Dr Ewen Speed

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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872847
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Location
2S2.4.17, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
13:00 - 14:00 Monday or by appointment
Profile
Biography
Ewen is Senior Lecturer in Medical Sociology in the School of Health and Social Care. He has research interests in health policy, particularly in the context of the UK NHS. He is also interested in critical approaches to understanding engagement and involvement in healthcare, and in critical approaches to psychology and psychiatry.
Qualifications
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M.Sc. Research Methods (University of Strathclyde) University of Strathclyde,
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Ph.D. Sociology Trinity College Dublin,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Health policy and the NHS
Governance and citizenship in context of health and healthcare
Community economies and health care
Neoliberalism, the third sector and health care provision
Discourse analysis, interpretive policy analysis
Current research
Information as a Regulatory Device in the NHS
In conjunction with Andrew Goffey, University of Nottingham and Lynne Pettinger, University of Warwick.
Conferences and presentations
Populism as a form of Political Performativity
Discourse Theory: Ways Forward, Centre for Study of Democracy, Signification and Resistance, Brussels, Belgium, 7/2/2019
Translational Research and the Politics of Evidence
Invited presentation, Translational research: How to produce research that makes a difference, Translational Research Workshop, London, United Kingdom, 17/10/2018
Integrated care as fragmented care
European Health Policy Group Autumn meeting, London, United Kingdom, 21/9/2018
Populism as political performativity: implications for health policy
British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, 12/9/2018
Mental Health, Stigma and Participation
Social Work Activist Network Annual Conference, South Essex College, 20/4/2018
Populism as political performativity: implications for policy
Invited presentation, London Medical Sociology Study group seminar series, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, 25/1/2018
The rise of populism in Western liberal democracies: implications for health policy
European Health Policy Group Spring meeting, Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 22/9/2017
NHS England as an Arm's Length Body: On Questions of Sponsorship and Accountability
Invited presentation, Governance of Health Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 12/7/2017
This research has implications for policy on... - Why nobody listens to psychologists
British Psychological Society Annual Conference, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom, 4/5/2017
Being Informed: ICT as Technique of Governmentality in the NHS
British Socioloigical Association Annual Conference, British Socioloigical Association Annual Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4/4/2017
Digital Cycling, Whats big health data good for?
Open University and Cost of Living Blog workshop, United Kingdom, 27/4/2016
Transforming a public good into a private bad: Political legitimacy, wilful deceit and the reform of the English NHS
Invited presentation, Workshop on Decentering Health Policy: Narratives, Resistance, Practices, Center for British Studies, Berkeley, United States, 14/1/2016
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Qualitative Health Research (HS948)
Current supervision
Previous supervision

Degree subject: Nursing Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/8/2018

Degree subject: Social Policy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/7/2017

Degree subject: Public Health
Degree type: Master of Philosophy
Awarded date: 28/6/2012
Publications
Journal articles (28)
Speed, E. and Mannion, R., (2018). The Politics and Power of Populism: A Response to the Recent Commentaries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 6 (4), 365-366
Green, J. and Speed, E., (2018). Critical analysis, credibility, and the politics of publishing in an era of ‘fake news’. Critical Public Health. 28 (2), 129-131
Flintoff, A., Speed, E. and McPherson, SJ., (2018). Risk assessment practice within primary mental health care: A logics perspective. Health, 136345931876947-136345931876947
Carter, S., Green, J. and Speed, E., (2018). Digital technologies and the biomedicalisation of everyday activities: The case of walking and cycling. Sociology Compass. 12 (4), e12572-e12572
Walker, C., Speed, E. and Taggart, D., (2018). Turning psychology into policy: a case of square pegs and round holes?. Palgrave Communications. 4 (108), 108-108
Goodchild, T. and Speed, E., (2018). Technology enhanced learning as transformative innovation: a note on the enduring myth of TEL. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-16
Pavolini, E., Kuhlmann, E., Agartan, T., Burau, V., Mannion, R. and Speed, E., (2018). Healthcare governance, professions and populism: Is there a relationship? An explorative comparison of five European countries. Health Policy. 122 (10), 1140-1148
Hammond, J., Speed, E., Allen, P., McDermott, I., Coleman, A. and Checkland, K., (2018). Autonomy, accountability, and ambiguity in arm’s-length meta-governance: the case of NHS England. Public Management Review, 1-22
Mehta, J., Clifford, E., Taggart, D. and Speed, E., (2018). When your mental health disappears overnight: Constant anxiety of benefit sanctions is toxic for mental health of disabled people. Clinical Psychology Forum. 312 (312), 4-6
Walker, C., Artaraz, K., Darking, M., Davies, C., Fleischer, S., Graber, R., Mwale, S., Speed, E., Terry, J. and Zoli, A., (2018). Building spaces for controversial public engagement – Exploring and challenging democratic deficits in NHS marketization. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 6 (2), 759-775
Georgiadis, A., Corrigan, O. and Speed, E., (2017). Frontline Healthcare Staffs’ Experience of Organizing Complex Hospital Discharges: An Ethnographic Study. Ethics & Behavior. 27 (4), 335-350
Madden, M. and Speed, E., (2017). Beware Zombies and Unicorns: Toward Critical Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research in a Neoliberal Context. Frontiers in Sociology. 2
Speed, E. and Mannion, R., (2017). The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 6 (5), 249-251
Speed, E., (2016). A note on the utility of austerity. Critical Public Health. 26 (1), 1-3
Speed, E., Davison, C. and Gunnell, C., (2016). The anonymity paradox in patient engagement: reputation, risk and web-based public feedback.. Med Humanit. 42 (2), 135-140
Barratt, C., Green, G. and Speed, E., (2015). Mental health and houses in multiple occupation. Journal of Public Mental Health. 14 (2), 107-117
Winter, H., Moncrieff, J. and Speed, E., (2015). 'Because You're Worth It': A discourse analysis of the gendered rhetoric of the ADHD woman, Qualitative Research in Psychology.. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 12 (4), 415-434
Glynos, J., Speed, E. and West, K., (2015). Logics of marginalisation in health and social care reform: Integration, choice, and provider-blind provision. Critical Social Policy. 35 (1), 45-68
Goffey, A., Pettinger, L. and Speed, E., (2014). Politics, Policy and Privatisation in the Everyday Experience of Big Data in the NHS. Studies in Qualitative Methodology. 13, 31-50
Scambler, G., Scambler, S. and Speed, E., (2014). Civil society and the Health and Social Care Act in England and Wales: Theory and praxis for the twenty-first century. Social Science & Medicine. 123, 210-216
Speed, E. and Gabe, J., (2013). The Health and Social Care Act for England 2012: The extension of ‘new professionalism’. Critical Social Policy. 33 (3), 564-574
Glynos, J. and Speed, E., (2012). Varieties of co-production in public services: time banks in a UK health policy context. Critical Policy Studies. 6 (4), 402-433
Taggart, D. and Speed, E., (2012). It’s your problem but you need us to help you fix it: The paradox at the heart of the IAPT agenda. , Asylum Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry-Special Issue on Anti-Capitalism and Mental Health,. 19 (3), 23-24
Harper, DJ. and Speed, E., (2012). Uncovering recovery: The resistible rise of recovery and resilience. Studies in Social Justice. 6 (1), 9-26
Speed, E., (2007). Discourses of consumption or consumed by discourse? A consideration of what “consumer” means to the service user. Journal of Mental Health. 16 (3), 307-318
Speed, E., (2006). Patients, consumers and survivors: A case study of mental health service user discourses. Social Science & Medicine. 62 (1), 28-38
Speed, E., (2002). Irish Mental Health Social Movements: A Consideration of Movement Habitus. Irish Journal of Sociology. 11 (1), 62-80
West, P., Sweeting, H. and Speed, E., (2001). We Really Do Know What You Do: A Comparison of Reports from 11 Year Olds and their Parents in Respect of Parental Economic Activity and Occupation. Sociology. 35 (2), 539-559
Book chapters (4)
Speed, E. and Fitzpatrick, R., (2018). Society and Changing Patterns of Health and Disease. In: Sociology as Applied to Health and Medicine. Editors: Scambler, G., . Macmillan International Higher Education. 1137577398. 9781137577399
Speed, E., (2017). Transforming a Public Good into a Private Bad: Political Legitimacy, Wilful Deceit and the Reform of NHS in England. In: Decentring Health Policy: Learning from British Experiences in Healthcare Governance. Editors: Bevir, M. and Waring, J., . Routledge. 187- 204. 9781138232990
Speed, E., (2011). Applying Soft Bureaucracy to Rhetorics of Choice: UK NHS 1983-2007. In: Managing Modernity: The End of Bureaucracy?. Editors: Clegg, SR., Harris, M. and H�pfl, H., . Oxford University Press. 9780199563647
Speed, E., (2011). Discourses of acceptance and resistance: Speaking out about psychiatry. In: De-Medicalizing Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition. 123- 140. 9780230242715
Reports and Papers (5)
Mehta, J., Clifford, E., Taggart, D. and Speed, E., "Where your mental health disappears overnight: Disabled people's experiences of the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Group
Thiel, D., Speed, E. and Cristo, SM., (2015). The Impact of Welfare Reform in Essex: A Report for the Essex Housing Officers' Group
Anderson, B. and Speed, E., (2010). Social Media And Health: Implications For Primary Health Care Providers
Glynos, J., Howarth, D., Norval, AJ. and Speed, E., (2009). Discourse Analysis: varieties and methods
Anderson, B. and Speed, E., (2009). An Evidence-Based Approach To Digital Inclusion for Health
Grants and funding
2018
Self care programme bid
Eastern Academic Health Science Network
2016
Timebanking in Essex: Developing an Impact Evaluation Methodology
Colchester Community Voluntary Services
67% - The design and development of a scalable, avatar based, digital healthcare platform, driven by AI and Machine Learning technology.
Technology STrategy Board
2014
Hospital Discharge
Healthwatch Essex
2013
To map the impacts of social welfare reform and produce a dynamic digital map of welfare support service provision
Colne Housing Society Ltd
Information as a Regulatory Device (IARD)
West Essex CCG
2010
PEBL
Secretary of State for Health
2009
Digital Inclusion & Social Knowledge
Solihull Care Trust
Contact
Academic support hours:
13:00 - 14:00 Monday or by appointment