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Keynote discussion panel

In addition to our individual keynote presentations we are pleased to announce that we will be holding a keynote discussion panel featuring three distinguished figures in phenomenology: Prof Scott Churchill, Prof Karin Dahlberg and Prof Les Todres. The discussion panel will be an interactive presentation format with audience questions and discussion focused on addressing 'the future of phenomenology'.

Prof Scott Churchill

University of Dallas, USA

Scott D. Churchill is currently Professor and Graduate Program Director for the Psychology Department at the University of Dallas, where he has been teaching for three decades. His professional focus has been on the development of phenomenological and hermeneutic research methodologies, particularly in regards to understanding various forms of expression, both human and non-human. Currently, he has been developing the notion of second person perspectivity in connection with qualitative research, ethology, and health care. Dr Churchill is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a liaison to its Science Directorate, past President of the Society for Humanistic Psychology, and current Editor-in-Chief for The Humanistic Psychologist (having served as Editor of Methods: A Journal for Human Science from 1989 to 2003). He is a Consulting Editor for Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, Encyclopaideia: Journal of Phenomenology and Education, Qualitative Research in Psychology, Human Studies, The Janus Head, and The Psychotherapy Patient. Dr Churchill has been a local coordinator for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots program, and senior film critic for Irving Community Television Network. He has been a frequent host for TalkCinema in Dallas and is currently guest film critic at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

Prof Karin Dahlberg

Linnaeus University, Sweden

Karin Dahlberg is Professor in Health Sciences. She has been a professor at Linnaeus University in Sweden where she developed and directed a doctoral program of health sciences, as well as the Centre for Lifeworld Research. Besides being now a guest professor at Linnaeus University, where she mainly advises PhD students in phenomenological research, she has taken a break from university work in favour of authoring books and articles, and – not least – to train her horses. She has been a visiting scholar at several universities in the US and has given a number of summer courses in the philosophy and methodology of phenomenology at the University of Minnesota, and is presently a visiting scholar at Bournemouth University.

Her publications include the book: Dahlberg, K., Dahlberg, H. & Nyström, M. Reflective Lifeworld Research (2nd edition), Studentlitteratur (Sweden) 2008. Some of her key articles include: The essence of essences - the search for meaning structures in phenomenological analysis of lifeworld phenomena. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2006, 1(1), 11-19 and 'The individual in the world - the world in the individual': towards a human science phenomenology that includes the social world. Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, 2006,6, August. See also an article together with S. Halling: Human science research as the embodiment of openness – Swimming upstreams in a technological culture. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 2001, 32(1), 12-21; and together with L Todres & K. Galvin: Lifeworld-led healthcare is more than patient-led care: an existential view of well-being. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2009, 12(3), 265-271.

Prof Les Todres

Bournemouth University, UK

Les Todres is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Qualitative Research at the School of Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University. His previous occupational roles have included head of a student counselling service and director of a clinical psychology training programme. He has also worked within National Health Service Clinics and GP practices within the United Kingdom. He has published in the areas of health-related philosophy, phenomenological psychology, integrative psychotherapy and practice-related education in health and social care. In 2004 he co-founded, and now leads, the Centre for Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University. His career spans both academic and clinical contexts, reflecting his interest in pursuing knowledge and practice that is both academically and professionally integrated. He is the author of the book, Embodied Enquiry: Phenomenological Touchstones for Research, Psychotherapy and Spirituality.

Last updated: 6 February 2012