning.
- 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP.
- On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.
- Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People: Our Project Launch!.
- Bumble Bees and Creativities: Methodological Musings on the Methods for Change Showcase Event.
- Our lockdown walks: Physically, but not socially, distanced walking as method.
Preprints
- Teaching interests
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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.