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  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 82 30913
• fax0115 82 30999
• alison.edgley@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am Researcher in Residence for the Researcher Academy and Associate Professor of Social Science and Health in the School of Health Science since 2002. As Researcher in Residence I am building a decolonising and diversifying initiative to encourage the use of reflexive, transparent study design and affirming methodologies (Nakhid & Farrugia). This work guides STEM, social science and humanities researchers across the University towards ethical and epistemological debates, including epistemologies of the so called 'south'. These debates make explicit, assumptions that can may sit within and beneath study designs. These workshops aspire to engender in our research community a sense of excellence, intersectional justice, planetary care, robust, inclusive and reflexive study designs as well as passion, curiosity, humility and integrity.

My research expertise lies in conducting epistemologically rigorous and theoretically informed qualitative research. Most recently I am leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers in a study exploring the experiences of participants at the applied epistemology workshops. I have also brought my sociological perspective and skills to topics of motherhood, fatherhood, mental health and recovery, lymphedema, elder hospital care and clinical academic careers among others. The analytical lens I study data through are varied but include critical realism, feminist standpoint, gender, embodiment and emotional labour. Methods I have deployed are observation, interviews, focus groups and critical discourse analysis.

Expertise Summary

Qualitative research methods

Epistemology: Critical Realism; Standpoint & Epistemologies of the 'South'

Gender

Mental health and recovery

Embodiment and emotional labour

Clinical academic careers

Teaching Summary

My main teaching involvement is with Masters and PhD students.

I'm recently appointed Researcher in Residence to develop and deliver rolling workshops on epistemology, and rigor in study design as well as qualitative methods. This is part of an initiative to decolonise the methods curriculum. We aspire to engender in our research community robust, inclusive and reflexive study designs. These workshops are open to STEM, Social Science and Arts doctoral students and staff.

I convene and teach on three of the University's ESRC Doctoral Training Centre modules: Philosophy of Social Science Research; Foundations in Qualitative Research; Individual and Group Interviews.

I contribute qualitative and philosophical teaching to other post graduate teaching modules in Midwifery and Nursing.

Research Summary

My research interests concern epistemology (standpoint and epistemologies of the south; critical realism) and the application and analysis of qualitative data. I undertake primary qualitative… read more

Recent Publications

• LLEWELLYN-BEARDSLEY, J., RENNICK-EGGLESTONE, S., CALLARD, F., KOTERA, Y., POLLOCK, K., SLADE, M. and EDGLEY, A., 2023. 鈥淣othing鈥檚 changed, baby鈥�:: how the mental health narratives of people with multiple and complex needs disrupt the recovery framework SSM Mental Health. (In Press.)
• LLEWELLYN-BEARDSLEY, JOY, RENNICK-EGGLESTONE, STEFAN, POLLOCK, KRISTIAN, ALI, YASMIN, WATSON, EMMA, FRANKLIN, DONNA, YEO, CAROLINE, NG, FIONA, MCGRANAHAN, ROSE, SLADE, MIKE and EDGLEY, ALISON, 2022. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH.
• KIRK, KATE, COHEN, LAURIE, EDGLEY, ALISON and TIMMONS, STEPHEN, 2022. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 78(10), 3320-3329
• KIRK, K., EDGLEY, A., TIMMONS, S. and COHEN, L., 2021. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

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Current Research

My research interests concern epistemology (standpoint and epistemologies of the south; critical realism) and the application and analysis of qualitative data. I undertake primary qualitative research and secondary analysis.

I have supervised seventeen PhD students (7 ESRC funded) to successful completion, and currently have a further seven (3 ESRC funded) qualitative studies using a range of methods including ethnography and interviews. I am supervising several in mental health recovery: narratives; spirituality; peer working and women and homelessness in India. Also community nursing and chronic odema care; courage; continuing professional development and gender disappointment. I bring methodological rigor and work to support my students with publication.

In July 2021 I won a University Staff Oscar for Best Research Supervisor.

I retain an interest in the work of Noam Chomsky and have written and edited books with Routledge and Palgrave Macmillan respectively: The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky (2000, 2002) and Noam Chomsky: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought Series (2015)

Future Research

To examine participant experiences of the Researcher Academy initiative to decolonise the methods curriculum. This is being designed to guide participants through debates in epistemology (including epistemologies of the south) to make explicit, assumptions that can implicitly lurk beneath study designs.

• LLEWELLYN-BEARDSLEY, J., RENNICK-EGGLESTONE, S., CALLARD, F., KOTERA, Y., POLLOCK, K., SLADE, M. and EDGLEY, A., 2023. 鈥淣othing鈥檚 changed, baby鈥�:: how the mental health narratives of people with multiple and complex needs disrupt the recovery framework SSM Mental Health. (In Press.)
• LLEWELLYN-BEARDSLEY, JOY, RENNICK-EGGLESTONE, STEFAN, POLLOCK, KRISTIAN, ALI, YASMIN, WATSON, EMMA, FRANKLIN, DONNA, YEO, CAROLINE, NG, FIONA, MCGRANAHAN, ROSE, SLADE, MIKE and EDGLEY, ALISON, 2022. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH.
• KIRK, KATE, COHEN, LAURIE, EDGLEY, ALISON and TIMMONS, STEPHEN, 2022. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 78(10), 3320-3329
• KIRK, K., EDGLEY, A., TIMMONS, S. and COHEN, L., 2021. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
• EDGLEY, A., 2021. Gender, Work & Organisation.
• EDGLEY, A. and ROBERTS, J., 2021. Men & Masculinities.
• EDGLEY, ALISON, SYKOROVA, MARTINA, STASI, ELODIE, BARTOLETTI, ROBERTO, ROCCATELLO, DARIO, MAC SWEENEY, MEADBH, POURQUIER, HELENE, MURRAY, SUSIE, MESTRE, SANDRINE, AUBEELUCK, AIMEE, ROWAN, SARA, QUERE, ISABELLE and MOFFATT, CHRISTINE J., 2021. LYMPHATIC RESEARCH AND BIOLOGY. 19(5), 479-487
• DORAN, D., EDGLEY, A. and STICKLEY, T., 2021. PERSPECTIVES IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
• ZAHEER, MARYAM, HUSSAIN, BASHARAT, FATIMA, TEHNIYAT and EDGLEY, ALISON, 2021. Consumers鈥� Opinions on the Plastic Bag Ban and Using Eco-Friendly Bags for Shopping in Pakistan The Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research. 9(2), 161-187
• MILNER, K, CRAWFORD, P, EDGLEY, A, HARE-DUKE, L and SLADE, M, 2020. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. May 3; 29:e34
• BORRELLI, S., WALKER, L., JOMEEN, J., ROBERTS, J., EDGLEY, A., BENNETT, B., HARTON, S., POOLE, G., ROBERTSON, K., SLACK, H., WALMSLEY, A. and SPIBY, H., 2020. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 30(3), 324-329
• BEAVER, J., GOLDBERG, S., EDGLEY, A. and HARWOOD, R., 2020. International Journal of Nursing Studies.
• COWLEY, A., DIVER, C., EDGLEY, A. and COOPER, J., 2020. BMC Medical Education. 20, 418
• ZOLLMANN, F., KLAEHN, J., SIKKA, T., COMEFORO, K., BROUDY, D., TROGER, M., POOLE, E., EDGLEY, A. and MULLEN, A., 2018. Media Theory. 2/2(2:2), 213-239
• JENSEN, A., STICKLEY, T. and EDGLEY, A., 2016. Mental Health and Social Inclusion. (In Press.)
• TIMMONS, S., EDGLEY, A., MEAL, A. and NARAYANASAMY, A., 2015. Journal of Further and Higher Education.
• MARSHALL, L. and EDGLEY, A., 2015. Nurse Researcher. 22(5), 30-34
• IBRAHIM, N. and EDGLEY, A., 2015. The Qualitative Report. 20(10),
• EDGLEY, A., 2015. 鈥楴oam Chomsky: Method, Methodology and Politics鈥�. In: EDGLEY, A., ed., Noam Chomsky Palgrave Macmillan. 99-120
• EDGLEY, A., ed., 2015. Noam Chomsky Palgrave Macmillan.
• EDGLEY, A., 2015. Introduction. In: EDGLEY, A., ed., Noam Chomsky Palgrave Macmillan. 1-8
• IBRAHIM, N., 2015. The Qualitative Report. 20(10), 1671-1681
• EDGLEY, A., STICKLEY, T., TIMMONS, S. and MEAL, A., 2014. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 40(3), 316-330
• ROBINSON, J., EDGLEY, A. and MORRELL, C. J., 2014. MRSA care in the community: why patient education matters British Journal of Community Nursing. 19(9), 436-41
• EDGLEY, A., STICKLEY, T., WRIGHT, N. and REPPER, J., 2012. Social Theory and Health. 10(2), 121-140
• GALLAGHER, K., MARLOW, N., EDGLEY, A. and POROCK, D., 2012. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 68(8), 1768-1779
• MANSOUR, M., JAMES, V. and EDGLEY, A., 2012. Nursing in Critical Care. 17(4), 189-197
• EDGLEY, A., 2012. New Left Project. Available at: <http://www.newleftproject.org>
• EDGLEY, A., 2012. New Left Project. Available at: <http://www.newleftproject.org>
• EDGLEY, A., PILNICK, A. and CLARK, M., 2011. Health Sociology Review. 20(1), 97-108
• GLANGKARN, S., PROMASATAYAPROT, V., POROCK, D. and EDGLEY, A., 2011. Measuring Quality of Life in Thai Women with Breast Cancer Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 12(3), 637-44
• EDGLEY, A., 2010. Noam Chomsky's Political Theory. In: G CLAEYS, ed., The Encyclopaedia of Modern Political Thought GQ Press.
• GALLAGHER, K., POROCK, D. and EDGLEY, A., 2010. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66(4), 849-857
• EDGLEY, A., 2010. Noam Chomsky and the Media. In: RYAN, M., ed., The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory Blackwell.
• EDGLEY, ALISON, TIMMONS, STEPHEN and CROSBIE, BRIAN, 2009. Nurse Education Today. 29(1), 16-23
• TIMMONS, S, EDGLEY A, MORGAN, A and PARK, J., 2009. The value of studying philosophy for postgraduate research students in nursing Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophy and Religious Studies. 9(1), 195-211
• TIMMONS, S, EDGLEY A and MORGAN, A., 2009. Available at: <http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk/index.html>
• EDGLEY, A., 2009. Manufacturing Consistency: Social Science, Rhetoric and Chomksy's Critique Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture: Special Issue: The Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model 20 years on. 6(2), 23-42
• EDGLEY, A., ed., 2009. Assessment based upon student video assignment. The Hub Autumn 2009. 糖心原创.
• GLANGKARN, S., POROCK, D. and EDGLEY, A., 2008. Commonly used measures of quality of life fit to Thai women with breast cancer In: 6th European Oncology Nursing Society. Geneva.
• GLANGKARN, S., POROCK, D. and EDGLEY, A., 2008. Quality of life in Thai women with early stage breast cancer during adjuvant therapy In: 6th European Breast Cancer Conference Geneva.
• MANSOUR, M., JAMES, V. and EDGLEY, A., 2008. Investigating the Safety of Medications Administration in Adult Critical Care Settings In: Improving Patient Safety Conference Proceeding.
• EDGLEY, A., 2007. Social Theory and Health. 5(2), 145-160
• EDGLEY, A. and AVIS, M., 2007. Health and Social Care in the Community. 15(4), 379-386
• EDGLEY, A., 2007. Social Theory and Health. 5(2), 180-185
• TIMMONS, S, EDGLEY, A and & CROSBIE, B., 2007. Desperately Seeking Sociology: Student Nurse perceptions of the relevance of sociology In: British Sociological Association - Medical Sociology Group.
• EDGLEY, A., 2007. Perceptions of Statutory Service Providers of Local Programmes. In: SCHNEIDER, J., AVIS, M. and LEIGHTON, P., eds., Supporting Children and Families: Lessons from Sure Start for Evidence-Based Practice in Health, Social Care and Education Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 121-130
• EDGLEY, ALISON and AVIS, MARK, 2006. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 20(4), 433-5
• EDGLEY, A., STICKLEY, T. and MASTERSON, S., 2006. Journal of Mental Health. 15(1), 35-42
• CLARKE, M. L, GOUGH, L, EDGLEY, A and WALSH, M. & HERVEY, T., 2006. Realising their Potential:: APPLE participant views on barriers and incentives to career progression
• CLARKE, M. L, GOUGH, L, EDGLEY, A and WALSH, M. & HERVEY, T., 2006. Meeting their Needs: Participant views of APPLE programme components
• POLLOCK, K. & EDGLEY, A., 2006. Whose death? Whose choice?: Criticial perspectives on contemporary notions of a 'good death' In: Medicine and the Body Politic Conference.
• EDGLEY, A., 2005. Contemporary Political Theory. 4(2), 129-153
• AVIS, M. & EDGLEY, A., 2005. The extent of the impact of Sure Start on the Work on Local Professionals: An Evaluation Sure Start Hyson Green.
• EDGLEY, A. & AVIS, M., 2005. The Extent of the Impact of Sure Start on the work of local Professionals: An Evaluation In: Sure Start Conference.
• EDGLEY, A., 2004. Drugs of Choice: Regulating Access to Statiins In: British Sociological Association - Medical Sociology Group.
• EDGLEY, A., 2003. Conflict and Collaboration between Professions & State: The Case of Nurse Prescribing: The Case of Nurse Prescribing In: British Sociological Association - Medical Sociology Group.
• EDGLEY, A., 2002. The Social and Political Thought of Noam Chomsky 2nd. Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought. (In Press.)
• EDGLEY, A., 2002. Ideal, Impossible or Essential: Chomsky and Utopia in Dark Times In: The Utopian Studies Society. (In Press.)
• EDGLEY, A., 2002. Can't get no satisfaction: theorising public views on healthcare In: British Sociological Association - Medical Sociology Group.
• EDGLEY, A., 1999. Chomsky's Libertarian Socialism In: Political Studies Association http://www.chomsky.info/onchomsky/htm.
• EDGLEY, A., 1998. The Communist Manifesto: an 'ism' or a 'wasm' Talking Politics. 10(3), 220-224
• EDGLEY, A., 1995. Chomsky and the State Politics. 15(3), 153-159
• EDGLEY, A. and ROBERTS, J., Love, Fear and Disgust: Deconstructing masculinities and affective embodiment in pregnancy guides for men Men & Masculinities. (In Press.)
• ZAHEER, M,, HUSSAIN, B. and TEHNIYAT, F., Consumer opinions on the plastic bag ban and using the green bag for shopping in Pakistan Asian Journal of Public Opinion Research. (In Press.)