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Name

Dr Simon Watts

School

School of Social Sciences

Staff group(s)

Psychology

Telephone

+44 (0)115 848 5627

Fax

+44 (0)115 848 6829

Email

simon.watts@ntu.ac.uk

Address

School of Social Sciences
Nottingham Trent University
Burton Street
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 4BU

Job title

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Job responsibilities

Simon Watts is Programme Leader for the MRes/MSc Psychological Research Methods. He teaches social psychology, historical and conceptual issues in psychology, but has a particular interest in qualitative research methods and personal relationships and publishes predominantly in the latter two areas. Simon’s PhD examined the theory and potential of Q methodology as a qualitative method, with particular reference to its application in the context of partnership love.

Publications

Dr Simon Watts

Research Centre or Group

Social Psychology and Wellbeing.

Research, scholarly and professional interests

Social Psychology.
Personal Relationships
Emotions (with particular reference to love).
Qualitative Research Methods (theory and applications).
Q Methodology.

Sponsors and collaborators

Professor Paul Stenner, Brighton University.

Current projects

Continuing to apply Q methodology to the study of partnership love and other issues (including depression, youth offending, and subjective quality of life).

External academic and professional activity

Winner of the John Radford Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of East London, 1996.
Simon has reviewed papers for (amongst others) the British Journal of Social Psychology, the British Journal of Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, and the Journal of Economic Psychology.

Information for prospective research students

Simon has a particular interest in supervising students interested in studying love or other issues related to the conduct of personal relationships. Current PhD supervisions include studies looking at factors affecting graduates intention to leave their current employers, the ‘empty nest’ stage of fatherhood, and the psychology of ‘generalship’ in WW1.
He would consider supervising any students who are interested in applying conventional qualitative or discursive research methods (or indeed Q methodology) in their chosen subject area.