Dr Victoria Clarke

• Qualifications:BSc; PhD; CPsychol; FBPsS
• Position:Associate Professor in Qualitative and Critical Psychology
• Department:HAS - Health and Social Sciences
• Telephone:+441173282176
• Email:Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

I teach, supervise student research and conduct my own research in the intersecting areas of qualitative and critical psychology, sexuality and gender, and difference and social justice. 

I am the recipient of the 2022 British Psychological Society President's Award for my "outstanding contribution to psychological science". My book Thematic Analysis also received the 2022 British Psychological Society Book Award. I have received three other book awards, a "citation for excellence" from the BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section, and the inaugural postgraduate prize from the BPS Psychology of Sexualities Section.

My books include the market leading and award winning textbook Successful Qualitative Research: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/successful-qualitative-research/book233059

My most recent book is Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. The book has an extensive - free to access - companion website: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/thematic-analysis/book248481

I am particularly known for my work on qualitative methods and thematic analysis (TA) with Virginia Braun. According to an analysis by the journal Nature our original paper on TA - Using thematic analysis in psychology (Braun & Clarke, 2096) - is the third most cited academic paper of the 21st century and the nineth most cited academic paper of all time. You can read this paper here: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/11735/2/thematic_analysis_revised...

You can read more about our approach on our TA website: www.thematicanalysis.net

With the Story Completion Research Group we are also exploring and developing story completion methods for qualitative research - you can read more about this on our website: www.storycompletion.net 

I gave a public lecture on TA that maps out various approaches to TA, and how they differ in terms of procedure and underlying philosophy: https://youtu.be/4voVhTiVydc

Virginia and I have also given a public lecture providing an introduction to our TA approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=kv7C53yvLqk 

Please see www.thematicanalysis.net for links to the numerous other free resources we have created around thematic analysis and qualitative research methods.

Area of expertise

Qualitative methods

Thematic analysis

Qualitative story completion

Critical psychology

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ)+ psychology

Feminist psychology

Human sexuality

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