Elizabeth Hauke interviewed on QUAHRC podcast

The Change Makers Field Leader talked neuro-divergence, autoethnography and inclusive education.

This week CLCC's Dr Elizabeth Hauke featured on podcast The Qualitative Open Mic, in an episode entitled Neurodiversity Matters: Elizabeth Hauke on neurodivergent autoethnography and inclusive education.

In the 35-minute interview, Elizabeth discusses what she has learned about assessment, learning, neurodivergence and pedagogy whilst developing the Change Makers Field of Imperial Horizons.

Listen to Elizabeth Hauke's episode of the Qualitative Open Mic (July 2025) 

Elizabeth opens the podcast by demystifying autoethnography and sharing how conducting academic research made apparent her own neurodivergence. Working through examples with interviewer Dr Sohail Jannesari, Elizabeth shows how the different ways that people think and process ideas impact their collaborative approaches to learning and teaching, as borne out in the university setting. Assumptions made by both neurotypical and neurodivergent people can generate challenges when developing and sharing  new ideas.

Elizabeth explains what she means by de-normativising our approach to education and having inclusive approaches to assessment. The two discuss examination conditions and whether social- and performance-related elements are too often overlooked in assessment. Have we lost sight of learning being more important than assessment?

The Qualitative Applied Health Research Centre (QUAHRC) is a Research Centre at King's College London. The Qualitative Open Mic, is its monthly podcast exploring "current applications, innovations and conundrums for all those interested in qualitative research".