Dr. Nigel King
Professor
Applied Psychology
University of Huddersfield
Dates: October 16 – 17
Purpose of Visit
During his visit, Professor King will be meeting with CHES faculty and researchers to support the development of a program of research in organizational structures and cultures in distributed medical education.
He also will be lending his expertise in template analysis to Dr. Chris Lovato and her research team, who are using template analysis in examining the impact of the Northern Medical Program on the local communities.
Biography
Professor Nigel King is Director of the Centre for Applied Psychological and Health Research and Professor in Applied Psychology in the School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Newcastle Business School, part of the University of Northumbria.
Professor King has a background in both organizational and health psychology, and his empirical work has mostly been in primary/community health settings. His substantive interests include collaborative working, organizational innovation and change, connection to nature and its impact on well-being, and student experiences of placement learning. However, Professor King is probably best known for his methodological work, developing qualitative methods for applied research. These include the Template Analysis style of thematic analysis and the Pictor technique – a visual method for exploring experiences of collaborative working. He is author (with Christine Horrocks) of Interviews in Qualitative Research (Sage, 2010).