Nicole Brown
University College London (UK)
Nicole Brown is Head of Research Ethics and Integrity at IOE, Associate Professor at UCL and Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd. Nicole holds a PhD, MA HE, MTeach, Mag.Phil., PGCert HE and DipTrans. She is a UKGCE Recognised Research Supervisor and Advance HE Senior Fellow. In 2022, she was inducted as Fellow to the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). She has published the books Making the Most of Your Research Journal (Policy Press), Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods (Bloomsbury), Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education (Policy Press), and Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education (UCL Press), Creativity in Education: International Perspectives (UCL Press) and Photovoice Reimagined (Policy Press). Her next book will be Exceptionally Able (Ellipsis Imprint). Nicole's research interests relate to social research practices, in particular physical and material representations of experiences, the use of metaphors in research and the generation of knowledge.She tweets as @ncjbrown and @AbleismAcademia