Projects per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
Digital Resilience, Social Psychology, Mental Health, Use of Technology, Psychology
Biography
Dr Simon P Hammond joined the School of Education and Lifelong Learning in March 2019 as Lecturer in Education. He a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Sport Studies (University of Northampton, 2004), an MSc in Psychology (Nottingham Trent University, 2006) and a PhD in Social Psychology (University of East Anglia, 2012). He is an accomplished academic with over 15 years’ experience of teaching with a track-record of delivering high-profile, complex multimillion-pound projects across the health (PERFECTED, ASCRIBED) social care (Digital Life Story Work, LIMITLESS) and education sectors (EXPRESS DRS, The EVEN Study).
As a subject matter expert, Dr Hammond is frequently invited to run workshops and deliver sessions on young people’s use of digital media, had his work cited by National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE) and contributed articles to the UK Safer Internet Centre ‘Research Highlight Series’. He has delivered a range of public seminars, written for The Conversation, and appeared in online, broadcast and print press on subjects akin to his research interests. Most recently Dr Hammond was commissioned by Internet Matters and South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) to create and edit content for the Inclusive Digital Safety Hub, specifically around advising on needs of children and young people with care-experience.
For more information about Dr Simon P Hammond’s work you can follow him on Twitter @DrSiHammond
Get in touch if you would like to talk about working towards a PhD or would like to gain some research experience.
Career
03/2019 - Present: Lecturer in Education, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Previous positions:
11/2013 – 03/2019: Programme Manager and Research Fellow in Qualitative Methods. Norwich Medical School. University of East Anglia, Norwich.
09/2012 – 11/2013: Lecturer in Psychology and Employability Director. School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
10/2008 – 05/2012: PhD Researcher and Sessional Lecturer. School of Social Work and Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
04/2007- 10/2008: Lecturer and Course Manager. Sports Department, Moulton College, Northampton.
10/2006 – 04/2007: Lecturer. Sports Department, North Nottinghamshire College, Worksop.
03/2006 – 09/2006: Camp Manager. The Kings Trust, Sheffield.
02/2005 – 12/2005: Residential Social Care Worker, The Together Trust, Cheadle.
Teaching Interests
Dr Simon P Hammond is an experienced lecturer, seminar leader and tutor having taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in areas akin to his research interests. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and currently teachers across a range of undergradute and postgraduate courses, supervising a range of BA, MA, EdD and PhD students.
Key Research Interests
Dr Hammond is interested in how digital technologies continue to reshape everyday social possibilities for action across the life course. Taking a critical perspective, he explores how concepts of digital inclusion, resilience, participation and equality are experienced by marginalised young and older people. In particular, how digital technologies are used (or not) to access the provision of goods and the delivery of, and information about, services and entitlements. Dr Hammond also works with colleagues to develop critical understandings of young people’s mental health and wellbeing difficulties and how best to support young people and families to build on their own strengths to overcome and manage their difficulties.
Dr Hammond collaboratively with a range of stakeholders using a range of traditional and innovative qualitative methods. His participatory approach and use of digital media throughout the research process, has seen him pioneer a number of methodological advances, including Participant Information Clips, Podwalking and Enhanced eBooks as a way to increase the analytical rigour and transparency of multimodal research.
Funding:
- August 2021 – December 2022: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme. Improving the mental health and mental health support available to adolescents looked-after via low-intensity life story work: A realist review [LIMITLESS]. £141,125 – Lead applicant
- July 2021 – January 2022. Internet Matters. “Exploring how the online lives of Vulnerable young people are supported by profEssioNals: The views of professionals, parents and young people: The EVEN Study” £30,000 – Lead applicant.
- November 2020 - July 2021: Social Sciences Faculty Innovation Fund, University of East Anglia. Researching with Schools and Colleges in Mind. £3,600 - Co-lead applicant
- October 2020 – September 2023: South Eastern Network for Social Sciences (SeNESS) Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) +3 fully-funded, full-time PhD studentship for Fred Inglis: “Exploring the transitions of young adults with SEND from education to work”. £59,076 – Primary Supervisor.
- June – September 2020: University of East Anglia’s Health and Social Care Partnership (UEAHSCP) “LIMITLESS” Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Scoping Review. £6,000 – Lead applicant.
- November 2019 - November 2020: The Nurture Network: Promoting Young People's Mental Health in a Digital World (UK Research and Innovation). Exploring understandings of digital resilience to inform the development of a Digital Resilience Scale (DRS) for ‘pre-teens’ (9-12 year olds) [EXPRESS DRS]. £24,853 - Lead applicant
- October 2017 – December 2019: Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK). ‘PAXgene blood for later transcriptomic analysis of patient samples. £9,930 –Co-applicant
- July 2016- December 2019: Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK). The impact of acute systemic inflammation upon cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers of brain inflammation and injury in dementia: a study in acute hip fracture and memory clinic patients [ASCRIBED]. £307,708 – Co-applicant
- September 2018 – January 2019: Dementias National Institute for Health Research Portfolio Development Writing Group Support. £7,500 – Lead applicant
- November 2009 – October 2010: The AL Charitable Trust. The application of ICT for life story work with young people in residential care. £1,000 – Lead applicant
Doctoral supervision:
Dr Hammond is interested in supervising doctoral candidates researching questions of youth in the changing digital media space, informal learning of, and via digital and relationships between mental health and wellbeing, technology, resilience and identity.
Completed Research Students:
Alexandra Helen Russell 2016: Using Life Story Boards to Engage Clinical Support Workers in Person-Centred Care with People Living with Dementia in an NHS Inpatient Dementia Care Unit: A Thematic Analysis
Consultancy and training:
As a former residential social care professional, Dr Hammond is keen to ensure his research is taken up in practice. To this end, he has written a well-received practitioner focused book ‘Digital Life Story Work’ and offers bespoke consultancy input. He works extensively with a wide range of local authority, charitable and private care providers. His training offering ranges from half-day introductory workshops, comprehensive training days to weeklong intensive residential events. An example of a project we have been involved in is the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation’s “Talk, Tell Transform” residential.
More information about training and consultancy can be found here
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Social Psychology, University of East Anglia
1 Oct 2008 → 16 Jul 2012
Award Date: 16 Jul 2012
Master of Science, Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
1 Oct 2005 → 2 Oct 2006
Award Date: 2 Oct 2006
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology with Sports Studies, University of Northampton
1 Oct 2001 → 1 Jun 2004
Award Date: 1 Jun 2004
External positions
Honorary Associate Professor, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
1 Sep 2021 → …
Media Expertise
- Mental Health
- Technology
- Social Media
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Optimising the deLIvery of Mental health support to adolescents in care vIa low-inTensity LifE Story work: a realist evaluation with co-deSign and feasibility trial [LIMITLESS 2]
Hammond, S., Hardeman, W., Neil, B., Shepstone, L., Turner, D., Katangwe-Chigamba, T., Pond, M. & Sims, E.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/05/24 → 31/10/27
Project: Research
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Teacher agency with technology: creating an ecological model through a place-based study of teaching and learning in Norfolk
Gordon, J., Bartholomew, K., Blair, R., Chin, J., Craske, J., Dyer, H., Greenwood, D., Hammond, S., Maddox, B., Medler, D., Parr, G., Priyadharshini, E. & Russell, K.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/12/22 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Towards developing understandings of Young Kid’s digital Literacies in Early years foundation Stage [TYKES]
1/10/18 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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The Bee Smart Media Literacy Programme: How can the media literacy of care leavers be better supported?
1/01/23 → 29/02/24
Project: Consultancy
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A discursive psychological examination of educators’ experiences of children with disabilities accessing the Internet: A role for digital resilience
Hammond, S. P., D'Arcy, J., Minott, M. & Krasniqi, E., Jan 2024, In: Information, Communication & Society. 27, 1, p. 161-181 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bee Smart Media Literacy Programme: Improving the media literacy of care leavers
Hammond, S. P., Markovich, G. & Bartholomew, K., 20 Feb 2024, UK.GOV: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. 45 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access -
Children’s, parents’ and educators’ understandings and experiences of digital resilience: A systematic review and meta-ethnography
Hammond, S. P., Polizzi, G., Duddy, C., Bennett-Grant, YE. & Bartholomew, K. J., May 2024, In: New Media and Society. 26, 5, p. 3018-3042 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Connection brokers: How educators work within and between social networks to cultivate community digital resilience to support children with disabilities using the Internet
Hammond, S. P., D'Arcy, J. & Polizzi, G., Nov 2024, In: New Media and Society. 26, 11, p. 6736-6755 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implementing an intervention to enhance care delivery and consistency for people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospital wards: a mixed methods process evaluation of a randomised controlled feasibility trial (PERFECTED)
Backhouse, T., Fox, C., Hammond, S. P., Poland, F., McDermott-Thompson, V., Penhale, B. & Cross, J., 3 Feb 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, e064482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile19 Downloads (Pure)
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2024 Child and Teen Consumption Conference
Harry Dyer (Speaker), Laura Jennings-Tallant (Participant) & Simon Hammond (Participant)
17 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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International Conference on Social Media & Society
Harry Dyer (Speaker), Laura Jennings-Tallant (Participant), Phoebe Hill (Participant) & Simon Hammond (Participant)
17 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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UK Literacy Association
Harry Dyer (Speaker), Simon Hammond (Participant), Spyros Themelis (Speaker), Kate Russell (Speaker), Kimberley Bartholomew (Participant), Emma Clough (Speaker) & Gibson Zucca Da Silva (Speaker)
6 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Ofcom Research Working Group (External organisation)
Simon Hammond (Member)
3 Oct 2022 → …Activity: Membership › Industry panel or group
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ParentZone (External organisation)
Simon Hammond (Member)
1 May 2021Activity: Membership › Industry panel or group
Press/Media
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New £1.1 million grant to improve well-being of teens in care
16/02/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: UEA Press Release
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More support needed for children with disabilities using the internet
23/03/23 → 28/03/23
7 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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More support needed for children with disabilities using the internet
24/03/23
9 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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COLLECTIVE EFFORT NEEDED TO HELP CHILDREN THRIVE FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO ONLINE RISKS
30/09/22 → 4/10/22
11 Media contributions
Press/Media: UEA Press Release
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Collective effort needed to help children thrive following exposure to online risks (Oct 22)
30/09/22
7 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution