Lauren O'Connell
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD Sociology University of Essex, (2020)
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PGCE Post-compulsory Education University of Plymouth, (2011)
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MSc Social Research University of Plymouth, (2010)
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BSc Sociology University of Plymouth, (2005)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Postdoc Research Fellow, Institute for Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex (1/12/2025 - present)
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Senior Research Officer, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex (1/11/2019 - 1/12/2020)
Publications
Journal articles (2)
O'Connell, L., (2023). Being and doing anorexia nervosa: An autoethnography of diagnostic identity and performance of illness. Health. 27 (2), 263-278
Ioakimidis, V., O'Connell, L., Baxter, V., Chard, K., Speed, E. and White, G., (2022). Challenge and opportunity: Making sense of the ‘first lockdown’ experience of families with young children and health and social care practitioners in Southend-on-Sea (the United Kingdom). International Social Work. 65 (3), 406-420
Book chapters (2)
O'Connell, L., Quigley, F., Williams, O., West, H., Metolli, S. and Pitham, H., (2021). ‘It’s all right for you thinnies’: ‘Obesity’, eating disorders, and COVID-19. In: COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy, and Practice Volume 1: The Challenges and Necessity of Co-production. Editors: Beresford, P., Farr, M., Hickey, G., Kaur, M., Ocloo, J., Tembo, D. and Williams, O., . Policy Press. 143- 152. 9781447361763
O'Connell, L., (2020). Being ‘Recovered’ and Doing Research: The Challenges and Complexities of Using Autoethnography to Conduct Doctoral Research into Anorexia Nervosa. In: Health and Wellbeing: The University of Essex Reader. Editors: Boncori, I. and Loughran, T., . Editoriale Scientifica. 63- 80. 9788893916639
Reports and Papers (1)
O'Connell, L., Baxter, V., Ioakimidis, V. and Speed, E., (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on families and services in Southend
Thesis dissertation (1)
O'Connell, LJ., (2020). Being and doing anorexia nervosa: An exploration of diagnosis, identity-work, and performance of illness.