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Recording now available: Health research under siege

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Working with Afghan Sanctuary Seekers: A guide for mental health professionals

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New horizons and opportunities for qualitative research to improve mental health in later life

The Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC) at King’s College London (KCL) promotes the rigorous and innovative application of qualitative research within the health field, raising the visibility of high-quality qualitative research and providing opportunities for knowledge exchange, training and support.

The Qualitative Open Mic Podcast

Our podcast asks why we do qualitative research, how do we do it well, and how it can be effectively applied

20 Ago 2025

Neurodiversity Matters: Victoria Castle on participatory research and neuroinclusive parenting measures

Parents get a lot of advice, and a lot of it is conflicting or inappropriate. Parenting research aims to be better than that – but is it, when neurodivergence is in the mix? Sohail speaks to Dr Victoria Castle about her participatory research using innovative qualitative methods to co-develop ways to measure parenting that work for neurodivergent parents and parents of neurodivergent children.

Podcast

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16 Jul 2025

Neurodiversity Matters: Elizabeth Hauke on neurodivergent autoethnography and inclusive education

Autoethnographers use their personal experiences to explore wider issues, relationships, or situations. So what happens if you experience the world differently? Sohail speaks to Dr Elizabeth Hauke about autoethnography, inclusive education and assessment, and denormativising the university.

Podcast

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21 Mayo 2025

Neurodiversity Matters: Hannah Belcher on (un)masking and mental health research

Where does neurodiversity sit in relation to broader movements for lived experience led research? Sohail and Dr Hannah Belcher of the Service User Research Enterprise discuss the example of autistic masking and its relationship to mental health.

Podcast

Events

Upcoming seminars, journal club meetings, and other events at King's College London. Our regular events are on a summer break, but will be back in September.

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18 Sep 2025, 12:00 to 13:30

Participatory Research Ethics Surgery: Navigating Ethics Applications

Are you feeling stuck or uncertain about handling ethical issues in your research? Whether you are dealing with ethics applications, ethical practice, ethical decisions, or ethical dilemmas in planned or on-going research, our sessions hosted by experienced researchers from Inspiring Ethics are designed to provide you with the support you need.

Online

16 Oct 2025, 12:00 to 13:30

Participatory Research Ethics Surgery: Mad-Centred Participation

Online

20 Nov 2025, 12:00 to 13:30

Participatory Research Ethics Surgery

Online

Upcoming events

Impact in Qualitative Research Blog

The latest posts from our impact blog

Impact in Qualitative Research: Sohail Jannesari, Tanya Krupiy and Orla Phipps on photovoice and transforming learning environments

Performance of Careful in the Darwin Ward, Kingston University (2016). The performers are (left to right) Archana Balal, Helena Rice, Viviana Rocha, Dominique Vannod and Thalia-Marie Papadopoulos. Still from recording by Anna Tanczos (www.SciCommStudios.co.uk)

Impact in Qualitative Research: Alex Mermikides on Generating Research Impact through Arts-Based Exploration of Nursing

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Impact in Qualitative Research: Ella Parry-Davies on co-researching outcomes for domestic workers after trafficking and exploitation

News

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Insights from our first CommonGround trial: engagement, feedback, and the future

The CommonGround team shares findings and insights from their trial of an online peer support platform for those living with long term health conditions.

03 Sep 2025

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Peer Support in Action: Observations from the CommonGround community

The CommonGround research team share reflections on watching the birth and growth of a peer support online community for people with long-term conditions.

19 Feb 2025

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