Dr Lauren White
BA (Hons), MA, PhD, AFHEA
Sheffield Methods Institute
Lecturer in Social Research Methods
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Sheffield Methods Institute
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2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Understanding how health, illness & disability are experienced in everyday life - Meet Dr Lauren White Lauren joined the Sheffield Methods Institute in January 2023 as a Lecturer in Social Research Methods, having previously worked as a researcher in
iHuman and the School of Education at the University of Sheffield.Lauren is a sociologist interested in health, disability, everyday life, materialities and mobilities. Her research is often interdisciplinary in nature and spans sociology, geography, urban studies, and critical disability studies. She is particularly interested in creative and participatory qualitative research methods and doing meaningful public engagement.
Her PhD was entitled, ‘Everyday Life with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)’ and explored the everyday experiences of living with a common health condition. In 2017, Lauren won the national ESRC writing prize ‘Making Sense of Society’ for communicating this research to broader audiences. Following her PhD, Lauren received an ESRC postdoctoral research fellowship to develop research interests and disseminate research. In 2022, Lauren was awarded the Mildred Blaxter New Writer’s Award in the journal, Sociology of Health and Illness.
- Research interests
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My research falls into the following areas:
- Creative and participatory qualitative research methods
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Critical Disability Studies
- Sociology of Everyday Life
- Mobilities
- Materialities
Research Projects:
'Reimagining TAS with Disabled Young People'
‘Beers, burgers and bleach: Hygiene, toilets and hospitality in the time
‘Hand hygiene at work for workers on the move’
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Challenges of accessing hygiene facilities when on the move: an exploratory interview study with UK mobile workers. BMC Public Health.
- Unmasked: COVID-19, face coverings, and navigating dis/abling spaces and cultures. Space and Culture, 26(3), 296-308.
- From the home to the (hand)bag: Negotiating privacy in personal life when living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Sociology.
- Like clockwork? (Re)imagining rhythms and routines when living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Sociology of Health and Illness.
- My dear diaries: following, valuing and reflecting on moments with
research materials.. Qualitative Research.
- ‘I have to know where I can go’: mundane mobilities and everyday public toilet access for people living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Social & Cultural Geography.
- Book review : Charlotte Bates, Vital Bodies: Living with Illness. Qualitative Research, 20(1), 121-123.
- Hospitality work as social reproduction: Embodied and emotional labour during Covid-19. Sociology.
Exhibitions
- Everyday life with irritable bowel syndrome. University of Sheffield.
Website content
- Solidarity through routine : relations and rhythms of regular lockdown walks.
- Towards joyful ways of learning.
- 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP.
- On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.
- Bumble Bees and Creativities: Methodological Musings on the Methods for Change Showcase Event.
- Our lockdown walks: Physically, but not socially, distanced walking as method.
Preprints
- Trustworthy Autonomous Systems and Disabled Young People: A Critical Literature Review, Center for Open Science.
All publications
Journal articles
- Challenges of accessing hygiene facilities when on the move: an exploratory interview study with UK mobile workers. BMC Public Health.
- Unmasked: COVID-19, face coverings, and navigating dis/abling spaces and cultures. Space and Culture, 26(3), 296-308.
- From the home to the (hand)bag: Negotiating privacy in personal life when living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Sociology.
- Like clockwork? (Re)imagining rhythms and routines when living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Sociology of Health and Illness.
- My dear diaries: following, valuing and reflecting on moments with
research materials.. Qualitative Research.
- ‘I have to know where I can go’: mundane mobilities and everyday public toilet access for people living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Social & Cultural Geography.
- Book review : Charlotte Bates, Vital Bodies: Living with Illness. Qualitative Research, 20(1), 121-123.
- Hospitality work as social reproduction: Embodied and emotional labour during Covid-19. Sociology.
Exhibitions
- Everyday life with irritable bowel syndrome. University of Sheffield.
Website content
- Solidarity through routine : relations and rhythms of regular lockdown walks.
- Towards joyful ways of learning.
- 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP.
- On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.
- Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People: Our Project Launch!.
- Bumble Bees and Creativities: Methodological Musings on the Methods for Change Showcase Event.
- Our lockdown walks: Physically, but not socially, distanced walking as method.
Preprints
- Trustworthy Autonomous Systems and Disabled Young People: A Critical Literature Review, Center for Open Science.
- Challenges of accessing hygiene facilities when on the move: an exploratory interview study with UK mobile workers. BMC Public Health.
- Teaching interests
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Lauren has previously taught on a variety of sociological modules and qualitative methods modules. She has also supervised BA and MA dissertations on a diversity of sociological topics.