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I am a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. My broad research focus is exploring digital mediation of everyday life. I also have research interests in youth mental health and have worked on a range of interdisciplinary research projects.
I’m particularly interested in understanding how technologically mediated societies shape emotional experience, mental health and care. My PhD in Human Geography at the University of Birmingham critically examined the logics and practices of digital mental health and young people’s (non)therapeutic experiences of using smartphone apps and platforms to support their mental health and wellbeing. I engage with geographies of emotion and affect alongside philosophies of technology and cultural economy.
I currently work on an ESRC-funded project that examines geographies of engagement with live-streams of extreme weather events.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Towards a typology of mental health crisis care services for children and young people in England and Wales: a cross-sectional survey and analysis of implementation practices
Bennett, C., Fraser, C., Hannigan, B., Sawle, L., Williams, J., Jones, A., Pryjmachuk, S., Elliott, M. B., Elliott, M., Bennett, N., Hails, E., McMillan, I. & Vaughan, R., 8 Dec 2025, In: BMC Health Services Research. 25, 1, 1587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How We Became Sensorimotor: Movement, Measurement, Sensation, Mark Paterson, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN (2021)
Williams, J., May 2023, In: Emotion, Space and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book Review › peer-review
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Urban precarity and youth mental health an interpretive scoping review of emerging approaches
Pykett, J., Campbell, N., Group, M. O. T. I. F. M. H. Y. A., Fenton, S.-J., Gagen, E., Lavis, A., Newbigging, K., Parkin, V. & Williams, J., 1 Mar 2023, In: Social Science and Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mental health monitoring apps for depression and anxiety in children and young people: A scoping review and critical ecological analysis
Williams, J. E. & Pykett, J., Mar 2022, In: Social Science & Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review