Jonathan Alan Smith is a British 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).Valsiner, Jaan & Connolly, Kevin, eds. (2003). Handbook of Developmental Psychology, p. xxvi. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Career Smith achieved a DPhil in Psychology from the University of Oxford and then held lectureships at Keele and Sheffield Universities. He has at least 160 publications to his name.
Awards and Distinctions Honorary Fellow, British Psychological Society Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
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See also Phenomenological psychology Qualitative psychological research
External links "‘The person becomes the universe of exploration" at bps.org.uk, 19 May 2021