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Reimagining qualitative research education: a look inside our summer school

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Unequal 
pressures: how disadvantage shaped young people's education and wellbeing during Covid-19

Peer researchers in the NHS: approved in principle, undermined in practice?

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.

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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

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17 sep 2025

Neurodiversity Matters: Daria Khanolainen on dyslexia and self-esteem

Neurodiversity and neurodivergence have been revolutionary ideas in autism research, and later in ADHD. But how do they apply to other diagnoses or experiences? This month Sohail speaks to Dr Daria Khanolainen, a dyslexia researcher in Finland, about qualitative dyslexia research, self-esteem, and pathologising reading difficulties.
Podcast
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20 aoû 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 juil 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.

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Events

Upcoming seminars, journal club meetings, and other events at King's College London.

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03 Nov 2025, 12:00 to 13:00

QSIG Midday Talk: “I think that’s just confirmation bias”: A worked case example of reflexive thematic analysis from a survivor standpoint

Caroline C. Da Cunha Lewin (she/they) is a lived experience researcher and general nurse undertaking their doctorate in Health Service and Population Research, specialising in self-harm. Her work specifically uses qualitative methodology to consider the lived experience interpretation of self-harm. Other research interests include participatory methodology, social and trauma-informed understandings of mental distress and reflexivity in qualitative methods.

Online - Teams
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20 Nov 2025, 12:00 to 13:30

Participatory Research Ethics Surgery

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
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15 Jan 2026, 12:00 to 13:30

Participatory Research Ethics Surgery

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
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Impact in Qualitative Research Blog

The latest posts from our impact blog

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Impact in Qualitative Research: Jo Law on messy, emotional and necessary ethical research with marginalised populations

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

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

NIHR Research Support Service

Get help with your qualitative questions pre- and post-funding award via the new NIHR Research Support Service in mental health and neuroscience.

Join our network of qualitative researchers to hear about new collaboration opportunities.

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News

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Unequal pressures: how disadvantage shaped young people's education and wellbeing during the pandemic and why it still matters

School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just disrupt learning, they revealed and intensified deep inequalities that continue to shape young people’s lives today. While some children had the resources to adapt to remote learning, many from less advantaged households faced widening learning gaps, increased pressure at home, and rising levels of stress and anxiety. These challenges didn’t disappear when schools reopened. In fact, they foreshadowed the widening attainment gaps and escalating mental health concerns we are still grappling with now.

09 oct 2025
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Reimagining qualitative research education: a look inside our summer school

Qualitative research education is more than just being taught how to conduct interviews. At the Introduction to Qualitative Research Summer School at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience we experimented with how research education can be more inclusive, more critical, and more human. This year’s course was one of our biggest yet, and its collaborative photovoice exhibition on the final day served as an impactful reminder of the power and diversity of qualitative research.

02 oct 2025
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Do you have an idea for a podcast or blog on qualitative research? We are inviting pitches for our Impact in Qualitative Research blog and our Qualitative Open Mic podcast. We'd love to hear from you - click here for more details.

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Research projects

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CommonGround: Online peer support for preventing comorbid depression in people with long-term conditions

Refocus on Recovery

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Digital personalised cancer care planning

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The effects of the asylum process on mental health

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Notre équipe

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Professor Vanessa Lawrence

QUAHRC Director and Reader in Qualitative Health Research
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Professor Alan Simpson

QUAHRC Joint Deputy Director and Professor of Mental Health Nursing
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Dr Clair Le Boutillier

QUAHRC Joint Deputy Director and THIS Institute Research Fellow
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Dr Sharli Paphitis

Senior Research Fellow
Bethlehem Tekola

Dr Bethlehem Tekola

Research Fellow in Qualitative Research
Stan Papoulias

Dr Stan (Constantina) Papoulias

Research Fellow

Dr Angela Sweeney

Senior Lecturer in User Led Research in the Service User Research Enterprise
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Dr Sohail Jannesari

KCL Research Fellow & QUAHRC Methods Engagement & Innovation Lead
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Rachel Rowan Olive

QUAHRC Research Assistant
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QUAHRC Affiliated Partners

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ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

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King's Clinical Trials Unit

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NIHR ARC South London

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