Professor Nicholas Watson
- Chair of Disability Studies (Sociological & Cultural Studies)
- Professor, Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
01413303916
email:
Nicholas.Watson@glasgow.ac.uk
R204B Level 2, Saass, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow G12 8RT
Research interests
Research groups
- Sociology
Publications
2024
Tweed, E. J. , Cimova, K. , Craig, P. , Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Campbell, M. , Henderson, D., Mayor, C., Meier, P. and Watson, N. (2024) Unlocking data: decision-maker perspectives on cross-sectoral data sharing and linkage as part of a whole-systems approach to public health policy and practice. Public Health Research, (doi: 10.3310/KYTW2173) (PMID:39582242) (Early Online Publication)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. and Witcher, S. (2024) Where next? the conflicts of centralisation, personalisation, and human rights in the reform of social care. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 26(1), pp. 244-258. (doi: 10.16993/sjdr.1116)
Chambers, S. , Smillie, S. and Watson, N. (2024) Rethinking children’s right to leisure during school holidays. Annals of Leisure Research, 27(3), pp. 399-416. (doi: 10.1080/11745398.2023.2250473) (PMID:39006997) (PMCID:PMC11244624)
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2024) Public services as conversion factors: exploring the theory and practice. In: Comim, F., Anand, P.B. and Fennell, S. (eds.) Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities. Cambridge University Press, pp. 401-422. ISBN 9781009232678 (doi: 10.1017/9781009232678.022)
Ward, S. , McBride, M. and Watson, N. (2024) Evaluating youth empowerment in neighbourhood settings: applying the capabilities 3C model to evidence and extend the social justice outcomes of youth work in Scotland. Journal of Youth Studies, 27(1), pp. 125-140. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2022.2112160)
2023
Scherer, N., Wiseman, P. , Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Pearson, C. and Shakespeare, T. (2023) 'Do they ever think about people like us?': The experiences of people with learning disabilities in England and Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical Social Policy, 43(3), pp. 423-447. (doi: 10.1177/02610183221109147) (PMID:37461432) (PMCID:PMC9240722)
Porter, T., Watson, N. and Pearson, C. (2023) Epistemic sabotage: the production and disqualification of evidence in disability benefit assessments. Sociology of Health and Illness, 45(6), pp. 1164-1186. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13593) (PMID:36529900)
2022
Watson, N. (2022) Access activism: the politicization of wheelchairs and wheelchair users in the twentieth century. Zeithistorische Forschungen = Studies in Contemporary History, 19(2), pp. 367-379. (doi: 10.14765/zzf.dok-2432)
Cullingworth, J. , Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2022) Not the usual suspects: creating the conditions for and implementing co-production with marginalised young people in Glasgow. Public Policy and Administration, (doi: 10.1177/09520767221140439) (Early Online Publication)
Cullingworth, J. , Watson, N. , Shakespeare, T., Brunner, R. , Pearson, C. and Scherer, N. (2022) “They have been a saving grace in all this”: the role of the third sector in disabled people’s experiences of COVID-19 and implications for sector–state relations. Voluntary Sector Review, (Early Online Publication)
Wiseman, P. and Watson, N. (2022) "Because I’ve got a learning disability, they don’t take me seriously:" violence, wellbeing, and devaluing people with learning disabilities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(13-14), NP10912-NP10937. (doi: 10.1177/0886260521990828) (PMID:33525973) (PMCID:PMC9251738)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Scherer, N. and Shakespeare, T. (2022) Covid-19 and the crisis in social care: exploring the experiences of disabled people in the pandemic. Social Policy and Society, (doi: 10.1017/S1474746422000112) (Early Online Publication)
Kainth, G., Turner, F., Crawford, K., Watson, N. , Dundas, R. and Minnis, H. (2022) Process evaluation protocol for the (BeST?) Services trial. Developmental Child Welfare, 4(1), pp. 56-72. (doi: 10.1177/25161032211070861)
Crawford, K. et al. (2022) The Best Services Trial (BeST?): a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of New Orleans Intervention Model with Services as Usual (SAU) for infants and young children entering care. Trials, 23, 122. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06007-3) (PMID:35130937) (PMCID:PMC8819875)
Shakespeare, T., Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Scherer, N., Pearson, C. and Reichenberger, V. (2022) Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Policy and Administration, 56(1), pp. 103-117. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12758) (PMID:34548712) (PMCID:PMC8446989)
Banks, L. M. et al. (2022) Adapting disability research methods and practices during the Covid-19 pandemic: experiences from the field. IDS Bulletin, 53(3), pp. 129-152. (doi: 10.19088/1968-2022.130)
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2022) Frameworks, models, theories, and experiences for understanding disability. In: Brown, R., Maroto, M. and Pettinicchio, D. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190093167 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190093167.013.1)
2021
Gormley, C. and Watson, N. (2021) Inaccessible justice: exploring the barriers to justice and fairness for disabled people accused of a crime. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 60(4), pp. 493-510. (doi: 10.1111/hojo.12433)
Cullingworth, J. , Watson, N. and Shakespeare, T. (2021) “They Have Been a Saving Grace” - The Role of the Third Sector in Disabled People’s Experiences of COVID-19 and Implications for Third Sector-State Relations. 2021 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, Birmingham, UK, 6-7 Sept 2021.
Porter, T., Pearson, C. and Watson, N. (2021) Evidence, objectivity and welfare reform: a qualitative study of disability benefit assessments. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 17(2), pp. 279-296. (doi: 10.1332/174426421X16146990181049)
Shakespeare, T., Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Pearson, C. , Scherer, N. and Reichenberger, V. (2021) Disabled people and the impact of COVID-19: four urgent messages for the government. [Website]
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Gangneux, J. and Norberg, I. (2021) Transition to where and to what? Exploring the experiences of transitions to adulthood for young disabled people. Journal of Youth Studies, 24(10), pp. 1291-1307. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2020.1820972)
2020
Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
Stewart, H. and Watson, N. (2020) A sociotechnical history of the ultralightweight wheelchair: a vehicle of social change. Science, Technology and Human Values, 45(6), pp. 1195-1219. (doi: 10.1177/0162243919892558)
Watson, N. (2020) The trouble with coproduction. In: McLaughlin, H., Beresford, P., Cameron, C., Casey, H. and Duffy, J. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education. Routledge: London, pp. 419-427. ISBN 9781138360143 (doi: 10.4324/9780429433306-43)
Pearson, C. , Brunner, R. , Porter, T. and Watson, N. (2020) Personalisation and the promise of independent living: where now for cash, care and control for disability organisations across the UK? Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 22(1), pp. 285-295. (doi: 10.16993/sjdr.742)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Gangneux, J. and Norberg, I. (2020) Transition to where and to what? Transitions for young disabled people and the epistemological fallacy. In: Goodley, D., Runswick-Cole, K. and Liddiard, K. (eds.) Interventions in Disabled Childhood Studies. iHuman Press: Sheffield, pp. 59-64.
2019
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2019) Is a four-limb exoskeleton a step in the wrong direction? Lancet Neurology, 18(12), pp. 1071-1072. (doi: 10.1016/ S1474-4422(19)30352-7) (PMID:31587954)
Watson, N. and Vehmas, S. (Eds.) (2019) The Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies [2nd Edition]. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138365308
Watson, N. (2019) Agency, structure and emancipatory research: researching disablement and impairment. In: Watson, N. and Vehmas, S. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781138365308
Brunner, R. , Craig, P. and Watson, N. (2019) Evaluability assessment: an application in a complex community improvement setting. Evaluation, 25(3), pp. 349-365. (doi: 10.1177/1356389019852126) (PMID:31379464) (PMCID:PMC6628461)
Bynner, C. , Drever, A., Lowden, K. , McBride, M., Ward, S. , Weakley, S. , Watson, N. , Chapman, C. , McLean, J. and Tannahill, C. (2019) Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland Evaluation Strategy. Discussion Paper. Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Qu, Y. and Watson, N. (2019) Gathering in a cyber world: internet use of Chinese disabled people and the emergence of disability constituencies. Disability and Society, 34(7-8), pp. 1062-1081. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2019.1602508)
2018
Stewart, H., Watson, N. and Campbell, M. (2018) The cost of school holidays for children from low income families. Childhood, 25(4), pp. 516-529. (doi: 10.1177/0907568218779130) (PMID:30473595) (PMCID:PMC6210572)
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2018) Disability and social justice. In: Craig, G. (ed.) Handbook on Global Social Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, pp. 201-212. ISBN 9781786431417 (doi: 10.4337/9781786431424.00024)
Cullingworth, J. , Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2018) The Operation Modulus Approach: Further Lessons for Public Service Reform. Other. What Works Scotland.
Mcbride, M., Lowden, K. , Chapman, C. and Watson, N. (2018) Educational Needs and Experiences of Refugee Children in Scotland. Project Report. What Works Scotland.
Mulvey, G. , Bynner, C. , Murray, N. and Watson, N. (2018) Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. and Manji, K. (2018) Changing the culture of social care in Scotland: Has a shift to personalisation brought about transformative change? Social Policy and Administration, 52, pp. 662-676. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12352)
Pearson, C. and Watson, N. (2018) Implementing health and social care integration in Scotland: Renegotiating new partnerships in changing cultures of care. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(3), e396-e403. (doi: 10.1111/hsc.12537) (PMID:29349854)
2017
Turner-Halliday, F., Kainth, G., Young-Southward, G., Cotmore, R., Watson, N. , McMahon, L. and Minnis, H. (2017) Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 72, pp. 184-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.012)
Gibson, M. , Hearty, W., Craig, P. and Watson, N. (2017) Review Protocol. The Impact of Universal Basic Income: A Scoping Review of Evaluations and Outcomes. Documentation. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Chapman, C. , van Amersfoort, D. and Watson, N. (2017) What Works in Public Service Leadership: Exploring the Potential. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.
Brunner, R. , Craig, P. and Watson, N. (2017) Evaluability Assessment of Thriving Places: a Report for Glasgow Community Planning Partnership. Other. What Works Scotland.
Lennon, M. R. et al. (2017) Readiness for delivering digital health at scale: lessons from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation of a national digital health innovation program in the United Kingdom. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(2), e42. (doi: 10.2196/jmir.6900) (PMID:28209558) (PMCID:PMC5334516)
Shakespeare, T., Watson, N. and Alghaib, O. A. (2017) Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylwards biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability. Critical Social Policy, 37(1), pp. 22-41. (doi: 10.1177/0261018316649120)
Davis, J., Watson, N. and Cuningham Burley, S. (2017) Disabled children, ethnography and unspoken understandings. In: Christensen, P. and James, A. (eds.) Research with Children Perspectives and Practices. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781315657349 (doi: 10.4324/9781315657349)
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2017) Public Services as Conversion Factors: Exploring the Theory and Practice. Cambridge Capabilities Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 19-21 June 2017. (Unpublished)
Welch, V., Turner-Halliday, F., Watson, N. , Wilson, P., Fitzpatrick, B., Cotmore, R. and Minnis, H. (2017) Randomisation before consent: avoiding delay to time-critical intervention and ensuring informed consent. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20(4), pp. 357-371. (doi: 10.1080/13645579.2016.1176751)
2016
Minnis, H. et al. (2016) Protocol 15PRT/6090:The Best Services Trial (BeST?): effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health − NCT02653716. Lancet Protocols,
McNulty, D., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2016) Human rights versus citizenship rights: media coverage of human rights in the UK. In: Weber, L., Fishwick, E. and Marmo, M. (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights. Series: Routledge international handbooks. Routledge. ISBN 9781138931176
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2016) Operation Modulus: Putting Christie into Practice in Gorbals. Working Paper. What Works Scotland.
Agbakoba, R., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Watson, N. and Mair, F. S. (2016) Implementation factors affecting the large scale deployment of digital health and well-being technologies: a qualitative study of the initial phases of the 'Living-It-Up' programme. Health Informatics Journal, 22(4), pp. 867-877. (doi: 10.1177/1460458215594651) (PMID:26276795)
McGee-Lennon, M. et al. (2016) What is the Current State of Digital Health “Readiness” in the UK?: Findings from the Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) Programme. In: 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC), Dublin, Ireland, 6-8 July 2016,
Vehmas, S. and Watson, N. (2016) Exploring normativity in disability studies. Disability and Society, 31(1), pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2015.1120657)
2015
Campbell, M. , Watson, N. and Watters, N. (2015) The Cost of School Holidays. Other. What Works Scotland.
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2015) Capabilities, Public Service Reform and Social Justice. Marginalisation, Stigma and Choice? A Workshop Jointly Organised by the Behavior, Structure and Interventions Research Network and Policy Scotland, Glasgow, UK, 22-23 June 2015. (Unpublished)
Ferrie, J. and Watson, N. (2015) The psycho-social impact of impairment: the case of motor neurone disease. In: Shakespeare, T. (ed.) Disability Research Today. Routledge: Oxon, pp. 43-59. ISBN 9780415748445
Agbakoba, R., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Watson, N. and Mair, F. (2015) Implementing a national Scottish digital health & wellbeing service at scale: a qualitative study of stakeholders' views. In: Sarkar, I.N., Georgiou, A. and Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques, P. (eds.) MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-enabled Health. Series: Studies in health technology and informatics, 216. IOS Press, pp. 487-491. ISBN 9781614995630 (doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-487)
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2015) What can the capabilities approach add to policy analysis in high-income countries? Working Paper. What Works Scotland.
Devlin, A. M. et al. (2015) Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(1), pp. 48-59. (doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv097) (PMID:26254480)
2014
Turner-Halliday, F., Watson, N. , Boyer, N. R.S. , Boyd, K. A. and Minnis, H. (2014) The feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 347. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0347-z) (PMID:25551365) (PMCID:PMC4302079)
Boyer, N. , Boyd, K. A. , Turner-Halliday, F., Watson, N. and Minnis, H. (2014) Examining the feasibility of an economic analysis of dyadic developmental psychotherapy for children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems in the United Kingdom. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 346. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0346-0) (PMID:25492801) (PMCID:PMC4299309)
McNulty, D., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2014) Human rights and prisoners' rights: the British press and the shaping of public debate. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 53(4), pp. 360-376. (doi: 10.1111/hojo.12075)
Slasberg, C., Watson, N. , Beresford, P. and Schofield, P. (2014) Personalization of health care in England: have the wrong lessons been drawn from the personal health budget pilots? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 19(3), pp. 183-188. (doi: 10.1177/1355819614527577)
Connor, D. J., Block, P., Calder, G., Rembis, M. and Watson, N. (2014) Brazil and disability studies: on the map. Notes from the First International Symposium on Disability Studies in São Paulo. Disability Studies Quarterly, 34(1),
Paterson, K. and Watson, N. (2014) An Evaluation of Bobath Scotland’s Adult Therapy Pilot Project. Project Report. Bobath Scotland. (Unpublished)
Vehmas, S. and Watson, N. (2014) Moral wrongs, disadvantages, and disability: a critique of critical disability studies. Disability and Society, 29(4), pp. 638-650. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.831751)
2013
Ferrie, J. , Wiseman, P. and Watson, N. (2013) Living with MND: An Evaluation of Care Pathways Available to Adults with, and the Families or Carers of Adults with Motor Neurone Disease in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)
Pritchett, R. et al. (2013) A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans intervention of infant mental health: a study protocol. Scientific World Journal, 2013(838042), (doi: 10.1155/2013/838042)
Briant, E., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2013) Reporting disability in the age of austerity: The changing face of media representation of disability and disabled people in the UK and the creation of new "folk devils". Disability and Society, 28(6), pp. 874-889. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.813837)
Burns, N. , Watson, N. and Paterson, K. (2013) Risky bodies in risky spaces: disabled people’s pursuit of outdoor leisure. Disability and Society, 108(8), pp. 1059-1073. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.749180)
Ferrie, J. , Robertson-Rieck, P. and Watson, N. (2013) Care Pathways for Adults in Scotland with Motor Neurone Disease. Project Report. Motor Neurone Disease Scotland. (Unpublished)
Paterson, K. and Watson, N. (2013) Ageing with a Lifelong Condition: The Experiences and Perception of Older People With Cerebral Palsy. Project Report. Capability Scotland. (Unpublished)
Watson, N. (2013) Disability. In: Gabe, J. and Monaghan, L.F. (eds.) Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. Series: SAGE key concepts. Sage: London, UK. ISBN 9780857024770
2012
McGee-Lennon, M. et al. (2012) Evaluating the Delivery of Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (Dallas). In: 26th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Birmingham, UK, 12-14 Sep 2012, (doi: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2012.58)
Watson, N. , Roulstone, A. and Thomas, C. (Eds.) (2012) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415574006
Roulstone, A., Thomas, C. and Watson, N. (2012) The changing terrain of disability studies. In: Watson, N., Roulstone, A. and Thomas, C. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 3-11. ISBN 9780415574006
Watson, N. (2012) Researching disablement. In: Watson, N., Roulstone, A. and Thomas, C. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 93-106. ISBN 9780415574006
Watson, N. (2012) Theorising the Lives of Disabled Children: How Can Disability Theory Help? Children and Society, 26(3), pp. 192-202. (doi: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00432.x)
Williams, V., James, N., Barclay, M., Stalker, K., Watson, N. and Hudson, K. (2012) The Conversations Project: A Report to the Steering Group of the National Review of Services for Disabled Children and Young People. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.
2011
Ravoud, J.-F., Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2011) Histoire sociale et technologique du fauteuil roulant. In: Lepoutre, F.-X. (ed.) Le fauteuil roulant manuel : choix et réglages. Une approche plurisdisciplinaire. Sauramps Médical: Montpellier, pp. 47-57. ISBN 9782840237471
Ferrie, J. , Robertson-Rieck, P. and Watson, N. (2011) How am I going to put flowers on my Dad’s grave? Care Home Resident’s use of the Mobility Element of the Disability Living Allowance. Project Report. Capability Scotland / Blackwood Foundation. (Unpublished)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Stalker, K., Lepiniere, J., Paterson, K. and Ferrie, J. (2011) Don’t get involved: an examination of how public sector organisations in England are involving disabled people in the Disability Equality Duty. Disability and Society, 26(3), pp. 255-268. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2011.560370)
Bickenbach, J., Degener, T., Melvin, J., Quinn, G., Posarac, A., Schulze, M., Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2011) Understanding disability. In: World Report on Disability. World Health Organisation: Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9789241564182
Briant, E., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2011) Bad News for Disabled People: How the Newspapers are Reporting Disability. Project Report. Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research and Glasgow Media Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Stalker, K., Ferrie, J. , Lepiniere, J. and Paterson, K. (2011) Mainstreaming the disability equality duty and the impact on public authorities' working practices. Social Policy and Society, 10(2), pp. 239-250. (doi: 10.1017/S1474746410000588)
Riddell, S. and Watson, N. (2011) Equality and human rights in Britain: principles and challenges. Social Policy and Society, 10(2), pp. 193-203. (doi: 10.1017/S1474746410000540)
Watson, N. and Shakespeare, T. (2011) Farkı Yaratmak: Sakatlık, Siyaset ve Tanınma. In: Bezmez., D., Yardımcı., S. and Şentürk., Y. (eds.) Farkı Yaratmak: Sakatlık, Siyaset ve Tanınma. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları: Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 387-414. ISBN 9786056141164
2010
Clark, J., Ferrie, J. and Watson, N. (2010) Third Sector Approaches to Bridging the Distance from the Employment Market for People with Multiple and Complex Needs: An Evidence Review. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Hughes, B., McKie, L., Hopkins, D. and Watson, N. (2010) Loves Labour’s Lost: feminism, the Disabled Peoples Movement and the Ethic of Care. In: O’Donnell, M. (ed.) Structure and Agency. Sage: London. ISBN 9781848600317
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2010) Beyond models: understanding the complexity of disabled people's lives. In: Scambler, G. and Scambler, S. (eds.) New Directions in the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 57-77. ISBN 9780230222700
2009
Burns, N. and Watson, N. (2009) Evaluation of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Part 4. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.
Burns, N. , Paterson, K. and Watson, N. (2009) An inclusive outdoors? Disabled people's experiences of countryside leisure services. Leisure Studies, 28(4), pp. 403-419. (doi: 10.1080/02614360903071704)
Burns, N. and Watson, N. (2009) Evaluation of the Adults with Incapacity Act (Scotland) 2000 Part 4. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Watson, N., Davis, J. and Gallagher, M. (2009) Disabled children: fieldwork and interviewing. In: Tisdall, E.K.M., Davis, J.M. and Gallagher, M. (eds.) Researching with Children and Young People: Research Design, Methods, and Analysis. Sage: Los Angeles, USA. ISBN 9781412923880
Watson, N. and Denny, E. (2009) The Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions: Assaults on the Lifeworld. In: Denny, E. and Earle, S. (eds.) Sociology for Nurses, 2nd edition. Polity: Cambridge.
2008
Davis, J., Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (2008) Disabled Children, Ethnography and Unspoken Understandings: The Collaborative Construction of Diverse Identities. In: Christensen, P.M. and James, A. (eds.) Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 220-238. ISBN 9780415416849
Ferrie, J. , Lepiniere, J., Paterson, K., Pearson, C. , Stalker, K. and Watson, N. (2008) An In-Depth Examination of the Implementation of the Disability Equality Duty in England: Report for the Office for Disability Issues. Project Report. Office for Disability Issues.
Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2008) Histoire Sociale et Tecnologique du Fauteuil Roulant. In: Ravaud, J.-F., Lofaso, F. and Lepoutre, F.-X. (eds.) Le Fauteuil Roulant. Editions Frison-Roche: Paris.
2007
Watson, N. (Ed.) (2007) Disability: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare. Series: Major themes in health and social welfare. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415410755
2006
Parr, S., Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2006) Access, agency and normality: the wheelchair and the internet as mediators of disability. In: Webster, A. (ed.) New Technologies in Health Care: Challenge, Change and Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9781403991300
2005
Hopkins, D., McKie, L., Watson, N. and Hughes, B. (2005) The problem of emotion in care: contested meanings from the disabled people's movement and the feminist movement. In: Flam, H. and King, D. (eds.) Emotions and Social Movements. Series: Routledge advances in sociology (14). Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415363167
Hughes, B., McKie, L., Hopkins, D. and Watson, N. (2005) Love's Labours Lost? Feminism, the Disabled People's Movement and an Ethic of Care. Sociology, 39(2), pp. 259-275. (doi: 10.1177/0038038505050538)
Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2005) The origins and early developments of special/adaptive wheelchair seating. Social History of Medicine, 18(3), pp. 459-474.
Watson, N. (2005) Chronic illness, disabling barriers, discrimination and prejudice. In: Denny, E. and Earle, S. (eds.) Sociology for Nurses. Polity Press: Cambridge, UK, pp. 121-139. ISBN 9780745631004
Watson, N. (2005) Chronic illness, disabling barriers, discrimination and prejudice. In: Denny, E. and Earle, S. (eds.) Sociology for Nurses. Polity: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780745631004
Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2005) No Wheelchairs Beyond this Point: A Historical Examination of Wheelchair Access in the Twentieth Century in Britain and America. Social Policy and Society, Volume(Issue), pp. 97-105.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2005) When wheelchair innovation in Britain was under state control. Technology and Disability, 17(4), pp. 237-250.
2004
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2004) And one man in his time plays many parts: the five ages of impairment. In: Cunningham-Burley, S. and Jamieson, L. (eds.) Families and the State: Changing Relationships. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333773413
Watson, N. (2004) Central Europe dabbles in private health. Lancet, 364(9447), pp. 1745-1746.
Watson, N. (2004) Poland's broken promises. Lancet, 363(9430), pp. 235-238.
Watson, N. , McKie, L., Hughes, B., Hopkins, D. and Gregory, S. (2004) (Inter)Dependence, Needs and Care: The Potential for Disability and Feminist Theorists to Develop an Emancipatory Model. Sociology, 38(2), pp. 331-350.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2004) In pursuit of standardization - The British Ministry of Health's model 8F wheelchair, 1948-1962. Technology and Culture, 45(3), pp. 540-568.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2004) The social and technological history of wheelchairs. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 11(9), pp. 407-410.
2003
Riddell, S. and Watson, N. (Eds.) (2003) Disability, Culture and Identity. Pearson/Prentice Hall: Harlow, UK. ISBN 9780130894403
Davis, J., Watson, N. , Corker, M. and Shakespeare, T. (2003) Reconstructing disability, childhood and social policy in the UK. In: Hallett, C. and Prout, A. (eds.) Hearing the Voices of Children: Social Policy for a New Century. RoutledgeFalmer: London, UK, 192 -210. ISBN 9780415276412
Farmakopoulou, N. and Watson, N. (2003) Motivations for entering and pathways of progression of disabled students in further education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 7(3), pp. 223-139.
Watson, N. (2003) Daily denials: the routinisation of oppression and resistance. In: Riddell, S. and Watson, N. (eds.) Disability, Culture and Identity. Pearson/Prentice Hall: Harlow. ISBN 9780130894403
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2003) A short history of powered wheelchairs. Assistive Technology, 15(2), pp. 164-180.
2002
Davis, J. and Watson, N. (2002) Countering stereotypes of disability: disabled children and resistance. In: Corker, M. and Shakespeare, T. (eds.) Disability / Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory. Continuum: London, UK, 159 -174. ISBN 9780826450562
Watson, N. (2002) Well, I know this is going to sound very strange to you, but I don't see myself as a disabled person: Identity and Disability. Disability and Society, 17(5), pp. 509-527.
2001
Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (Eds.) (2001) Reframing the Body. Series: Explorations in sociology. Palgrave: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333774489
Davis, J. and Watson, N. (2001) Where Are the Children's Experiences? Analysing Social and Cultural Exclusion in 'Special' and 'Mainstream' Schools. Disability and Society, 16(5), pp. 671-687.
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2001) Identity politics, disability and culture. In: Albrecht, G.L., Seelman, K.D. and Bury, M. (eds.) Handbook of Disability Studies. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA, USA. ISBN 9780761916529
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2001) The social model of disability: an outdated ideology? In: Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go. Series: Research in social science and disability (2). JAI: Amsterdam and New York, pp. 9-28. ISBN 9780762307739
Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (2001) Introduction to 'Reframing the Body'. In: Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (eds.) Reframing the Body. Palgrave: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333774489
1997
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (1997) Defending the Social Model. Disability and Society, 12(2), pp. 293-300.
Articles
Tweed, E. J. , Cimova, K. , Craig, P. , Allik, M. , Brown, D. , Campbell, M. , Henderson, D., Mayor, C., Meier, P. and Watson, N. (2024) Unlocking data: decision-maker perspectives on cross-sectoral data sharing and linkage as part of a whole-systems approach to public health policy and practice. Public Health Research, (doi: 10.3310/KYTW2173) (PMID:39582242) (Early Online Publication)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. and Witcher, S. (2024) Where next? the conflicts of centralisation, personalisation, and human rights in the reform of social care. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 26(1), pp. 244-258. (doi: 10.16993/sjdr.1116)
Chambers, S. , Smillie, S. and Watson, N. (2024) Rethinking children’s right to leisure during school holidays. Annals of Leisure Research, 27(3), pp. 399-416. (doi: 10.1080/11745398.2023.2250473) (PMID:39006997) (PMCID:PMC11244624)
Ward, S. , McBride, M. and Watson, N. (2024) Evaluating youth empowerment in neighbourhood settings: applying the capabilities 3C model to evidence and extend the social justice outcomes of youth work in Scotland. Journal of Youth Studies, 27(1), pp. 125-140. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2022.2112160)
Scherer, N., Wiseman, P. , Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Pearson, C. and Shakespeare, T. (2023) 'Do they ever think about people like us?': The experiences of people with learning disabilities in England and Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical Social Policy, 43(3), pp. 423-447. (doi: 10.1177/02610183221109147) (PMID:37461432) (PMCID:PMC9240722)
Porter, T., Watson, N. and Pearson, C. (2023) Epistemic sabotage: the production and disqualification of evidence in disability benefit assessments. Sociology of Health and Illness, 45(6), pp. 1164-1186. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13593) (PMID:36529900)
Watson, N. (2022) Access activism: the politicization of wheelchairs and wheelchair users in the twentieth century. Zeithistorische Forschungen = Studies in Contemporary History, 19(2), pp. 367-379. (doi: 10.14765/zzf.dok-2432)
Cullingworth, J. , Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2022) Not the usual suspects: creating the conditions for and implementing co-production with marginalised young people in Glasgow. Public Policy and Administration, (doi: 10.1177/09520767221140439) (Early Online Publication)
Cullingworth, J. , Watson, N. , Shakespeare, T., Brunner, R. , Pearson, C. and Scherer, N. (2022) “They have been a saving grace in all this”: the role of the third sector in disabled people’s experiences of COVID-19 and implications for sector–state relations. Voluntary Sector Review, (Early Online Publication)
Wiseman, P. and Watson, N. (2022) "Because I’ve got a learning disability, they don’t take me seriously:" violence, wellbeing, and devaluing people with learning disabilities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(13-14), NP10912-NP10937. (doi: 10.1177/0886260521990828) (PMID:33525973) (PMCID:PMC9251738)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Scherer, N. and Shakespeare, T. (2022) Covid-19 and the crisis in social care: exploring the experiences of disabled people in the pandemic. Social Policy and Society, (doi: 10.1017/S1474746422000112) (Early Online Publication)
Kainth, G., Turner, F., Crawford, K., Watson, N. , Dundas, R. and Minnis, H. (2022) Process evaluation protocol for the (BeST?) Services trial. Developmental Child Welfare, 4(1), pp. 56-72. (doi: 10.1177/25161032211070861)
Crawford, K. et al. (2022) The Best Services Trial (BeST?): a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of New Orleans Intervention Model with Services as Usual (SAU) for infants and young children entering care. Trials, 23, 122. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06007-3) (PMID:35130937) (PMCID:PMC8819875)
Shakespeare, T., Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Scherer, N., Pearson, C. and Reichenberger, V. (2022) Disabled people in Britain and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Policy and Administration, 56(1), pp. 103-117. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12758) (PMID:34548712) (PMCID:PMC8446989)
Banks, L. M. et al. (2022) Adapting disability research methods and practices during the Covid-19 pandemic: experiences from the field. IDS Bulletin, 53(3), pp. 129-152. (doi: 10.19088/1968-2022.130)
Gormley, C. and Watson, N. (2021) Inaccessible justice: exploring the barriers to justice and fairness for disabled people accused of a crime. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 60(4), pp. 493-510. (doi: 10.1111/hojo.12433)
Porter, T., Pearson, C. and Watson, N. (2021) Evidence, objectivity and welfare reform: a qualitative study of disability benefit assessments. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 17(2), pp. 279-296. (doi: 10.1332/174426421X16146990181049)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Gangneux, J. and Norberg, I. (2021) Transition to where and to what? Exploring the experiences of transitions to adulthood for young disabled people. Journal of Youth Studies, 24(10), pp. 1291-1307. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2020.1820972)
Stewart, H. and Watson, N. (2020) A sociotechnical history of the ultralightweight wheelchair: a vehicle of social change. Science, Technology and Human Values, 45(6), pp. 1195-1219. (doi: 10.1177/0162243919892558)
Pearson, C. , Brunner, R. , Porter, T. and Watson, N. (2020) Personalisation and the promise of independent living: where now for cash, care and control for disability organisations across the UK? Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 22(1), pp. 285-295. (doi: 10.16993/sjdr.742)
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2019) Is a four-limb exoskeleton a step in the wrong direction? Lancet Neurology, 18(12), pp. 1071-1072. (doi: 10.1016/ S1474-4422(19)30352-7) (PMID:31587954)
Brunner, R. , Craig, P. and Watson, N. (2019) Evaluability assessment: an application in a complex community improvement setting. Evaluation, 25(3), pp. 349-365. (doi: 10.1177/1356389019852126) (PMID:31379464) (PMCID:PMC6628461)
Qu, Y. and Watson, N. (2019) Gathering in a cyber world: internet use of Chinese disabled people and the emergence of disability constituencies. Disability and Society, 34(7-8), pp. 1062-1081. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2019.1602508)
Stewart, H., Watson, N. and Campbell, M. (2018) The cost of school holidays for children from low income families. Childhood, 25(4), pp. 516-529. (doi: 10.1177/0907568218779130) (PMID:30473595) (PMCID:PMC6210572)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. and Manji, K. (2018) Changing the culture of social care in Scotland: Has a shift to personalisation brought about transformative change? Social Policy and Administration, 52, pp. 662-676. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12352)
Pearson, C. and Watson, N. (2018) Implementing health and social care integration in Scotland: Renegotiating new partnerships in changing cultures of care. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(3), e396-e403. (doi: 10.1111/hsc.12537) (PMID:29349854)
Turner-Halliday, F., Kainth, G., Young-Southward, G., Cotmore, R., Watson, N. , McMahon, L. and Minnis, H. (2017) Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 72, pp. 184-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.012)
Lennon, M. R. et al. (2017) Readiness for delivering digital health at scale: lessons from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation of a national digital health innovation program in the United Kingdom. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(2), e42. (doi: 10.2196/jmir.6900) (PMID:28209558) (PMCID:PMC5334516)
Shakespeare, T., Watson, N. and Alghaib, O. A. (2017) Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylwards biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability. Critical Social Policy, 37(1), pp. 22-41. (doi: 10.1177/0261018316649120)
Welch, V., Turner-Halliday, F., Watson, N. , Wilson, P., Fitzpatrick, B., Cotmore, R. and Minnis, H. (2017) Randomisation before consent: avoiding delay to time-critical intervention and ensuring informed consent. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20(4), pp. 357-371. (doi: 10.1080/13645579.2016.1176751)
Minnis, H. et al. (2016) Protocol 15PRT/6090:The Best Services Trial (BeST?): effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health − NCT02653716. Lancet Protocols,
Agbakoba, R., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Watson, N. and Mair, F. S. (2016) Implementation factors affecting the large scale deployment of digital health and well-being technologies: a qualitative study of the initial phases of the 'Living-It-Up' programme. Health Informatics Journal, 22(4), pp. 867-877. (doi: 10.1177/1460458215594651) (PMID:26276795)
Vehmas, S. and Watson, N. (2016) Exploring normativity in disability studies. Disability and Society, 31(1), pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2015.1120657)
Devlin, A. M. et al. (2015) Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(1), pp. 48-59. (doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv097) (PMID:26254480)
Turner-Halliday, F., Watson, N. , Boyer, N. R.S. , Boyd, K. A. and Minnis, H. (2014) The feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 347. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0347-z) (PMID:25551365) (PMCID:PMC4302079)
Boyer, N. , Boyd, K. A. , Turner-Halliday, F., Watson, N. and Minnis, H. (2014) Examining the feasibility of an economic analysis of dyadic developmental psychotherapy for children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems in the United Kingdom. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 346. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0346-0) (PMID:25492801) (PMCID:PMC4299309)
McNulty, D., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2014) Human rights and prisoners' rights: the British press and the shaping of public debate. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 53(4), pp. 360-376. (doi: 10.1111/hojo.12075)
Slasberg, C., Watson, N. , Beresford, P. and Schofield, P. (2014) Personalization of health care in England: have the wrong lessons been drawn from the personal health budget pilots? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 19(3), pp. 183-188. (doi: 10.1177/1355819614527577)
Connor, D. J., Block, P., Calder, G., Rembis, M. and Watson, N. (2014) Brazil and disability studies: on the map. Notes from the First International Symposium on Disability Studies in São Paulo. Disability Studies Quarterly, 34(1),
Vehmas, S. and Watson, N. (2014) Moral wrongs, disadvantages, and disability: a critique of critical disability studies. Disability and Society, 29(4), pp. 638-650. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.831751)
Pritchett, R. et al. (2013) A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans intervention of infant mental health: a study protocol. Scientific World Journal, 2013(838042), (doi: 10.1155/2013/838042)
Briant, E., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2013) Reporting disability in the age of austerity: The changing face of media representation of disability and disabled people in the UK and the creation of new "folk devils". Disability and Society, 28(6), pp. 874-889. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2013.813837)
Burns, N. , Watson, N. and Paterson, K. (2013) Risky bodies in risky spaces: disabled people’s pursuit of outdoor leisure. Disability and Society, 108(8), pp. 1059-1073. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.749180)
Watson, N. (2012) Theorising the Lives of Disabled Children: How Can Disability Theory Help? Children and Society, 26(3), pp. 192-202. (doi: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00432.x)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Stalker, K., Lepiniere, J., Paterson, K. and Ferrie, J. (2011) Don’t get involved: an examination of how public sector organisations in England are involving disabled people in the Disability Equality Duty. Disability and Society, 26(3), pp. 255-268. (doi: 10.1080/09687599.2011.560370)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Stalker, K., Ferrie, J. , Lepiniere, J. and Paterson, K. (2011) Mainstreaming the disability equality duty and the impact on public authorities' working practices. Social Policy and Society, 10(2), pp. 239-250. (doi: 10.1017/S1474746410000588)
Riddell, S. and Watson, N. (2011) Equality and human rights in Britain: principles and challenges. Social Policy and Society, 10(2), pp. 193-203. (doi: 10.1017/S1474746410000540)
Burns, N. , Paterson, K. and Watson, N. (2009) An inclusive outdoors? Disabled people's experiences of countryside leisure services. Leisure Studies, 28(4), pp. 403-419. (doi: 10.1080/02614360903071704)
Hughes, B., McKie, L., Hopkins, D. and Watson, N. (2005) Love's Labours Lost? Feminism, the Disabled People's Movement and an Ethic of Care. Sociology, 39(2), pp. 259-275. (doi: 10.1177/0038038505050538)
Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2005) The origins and early developments of special/adaptive wheelchair seating. Social History of Medicine, 18(3), pp. 459-474.
Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2005) No Wheelchairs Beyond this Point: A Historical Examination of Wheelchair Access in the Twentieth Century in Britain and America. Social Policy and Society, Volume(Issue), pp. 97-105.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2005) When wheelchair innovation in Britain was under state control. Technology and Disability, 17(4), pp. 237-250.
Watson, N. (2004) Central Europe dabbles in private health. Lancet, 364(9447), pp. 1745-1746.
Watson, N. (2004) Poland's broken promises. Lancet, 363(9430), pp. 235-238.
Watson, N. , McKie, L., Hughes, B., Hopkins, D. and Gregory, S. (2004) (Inter)Dependence, Needs and Care: The Potential for Disability and Feminist Theorists to Develop an Emancipatory Model. Sociology, 38(2), pp. 331-350.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2004) In pursuit of standardization - The British Ministry of Health's model 8F wheelchair, 1948-1962. Technology and Culture, 45(3), pp. 540-568.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2004) The social and technological history of wheelchairs. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 11(9), pp. 407-410.
Farmakopoulou, N. and Watson, N. (2003) Motivations for entering and pathways of progression of disabled students in further education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 7(3), pp. 223-139.
Woods, B. and Watson, N. (2003) A short history of powered wheelchairs. Assistive Technology, 15(2), pp. 164-180.
Watson, N. (2002) Well, I know this is going to sound very strange to you, but I don't see myself as a disabled person: Identity and Disability. Disability and Society, 17(5), pp. 509-527.
Davis, J. and Watson, N. (2001) Where Are the Children's Experiences? Analysing Social and Cultural Exclusion in 'Special' and 'Mainstream' Schools. Disability and Society, 16(5), pp. 671-687.
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (1997) Defending the Social Model. Disability and Society, 12(2), pp. 293-300.
Book Sections
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2024) Public services as conversion factors: exploring the theory and practice. In: Comim, F., Anand, P.B. and Fennell, S. (eds.) Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities. Cambridge University Press, pp. 401-422. ISBN 9781009232678 (doi: 10.1017/9781009232678.022)
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2022) Frameworks, models, theories, and experiences for understanding disability. In: Brown, R., Maroto, M. and Pettinicchio, D. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190093167 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190093167.013.1)
Watson, N. (2020) The trouble with coproduction. In: McLaughlin, H., Beresford, P., Cameron, C., Casey, H. and Duffy, J. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education. Routledge: London, pp. 419-427. ISBN 9781138360143 (doi: 10.4324/9780429433306-43)
Pearson, C. , Watson, N. , Gangneux, J. and Norberg, I. (2020) Transition to where and to what? Transitions for young disabled people and the epistemological fallacy. In: Goodley, D., Runswick-Cole, K. and Liddiard, K. (eds.) Interventions in Disabled Childhood Studies. iHuman Press: Sheffield, pp. 59-64.
Watson, N. (2019) Agency, structure and emancipatory research: researching disablement and impairment. In: Watson, N. and Vehmas, S. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781138365308
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2018) Disability and social justice. In: Craig, G. (ed.) Handbook on Global Social Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, pp. 201-212. ISBN 9781786431417 (doi: 10.4337/9781786431424.00024)
Davis, J., Watson, N. and Cuningham Burley, S. (2017) Disabled children, ethnography and unspoken understandings. In: Christensen, P. and James, A. (eds.) Research with Children Perspectives and Practices. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781315657349 (doi: 10.4324/9781315657349)
McNulty, D., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2016) Human rights versus citizenship rights: media coverage of human rights in the UK. In: Weber, L., Fishwick, E. and Marmo, M. (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights. Series: Routledge international handbooks. Routledge. ISBN 9781138931176
Ferrie, J. and Watson, N. (2015) The psycho-social impact of impairment: the case of motor neurone disease. In: Shakespeare, T. (ed.) Disability Research Today. Routledge: Oxon, pp. 43-59. ISBN 9780415748445
Agbakoba, R., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Watson, N. and Mair, F. (2015) Implementing a national Scottish digital health & wellbeing service at scale: a qualitative study of stakeholders' views. In: Sarkar, I.N., Georgiou, A. and Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques, P. (eds.) MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-enabled Health. Series: Studies in health technology and informatics, 216. IOS Press, pp. 487-491. ISBN 9781614995630 (doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-487)
Watson, N. (2013) Disability. In: Gabe, J. and Monaghan, L.F. (eds.) Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. Series: SAGE key concepts. Sage: London, UK. ISBN 9780857024770
Roulstone, A., Thomas, C. and Watson, N. (2012) The changing terrain of disability studies. In: Watson, N., Roulstone, A. and Thomas, C. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 3-11. ISBN 9780415574006
Watson, N. (2012) Researching disablement. In: Watson, N., Roulstone, A. and Thomas, C. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 93-106. ISBN 9780415574006
Ravoud, J.-F., Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2011) Histoire sociale et technologique du fauteuil roulant. In: Lepoutre, F.-X. (ed.) Le fauteuil roulant manuel : choix et réglages. Une approche plurisdisciplinaire. Sauramps Médical: Montpellier, pp. 47-57. ISBN 9782840237471
Bickenbach, J., Degener, T., Melvin, J., Quinn, G., Posarac, A., Schulze, M., Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2011) Understanding disability. In: World Report on Disability. World Health Organisation: Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9789241564182
Watson, N. and Shakespeare, T. (2011) Farkı Yaratmak: Sakatlık, Siyaset ve Tanınma. In: Bezmez., D., Yardımcı., S. and Şentürk., Y. (eds.) Farkı Yaratmak: Sakatlık, Siyaset ve Tanınma. Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları: Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 387-414. ISBN 9786056141164
Hughes, B., McKie, L., Hopkins, D. and Watson, N. (2010) Loves Labour’s Lost: feminism, the Disabled Peoples Movement and the Ethic of Care. In: O’Donnell, M. (ed.) Structure and Agency. Sage: London. ISBN 9781848600317
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2010) Beyond models: understanding the complexity of disabled people's lives. In: Scambler, G. and Scambler, S. (eds.) New Directions in the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 57-77. ISBN 9780230222700
Watson, N., Davis, J. and Gallagher, M. (2009) Disabled children: fieldwork and interviewing. In: Tisdall, E.K.M., Davis, J.M. and Gallagher, M. (eds.) Researching with Children and Young People: Research Design, Methods, and Analysis. Sage: Los Angeles, USA. ISBN 9781412923880
Watson, N. and Denny, E. (2009) The Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions: Assaults on the Lifeworld. In: Denny, E. and Earle, S. (eds.) Sociology for Nurses, 2nd edition. Polity: Cambridge.
Davis, J., Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (2008) Disabled Children, Ethnography and Unspoken Understandings: The Collaborative Construction of Diverse Identities. In: Christensen, P.M. and James, A. (eds.) Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 220-238. ISBN 9780415416849
Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2008) Histoire Sociale et Tecnologique du Fauteuil Roulant. In: Ravaud, J.-F., Lofaso, F. and Lepoutre, F.-X. (eds.) Le Fauteuil Roulant. Editions Frison-Roche: Paris.
Parr, S., Watson, N. and Woods, B. (2006) Access, agency and normality: the wheelchair and the internet as mediators of disability. In: Webster, A. (ed.) New Technologies in Health Care: Challenge, Change and Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9781403991300
Hopkins, D., McKie, L., Watson, N. and Hughes, B. (2005) The problem of emotion in care: contested meanings from the disabled people's movement and the feminist movement. In: Flam, H. and King, D. (eds.) Emotions and Social Movements. Series: Routledge advances in sociology (14). Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415363167
Watson, N. (2005) Chronic illness, disabling barriers, discrimination and prejudice. In: Denny, E. and Earle, S. (eds.) Sociology for Nurses. Polity Press: Cambridge, UK, pp. 121-139. ISBN 9780745631004
Watson, N. (2005) Chronic illness, disabling barriers, discrimination and prejudice. In: Denny, E. and Earle, S. (eds.) Sociology for Nurses. Polity: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780745631004
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2004) And one man in his time plays many parts: the five ages of impairment. In: Cunningham-Burley, S. and Jamieson, L. (eds.) Families and the State: Changing Relationships. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333773413
Davis, J., Watson, N. , Corker, M. and Shakespeare, T. (2003) Reconstructing disability, childhood and social policy in the UK. In: Hallett, C. and Prout, A. (eds.) Hearing the Voices of Children: Social Policy for a New Century. RoutledgeFalmer: London, UK, 192 -210. ISBN 9780415276412
Watson, N. (2003) Daily denials: the routinisation of oppression and resistance. In: Riddell, S. and Watson, N. (eds.) Disability, Culture and Identity. Pearson/Prentice Hall: Harlow. ISBN 9780130894403
Davis, J. and Watson, N. (2002) Countering stereotypes of disability: disabled children and resistance. In: Corker, M. and Shakespeare, T. (eds.) Disability / Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory. Continuum: London, UK, 159 -174. ISBN 9780826450562
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2001) Identity politics, disability and culture. In: Albrecht, G.L., Seelman, K.D. and Bury, M. (eds.) Handbook of Disability Studies. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA, USA. ISBN 9780761916529
Shakespeare, T. and Watson, N. (2001) The social model of disability: an outdated ideology? In: Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go. Series: Research in social science and disability (2). JAI: Amsterdam and New York, pp. 9-28. ISBN 9780762307739
Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (2001) Introduction to 'Reframing the Body'. In: Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (eds.) Reframing the Body. Palgrave: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333774489
Edited Books
Watson, N. and Vehmas, S. (Eds.) (2019) The Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies [2nd Edition]. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781138365308
Watson, N. , Roulstone, A. and Thomas, C. (Eds.) (2012) Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415574006
Watson, N. (Ed.) (2007) Disability: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare. Series: Major themes in health and social welfare. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415410755
Riddell, S. and Watson, N. (Eds.) (2003) Disability, Culture and Identity. Pearson/Prentice Hall: Harlow, UK. ISBN 9780130894403
Watson, N. and Cunningham-Burley, S. (Eds.) (2001) Reframing the Body. Series: Explorations in sociology. Palgrave: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333774489
Research Reports or Papers
Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
Bynner, C. , Drever, A., Lowden, K. , McBride, M., Ward, S. , Weakley, S. , Watson, N. , Chapman, C. , McLean, J. and Tannahill, C. (2019) Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland Evaluation Strategy. Discussion Paper. Children's Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Cullingworth, J. , Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2018) The Operation Modulus Approach: Further Lessons for Public Service Reform. Other. What Works Scotland.
Mcbride, M., Lowden, K. , Chapman, C. and Watson, N. (2018) Educational Needs and Experiences of Refugee Children in Scotland. Project Report. What Works Scotland.
Mulvey, G. , Bynner, C. , Murray, N. and Watson, N. (2018) Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in West Dunbartonshire. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.
Gibson, M. , Hearty, W., Craig, P. and Watson, N. (2017) Review Protocol. The Impact of Universal Basic Income: A Scoping Review of Evaluations and Outcomes. Documentation. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Chapman, C. , van Amersfoort, D. and Watson, N. (2017) What Works in Public Service Leadership: Exploring the Potential. Project Report. What Works Scotland, Glasgow.
Brunner, R. , Craig, P. and Watson, N. (2017) Evaluability Assessment of Thriving Places: a Report for Glasgow Community Planning Partnership. Other. What Works Scotland.
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2016) Operation Modulus: Putting Christie into Practice in Gorbals. Working Paper. What Works Scotland.
Campbell, M. , Watson, N. and Watters, N. (2015) The Cost of School Holidays. Other. What Works Scotland.
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2015) What can the capabilities approach add to policy analysis in high-income countries? Working Paper. What Works Scotland.
Paterson, K. and Watson, N. (2014) An Evaluation of Bobath Scotland’s Adult Therapy Pilot Project. Project Report. Bobath Scotland. (Unpublished)
Ferrie, J. , Wiseman, P. and Watson, N. (2013) Living with MND: An Evaluation of Care Pathways Available to Adults with, and the Families or Carers of Adults with Motor Neurone Disease in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)
Ferrie, J. , Robertson-Rieck, P. and Watson, N. (2013) Care Pathways for Adults in Scotland with Motor Neurone Disease. Project Report. Motor Neurone Disease Scotland. (Unpublished)
Paterson, K. and Watson, N. (2013) Ageing with a Lifelong Condition: The Experiences and Perception of Older People With Cerebral Palsy. Project Report. Capability Scotland. (Unpublished)
Williams, V., James, N., Barclay, M., Stalker, K., Watson, N. and Hudson, K. (2012) The Conversations Project: A Report to the Steering Group of the National Review of Services for Disabled Children and Young People. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.
Ferrie, J. , Robertson-Rieck, P. and Watson, N. (2011) How am I going to put flowers on my Dad’s grave? Care Home Resident’s use of the Mobility Element of the Disability Living Allowance. Project Report. Capability Scotland / Blackwood Foundation. (Unpublished)
Briant, E., Watson, N. and Philo, G. (2011) Bad News for Disabled People: How the Newspapers are Reporting Disability. Project Report. Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research and Glasgow Media Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Clark, J., Ferrie, J. and Watson, N. (2010) Third Sector Approaches to Bridging the Distance from the Employment Market for People with Multiple and Complex Needs: An Evidence Review. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Burns, N. and Watson, N. (2009) Evaluation of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 Part 4. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.
Burns, N. and Watson, N. (2009) Evaluation of the Adults with Incapacity Act (Scotland) 2000 Part 4. Project Report. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Ferrie, J. , Lepiniere, J., Paterson, K., Pearson, C. , Stalker, K. and Watson, N. (2008) An In-Depth Examination of the Implementation of the Disability Equality Duty in England: Report for the Office for Disability Issues. Project Report. Office for Disability Issues.
Conference or Workshop Item
Cullingworth, J. , Watson, N. and Shakespeare, T. (2021) “They Have Been a Saving Grace” - The Role of the Third Sector in Disabled People’s Experiences of COVID-19 and Implications for Third Sector-State Relations. 2021 Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, Birmingham, UK, 6-7 Sept 2021.
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2017) Public Services as Conversion Factors: Exploring the Theory and Practice. Cambridge Capabilities Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 19-21 June 2017. (Unpublished)
Brunner, R. and Watson, N. (2015) Capabilities, Public Service Reform and Social Justice. Marginalisation, Stigma and Choice? A Workshop Jointly Organised by the Behavior, Structure and Interventions Research Network and Policy Scotland, Glasgow, UK, 22-23 June 2015. (Unpublished)
Conference Proceedings
McGee-Lennon, M. et al. (2016) What is the Current State of Digital Health “Readiness” in the UK?: Findings from the Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) Programme. In: 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC), Dublin, Ireland, 6-8 July 2016,
McGee-Lennon, M. et al. (2012) Evaluating the Delivery of Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (Dallas). In: 26th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Birmingham, UK, 12-14 Sep 2012, (doi: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2012.58)
Website
Shakespeare, T., Watson, N. , Brunner, R. , Cullingworth, J. , Hameed, S., Pearson, C. , Scherer, N. and Reichenberger, V. (2021) Disabled people and the impact of COVID-19: four urgent messages for the government. [Website]
Supervision
- Smillie, Susie
Using the capabilities approach to explore young people’s wellbeing during school holidays and the role of creative arts during this time