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# Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre

Advancing qualitative research for better health and care

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## Posts

- [Gemma McKenzie - Working with Creatives to Disseminate Qualitative Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/gemma-mckenzie-working-with-creatives-to-disseminate-qualitative-research/) - Gemma reflects on the process of working with creatives to disseminate her qualitative research in an impactful way
- [Bored on the ward: service user experiences of activities on acute mental health inpatient wards](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/bored-on-the-ward-service-user-experiences-of-activities-on-acute-mental-health-inpatient-wards/) - QUAHRC Member Clair Le Boutillier writes for The Mental Elf
- [Janet Holt on how can health ethics committees adapt?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/janet-holt-on-how-can-health-ethics-committees-adapt/) - In this episode, Janet Holt explores health ethics committees and issues around transparency, dialogue, emerging qualitative methods and regulatory versus relational ethics
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Co-designing storyboards of lived experience and setting research priorities to address dementia care inequities](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-co-designing-storyboards-of-lived-experience-and-setting-research-priorities-to-address-dementia-care-inequities/) - This session explores the opportunities and challenges of conducting research with LGBTQ+ people with lived experience of dementia, an underserved population both in research and service provision. The session draws on a co-design project in which an academic team, experts-by-experience, and a visual artist collaborated as equal to produce research outputs. The underlying ethos was based on the principle of ‘to each their own (expertise)’, principles for good practice.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Understanding perceptions of the relationship between identity and mental health](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-understanding-perceptions-of-the-relationship-between-identity-and-mental-health/) - Iona Pickett will share results from her PhD project, which aimed to explore perceptions of the relationship between identity and mental health, and understand how this varied within and between intersectional social identities. She will discuss the background and methodological justification for the project, reflect on the research process, and consider how these results relate to our understanding of mental health inequalities.
- [Inspiring Ethics seminar: the ethics of survivor research with Dr Alison Faulkner](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/events/inspiring-ethics-seminar-the-ethics-of-survivor-research-with-dr-alison-faulkner/) - What changes when ethics is viewed from the perspective of survivors? Explore the changes 22 years on from Alison Faulkner's guidelines for survivor research ethics.
- [Impact in Qualitative Research: Rosie Cammack on taking a queer qualitative approach to collecting demographic information](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/impact-in-qualitative-research-rosie-cammack-on-taking-a-queer-qualitative-approach-to-collecting-demographic-information/) - Rosie is a Research Assistant in the Global Health and Social Medicine Department at King’s College London, working on the Environmentally Sustainable HeAlth REsearch (SHARE) project. Alongside her role at King’s, Rosie also works as an Expert by Experience Involvement Worker at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, supporting people with a learning disability to work for the NHS. Rosie completed the Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy MSc at King’s College London in 2023. In this blog Rosie reflects on the qualitative methods she utilised in her Master’s dissertation project.
- [Now recruiting: Qualitative Research Associate x 3](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/news/now-recruiting-qualitative-research-associate-x-3/) - We are pleased to share three qualitative research associate roles currently recruiting, one of which is based in the QUAHRC team and two of which are based with colleagues elsewhere at King’s.
- [Impact in Qualitative Research: Dr Amna Zaqout on what children’s drawings show us beyond measurement](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/impact-in-qualitative-research-dr-amna-zaqout-on-what-childrens-drawings-show-us-beyond-measurement/) - Dr Amna Zaqout, originally from Gaza, Palestine, is a former Associate Professor in Psychology and Mental Health with over 20 years of experience across several universities. Her work bridges qualitative and quantitative approaches to understand psychological experiences across different groups, including children and women, particularly in contexts of trauma and self-concept. Now based in London, she works as a trainer, including in healthy cooking, shares mental health and wellbeing insights through social media, and supports refugee communities through her work with the British Red Cross.
- [Ethics, Collaborations & Research Impact Workshop](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/events/ethics-collaborations-research-impact-workshop/) - Universities increasingly emphasise research impact, yet the ethical dimensions of partnership work are often left underexplored. Working with communities, groups, organisations, and institutions brings not only opportunities, but also responsibilities that shape how relationships are built, maintained, and sustained. This interactive workshop offers a space to reflect on the ethical questions that arise in impact work.
- [Slides now available from Qualitative Special Interest Group session, June 1: Projection of low self concept in person-drawing with Dr Amna Zaqout](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/news/slides-now-available-from-qualitative-special-interest-group-session-june-1-projection-of-low-self-concept-in-person-drawing-with-dr-amna-zaqout/) - Download the slides from this session which highlighted the value of combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in understanding psychological experiences.. Drawing on Dr Zaqout's research with children, the session used children’s drawings as an example to demonstrate how visual expression can offer insight into children’s inner worlds, particularly in relation to self-concept and emotional experience.
- [Watch the recording of our Qualitative Special Interest Group session, June 15: Too much data, not enough time with Carina Donegan](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/news/watch-the-recording-of-our-qualitative-special-interest-group-session-june-15-too-much-data-not-enough-time-with-carina-donegan/) - Watch Carina's talk on how to analyse large-scale qualitative data without losing the plot: insights from a randomised controlled trial of micro-dosing LSD for major depressive disorder.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Too Much Data, Not Enough Time](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-too-much-data-not-enough-time/) - How to analyse large-scale qualitative data without losing the plot! Insights from a Randomised Controlled Trial of LSD Microdosing for Major Depressive Disorder with Carina Donegan.
- [EDEN](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/eden/) - Ketamine for the Treatment of Depression in Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa
- [BDEP](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/bdep/) - Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Bipolar Depression
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Quality criteria in qualitative psychology research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-quality-criteria-in-qualitative-psychology-research/) - This interactive workshop will provide hands-on, in-depth training in appraising and developing good qualitative research, and introduce you to important general criteria for quality that can be applied in developing and assessing most qualitative research. Please email us if you would like the workshop recording.
- [Are they who they say they are? Exploring impostor / fraudulent participants in qualitative research and PPIE](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/are-they-who-they-say-they-are-exploring-impostor-fraudulent-participants-in-qualitative-research-and-ppie/) - Are they who they say they are? Exploring impostor / fraudulent participants in qualitative research and PPIE
- [Developing good qualitative research questions: an NIHR RSS webinar](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/developing-good-qualitative-research-questions-an-nihr-rss-webinar/) - Join the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Hub at King’s College London for an interactive session designed to help you craft clear, focused, and purposeful qualitative research questions.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Projection of low self concept in person-drawing](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-projection-of-low-self-concept-in-person-drawing/) - Drawing on Dr Amna Zaqout's research with children, this session uses children’s drawings as an example to demonstrate how visual expression can offer insight into children’s inner worlds, particularly in relation to self-concept and emotional experience.
- [Watch Dr Sharli Paphitis's keynote at the International Community Engagement Conference 2026](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/news/watch-dr-sharli-paphitiss-keynote-at-the-international-community-engagement-conference-2026/) - Sharli is Senior Research Fellow with the Research Support Service, based within the QUAHRC Team. In May 2026 she attended the International Community Engagement Conference at Rhodes University, South Africa, to give a keynote reflecting on the role of participatory research and community-based learning in cultivating humanity in higher education students.
- [Summer School: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/events/summer-school-an-introduction-to-qualitative-research-methods/) - Open for booking: 10-14 August 2026. The course will give an overview and introduction to qualitative research methods, including individual interviews, focus group discussions, observation, ethical issues, thematic analysis, and rigour in qualitative research.
- [Participatory Research Ethics Surgery: communicating lived experience roles in research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/participatory-research-ethics-surgery-communicating-lived-experience-roles-in-research-3/) - Why contracts often reproduce hierarchy rather than protect lived experienced collaborators. We look at co-researcher contracts, university assumptions of “vulnerability” around mental health and lived experience, IP clauses, liability, and when refusing a contract is the ethical choice.
- [Participatory Research Ethics Surgery: payment and reimbursement in participatory research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/participatory-research-ethics-surgery-communicating-lived-experience-roles-in-research-2/) - This session tackles university rules around “incentives” and payments, fair compensation, undocumented participants and people on benefits, and why universities routinely block ethical payment.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Getting school children talking about brain health](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-getting-school-children-talking-about-brain-health/) - Fola Afolabi and Kritika Samsi present a 6-month project that focused on developing, recruiting, and training Youth Brain Health Champions from amongst school children in south London.
- [Book launch: The Migrant Art of Coping](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/book-launch-the-migrant-art-of-coping/) - Join us for an interactive book launch and wellbeing workshop with Dr Sohail Jannesari, QUAHRC Methods Engagement & Innovation Lead, to celebrate the release of his new book The Migrant Art of Coping (Pluto Press, 2026).
- [Reimagining qualitative research education: a look inside our summer school](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/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.
- [Take Me Back: Born from the Heart, Photos of the Soul (MORE Photovoice Project)](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/take-me-back-born-from-the-heart-photos-of-the-soul-more-photovoice-project/) - This participatory project brought together women in Lambeth to explore experiences of maternity care using Photovoice.
- [Personalised cancer care and support](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/personalised-cancer-care-and-support-identifying-what-good-looks-and-feels-like-and-co-designing-improvements/) - Identifying what good looks and feels like and co-designing improvements
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Using prediction models in mental health care](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-using-prediction-models-in-mental-health-care/) - In recent years, clinical prediction models (CPMs) have emerged as an avenue for risk stratification and the provision of highly individualised care, through careful consideration of differences across individuals’ characteristics, genes, environments, and lifestyles. In psychiatry, whilst many CPMs have shown promise in improving care, few have actualised their potential and been implemented for routine usage in clinical practice as in certain branches of medicine (e.g., cardiovascular disease and cancer).
- [Victoria Castle on participatory research and neuroinclusive parenting measures](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/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.
- [Damian Milton on double empathy and autistic worlds](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/damian-milton-on-double-empathy-and-autistic-worlds/) - How have mainstream theories of autism missed the mark by failing to qualitatively explore internal autistic worlds? Sohail speaks to legend among autistic autism researchers Dr Damian Milton about the double empathy problem and its broader implications for neurodivergent and neurotypical-led research.
- [Monique Botha on funding priorities and community justice](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/monique-botha-on-funding-priorities-and-community-justice/) - This month, Sohail interviews Dr Monique Botha about funding and priority setting, citational justice, emotion in research, and why letting community-led neurodivergence research out of its silo would benefit neurotypical and neurodivergent populations alike.
- [Morénike Giwa Onaiwu on antiracist advocacy](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/morenike-giwa-onaiwu-on-antiracist-advocacy/) - Has qualitative research been complacent about its ability to highlight marginalised perspectives? Sohail speaks to Dr Morénike Giwa Onaiwu about forthcoming anthology "Neurodiversity en Noir" and platforming Black neurodivergent voices.
- [Daria Khanolainen on dyslexia and self-esteem](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/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.
- [Bryher Bowness](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/bryher-bowness/) - After studying Psychology (PPSIS) at undergraduate, I trained as a Mental Health Nurse and have been practicing for 6yrs in NHS Child and Adolescent Mental health Services. In 2024 I started in a part-time role a Senior Practitioner in South London & Maudsley Recovery College. Funded by London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (ESCR)
- [Jo Law](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/jo-law/) - Jo Law is a qualitative researcher with a strong commitment to ethical research practices. She is passionate about using qualitative methodologies to improve the lives of marginalised and disadvantaged populations. She is currently part of the qualitative research team on the EDEN project, which investigates the use of ketamine as a treatment for individuals experiencing
- [Dr Sharli Paphitis](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-sharli-paphitis/) - Dr Sharli Anne Paphitis is a Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, specialising in qualitative research, global mental health, and social justice research. With over a decade of experience, she has led complex interdisciplinary research funded by UKRI, AHRC, MRC, and NIHR, addressing critical challenges in violence, abuse,
- [Professor Vanessa Lawrence](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/professor-vanessa-lawrence/) - I am an applied qualitative health researcher with a strong commitment to centring lived experience and amplify marginalised perspectives. My work focuses on mental health and long-term conditions, with an emphasis on developing, refining and evaluating interventions that reflect the priorities and everyday realities of the people they are designed to support. I work collaboratively
- [WHELD](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/wheld-improving-wellbeing-and-health-for-people-with-dementia/) - Well-being and Health for People with Dementia in Care Homes
- [Understanding and supporting the mental wellbeing of survivors of coercive control](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/understanding-and-supporting-the-mental-wellbeing-of-survivors-of-coercive-control/) - Understand how survivors of coercive control define and experience mental wellbeing over time, and identifying the factors and resources that support it
- [The Modern Slavery Core Outcome Set (MSCOS)](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/the-modern-slavery-core-outcome-set-mscos/) - A survivor‑driven, consensus‑based framework defining a minimum set of outcomes that should be reported in research, policy, and interventions supporting adult survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking
- [SHAPED](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/shaped-towards-an-evidence-based-clinical-management-of-visual-hallucinations-prevalence-prognosis-impact-and-pathophysiology/) - Study of Visual Hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease, Eye Disease and Dementia
- [RECOLLECT](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/recovery-colleges-characterisation-and-testing-recollect/) - Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing
- [REACH](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/reach/) - Young People’s Experiences of Education, Inequality and Mental Health During COVID-19 Lockdowns
- [PETALS](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/petals-patient-experiences-of-treatment-for-anorexia-nervosa-complexities-and-insights/) - An exploration of treatment and recovery experiences in eating disorders and evaluation of the utility of qualitative diary methods in eating disorders research
- [PATHFINDER](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/pathfinder-problem-adaptation-therapy-for-individuals-with-mild-to-moderate-dementia-and-depression/) - Problem Adaptation Therapy for Individuals with Mild to Moderate Dementia and Depression
- [Participatory research approaches to involving family carers in Recovery Colleges](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/participatory-research-approaches-to-involving-family-carers-in-recovery-colleges/) - ESRC-funded PhD project including systematic review and participatory action research
- [OPEN](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/open-olanzapine-for-young-people-with-anorexia-nervosa-an-open-label-feasibility-study-to-test-recruitment-treatment-acceptance-adherence-safety-outcome-measures-and-patients-exp/) - Olanzapine for young PEople with aNorexia nervosa: An open-label feasibility study to test recruitment, treatment acceptance, adherence, safety, outcome measures and patients' experience to prepare for a randomised placebo-controlled trial
- [How should researchers work with migrants, migrant communities and migrant organisations?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/how-should-researchers-work-with-migrants-migrant-communities-and-migrant-organisations/) - ESRC-funded PhD using participatory action research and ethnography
- [HOME](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/home/) - Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Major Depressive Disorder
- [FACTOID](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/factoid-a-feasibility-study-of-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-for-older-people-with-treatment-resistant-generalised-anxiety-disorder/) - Development and Feasibility of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Older People with Treatment-Resistant Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- [Exploring multilingual voice-hearers' experiences](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/exploring-multilingual-voice-hearers-experiences/) - A reflexive thematic analysis of interviews with ten multilingual voice-hearers
- [Addressing the Challenges Associated with Menstruation in South Africa (The Siyahluma Project)](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/addressing-the-challenges-associated-with-menstruation-in-south-africa-the-siyahluma-project/) - A community-engaged research project to understand and address menstruation‑related challenges faced by school‑going girls and women
- [Developing a mental health support package for women survivors of domestic violence and modern slavery in South Asia](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/developing-a-mental-health-support-package-for-women-survivors-of-domestic-violence-and-modern-slavery-in-south-asia/) - Creating a contextually adaptable, trauma‑informed mental health support package for women survivors of domestic violence and modern slavery in South Asia
- [DAISIES](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/daisies-a-randomised-controlled-multi-centre-open-label-parallel-group-non-inferiority-trial-of-the-clinical-effectiveness-acceptability-and-cost-effectiveness-of-a-stepping-into-d/) - Stepping into Day Treatment versus Inpatient Treatment for Adults with Severe Anorexia Nervosa
- [Developing a culturally tailored digital mental wellbeing intervention for people from Black communities](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/developing-a-culturally-sensitive-digital-wellbeing-intervention-for-people-from-black-communities/) - Wellcome-funded PhD using participatory qualitative approaches
- [CommonGround](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/commonground-online-peer-support-for-preventing-comorbid-depression-in-people-with-long-term-conditions/) - Co-produced Online Peer Support and Psychoeducation for People Living with Long-Term Physical Health Conditions
- [COMMEND](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/commend-a-feasibility-study-and-randomised-controlled-trial-of-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-for-people-with-motor-neuron-disease/) - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Improving Psychological Health in People with Motor Neurone Disease
- [BOPPP](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/beta-blockers-or-placebo-for-primary-prophylaxis-of-oesophageal-varices-boppp-study/) - Beta-blockers or Placebo for Primary Prophylaxis of Oesophageal Varices
- [Bee Damara on theory](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/bee-damara-on-theory/) - Bee speaks about critical race theory in modern slavery and human trafficking research, discussing her experiences working on the modern slavery outcome set project at KCL. She talks about the importance of grounding research in anti-racist theories, and how acknowledging historical and global inequalities can improve the quality and relevance of findings.
- [Participatory Research Ethics Surgery](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/participatory-research-ethics-surgery-2/) - Are you feeling stuck or uncertain about how to handle ethical issues in your research? Are you grappling with ethical dilemmas, such as balancing power dynamics, navigating conflicting stakeholder interests, or ensuring genuine participation? The NIHR RSS KCL Hub, in partnership with Inspiring Ethics, is hosting Participatory Research Ethics Surgery Sessions to help you navigate and resolve ethical issues in your qualitative research.
- [Using co-design in Health Services Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/using-co-design-in-health-services-research/) - Join the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Hub at King's College London for a taster training session on Using co-design in Health Services Research. This group session will provide a space to consider co-design and its application in your research and grant applications.
- [Participatory Research Ethics Surgery: communicating lived experience roles in research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/participatory-research-ethics-surgery-communicating-lived-experience-roles-in-research/) - People with lived experience are increasingly involved in (mental health) research as advisors, co-researchers and authors. This session will explore how lived experience (LE) roles are defined and described in ethics applications and funding applications, including who is considered a participant, what LE members are expected to do, and what responsibilities people can hold within projects.
- [Developing a post-data collection analysis plan](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/developing-a-post-data-collection-analysis-plan/) - The NIHR Research Support Service delivered by King’s College London & Partners is hosting an online group session to help you navigate and resolve analysis issues in your qualitative research. Whether you need to develop an analysis plan ad hoc, or your initial qualitative analysis plan requires adjustment, our group session will get you back on track and help you to develop a post-data collection analysis plan.
- [Alyssa Hillary Zisk on Augmentative and Alternative Communication](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/alyssa-hillary-zisk-on-augmentative-and-alternative-communication/) - Autistic people have a whole constellation of communication needs and styles, but these are not always understood or accommodated by researchers. This month, Sohail interviews Alyssa Hillary Zisk about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): what it is, the range of communication profiles it can help accommodate, and how qualitative inquiry into autistic experiences helped name these to increase understanding.
- [Kai Syng Tan and Georgia Thom on creative practice](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/kai-syng-tan-and-georgia-thom-on-creative-practice/) - Qualitative researchers are increasingly turning to creative methods and methodologies to expand perspectives on health, healthcare, and divergent ways of being. In this episode Sohail speaks to Kai Syng Tan and Georgia Thom, both practising artists and researchers, about how neurodivergence and art work together to explore marginalised experiences of the world including trans life, neurodivergence, and their intersections, amid the resurgence of the far right.
- [Engaging Young People](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/podcasts/engaging-young-people/) - Clair Le Boutillier chats with Dr Charlottle Kühlbrandt and Dr Hannah Cowan, both based in the Department of Population Health Sciences, about their work on Utopia Now.
- [Bryher Bowness on co-producing guidance for researchers and the public on involving carers in research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/bryher-bowness-on-co-producing-guidance-for-researchers-and-the-public-on-involving-carers-in-research/) - Bryher reflects on her experience as part of an NIHR Carer’s Steering Group which has recently coproduced a ‘Top Tips’ resource about carer involvement in research.
- [Gracie Tredget on integrating physical and mental healthcare](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/gracie-tredget-on-integrating-physical-and-mental-healthcare/) - Gracie talks about a qualitative evaluation of physical healthcare in adult community mental health teams within a South London Mental Health Trust.
- [Unequal pressures: how disadvantage shaped young people's education and wellbeing during the pandemic and why it still matters](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/unequal-pressures-how-disadvantage-shaped-young-peoples-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.
- ["Are you engaged?" How do we measure user engagement on CommonGround?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/are-you-engaged-how-do-we-measure-user-engagement-on-commonground/) - In the second of their blogs on engagement, Hannah Jones and Grace Lavelle explore further the idea of engagement in online communities in relation to CommonGround, a peer support community for people living with long-term conditions. What is the best way to measure engagement appropriately for this unique project?
- ["I knew at that moment I wasn’t alone" – New support for people with LTCs](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/i-knew-at-that-moment-i-wasnt-alone-new-support-for-people-with-ltcs/) - A collaborative research project has developed a peer support platform to help those with long-term conditions
- [ADEPT](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/optimising-psychological-treatment-for-anxiety-disorders-in-pregnancy-a-feasibility-study-for-a-trial-of-time-intensive-cbt-versus-weekly-cbt-adept/) - Optimising Psychological Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Pregnancy — A Feasibility Study of Time-Intensive Versus Weekly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- [Peer researchers in NHS research: approved in principle, undermined in practice?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/peer-researchers-in-nhs-research-approved-in-principle-undermined-in-practice/) - QUAHRC PhD student Bryher Bowness and colleagues reflect on the challenges of integrating peer researchers into the NHS.
- [Elaine Keane on Constructivist Grounded Theory](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/elaine-keane-on-constructivist-grounded-theory/) - Elaine Keane from the University of Galway discusses the origins of constructivist grounded theory before she and Sohail dive into the details of its interpretive processes.
- [Deborah Chinn on the Feeling at Home photovoice project with people with learning disabilities](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/deborah-chinn-on-the-feeling-at-home-photovoice-project-with-people-with-learning-disabilities/) - Deborah Chinn is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care and also works as a lead clinical psychologist in the Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service. She uses qualitative and participatory research methods in her research with people with learning disabilities and is currently leading a project that uses conversation analysis to understand shared decision making in health care with people with learning disabilities.
- [Nada I. J. Abualfita and Alhasan F. I. Ahmed on Ethics and Empathy in Healthcare](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/nada-i-j-abualfita-and-alhasan-f-i-ahmed-on-ethics-and-empathy-in-healthcare/) - Dr Nada I. J. Abualfita is a medical graduate from Mansoura University, Egypt and successfully completed six months of clinical training in the Emergency Department at Mansoura University Hospitals. Dr Alhasan F. I. Ahmed graduated from Mansoura University in November 2023 and currently works as a medical trainee in the Emergency Department at Mansoura University Hospitals. In this blog, Nada I. J. Abualfita and Alhasan F. I. Ahmed reflect on how qualitative research deepens understanding of ethics and empathy in healthcare by foregrounding care experiences as meaningful evidence that informs ethical reflection and clinical practice.
- [Dr Bethlehem Tekola Gebru](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-bethlehem-tekola-gebru/) - Bethlehem is a qualitative researcher with a deep interest in research ethics and in how research practices affect marginalised people and communities. She completed her PhD at the Department of Psychology, the University of Bath. She has BA degree in History and MA in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa University. For her doctoral research, Bethlehem
- [Dr Clair Le Boutillier](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-clair-le-boutillier/) - I am a Senior Research Fellow in Qualitative Research working with the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) hosted by King’s College London (KCL) and partners. I also work as joint deputy director for the Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC), hosted by KCL, where I facilitate an international peer-to-peer network (a monthly qualitative special interest
- [For you, by you: Developing online peer support for people with long-term conditions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/for-you-by-you-developing-online-peer-support-for-people-with-long-term-conditions/) - How the CommonGround team co-developed a peer support platform for people with long-term health conditions.
- [CommonGround: avoiding tumbleweeds in the community](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/commonground-avoiding-tumbleweeds-in-the-community/) - Hannah Jones and Grace Lavelle from the CommonGround project reflect on the idea of engagement in online spaces and how it applies to CommonGround's online peer support community for people with long term conditions. They discuss the questions: what is ‘engagement’ in online communities and what kind of engagement do we hope to observe on CommonGround?
- [Peer Support in Action: Observations from the CommonGround community](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/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.
- [Insights from our first CommonGround trial: engagement, feedback, and the future](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/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.
- [Dr Bethan Edwards](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/bethan-edwards/) - Bethan is a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) advisor at the KCL NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Hub. She is also a neurodivergent researcher with lived experience of using mental health services. Bethan has an extensive background in PPIE in both a research context and in relation to the design and delivery of
- [Ella Parry-Davies on co-researching outcomes for domestic workers after trafficking and exploitation](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/ella-parry-davies-on-co-researching-outcomes-for-domestic-workers-after-trafficking-and-exploitation/) - Dr Ella Parry-Davies is a lecturer at King’s College London, where she works on social justice-focussed research in collaboration with experts-by-experience, primarily in the migration and anti-trafficking sectors. Taking up performance as a co-creative research method, she has worked most extensively with migrant domestic workers in the UK and Lebanon, and her book Intimate Inequalities: Performing Migrant Domestic Work is forthcoming with Northwestern University Press in September 2025. In this blog post she discusses the findings of research on the outcomes for workers who had survived trafficking and returned to the Philippines as their country of origin.
- [How can Recovery Colleges provide the most benefit to people who use mental health services?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/how-can-recovery-colleges-provide-the-most-benefit-to-people-who-use-mental-health-services/) - Katy Stepanian reflects on how qualitative research can help answer this question
- [QSIG Midday Talk: How do discourses travel?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-how-do-discourses-travel/) - With Jo Law. This presentation shares the methodological design of her PhD, which explores working-class motherhood. It will explain why she chose a multi-level discourse framework, how she conceptualised each level and how she is working across micro, meso, and macro levels in her analysis. Focusing particularly on the meso level, she will draw on staff interviews alongside ethnographic observations in a community centre to explore how working-class motherhood is talked about and lived in everyday interactions.
- [Dr Angela Sweeney](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-angela-sweeney/) - Dr Angela Sweeney is a survivor researcher and Senior Lecturer in User Led Research in the Service User Research Enterprise, Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. She identifies as a trauma survivor and conducts research from that perspective. Her research interests include gender-based violence, trauma and trauma-informed approaches, pregnancy
- [Dr Stan Papoulias](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-stan-papoulias/) - Stan is an academic and long-term user of mental health services who trained and worked in cultural studies for many years. They joined the Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) at KCL in 2012 and are currently funded by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London to undertake qualitative research on aspects of patient and public involvement practice (PPI). They are
- [Lucy Gallagher](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/lucy-gallagher/) - Lucy is a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Advisor at the King’s College London (KCL) and Partners Research Support Service (RSS) Hub. The Hub provides researchers with expert guidance on designing, developing, and delivering their funding applications, with a particular focus on mental health and neuroscience research. Alongside her advisory role, Lucy coordinates
- [Dr Chanelle Myrie](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-chanelle-myrie/) - Chanelle is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and a PhD Fellow. She studied Psychology and Philosophy as an undergraduate at the University of Warwick, and completed her DClinPsych at the University of East London. Her clinical doctoral thesis focused on exploring young Black men’s conceptualisations of wellbeing, and how this related to their help-seeking behaviour, and
- [Iona Pickett](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/iona-pickett/) - Iona is a PhD student based in the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre. Her research explores how social factors, treatment experiences, and identity contribute to intersectional inequalities in anxiety and depression. She uses quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as patient and public involvement and participatory research practices. Alongside her research, Iona gained policy
- [Rachel Rowan Olive](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/rachel-rowan-olive/) - I support the day-to-day running of the QUAHRC, edit the Qualitative Open Mic podcast, and co-produced our Neurodiversity Matters series. I’m a survivor researcher, meaning I use my lived experiences of mental health difficulties and neurodivergence to shape my work. I came to health research as a participant first, when my local Healthwatch ran a
- [Dr Sohail Jannesari](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/dr-sohail-jannesari/) - Sohail is a Research Fellow at King’s College London and an independent Research Consultant. His research focuses on migration and mental health using critical public health approaches; human trafficking and health; creative/participatory methods and ethics; and equitable knowledge production. He's worked around violence affected youth, maternity experiences, access to sexual health services for people with
- [Hyab Yohannes and Tesfalem Yemane on refugee-led scholarship](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/hyab-yohannes-and-tesfalem-yemane-on-refugee-led-scholarship/) - Why are there limited voices from sanctuary seekers in qualitative research about migrant health? Tesfalem Yemane and Hyab Yohannes bring a vital perspective on 'refugee-led scholarship', dissecting the challenges and significance of broadening the scholarly space to include those who have first-hand experience seeking sanctuary. They discuss how dominant political agendas and interests influence the kind of questions we’re able to ask around migration and mental health, as well as how we might be able to ask them.
- [Rethinking Power in Autism Research: Intersectional, Participatory, and Afrocentric Futures?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/rethinking-power-in-autism-research-intersectional-participatory-and-afrocentric-futures/) - This facilitated conversation brings together Olivia Matshabane and Monique Botha to examine how power, inclusion, and knowledge operate across neurodiversity research. Drawing on Olivia’s and other African scholars’ scholarship thinking about African neuroethics, cultural humility, and community-centred models of care, and Monique’s scholarship on neurodiversity as a collective, activist-led framework, the discussion will question whose knowledge shapes research agendas and whose lives are marginalised by dominant clinical and academic models. Together, they will explore what more accountable, political and decolonial directions in neurodiversity research might look like.
- [Health Research Under Siege](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/health-research-under-siege/) - Since October 7 2023, hundreds of Palestinian medics and healthcare workers killed or detained, all 12 universities in Gaza have been destroyed, and healthcare facilities have been decimated including at time of recording 20 out of 22 hospitals in Northern Gaza. Amidst this devastation, conducting qualitative and participatory health research presents profound challenges and moral dilemmas. This seminar explores the how Palestinian researchers have reacted and adapted.
- [Joe Whelan on Narratives Beyond Interpretation](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/joe-whelan-on-narratives-beyond-interpretation/) - Dr Joe Whelan from Trinity College Dublin explores research using shared walking as an arts based, biographical method.
- [Alicia Stringfellow on the Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/alicia-stringfellow-on-the-biographical-narrative-interpretive-method/) - At this seminar, Alicia Stringfellow presents the use of the Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method to facilitate storytelling with marginalised groups.
- [Emma Maynard on the Family Stories project](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/emma-maynard-on-the-family-stories-project/) - Emma Maynard reflects on how the Family Stories project is helping to find sustainable approaches to trauma-informed, responsive parenting
- [Join our qualitative researcher database for exciting collaboration opportunities](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/join-our-qualitative-researcher-database-for-exciting-collaboration-opportunities/) - Are you a UK based researcher with expertise in qualitative methods? Interested in collaborating on cutting-edge mental health and neuroscience projects? We're seeking qualitative researchers and methodologists to join our growing network of experts seeking collaborations through the NIHR Research Support Service.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: “I think that’s just confirmation bias”: A worked case example of reflexive thematic analysis from a survivor standpoint](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-i-think-thats-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.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Co-design for digital health](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-co-design-for-digital-health/) - Insights from creating an open access course, methods library and pilot support service: in this month’s QSIG, Emelia Delaney, Dr Lili Golmohammadi and Lana Samuels from the King’s Health Partners Digital Health Hub will discuss the development process behind the recently launched Co-design for digital health course, methods library, and complimentary pilot support service (one-to-one advice sessions and taster workshops on design co-methods).
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Realist evaluation and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-realist-evaluation-and-interpretative-phenomenological-analysis/) - This month, Mengying Zhang presents realist evaluation, a methodology for evaluating complex interventions; and Xiaoyang Li presents on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, drawing on doctoral research exploring the lived experiences of caregivers of people with dementia in rural Chinese care homes.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: A participatory arts-based exploration of young people’s mental health following adverse childhood experiences](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-a-participatory-arts-based-exploration-of-young-peoples-mental-health-following-adverse-childhood-experiences/) - Simran Sansoy and Isabelle Butcher, based at the University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, will present the methodologies the ATTUNE project has utilised to date. This includes creative arts practice data, such as animation, photography, dance, as well as quantitative data.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Understanding creative methods in the context of applied health research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-understanding-creative-methods-in-the-context-of-applied-health-research/) - Reflecting on an approach that combines Video-Reflexive Ethnography, Experience-Based Co-Design and creative thinking: Dr Clair Le Boutillier will present her fellowship study that explores how creative methods and design collaborations can be used to inform the co-design of digital personalised care and support planning for adults living with colorectal cancer.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Using a multimedia mobile app for participant communications in a qualitative longitudinal study](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-using-a-multimedia-mobile-app-for-participant-communications-in-a-qualitative-longitudinal-study/) - Annie Irvine presents her experiences of using a multimedia mobile phone app to keep in touch with participants in a qualitative longitudinal study of transitions between work and welfare benefits, for people with mental health problems.
- [Episode 1](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/episode-1/) - The first episode in our new series titled 'What counts as qualitative research? Learning from different perspectives'
- [Episode 2](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/episode-2/) - In this episode, Nathaniel Martin talks about his work as a Community Research Coordinator, youth worker, sports development, and BMX cycling coach - and how all these roles required qualitative research skills.
- [Episode 3](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/episode-3/) - Andrew Picken, BBC Reporter, chats with Sohail about the similarities and differences between journalism and qualitative research
- [Episode 4](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/episode-4/) - In this final episode in our 'What counts as qualitative research?' series, Kitty Saunders, from the 'Mending the Gap' podcast, chats with Sohail about podcasting and qualitative research
- [Victoria Clarke on saturation](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/victoria-clarke-on-saturation/) - In this first episode of our Qualitative Conundrums series, Victoria Clarke reviews the concept of saturation in qualitative research
- [Michelle O'Reilly on quality in qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/michelle-oreilly-on-quality-in-qualitative/) - In the second episode of our 'Qualitative Conundrums' series, Michelle O'Reilly discusses the varied ways of ensuring quality in qualitative research
- [Sharli Paphitis on theory in qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/sharli-paphitis-on-theory-in-qualitative-research/) - In the third episode of our 'Qualitative Conundrums' series, Sharli Paphitis discusses how to use theory in qualitative analysis
- [Harriet Boulding on impact in qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/harriet-boulding-on-impact-in-qualitative-research/) - In the fourth episode of our 'Qualitative Conundrums' series, Harriet Boulding talks about how to ensure qualitative research has real-world impact
- [Michael Larkin on reflexivity](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/michael-larkin-on-reflexivity/) - In the penultimate episode of our 'Qualitative Conundrums' series, Michael Larkin discusses how to be a reflexive qualitative researcher
- [Oli Williams on co-production](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/oli-williams-on-co-production/) - In the final episode of our 'Qualitative Conundrums' series, Oli Williams reflects on how to do meaningful co-production
- [Wayne Farah on framing anti-racist research questions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/wayne-farah-on-framing-anti-racist-research-questions/) - In this episode, Wayne Farah looks what makes a qualitative health research question anti-racist
- [Ricardo Twumasi on being anti-racist in how we share qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/ricardo-twumasi-on-being-anti-racist-in-how-we-share-qualitative-research/) - In this episode, Ricardo discusses how the way we publish and share qualitative health research can help or hinder the cause of anti-racism
- [Latefa Guemar on the skills and values of an ethical researcher](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/latefa-guemar-on-the-skills-and-values-of-an-ethical-researcher/) - In this episode, Latefa explores the values and skills needed by ethical researchers across diverse settings and research approaches
- [Tanya Mackay on Sharing Ethical Knowledge](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/tanya-mackay-on-sharing-ethical-knowledge/) - In this episode, Tanya Mackay explores how sharing ethical knowledge can provide a way through ethical dilemmas in qualitative health research
- [Nishita Nair on marginalised researchers’ ethical processes](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/nishita-nair-on-marginalised-researchers-ethical-processes/) - We explore Nishita’s research on whether social research ethics codes and institutional processes effectively aid researchers working with ethnic minority communities in the UK.
- [Leslie Cannold on becoming an ethical researcher](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/leslie-cannold-on-becoming-an-ethical-researcher/) - In this first episode of our new series, Leslie Cannold explores different ethical perspectives and how to become an ethical researcher
- [Mary Sadid on coproduction, racial justice and mental health](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/mary-sadid-on-coproduction-racial-justice-and-mental-health/) - In this episode, Mary discusses the ways in which coproduction in qualitative mental health research can benefit racialised minorities.
- [Maria Cristina Quevedo-Gómez on Culture and Ethics](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/maria-cristina-quevedo-gomez-on-culture-and-ethics/) - In this episode, Cris discusses how culture and ethics interact, in terms of both institutional regulations and cultural societal differences
- [Kylee Trevillion - A reflection on using co-production approaches in mental health research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/kylee-trevillion-a-reflection-on-using-co-production-approaches-in-mental-health-research/) - Kylee reflects on how a co-production approach resulted in a richer and more impactful study
- [Elsa Montgomery – Co-producing online resources for maximum impact](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/elsa-montgomery-co-producing-online-resources-for-maximum-impact/) - Elsa reflects on co-producing an online resource to help prepare survivors of CSA for pregnancy, birth and parenthood
- [Siofra Peeren, Survivors Voices & The Flying Child - Perspectives on trauma-informed public engagement workshops](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/siofra-peeren-survivors-voices-the-flying-child-perspectives-on-trauma-informed-public-engagement-workshops/) - Síofra, Jane, and Sophie share their reflections on conducting and taking part in trauma-informed public engagement workshops
- [Impact in Qualitative Research Blog template](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/impact-in-qualitative-research-blog-template-2/) - A long, straight road disappears into the distance through a flat dessert, mountains loom in the distance
- [Angie Sweeney and Lois Parri on a collaborative art exhibition](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/angie-sweeney-and-lois-parri-on-a-collaborative-art-exhibition/) - Dr Angie Sweeney and Lois Parri reflect on using an art exhibition to share the work of survivor artists and encourage sensitive conversations about abuse.
- [Grace Lavelle and Hannah Jones on exploring the psychosocial needs of people living with long-term conditions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/grace-lavelle-and-hannah-jones-on-exploring-the-psychosocial-needs-of-people-living-with-long-term-conditions/) - Grace and Hannah discuss how qualitative research laid the foundations for a new online peer support platform for those with long term health conditions.
- [Sian Oram on creative workshops with coercive control survivors](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/sian-oram-on-creative-workshops-with-coercive-control-survivors/) - Sian, who directs the Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network, discusses a day of workshops exploring survivors' priorities around coercive control.
- [Gemma McKenzie on human rights in childbirth](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/gemma-mckenzie-on-human-rights-in-childbirth/) - Dr Gemma McKenzie is an ESRC postdoctoral fellow at King's, where she works on creative methods and violence in the medical treatment of pregnancy and childbirth. This follows her PhD study of freebirthing – deciding to give birth without input from clinicians – in the UK. In this blog post she discusses how she came to be producing an art exhibition titled “Threads of protest” coming up next year.
- [Mikkel Kenni Bruun on the unintended effects of ‘evidence-based’ practice in NHS Talking Therapies](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/mikkel-kenni-bruun-on-the-unintended-effects-of-evidence-based-practice-in-nhs-talking-therapies/) - Dr Mikkel Kenni Bruun is a social anthropologist working on various aspects of mental healthcare in the UK. Here he unpacks what it can mean to apply medical standards of evidence to interpersonal treatments such as therapy: can it do more harm than good?
- [Nat Gohlan on power dynamics in co-production](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/nat-gohlan-on-power-dynamics-in-co-production/) - Nat Gohlan is the Participatory Research Coordinator at King’s College London, working to embed a culture of co-produced and collaborative research with communities. In this blog, Nat shares insights and reflections from a recent training session – Power Dynamics in Co-Produced Research – which they ran with Voices That Shake!.
- [Phoebe Martin on exploring campus sexual harassment](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/phoebe-martin-on-exploring-campus-sexual-harassment/) - Dr Phoebe Martin is a Research Associate at King’s College London working on the project ‘Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Addressing Gender Based Violence’. Her research looks at the intersections of art and feminist activism. In this blog she discusses a series of Photovoice workshops exploring the idea of safety in relation to sexual harassment on campus.
- [Bringing research to life – creating impact case study videos of co-design](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/bringing-research-to-life-creating-impact-case-study-videos-of-co-design/) - Dr Lili Golmohammadi and Emelia Delaney are Research Associates at King’s College London, working on the King’s Health Partners Digital Health Hub and co-design for digital health innovation. Paul Lennon is a Lived Experience Contributor and Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Member, who has supported a number of projects at King's College London, including the SURE Recovery App, which aids the process of recovery from addiction. In this blog they discuss the process of communicating stories of co-design in an engaging format for the development of an open-access Co-design for digital health course and methods library.
- [Caroline Lawlor on developing the Managing Emotions Group](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/caroline-lawlor-on-developing-the-managing-emotions-group/) - Dr Caroline Lawlor is a Senior Clinical Psychologist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and a Research Affiliate at King’s College London. In this blog she writes about the role of qualitative work in developing a new group therapy supporting to help people with psychosis manage their emotions.
- [Rachel Rowan Olive on multilingual voice-hearing](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/rachel-rowan-olive-on-multilingual-voice-hearing/) - Rachel Rowan Olive is a research assistant with the QUAHRC and a survivor researcher using her experience of psychiatric systems to inform her work. In this blog she discusses presenting her applied linguistics research with multilingual voice-hearers to the South London and Maudsley Recovery College's Research Club.
- [Sharli Paphitis and Sohail Jannesari on prioritising the voices of human trafficking survivors to develop a holistic approach to recovery](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/sharli-paphitis-and-sohail-jannesari-on-prioritising-the-voices-of-human-trafficking-survivors-to-develop-a-holistic-approach-to-recovery/) - Dr Sharli Paphitis is a Senior Research Fellow in Qualitative Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on epistemic justice, mental health, and community-based participatory methods. Dr Sohail Jannesari is a Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College London. His research focuses on migration and mental health, outcomes for survivors of human trafficking, creative, participatory and decolonial methods, equitable knowledge production, and research ethics. In this blog, they discuss the importance of prioritising the voices of human trafficking survivors to develop a holistic approach to recovery.
- [Sohail Jannesari, Tanya Krupiy and Orla Phipps on photovoice and transforming learning environments](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/sohail-jannesari-tanya-krupiy-and-orla-phipps-on-photovoice-and-transforming-learning-environments/) - Dr Sohail Jannesari is a Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Freelance Research Consultant. Sohail teaches at the Introduction to Qualitative Research Summer School where Dr Tanya Krupiy and Orla Phipps were students this year. The Summer School is part of the Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC). In this blog, Sohail Jannesari, Tanya Krupiy and Orla Phipps reflect on how participatory and creative methods, such as photovoice, can transform learning environments, drawing on a recent exhibition at the Summer School.
- [Alex Mermikides on Generating Research Impact through Arts-Based Exploration of Nursing](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/alex-mermikides-on-generating-research-impact-through-arts-based-exploration-of-nursing/) - Dr Alex Mermikides is the D’Oyly Carte Senior Lecturer in Arts and Health in the School of Medical Education at King’s College London. Her expertise is in contemporary theatre and performance, and she is interested in how this artform can be employed as research methodology (as well as pedagogical approach) in the context of healthcare, illness and disability. In this blog post, Alex outlines a project she conducted before coming to King’s, which involved making a performance about nursing. Unexpectedly, the project was submitted as an Impact Case Study in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, achieving a 4* rating. Here she describes how this came about and shares some tips on maximising impact in the run up to REF 29.
- [Jo Law on messy, emotional and necessary ethical research with marginalised populations](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/jo-law-on-messy-emotional-and-necessary-ethical-research-with-marginalised-populations/) - Jo Law is a qualitative research assistant at the Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre at King’s College London, working on the qualitative component of the EDEN project, which examines the use of ketamine to treat depression among people with anorexia nervosa. Alongside this, she is pursuing a PhD to explore how intersecting discourses of motherhood, gender and class shape the identities and wellbeing of mothers living in precarious circumstances. In this blog, she reflects on her methodological journey, the ethical tensions of researching with vulnerable populations, and on the challenge of balancing academic expectations with her commitment to participants and social justice.
- [Iterative Categorisation](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/podcasts/iterative-categorisation/) - Professor Jo Neale chats about Iterative Categorisation
- [Evidence-Based Co-Design](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/podcasts/evidence-based-co-design/) - Sarah McAllister speaks to Alan Simpson about using Evidence Based Co-Design on acute mental health wards
- [Co-producing research with young people with lived experience](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/podcasts/co-producing-research-with-young-people-with-lived-experience/) - Norha Vera chats with Niamh Elam (McPin Young People Advisory Group) and Rachel Temple (McPin Foundation) about co-production of research with young people with lived experience, discussing their project on screen use and adolescent mental health
- [Research under siege](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/research-under-siege/) - Amidst the ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine, how do qualitative health researchers navigate their work and find their voice? What kind of research is it possible or ethical to do under siege? This episode delves into the courage, resilience, and ethical considerations that researchers from this region grapple with, touching upon the broader implications for academic freedom and advocacy.
- [Unlocking qualitative data in mental health research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/unlocking-qualitative-data-in-mental-health-research/) - QUAHRC Alumna Cate McCombie and Director Vanessa Lawrence share their insights on Qualitative Diary Methods with the results of a recent scoping review.
- [Shira Birnbaum on supporting the interpretive process](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/shira-birnbaum-on-supporting-the-interpretive-process/) - Qualitative Open Mic: Making Interpretations Episode 1 - Shira Birnbaum on supporting the interpretive process
- [Michael Larkin on Leaning into interpretation in IPA](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/michael-larkin-on-leaning-into-interpretation-in-ipa/) - This episode reflects on the history and theory of Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, and the insights IPA can bring to key questions actively being debated across qualitative research.
- [Alda Terracciano on Interpreting Creative Data](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/alda-terracciano-on-interpreting-creative-data/) - Sohail speaks to artist, academic, and activist Alda Terracciano to explore how visual art and theatre can open up qualitative research into sensitive or stigmatised topics.
- [Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley on lived experience in interpretation](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/joy-llewellyn-beardsley-on-lived-experience-in-interpretation/) - This episode reflects on how lived experience can engender insights, support the interpretative process and enhance the trustworthiness of qualitative research.
- [Kirsten Bell on profit and pricing in academia](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/kirsten-bell-on-profit-and-pricing-in-academia/) - In July 2023, all 44 editors of the acclaimed Critical Public Health journal simultaneously resigned, citing concerns about Taylor and Francis' pricing system. They went to found a new independent journal, the Journal of Critical Public Health. We speak to one of the editors who resigned, who sheds light on the intricate dynamics between profit, pricing, and the neoliberal influence on qualitative health research.
- [Tiarna Lee on the machine behind the method](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/tiarna-lee-on-the-machine-behind-the-method/) - Sohail speaks to 3rd year PhD student Tiarna Lee to explore the frontier of AI's role in health research. From ethical considerations to methodological accuracy, join us as we dissect the potential and pitfalls of integrating AI in research. We ask, “can you have qualitative health research without the heart and soul?”
- [Ginger Johnson on qualitative research in emergency response](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/ginger-johnson-on-qualitative-research-in-emergency-response/) - In this episode we challenge the misconception that qualitative research is too slow and narrow to influence emergency response planning. Despite the common preference for quantitative data in crises, we spotlight the irreplaceable insights that qualitative research provides—insights into human behaviour, cultural context, and community dynamics that are crucial during emergencies. Join us as we explore real-world examples where nuanced, qualitative data has informed swift, culturally sensitive, and effective emergency responses, proving that in the heat of the moment, every narrative counts.
- [Peter West-Oram on government influence in research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/peter-west-oram-on-government-influence-in-research/) - In October 2023, then-minister Michelle Donelan accused members of UK Research and Innovation's EDI committee of holding "extremist views" based on their social media comments on Palestine. She was subsequently forced to retract her statement, but the response from UKRI raised broader questions about whether and how government should be able to influence research. Peter and Sohail get into the details of this debate, covering culture wars, litigious article authors, and more.
- [Amy Wells on challenging tokenistic involvement](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/amy-wells-on-challenging-tokenistic-involvement/) - The involvement of service users in research holds transformative potential, but what happens when it becomes mere tokenism? When is it better to step away? With insights from the National Survivor User Network, we discuss the critical line between genuine engagement and superficial involvement, seeking ways to ensure research remains grounded, relevant, and truly collaborative.
- [Johnny Saldaña on blue collar qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/johnny-saldana-on-blue-collar-qualitative-research/) - In an academic landscape dominated by formality and jargon, Johnny Saldaña brings a refreshingly raw perspective with his ideas on 'Blue Collar Qualitative Research'. We speak to him about how to challenge the ivory towers of academia. We also explore his 'kick-ass' article that tackles positionality, voice, ethics, and many other foundational aspects of qualitative research. Saldaña's unfiltered perspective invites listeners to reflect on the power dynamics that shape our academic voice.
- [Hannah Belcher on (un)masking and mental health research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/hannah-belcher-on-unmasking-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.
- [Elizabeth Hauke on neurodivergent autoethnography and inclusive education](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/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.
- [Dr Michelle O'Reilly on exploring the challenges of doing applied qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/dr-michelle-oreilly-on-exploring-the-challenges-of-doing-applied-qualitative-research/) - The first event in the QUAHRC Seminar Series
- [Does qualitative health research need ethics committees?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/does-qualitative-health-research-need-ethics-committees/) - Qualitative health researchers are on a journey to becoming more reflective, ethical and supportive researchers, but do we need university ethics committees to do this? Sohail Jannesari, Nooshin Asgari, and Stan Papoulias discuss
- [It takes time to develop interpretive depth in qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/it-takes-time-to-develop-interpretive-depth-in-qualitative-research/) - Shira Birnbaum presents this seminar titled 'It Takes Time to Develop Interpretive Depth in Qualitative Research: A Cautionary Note and Some Pedagogical Strategies from the Front Lines of Nursing Education'
- [Robyn Fivush on Family Storytelling and Child Well-Being](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/robyn-fivush-on-family-storytelling-and-child-well-being/) - Robyn Fivush presents this seminar on family storytelling and child well-being, discussing work from the Family Narratives Lab at Emory University
- [QSIG Talk Recording: Grace Horwood on the discursive construction of mental health](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-talk-recording-grace-horwood-on-the-discursive-construction-of-mental-health/) - In this session, Grace Horwood presents her research on ‘Mental Wealth’ and ‘Mental Fitness’: the discursive construction of mental health in the Australian news media during the COVID-19 pandemic
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Services and care for women who use drugs in the perinatal period](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-services-and-care-for-women-who-use-drugs-in-the-perinatal-period/) - Polly Radcliffe and Emma Smith present findings from the Stepping Stones study, a longitudinal qualitative study on services and care for women who use drugs in the perinatal period.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: The use of metaphors by patients and caregivers to frame experiences across five long-term conditions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-the-use-of-metaphors-by-patients-and-caregivers-to-frame-experiences-across-five-long-term-conditions/) - QSIG Midday Talk: The use of metaphors by patients and caregivers to frame experiences across five long-term conditions
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Using qualitative longitudinal research to investigate how Universal Credit impacts claimants with health conditions and disabilities](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-using-qualitative-longitudinal-research-to-investigate-how-universal-credit-impacts-claimants-with-health-conditions-and-disabilities/) - Dr Steph Morris presents findings of a longitudinal qualitative study (January 2022-April 2024) with 47 UC claimants who reported mental and/or physical health conditions. She will reflect on the benefits and the challenges of using a longitudinal methodology to explore and disseminate such policy relevant findings.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Perfomance Practice as Research in the Health Context](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-perfomance-practice-as-research-in-the-health-context/) - Alex Mermikides will open with a brief overview of arts practice as research, an increasingly established methodology within arts and humanities research. She will then share examples from her own research, which uses performance-making to investigate medical experience.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Point of view filming and the elicitation interview](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-point-of-view-filming-and-the-elicitation-interview/) - This presentation by Dr Jonathan Skinner from Surrey Business School will examine the use of digital glasses in healthcare settings. It will suggest that point of view recordings can be used as a means of eliciting tacit knowledge in protagonists. These 'confrontations' with footage have been suggested to be pre-reflective responses in trainee scenarios from ward rounds to A&E simulations.
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Impostor participants in qualitative research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-template/) - This presentation by Angie Pitt, a PhD student at King’s College London, will explore the relatively new and sensitive phenomenon of impostor participants in qualitative research: those who fake or exaggerate their identities to take part in paid research. Angie will share her experiences from a recent qualitative study exploring adolescent attitudes to vaccines where around 80% of potential participants were judged to be impostors, largely adults posing as teenagers, and explore the questions this raised.
- [New horizons and new opportunities for qualitative research to understand and improve mental health in later life](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/new-horizons-and-new-opportunities-for-qualitative-research-to-understand-and-improve-mental-health-in-later-life/) - Dr Vanessa Lawrence highlights the primary role of qualitative research in helping us to understand and improve the mental health of older people
- [QUAHRC Launches!](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/quahrc-launches/) - The Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC) at King’s College London is a new cross-faculty initiative designed to connect qualitative researchers and stimulate debate around theory, methods and practice. With a focus on harnessing qualitative methods to understand and improve health, health interventions and care, the centre’s approach to research prioritises the lived experiences of service users
- [“Feeling lost” to “a better understanding of yourself”: How did lockdown impact the mental health of young people in inner city London?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/feeling-lost-to-a-better-understanding-of-yourself-how-did-lockdown-impact-the-mental-health-of-young-people-in-inner-city-london/) - The REACH team provide an update on the findings from their diary study
- [Pitch us your podcast and blog ideas!](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/pitch-us-your-podcast-and-blog-ideas/) - We are inviting ideas for our Qualitative Open Mic podcast and our Impact in Qualitative Research blog. Qualitative Open Mic: We are currently planning Series 7: Neurodiversity and Qualitative Research, but also take pitches for standalone special episodes. Email quahrc@kcl.ac.uk with a short summary of your suggested topic. Impact Blog: We publish blogs of 800-1000 words which could be: A reflection
- [QSIG Midday Talk: Conversation Analysis and the making and unmaking of disability](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qsig-midday-talk-conversation-analysis-and-the-making-and-unmaking-of-disability/) - Deborah Chinn explores how she came to Conversation Analysis as a qualitative researcher working within a social constructionist understanding of intellectual disability, and how this approach resonated with her practitioner role as an NHS psychologist. She will explore the potential for CA research to inform communication training interventions that have the potential to 'unmake' competency-inhibiting interactions with disabled people.

## Pages

- [Homepage](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/)
- [Contact us](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/contact-us/) - If you would like to contact us, email us on quahrc@kcl.ac.uk. You can also join our mailing list and receive all our latest new and updates on the Centre's activities and events.
- [Qualitative Research Summer School](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qualitative-research-summer-school/) - Fully booked! Email us to register your interest for 2027. Course overview The course will give an overview and introduction to qualitative research methods, including individual interviews, focus group discussions, observation, ethical issues, thematic analysis, and rigour in qualitative research. The course will also highlight the different theoretical approaches to data collection and analysis, including
- [Ethics Resources](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/inspiring-ethics-support/ethics-resources/) - Learn from past ethical dilemmas We’ve been running practical ethics surgeries, community workshops and literature reviews since 2024. Here, we’ve compiled anonymised summaries, notes and videos from the meetings. These should help researchers facing similar ethical challenges and dilemmas. Have a look through our Q&A summaries and recordings from past ethics surgeries. Visual notes,
- [Group Sessions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/nihr-research-support-service-rss/group-sessions/) - Group workshops and shared learning We host regular group workshops and methods clinics focused on qualitative research and PPIE. These sessions provide structured input alongside space for discussion and reflection with peers. They include regular participatory ethics surgeries where you can discuss and get support on your ethical quandaries around participatory research. You can see
- [Recommended reading](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/recommended-reading/) - This is not an exhaustive list, but an evolving collection of the articles, books, and resources that we have found helpful over the years. Activist Research+ Downes, Julia., Karis Hanson & Rebecca Hudson (2016) Salvage: Gendered Violence in Activist Communities. Leeds, UK: Footprint Workers Co-op. Autoethnography+ Stahlke Wall, S. (2016). Toward a Moderate Autoethnography. International Journal
- [Pre-application PPIE Support Funding](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/nihr-research-support-service-rss/pre-application-ppie-support-funding/) - Pre-application PPIE support funding is available through the NIHR Research Support Service to help researchers meaningfully involve people and communities while developing a funding application. This funding is designed to support early involvement that strengthens: Research questions and priorities Study design and feasibility PPIE plans within the application itself It is particularly useful for researchers
- [Resources for Qualitative Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/nihr-research-support-service-rss/resources-for-qualitative-research/) - Methods-focused resources for applied qualitative research This section brings together a set of practical, methods-focused resources designed to support researchers working with qualitative data in applied health, mental health and neuroscience research. The resources are intended to complement the 1-1 advice sessions and workshops that the RSS offers. Each resource set is designed to be
- [(Inspiring) Ethics Support](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/inspiring-ethics-support/) - Practical ethics support for participatory, community-based, survivor/user-led, and cross-cultural research. Inspiring Ethics is a group of researchers across universities, local authorities and charities who want to reshape ethical relations in community-based research and change the bioethical model of university ethics. Through the RSS, Inspiring Ethics also hosts Practical Ethics Surgeries. Here, we help researchers navigate the nitty-gritty of ethical
- [PPIE Resources](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/nihr-research-support-service-rss/ppie-resources/) - Practical support for meaningful Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in research Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) is a core expectation of NIHR-funded research. Strong PPIE goes beyond consultation or data collection and involves working with people and communities as partners throughout the research lifecycle. Through the NIHR Research Support Service, we provide
- [Get 1-to-1 Research Advice](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/nihr-research-support-service-rss/get-1-to-1-research-advice/) - One-to-One Advisory Sessions Talk through your research idea or funding application Our one-to-one advisory sessions offer tailored support on qualitative methods. These sessions are designed to help you clarify your research design, strengthen methodological coherence, and meet funder expectations. Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) is central to NIHR-funded research. Through our 1-to-1 advice
- [NIHR Research Support Service (RSS)](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/nihr-research-support-service-rss/) - Expert qualitative methods and PPIE advice for funded and funding-seeking mental health and neuroscience research. Hosted by King’s College London and partners, the KCL NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) hub supports researchers to develop and deliver high-quality research that improves people’s lives. The hub provides expert methodological advice to researchers who are preparing applications for
- [Events](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/events/)
- [Join our mailing list](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/join-our-mailing-list/) - If you would like to sign up to the QUAHRC Mailing List, to receive updates on the Centre's news and activities, please sign up by submitting your details in the form below. The mailing list will be saved on our password protected MailChimp account, and will be accessible by core members of the QUAHRC team,
- [Get ethics support](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/inspiring-ethics-support/get-ethics-support/) - Participatory Research Ethics Surgery Talk through a real ethics dilemma: At our bimonthly Participatory Research Ethics Surgery, you can discuss and get support on your ethical quandaries around participatory research. Support is provided for ethics applications, ethical practice, ethical decisions, and ethical dilemmas in planned or ongoing qualitative research using participatory approaches of any kind.
- [Partner with us](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/partner-with-us/) - Collaborate with the QUAHRC The QUAHRC at King's College London brings together a core team of experienced qualitative researchers specialising in the design and delivery of high-quality qualitative health research. We work in partnership with academic, clinical, and community teams to strengthen the qualitative design, rigour, and impact of studies across a wide range of
- [Resources from Ethics Surgeries](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/inspiring-ethics-support/ethics-resources/resources-from-ethics-surgeries/) - Here you can find notes and recordings from past ethics surgeries. View upcoming surgeries here. Notes from previous ethics surgeries 15 April 2025Challenges in participatory research and scope for future surgeries 14 March 2025Research in acute mental health settings with Dr Kate Polling 13 February 2025Recruiting in hospital settings, engaging young people, & working with
- [Community Ethics Workshops](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/inspiring-ethics-support/community-ethics-workshops/) - Join upcoming open workshops and events We host events on how ethical processes can be improved to better meet the needs of communities and researchers. We create open spaces where communities and researchers can collaboratively discuss problems and formulate potential solutions. We are grateful to our partners, the McPin Foundation who have hosted several of these events,
- [Learn with Us](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/) - Build your methodological skills, engage critically with theory, and connect with peers.
- [Get Inspired](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-inspired/) - Discover what motivates qualitative researchers and how qualitative work shapes health and care.
- [Get Advice](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/get-advice/) - We offer individual and group support on qualitative methodology and participatory ethics.
- [Our vision](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/our-vision/) - Vision Our aim is to advance rigorous qualitative research through methodological leadership, collaboration and training, centring lived experience and strengthening research that improves health and healthcare. Our purpose The Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC) at King’s College London is a hub for rigorous, applied qualitative research in health and healthcare. We work collaboratively with
- [Work with Us](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/) - The QUAHRC team has methodological and subject expertise across qualitative health research, including clinical trials, implementation, and participatory and creative approaches.
- [Qualitative Special Interest Group (QSIG) – Slides available](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qualitative-special-interest-group-qsig/qualitative-special-interest-group-qsig-slides-available/)
- [Qualitative Special Interest Group (QSIG) – Recordings available](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qualitative-special-interest-group-qsig/qualitative-special-interest-group-qsig-recordings-available/)
- [Qualitative Special Interest Group (QSIG)](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/learn-with-us/qualitative-special-interest-group-qsig/)
- [Who we are](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/who-we-are/) - QUAHRC is based within the Health Services and Population Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. We are an interdisciplinary team of qualitative methodologists, including social scientists, health practitioners, and experts by experience, united by a commitment to improving health and care through high-quality qualitative research. Our work spans
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- [Types of qualitative input](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/work-with-us/types-of-qualitative-input/) - ???
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## Categories

- [Work with Us](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/) - The QUAHRC team has methodological and subject expertise across qualitative health research. Find out more about our vision, who we are, our research projects and expertise, and how you can partner with us to strengthen your research.
- [Learn with Us](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/learn-with-us/) - Engage critically with qualitative theory, methods, and practice through the QUAHRC Seminar Series, connect with peers in our Qualitative Special Interest Group, and build your methodological skills through our Qualitative Research Summer School.
- [Get Advice](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-advice/) - We offer individual and group support on qualitative methodology and participatory ethics through the NIHR Research Support Service and the Inspiring Ethics collaboration.
- [Get Inspired](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/) - Discover what motivates qualitative researchers and how qualitative work shapes health and care. Explore reflections, debates, and impact through The Qualitative Open Mic Podcast, the Impact in Qualitative Research Blog, and our latest News.
- [Who we are](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/who-we-are/) - Meet the QUAHRC team! We are an interdisciplinary team of qualitative methodologists, including social scientists, health practitioners, and experts by experience, united by a commitment to improving health and care through high-quality qualitative research.
- [Our research projects & expertise](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/) - Explore our portfolio of projects to see how we can support your research vision.
- [Qualitative Special Interest Group (QSIG)](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/learn-with-us/qualitative-special-interest-group/) - A supportive, non-judgemental space for students and staff interested in qualitative research to present their research, to discuss methodological challenges and innovations, to critique and generate ideas, and to learn about qualitative theory and methods.
- [QUAHRC Seminar Series](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/learn-with-us/quahrc-seminar-series/) - View our seminars with national and international experts in qualitative research. We’ve heard from experts in Palestine, Ireland, South Africa, the US and the UK on everything from neuroaffirmative afrocentrism to deep dives into interpretive methodologies.
- [The Qualitative Open Mic Podcast](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/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.
- [Impact in Qualitative Research Blog](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/impact-in-qualitative-research-blog/) - A space for the qualitative health research community to showcase and reflect on the impacts and outcomes of our work.
- [News](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/news/) - New papers, books, or other updates from the QUAHRC team.
- [Core team](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/who-we-are/core-team/) - Core members of the QUAHRC at King’s College London sit within the Health Services & Population Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. We are an interdisciplinary team of methodologists comprising social scientists, service users and health practitioners who are passionate about using qualitative methods to understand and improve the experiences of service users and staff. Broadly, our research priorities include: The rigorous application of qualitative methods to understand and improve health, health interventions and care e.g. intervention design/ development, feasibility & piloting, process evaluations, end of trial evaluation, service evaluation Qualitative research that prioritises the lived experiences and perspectives of disadvantaged and marginalised populations e.g. research that prioritises perspectives that have been obscured or hidden, participatory research, service user research, qualitative research on sensitive issues The application of innovative research methods e.g. digital diaries, PhotoVoice, walking interviews, participatory approaches, arts-based methods You can find out more about our specific areas of interest and experise by clicking on the pictures below.
- [Associate members](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/who-we-are/associate-members/)
- [Events](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/events/)
- [Podcasts](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/podcasts/)
- [Series 7: Neurodiversity Matters: Rewiring qualitative health research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-7-neurodiversity-matters-rewiring-qualitative-health-research/)
- [Series 6: Controversies in Qualitative Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-6-controversies-in-qualitative-research/)
- [Series 5: Making Interpretations](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-5-making-interpretations/) - In this series we are eexploring the art of interpreting qualitative health data, sharing insights achieving conceptual depth with different types of data and methods, integrating qualitative findings with quantitative data, and integrating lived experience in interpretation.
- [Series 4: Ethics in Qualitative Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-4-ethics-in-qualitative-research/) - In this series, we are highlighting positive ethical practices in qualitative research with marginalised groups, and discussing ways in which we can make qualitative research inherently more ethical.
- [Series 3: Anti-Racist Qualitative Health Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-3-anti-racist-qualitative-health-research/) - In this series, we look at whether, how, and to what extent qualitative health research can contribute towards anti-racism and decolonisation. We take a journey through qualitative research, exploring at how theoretical framing, topic, process, results, sharing findings and impact can contribute to the cause of anti-racism.
- [Series 2: Qualitative Conundrums](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-2-qualitative-conundrums/) - This series aims to tackle some of the fundamental questions we face conducting qualitative research, and provide insight from experts into ways to address these qualitative conundrums.
- [Series 1: What Counts as Qualitative Research?](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/the-qualitative-open-mic-podcast/series-1-what-counts-as-qualitative-research/) - This series looks at what counts as qualitative research, and how we can learn from different perspectives.
- [Recording available](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/events/recording-available/)
- [Slides available](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/events/slides-available/)
- [Other podcasts](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/other-podcasts/) - Our first foray into podcasting, exploring some key qualitative methods.
- [Qualitative Design](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/)
- [Developing and Adapting Interventions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/developing-and-adapting-interventions/)
- [Evaluating Services and Interventions](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/evaluating-services-and-interventions/)
- [Exploring Illness, Wellbeing and Recovery Experiences](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/exploring-illness-wellbeing-and-recovery-experiences/)
- [Implementation Research and Improvement Science](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/implementation-research-and-improvement-science/)
- [Participatory and Creative Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/participatory-and-creative-research/)
- [Qualitative Research in Trials](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/qualitative-research-in-trials/)
- [Survivor Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/survivor-research/)
- [Systematic Reviews and Evidence Syntheses](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/systematic-reviews-and-evidence-syntheses/)
- [Consensus Building Methods](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/consensus-building-methods/)
- [Methodological Research](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/methodological-research/)
- [Longitudinal Research Evidence](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/work-with-us/our-research-projects-expertise/qualitative-design/longitudinal-research-evidence/)
- [Theme](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/theme/)
- [Neurodiversity](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/theme/neurodiversity/)
- [Migration](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/theme/migration/)
- [CommonGround](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/theme/commonground/)
- [RSS Ethics](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-advice/methods-and-ethics-events/rss-ethics/)
- [RSS Methods](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-advice/methods-and-ethics-events/rss-methods/)
- [Other events](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/other-events/) - Book launches, reading groups, and any other qualitative-focused events at King’s.
- [Book launches](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-inspired/other-events/book-launches/)
- [Methods and Ethics Events](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-advice/methods-and-ethics-events/) - Workshops and presentations from the Research Support Service, Inspiring Ethics, or both.
- [Community Ethics Events](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/category/get-advice/methods-and-ethics-events/community-ethics-events/)

## Tags

- [featured](https://www.quahrc.co.uk/tag/featured/)