Dr Abigail Tazzyman

School of Education

Lecturer in Qualitative Methods

Dr Abigail Tazzyman
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a.tazzyman@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Abigail Tazzyman
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
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Helping to improve the NHS - Meet Dr Abigail Tazzyman

Abigail joined the Sheffield Methods Institute as a Lecturer in Qualitative Methods in September 2020. Previously she was a Research Associate at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Abigail completed a PhD at the University of York in 2015. Her thesis investigated female cultures of body modification across the life course, focusing on how women learn practices and the social norms which surround them. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, her research interests focus on organisation studies, inequalities and medical sociology/health services research and their intersection.

Research interests

Abigails research focuses on the intersection between organisation studies, inequalities and medical sociology/health services research. Her research interests include:

  • Gender and organisations
  • Organisations, workforce and inequalities
  • Professions, power and identity
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Embodiment
  • Health services/medical sociology
Publications

Journal articles

  • Nelson PA, Bradley F, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Higgerson J, Gibson J & Hodgson D (2025) . Journal of Health Organization and Management, 39(9), 419-434.
  • Mitchell C, Higgerson J, Tazzyman A & Whittaker W (2023) . BMC Primary Care, 24(1).
  • Brunton L, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Hodgson D & Nelson PA (2022) . BMC Primary Care, 23(1).
  • Ferguson J, Tazzyman A, Walshe K, Bryce M, Boyd A, Archer J, Price T & TredinnickRowe J (2021) . Sociology of Health & Illness, 43(1), 149-166.
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2020) . BMC Family Practice, 21(1).
  • Price T, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Walshe K, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Boyd A, Archer J & Bryce M (2020) . Health Policy, 124(4), 446-453.
  • Tazzyman A (2020) . Gender, Work & Organization, 27(3), 327-346.
  • Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Boyd A, Bryce M, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Price T & Walshe K (2020) . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 25(1), 30-40.
  • Tazzyman A, Bryce M, Walshe K & Boyd A (2019) . British Journal of General Practice, 69(684), e499-e506.
  • Tazzyman A, Bryce M, Ferguson J, Walshe K, Boyd A, Price T & TredinnickRowe J (2019) . Regulation & Governance, 13(4), 593-608.
  • Bryce M, Luscombe K, Boyd A, Tazzyman A, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Walshe K & Archer J (2018) . Social Science & Medicine, 213, 98-105.
  • Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Walshe K, Boyd A, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Hillier C, Regan De Bere S & Archer J (2018) . Academic Medicine, 93(4), 642-647.
  • Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Hillier C, Boyd A, Tredinnick-Rowe J, Archer J, de Bere SR & Walshe K (2017) . BMC Health Services Research, 17(1).
  • Walshe K, Boyd A, Bryce M, Luscombe K, Tazzyman A, Tredinnick-Rowe J & Archer J (2017) . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 110(1), 23-30.

Book chapters

  • (2025) In Abdul-Rahman S, Vorley T, Tuckerman L & Wilton N (Ed.), How to Scale Engagement and Impact in Universities (pp. v-vii). Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Blakeley S & Tazzyman A (2025) , How to Scale Engagement and Impact in Universities (pp. 274-284). Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Tazzyman A, Mitchell C & Hodgson D (2021) In Kislov R, Burns D, M繪rk BE & Montgomery K (Ed.), Managing Healthcare Organisations in Challenging Policy Contexts (pp. 151-173). Palgrave Macmillan
  • Tazzyman A (2017) , Talking Bodies (pp. 95-114). Springer International Publishing

Preprints

  • Brunton L, Tazzyman A, Ferguson J, Hodgson D & Nelson PA (2021) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2020) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2020) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Mitchell C, Tazzyman A, Howard SJ & Hodgson D (2019) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.