Project Title: Creating and sustaining a trauma-informed organisational culture: promoting organisational learning and change in educational settings.
My DPhil research explores the processes of creating and sustaining a trauma-informed organisational culture across educational settings in order to better support experiences and outcomes of vulnerable young people. Using a case study approach, I collected qualitative data from two educational organisations through ethnographic methods to better understand the processes involved in organisational learning and change towards embedding trauma-informed approaches across practices. My broader research interests lie within supporting vulnerable young people, the impact of attachment and trauma theory in schools, and social justice in education.
Prior to my PhD, I completed a BA (Hons) and an MA in English literature at Oxford Brookes University, before completing a PGCE at the University of Oxford and working as an English teacher. Alongside my PhD, I have been a Trustee within an Alternative Provision Academy and currently act as a Non-Executive Director within a Community Interest Corporation supporting disadvantaged young people through nature-based learning interventions.
