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Nicole Brown (social scientist)

Nicole Brown FRSA (born 1976) is an Austrian and British writer and academic whose expertise lies with social research practice. She focuses on the development and pragmatics of research methods and approaches for data analysis as well as dissemination.

Nicole Brown
FRSA
Born
Nicole Kraller

1976 (age 47–48)
Leoben, Austria
NationalityAustrian and British
Alma materUniversität Wien and University of Kent
Employer(s)University College London, Director of Social Research & Practice and Education
Known forSocial research practice Intersection of practice-research-teaching
Websitewww.nicole-brown.co.uk

Education

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Brown has a teaching qualification (2001), a Magister degree from the University of Vienna (2001), a master's degree in teaching from the UCL Institute of Education (2006), a diploma in translation from the University of London (2008). She has a 2018 postgraduate certificate in higher education, a 2020 masters degree in higher education, and a PhD in sociology, all from the University of Kent.[1]

Career

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Associate Professor and IOE Head of Research Ethics and Integrity at University College London, and Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd.[1]

Brown researches physical and material representations of experiences, the generation of knowledge and use of metaphors to express what is difficult to express, and more generally, research methods and approaches to explore identity and body work.

Brown is an editor for the Journal of Participatory Research Methods,[2] Disability and Society,[3] and The Qualitative Report.[4] She is a long-standing member of methodologically-orientated organisations, such as the Pedagogy Network of the National Centre for Research Methods[5] and the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography.[6]

Brown is regularly invited as a keynote presenter and workshop leader, as for example for the National Centre for Research Methods, the Social Research Association,[7] the American Association for Public Opinion Research,[8] Photovoice Worldwide,[9] as well as symposia and network conferences.[10][11][12] On 26 June 2023 Brown delivered the keynote for the European Educational Research Association's Summer School in Porto.[13]

Her exploration of research paradigms, data collection methods, and data analysis recognises the researchers' interactions with the field of study, the research participants, the research contexts, and settings, as well as the variety of practices involved in developing understanding and generating knowledge through thinking-doing-being.[14] In that sense, her creative practices as a fiction writer and poet as well as her activist work in response to, on the back of and as research represent an extension of her conceptualisation of research practice that interweaves practice/teaching/research.

Publications

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Books

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  • Brown, N., Ince, A. & Ramlackhan, K. (eds.). (to be published in 2024). Creativity in Education: International Perspectives. UCL Press.
  • Brown, N. (November 2023). Photovoice, Reimagined. Policy Press. ISBN 9781447369387.
  • Brown, N. (2021). Making the Most of Your Research Journal. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447360049.[15]
  • Leigh, J. S. & Brown, N. (2021). Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350118799.[16]
  • Brown, N. (ed.) (2021). Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447354116[17]
  • Brown, N. & Leigh, J. S. (eds.) (2020). Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education. London: UCL Press. ISBN 9781787354999[18]

Awards and honors

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  • A 2016 winner of the Turnitin Global innovation Awards[19]
  • A 2018 Postgraduate Festival Prize Winner from the University of Kent[20]
  • In 2022, admitted as Fellow to the Royal Society of Arts[21]
  • UCL Education Awards 2023: recipient of the Faculty Education Award in Arts and Humanities and shortlisted for the UCL Provost Education Award in the category "Assessment and Feedback"[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iris View Profile". iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  2. ^ "Editorial Board | Journal of Participatory Research Methods". jprm.scholasticahq.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. ^ "Disability & Society". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. ^ "Editorial Board | The Qualitative Report | The Qualitative Report | Nova Southeastern University". nsuworks.nova.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  5. ^ "Pedagogic research". www.ncrm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  6. ^ imagiethn. "Who We Are". Centre for Imaginative Ethnography. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  7. ^ "Archive of presentations". the-sra.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  8. ^ "AAPOR". AAPOR webinar. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. ^ Admin_Heads (2021-12-17). "Key Themes in Photovoice Research". Photovoice Worldwide. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  10. ^ "Art/Practice-Based Research Seminar Series hosted by Agata Lulkowska | The C3 Centre: Creative Industries and Creative Communities". Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  11. ^ UCL (2019-01-30). "Nicole Brown". Qualitative Health Research Network. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  12. ^ "Qualitative Research Symposium 2022 | Centre for Qualitative Research". blogs.bath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  13. ^ "EERSS 2023 Keynote Speakers".
  14. ^ "Art/Practice-Based Research Seminar Series hosted by Agata Lulkowska | The C3 Centre: Creative Industries and Creative Communities". Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  15. ^ Review of Making the Most of Your Research Journal: Stephen K. Donovan, Journal of Scholarly Publishing, doi:10.3138/jsp-2022-0012
  16. ^ Review of Embodied Inquiry: Laura Shobiye, Impact of Social Sciences, 15 Jan 2022
  17. ^ Reviews of Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Emily Yarrow, Work, Employment and Society, doi:10.1177/09500170221146908; Katherine C. Aquino, Higher Education Quarterly, doi:10.1111/hequ.12354; Peta S. Cook, Sociology of Health & Illness, doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13602; Lieve Carette, Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, doi:10.5117/TVGN2022.1.006.CARE; Mary Hums, Learning & Teaching, doi:10.3167/latiss.2022.150107
  18. ^ Reviews of Ableism in Academia: Sally Jayne Hewlett, Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, doi:10.14426/cristal.v9i1.433; Rebecca Robb, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, doi:10.15353/cjds.v11i1.854; Krystal Vasquez, "Accounts of academic ableism", Nature Chemistry, doi:10.1038/s41557-021-00720-3
  19. ^ "Turnitin Announces Winners of 2016 Global Innovation Awards". www.businesswire.com. 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  20. ^ "Postgraduate Festival prize winners announced". News Centre - University of Kent. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  21. ^ UCL (2022-03-25). "IOE academics named as Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts". IOE - Faculty of Education and Society. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  22. ^ UCL (2023-04-19). "The Education Awards 2023 - shortlist announced". Teaching & Learning. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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