Jonathan Smith (psychologist)

Jonathan Alan Smith
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology, Health psychology, Qualitative psychological research
Institutions	University of Sheffield; Keele University; Birkbeck, University of London
Thesis	Self construction : longitudinal studies in the psychology of personal identity and life transitions. (1990)

Jonathan Alan Smith is a psychologist who has been very prominent in promoting qualitative research within social psychology and health psychology. In particular, he has developed and promoted a particular approach known as interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).[1]

Career

Smith achieved a DPhil in Psychology from the University of Oxford and then held lectureships at Keele and Sheffield Universities.[1] He has at least 160 publications to his name.[2]

Awards and Distinctions

• Honorary Fellow, British Psychological Society[3]
• Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences[4]

Works

• Smith, J.A. (2003) (ed) Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods. London: Sage.
• Smith, J., Flowers, P. & Larkin, M. (2009) Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research. London: SAGE.

See also

• Phenomenological psychology
• Qualitative psychological research

References

1. Valsiner, Jaan & Connolly, Kevin, eds. (2003). Handbook of Developmental Psychology, p. xxvi. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
2. "Jonathan SMITH | Professor of Psychology | BA. MSC. DPhil. | Birkbeck, University of London, London | Department of Psychological Sciences".
3. "Professor Jonathan A Smith elected as an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society". Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
4. "Professor Jonathan Smith FAcSS". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 25 August 2021.