Dr Nikita Hayden

School of Education

Research Associate

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Dr Nikita Hayden
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
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I am a Research Associate with iHuman and the School of Education at the 爆料TV. I am currently working as a Research Associate for the Development phase of the Wellcome Anti-Ableism Research Culture project. I previously worked on the ESRC funded project 'Humanising Healthcare', where we employed ethnographic methods, narrative interviews, and co-production to explore examples of humanising healthcare with people with learning disabilities.

Research interests

My research work to date has been situated in applied psychology, with a particular focus on families and siblings. My sibling research focuses on siblings of children and adults with learning and developmental disabilities. I am a volunteer Research Associate for the UK charity Sibs and am collaborating with colleagues from various disciplines to establish the Sibling Studies Network. I have experience of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research approaches.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Gordon鈥怋rown A, Murray CA, Hayden NK, Hastings RP, Mahon D & Flynn S (2025) . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 38(4).
  • Goodley D, Runswick-Cole K, Lawthom R, Srdanovic BD & Hayden N (2025) From pathology to Affirmation: Disability Philosophy in Everyday Life. Humana Mente, 18(47), 183-205.
  • Denne LD, Flynn S, Thompson PA, Morris R, Roberts-Tyler EJ, Hastings RP & Hayden N (2025) . Frontiers in Education, 10.
  • Flynn S, Denne LD, Manktelow N, Jones B, Hayden N & Abdi S (2025) . Tizard Learning Disability Review.
  • Thompson PA, Summers E, Caton S, Hayden N, Todd S, Oloidi E, Taggart L, Kelly R, Bradshaw J, Maguire R , Jahoda A et al (2025) . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 69(4), 265-273.
  • Moran鈥怣orbey E, Blackwell C, Ryan T & Hayden NK (2024) . Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(6).
  • Hayden N, Bradshaw J, Hayward S, Murphy J, Boa S, Eden V, Alm N, Pampoulou E & Mischo S (2024) . Technology and Disability, 36(3), 69-84.
  • Daw Srdanovic B, Hayden N, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2024) . Qualitative Research in Psychology, 22(3), 632-655.
  • Bottomley M, Bradley J, Clark L, Collis B, Srdanovic BD, Farnsworth V, Ferguson A, Goodley D, Fox A, Hayden NK , Lawthom C et al (2024) . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 52(4), 611-632.
  • Williams CA, Thompson PA, Hayden NK & Hastings RP (2024) . American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 129(1), 73-85.
  • Lin J, Hayden NK & Hastings RP (2023) . International Journal of Developmental Disabilities.
  • Hayden NK, Hastings RP & Bailey T (2023) . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 67(4), 310-322.
  • Hayden NK, Hastings RP, Kassa C & Danylec F (2023) . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(3), 987-999.
  • Marquis S, O'Leary R, Hayden NK & Baumbusch J (2022) . Family Relations.
  • Hewitt OM, Steel C, Hales SA, Hayden N, Gundeslioglu H, Tapp K & Langdon P (2022) . Clinical Psychology Review, 96.
  • Flynn S, Hatton C, Hastings R, Hayden N, Caton S, Heslop P, Jahoda A, Todd S, Oloidi E, Beyer S , Mulhall P et al (2022) . Tizard Learning Disability Review, 27(1), 57-66.
  • Hastings RP, Totsika V, Hayden NK, Murray CA, Jess M, Langley E & Margetson JK (2020) . BMJ Open, 10(2).
  • Hayden NK, McCaffrey M, Fraser鈥怢im C & Hastings RP (2019) . Support for Learning, 34(4), 404-420.
  • Tharian PR, Henderson S, Wathanasin N, Hayden N, Chester V & Tromans S (2019) . Advances in Autism, 5(1), 50-63.
  • Hayden NK, Hastings RP, Totsika V & Langley E (2019) . Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(8), 1409-1419.
  • Michael-Fox B & Hayden N (2018) Transforming the community, transforming the self: young people, social action and community leadership. The Sheffield Student Journal for Sociology, 2.
  • Murray CA, Hayden NK, Gordon鈥怋rown A, Flynn S, Bonetree C, Harper A, Kassa C, Mahon D, McGee C & Hastings RP () . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.
  • Hayden NK, Flynn S, Blumenfeld F, Hastings RP, Gray KM, Cullen S, Cullen MA & Langdon PE () . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1).
  • Scior K, Patel M, Goldsmith鈥怱umner A, Hayden N, Lee JY, Lunsky Y, Osborne M, Richardson L, Stewart鈥怋rown S & Hastings RP () . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.

Book chapters

  • Daw Srdanovic B, Hayden N, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2026) , The Critical Posthumanities and Postqualitative Inquiry in Psychology (pp. 74-96). Routledge
  • Hayden NK & Kassa C (2024) , Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People (pp. 115-132). Routledge
  • Hayden NK & Hastings RP (2022) In Hodapp RM, Fidler DJ & Lanfranchi S (Ed.), International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities (pp. 1-49). Elsevier

Conference proceedings

  • Hayden N, Bradshaw J & Hastings R (2024) PERSPECTIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR SIBLINGS ON THEIR SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, Vol. 68(7) (pp 737-737)
  • Hayden N, Srdanovic BDSD, Goodley D, Runswick-Cole K, Lawthom C, Bottomley M, Bradley J, Clark L, Collis B, Farnsworth V , Ferguson A et al (2024) HUMANISING HEALTHCARE AND PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: A CO-PRODUCED NARRATIVE STUDY. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, Vol. 68(7) (pp 815-815)
  • Hayden NK, Bradshaw J & Hastings RP (2023) PERSPECTIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR SIBLINGS ON THEIR SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, Vol. 67(10) (pp 929-929)

Reports

  • Hayden NK, Usher LV, Pavlopoulou G, McKenzie M & Goose M (2022) Adult siblings of people with intellectual disabilities and/or a diagnosis of autism: an evidence review
  • Flynn S, Hayden N, Clarke L, Caton S, Hatton C, Hastings R, Abbott D, Beyer S, Bradshaw J, Gillooly A , Gore N et al (2021) Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities study: wave 3 results: September 2023 (Full Report)
  • Cullen MA, Lindsay G, Hastings R, Denne L, Stanford C, Beqiraq L, Elahi F, Gemegah E, Hayden N, Kander I , Lykomitrou F et al (2020) Special educational needs in mainstream schools: evidence review
  • Cullen S, Cullen MA, Dytham S & Hayden N (2018) Research to understand successful approaches to supporting the most academically able disadvantaged pupils; research report

Presentations

  • Hayden N, Lunsky Y, Redqest B & Helen R Understanding the experiences of siblings of people with disabilities webcast script. Online.
Professional activities and memberships
  • Research Associate, School of Education and iHuman, 爆料TV, Mar 2023 鈥 present
  • Honorary Research Fellow, CEDAR, University of Warwick, Apr 2023 鈥 present
  • Research Associate, Sibs Charity, Jan 2020 - present