The Collaborative Solutions for Social Problems Lab (ColS4SPLab) focuses on the development of advanced solutions to social and environmental problems such as social inclusion, biodiversity, suicide prevention in industries such as construction, banking, food manufacturing and education. One of our core strengths in addressing social problems is incorporating diverse stakeholder perspectives in the development of collaborative solutions, alongside our research interests in prevention and intervention strategies, critical incidents, underpinned by a process focus leading to outcome optimisation.
We are part of the Kent Business School and the University of Kent. We collaborate with public and private organisations when our aims are aligned and the projects contribute to the social good. We collaborate with organisations around the world to translate our work into impactful solutions by undertaking research, organising events, facilitating discussions and developing evidence-based reports. Our Seminar Series on Advancing Qualitative Research (AQR) brings together a community of early career researchers who are interested in qualitative research, including Masters and PhD students, providing opportunities to present either their original qualitative research or to discuss in depth papers in top journal papers and hence facilitate collectively improvement of the praxis of qualitative research i.e. how to develop theory based on qualitative data and apply rigorous qualitative research methods. If you wish to join reach out to the AQR Seminar Series Coordinator Maxim Potepkin mp833@kent.ac.uk
For PhD and Postgraduate projects, please see our joining page, and for the latest news, see our news page.