Barry Gibson will be opening the conference on 19 September, 2024 with his presentation “Time tripping’ and ‘retro-casting’ in the history of grounded theory”
On 20th September, 2024, Professors Richard Ekins and Barry Gibson will discuss “Doing Grounded Theory Historiography: An Approach from Analytic Autoethnography“
Barry Gibson is a Professor in Medical Sociology at The University of Sheffield. He received a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Ulster in 1992 before going on to receive a Masters in Medical Science in Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry at the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1993. His PhD was completed in 1997 and involved a grounded theory study in the field of oral health and dentistry looking at the management of HIV positive patients in dental clinics. His PhD was examined by Barney Glaser. Since completing his PhD in 1997 he went on to work at King’s College London where he was appointed as a Research Fellow (1998-1999) and subsequently a Lecturer in Medical Sociology (1999-2004). He moved to the University of Sheffield in 2004 and was appointed full Professor in 2018. He has supervised 24 PhD students to completion with a further four presently in supervision. Professor Gibson has published 68 Peer Reviewed papers in oral health dentistry, sociology of health and illness and public health. His book titled ‘Rediscovering grounded theory’ with Jan Hartman as co-author was published by Sage in 2014 described in the Journal Symbolic Interaction as ‘the paradigmatic choice’ for understanding grounded theory. Professor Gibson is currently working on a new research project with Professor Richard Ekins exploring the politics of authenticating in grounded theory. His ongoing work in the sociology of health and illness consistently draws on grounded theory methods and techniques.
Note from IAGT: It was Barry who named this year’s conference “Grounded Theory Futures” capturing our shared passion to provide a platform for novice grounded theorists to nurture their futures and for practicing grounded theorists to share their expertise; and to develop a vision for the future of grounded theory.