Alison Edgley

Contact

• workRoom B235 Health Sciences
  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. “Nothing’s changed, baby”:: 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. 'Maybe I Shouldn't Talk': The Role of Power in the Telling of Mental Health Recovery Stories QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH.
• KIRK, KATE, COHEN, LAURIE, EDGLEY, ALISON and TIMMONS, STEPHEN, 2022. 'You're on show all the time': Moderating emotional labour through space in the emergency department JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 78(10), 3320-3329
• KIRK, K., EDGLEY, A., TIMMONS, S. and COHEN, L., 2021. "I don't have any emotions": emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department 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. “Nothing’s changed, baby”:: 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. 'Maybe I Shouldn't Talk': The Role of Power in the Telling of Mental Health Recovery Stories QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH.
• KIRK, KATE, COHEN, LAURIE, EDGLEY, ALISON and TIMMONS, STEPHEN, 2022. 'You're on show all the time': Moderating emotional labour through space in the emergency department JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING. 78(10), 3320-3329
• KIRK, K., EDGLEY, A., TIMMONS, S. and COHEN, L., 2021. "I don't have any emotions": emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department Journal of Advanced Nursing.
• EDGLEY, A., 2021. Maternal Presenteeism: Theorising the importance for working mothers of ‘being there’ for their children beyond infancy Gender, Work & Organisation.
• EDGLEY, A. and ROBERTS, J., 2021. Love, Fear and Disgust: Deconstructing masculinities and affective embodiment in pregnancy guides for men 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. "I Cry. I Simply Cry." An Ethnography of a Lymphedema Summer Camp LYMPHATIC RESEARCH AND BIOLOGY. 19(5), 479-487
• DORAN, D., EDGLEY, A. and STICKLEY, T., 2021. ' ... You feel like the one that got left behind': a narrative inquiry into the friendships of people who have endured mental health difficulties ... PERSPECTIVES IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
• ZAHEER, MARYAM, HUSSAIN, BASHARAT, FATIMA, TEHNIYAT and EDGLEY, ALISON, 2021. Consumers’ 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. The experiences of spirituality among adults with mental health difficulties: A qualitative systematic review 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. Introducing midwifery students to the world of research: building the basis for future leaders in evidence-based practice MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 30(3), 324-329
• BEAVER, J., GOLDBERG, S., EDGLEY, A. and HARWOOD, R., 2020. ‘Socialised care futility’ in the care of older people in hospital who call out repetitively: an ethnographic study International Journal of Nursing Studies.
• COWLEY, A., DIVER, C., EDGLEY, A. and COOPER, J., 2020. Capitalising on the transformational opportunities or early Clinical Academic Career training for nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals 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. The Propaganda Model and Intersectionality: Integrating Separate Paradigms Media Theory. 2/2(2:2), 213-239
• JENSEN, A., STICKLEY, T. and EDGLEY, A., 2016. The perspectives of people who use mental health services engaging with arts and cultural activities Mental Health and Social Inclusion. (In Press.)
• TIMMONS, S., EDGLEY, A., MEAL, A. and NARAYANASAMY, A., 2015. Being Human: Transdisciplinarity in Nursing Journal of Further and Higher Education.
• MARSHALL, L. and EDGLEY, A., 2015. Perils and pitfalls for clinicians embarking on patient experience studies in Physiotherapy Nurse Researcher. 22(5), 30-34
• IBRAHIM, N. and EDGLEY, A., 2015. Embedding Researcher’s Reflexive Accounts within the Analysis of a Semi-Structured Qualitative Interview The Qualitative Report. 20(10),
• EDGLEY, A., 2015. ‘Noam Chomsky: Method, Methodology and Politics’. 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 perspectives of people who use mental health services engaging with arts and cultural activities The Qualitative Report. 20(10), 1671-1681
• EDGLEY, A., STICKLEY, T., TIMMONS, S. and MEAL, A., 2014. Critical Realist Review: exploring the real, beyond the empirical 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. The politics of recovery in mental health: a left libertarian policy analysis Social Theory and Health. 10(2), 121-140
• GALLAGHER, K., MARLOW, N., EDGLEY, A. and POROCK, D., 2012. The attitudes of neonatal nurses towards extremely preterm infants Journal of Advanced Nursing. 68(8), 1768-1779
• MANSOUR, M., JAMES, V. and EDGLEY, A., 2012. Investigating the Safety of Medication Administration in Adult Critical Care Settings Nursing in Critical Care. 17(4), 189-197
• EDGLEY, A., 2012. On Chomsky: Part two: Chomsky and the Academy; New Left Project. Available at: <http://www.newleftproject.org>
• EDGLEY, A., 2012. On Chomsky: Part One: Political Criticism, theories and traditions; New Left Project. Available at: <http://www.newleftproject.org>
• EDGLEY, A., PILNICK, A. and CLARK, M., 2011. 'The air still wasn't good ... everywhere I went I was surrounded': lay perceptions of air quality and health 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. The concept of 'nursing' in the abortion services 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. Desperately seeking sociology: nursing student perceptions of sociology on nursing courses. 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. Philosophy for Research Methods: A Reader 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. University of Nottingham.
• 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. 'A spoonful of regulation helps the medicine go down': the changing face of medicine regulation Social Theory and Health. 5(2), 145-160
• EDGLEY, A. and AVIS, M., 2007. The perception of statutory service providers of a local Sure Start programme: a shared agenda? Health and Social Care in the Community. 15(4), 379-386
• EDGLEY, A., 2007. Theory: My drug of choice: A reply to Abraham and Moncrieff 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. Interprofessional collaboration: Sure Start, uncertain futures. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 20(4), 433-5
• EDGLEY, A., STICKLEY, T. and MASTERSON, S., 2006. Whose right? 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. Chomsky's political critique: Essentialism and political theory 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.)