Eileen Alexander
CASE Associate and LSE Fellow
Expertise: participatory methods, creative methods, informal welfare, insecurity, inequality
Biography
Eileen is interested in using creative and collaborative methods in qualitative research to better understand people’s lived experience of inequality, insecurity, and informal everyday welfare practices. She has used participant-generated network mapping and photography to develop research outputs that transcend text and act as a springboard for rich and engaged conversations. In her research practice, she seeks to reach and involve people whose voice and participation are often missing from academic and policy settings. She is particularly interested in the ethics and importance of engaging vulnerable groups in the coproduction of research. Eileen teaches in the Methodology and Social Policy departments where she enjoys supporting students to develop their own research practice. She will be convening an MY580 short course on creative methods in 2025. Eileen received a LSE Student Union teaching award nomination in 2017 and 2024, and a LSE Class Teacher award in 2022-23.
Eileen Alexander's current research interests are:
- Qualitative methods
- Creative and visual methods
- Living on a low-income
- Research ethics and reflexivity
- Informal welfare
- Care and the ethic of care
Eileen's latest projects include:
