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Seminar recording coming soon: Health research under siege

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

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

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

The Qualitative Open Mic Podcast

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

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18 Dec 2024

Controversies in qualitative research: 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.

Podcast

20 Nov 2024

Controversies in qualitative research: 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.

Podcast

23 Oct 2024

Controversies in qualitative research: 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.

Podcast

Events

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

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27 Jan 2025, 12:00 to 13:00

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.

Online - Zoom

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27 Jan 2025, 13:30 to 14:30

Save the date: 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.

Online

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13 Feb 2025, 14:00 to 15:00

Participatory Research Ethics Surgery

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.

Online

Upcoming events

Impact in Qualitative Research Blog

The latest posts from our impact blog

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Impact in Qualitative Research: 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.

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Impact in Qualitative Research: 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.

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Impact in Qualitative Research: 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!.

News

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"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?

21 Oct 2024

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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?

14 Oct 2024

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Research projects

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

Refocus on Recovery

Developing and testing a recovery intervention in NHS Adult Community Mental Health Teams

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Digital personalised cancer care planning

Coproducing personalised care in a digital age: using the Adversity, Restoration and Compatibility (ARC) framework to inform the co-design of a digital care planning tool for people with colorectal cancer