Anthony Barnett

Biography

Anthony’s experience includes working as an educational research assistant on a project related to primary science and special educational needs during 1980 which led to a publication in the journal Special Education Forward Trends. In the years that followed he worked as an information officer for the Nottingham Council for Voluntary Service and undertook a range of voluntary work with the recovering mentally ill, mentally handicapped, homeless and adult literacy project. He also spent approximately 13 years in extended studies at Nottingham University where he was a member of the Classics and Archaeology Society. He was also the treasurer of the University of Nottingham’s Third World First Society. During this period Anthony was an actively competitive and moderately successful ultra-distance road runner and member of the 100km Association.

Research Interest

My PhD thesis was in the area of innovative research methodology and involved developing a creative analytic paradigm. The thesis suggests the creative potential of moving beyond the quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods understanding of social research into ways of thinking about post qualitative research.