John T. Haworth BSc., M.Litt. Ph.D. Associate Member of the British Psychological Society. Research Fellow (part-time) Research Institute of Health and Social Change (www.rihsc.mmu.ac.uk) and Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Fine Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester MI3 0JA.
Phone and Fax (0) 1254 51678
Email: haworthjt@yahoo.com
Research Interests
Embodied mind, technology and creativity.
Work, leisure and wellbeing.
CV
John Haworth was formerly a lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Manchester. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA; Visiting Professor at the World Leisure and Recreation Association International Centre of Excellence, CHN, Holland; Visiting Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; and Visiting Research Scientist at the Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
He has published four books and over 40 academic articles on wellbeing, work and leisure; and an edited book on 'Psychological Research Methods'. His most recent book co-edited with A.J. Veal is ‘Work and Leisure’ published by Routledge in 2004. In 1975 he was principal co-founder of the Leisure Studies Association which is a multi-disciplinary organisation for research and policy in leisure, studied in the context of work and the family. This organisation has since been emulated in Holland, Australia\NewZealand and India. He co-founded the international journal 'Leisure Studies', and has been associate editor of the international journal 'Leisure Research'. He has given invited all expenses paid papers at international conferences in many countries including Belgium, Holland, America, Canada, India and Japan.
In 1991 he co-founded the North West Consortium of Psychology Departments for postgraduate training in research methods, and was the general course co-ordinator to 1999.
He has two overlapping areas of research which together constitute a focus on 'Consciousness, Creativity and Wellbeing'. His research on wellbeing, work and leisure, using quantitative and qualitative methods, includes research on unemployment; and a model of positive subjective wellbeing has been proposed (Haworth 1997a). In September 1999 he was a lead speaker at a British Psychological Society conference on 'Consciousness and Wellbeing'. In September 2001 he established a website on wellbeing www.wellbeing-esrc.com as part of a seminar series funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. A co-edited book on Wellbeing, based on the ESRC seminar series is in planning. In June 2002 he was a lead speaker at the 1st European Conference on Positive Psychology at Winchester, UK. In November 2003 he was an invited participant at a workshop on wellbeing held by the Nuffield Trust in London. In April 2004 he was an invited speaker on Well-being at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference. In July 2004 he presented a paper on well-being and life-transitions at the 2nd European Conference on Positive Psychology at Verbania Pallanza, Italy. In November 2004 he gave an invited paper on ‘Work based wellbeing’ at a workshop funded by The European Science Foundation, held in London. In March 2005 he presented a paper on ‘Wellbeing in changing social conditions’ at an international conference on ‘Community Work and Family: change and transformation’, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester. Also on the organisational team for this conference.
His research on creativity and the embodied mind, using qualitative methods, draws on his experience in psychology and his practice and training in fine art, in which he has a Masters degree. He has been a lead speaker at a conference in the USA on 'Minds, Machines and Electronic Culture' (March 1999). In April-May 2000 he was an invited Research Scientist at the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, working on consciousness, art and creativity. In April 2001 he gave an invited presentation on 'The embodied mind, technology and creativity' at a seminar series on 'The Future of Work' at the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris; and in September 2001 a paper on ‘Merleau-Ponty’s theory of art: a route to follow’ at the fifth conference of the Consciousness and Experiential Section of the British Psychological Society in Durham, UK. In April 2002 he presented a paper on ‘Creativity and embodied mind in digital fine art’ at a conference on‘ Toward a Science of Consciousness’, Tucson, Arizona, USA. In October 2002 he was an invited member of a panel discussing ‘Research into Art and Technology’ at the Fourth Creativity and Cognition Conference, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. In November 2002 he organised a seminar and exhibition at the Deluxe Gallery, London, as part of his research funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board. Material from this is now on the website www.creativity-embodiedmind.com. In August 2003 he gave an invited paper on ‘Embodied Mind, Technology and Creativity’ at the 3rd Impact International Printmaking Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. In April 2005 he organised an AHRB
Invitational workshop on ‘Freedom and Constraint in the Creative Process’ held in London, in association with an international conference on ‘Creativity and Cognition 2005’. In September 2005 presented a paper on ‘Vibrant Transience: an embodied lens for digital printmaking’ at the Impact 4 international conference, Berlin/Poznan.
He also has significant experience in both community and environmental arts, having been the research director for a major project funded by the Arts Council of Great Britain.
He has played a major part in two externally funded seminar groups investigating the nature of cognition in real life activities: an ESRC funded three year seminar on 'Technology as Skilled Practice'; a European funded ten Nation three year seminar on 'Work Process Knowledge'.
He is the spokesperson for the British Psychological Society on the topics of Work, Leisure and Wellbeing, and Creativity and Embodied Mind.
Recent research grants include:
ESRC grant No R 00023 1322 ‘Activity and psychological well-being in the daily life of young people’ (£18,500).
A research grant ($5000) awarded by The University of Arizona in 2000 to undertake research for two months at the Center for Consciousness Studies.
ESRC grant No R451265023 for £12,412 to Dr Haworth, Prof. Graham Hart, and Prof. Sarah Curtis for a seminar series on wellbeing in 2001/2.
AHRB Innovation awards research scheme, grant for £15,888 for research into ‘Creativity and embodied mind in digital fine art’ for one year commencing in January 2002.
Partner in our international team led by Professor Susan Lewis of Manchester Metropolitan University awarded 1.2 million Euros for a three year project studying "Gender, parenthood and the changing European workplace: young adults negotiating the work - family boundary."
A grant for £5000 from the AHRB for further practice based research into creativity and embodied mind in digital fine art, for one year commencing in July 2004.
Recent research articles and books.
* Haworth, J.T. (1990) The Embodiment Theory of Pre-reflexive Thought and Creativity. In: K.J. Gilhooly, M.T.G. Keane, R.H. Logie and G. Erdos, eds. Lines of Thinking. Chichester, UK: John Wiley
* Haworth, J.T., Chesworth, P., and Smith, R. (1990) Cognitive difficulties in samples of unemployed middle aged men. Leisure Studies. 9, 253-257.
* Evans, S.T., and Haworth, J.T. (1991) Variations in personal activity, access to 'categories of experience' and psychological well-being in young adults. Leisure Studies, 10, 249-264
* Haworth, J.T., and Ducker, J.(1991) Psychological well-being and access to 'categories of experience' in unemployed young adults. Leisure Studies, 10, 265-274.
* Haworth, J.T., and Hill, S. (1992) Work, leisure and psychological well-being in a sample of young adults. Journal of Community and Applied Psychology, 147-160.
* Haworth, J.T. (1993) Skill- challenge relationships and psychological well-being in daily life. Journal for Society and Leisure 16, 1, 115-128 Invited article for a special issue on Leisure in the context of Everyday life.
* Clarke, S.E., and Haworth, J.T. (1994) 'Flow' experiences in the daily life of sixth form college students. British Journal of Psychology, 85, 511-523.
* Haworth, J.T., and Evans, S. (1995) Challenge, skill and positive subjective states in the daily life of YTS students. Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology. 68, 109-121.* Haworth, J.T. and Paterson, F. (1995) Access to categories of experience and mental health in a sample of managers. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 25, 8, 712-724.
* Haworth, J.T. (1995) Leisure and categorical models of mental health. Journal for Society and Leisure. Special Edition on Leisure and Health. 18, 1, 53-66.
* Haworth, J.T. (1996) Psychological Research: innovative methods and strategies. London: Routledge.
* Haworth, J.T., Jarman, M., and Lee, S. (1997) Positive subjective states in the daily life of a sample of working women. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 4, 345-370.
* Haworth, J.T. (1997a) Work, Leisure and Well-being. London: Routledge.
* Haworth, J.T. (1997b) Beyond reason: pre-reflexive thought and creativity in art. Leonardo 30, 2, 137-146.
* Haworth, J.T. (1997c) Reflections on embodiment and creative practice. Social Analysis 4, 1, 86-96.
* Haworth, J.T. (1999) The embodied mind, technology and fine art. In: Proceedings of a Symposium on Minds, Machines and Electronic Culture. Connecticut College, New London, USA. 71-79
* Haworth,J.T. (2000) The embodied mind and wellbeing. Consciousness and Experiential Psychology, 5, 14-19.
* Haworth,J.T. (2002) Creativity and embodied mind in digital fine art in: Proceedings of a conference on Creativity and Cognition. Loughborough University Loughborough, UK. 28-29
* Bryce, J. and Haworth, J.T. (2002) Wellbeing and flow in a sample of male and female office workers. Leisure Studies, 21, 249-263
* Bryce, J. and Haworth, J.T. (2003) Psychological wellbeing in a sample of male and female office workers. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 3, pp.565-585
* Haworth, J.T. (2003) DVD: Creativity and embodied mind in digital fine art. Record of an Arts and Humanities Research Board seminar. Blackburn: D&AW Graphics. Copy held by the AHRB.
* Haworth, J.T. (2003) Editorial; Leisure and Wellbeing. Leisure Studies, 22, 4, pp 317-322
* Haworth, J.T. and Veal, A.J. (2004) Work and Leisure. London; Routledge.
* Haworth, J.T. and Lewis, S. (2005) Work, leisure and wellbeing. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 33, 1, 67-79
* Haworth,J.T., Gollifer, S., Faure-Walker, J., Coldwell, P., Kemp, T., and Pengelly, J. (2005) Freedom and Constraint in the Creative Process in Digital Fine Art: an AHRB Invited Workshop. Proceedings of Creativity and Cognition 2005 Conference, Goldsmiths University, London, UK, pp 310-317. ISBN: 59593-025-6
Exhibitions
His fine art prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally. He has been a gallery artist for many years exhibiting prints made by traditional methods. His more recent work also involves the use of digital media, and he has established a first rate multi-media studio. Prints were selected in 2001, 2003 and 2004 for the Art and Technology International Digital Print Award Exhibitions, which are aimed at highlighting the best work in the area of creative digital media. Examples of his work can be seen at the Digital Print Award gallery (site being reorganised). Since July 2000 he has had several solo exhibitions of digital art in Manchester, where he is represented by Comme Ca Art. Examples can be seen at www.commecaart.com
July 5, 2008