Dr Nikita Hayden
Faculty of Social Sciences
Research Associate
- Profile
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I am a Research Associate with iHuman and the School of Education at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield. I am working on the ESRC funded project 'Humanising Healthcare', where we are employing ethnographic methods, narrative interviews, and co-production to explore examples of humanising healthcare for people with learning disabilities.
- Qualifications
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PhD Education and Psychology, º£½ÇÉçÇø of Warwick, United Kingdom
MSc Education, Power and Social Change, Birkbeck College, United Kingdom
LLB Law (Hons), º£½ÇÉçÇø of Reading, United Kingdom
- Research interests
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My research work to date has been situated in applied psychology, with a particular focus on families and siblings. My sibling research focuses on siblings of children and adults with learning and developmental disabilities. I am a volunteer Research Associate for the UK charity Sibs and am collaborating with colleagues from various disciplines to establish the Sibling Studies Network. I have experience of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research approaches.
- Teaching interests
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My current role does not include teaching. However, I have prior experience of teaching sociology, psychology, and research methods.