Linden WestLinden West, PhD, FRSA, is a professor and Director of Research Development in the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Paris Ouest Nanterre University, France. His books include the higly acclaimed 'Beyond Fragments; Doctors on the Edge' and 'Using Life History and Biographical Approaches in the Study of Adult and Lifelong Learning'; and co-author of 'Using Biographical Methods in Social Research'. He has been co-editor of the journal 'Cliopsy', and is author of diverse articles and chapters on themes such as managing change and transitions, on learning in families, communities, and professional contexts, and on psychosocial perspectives and how these can inform understanding of the construction and experience of selfhood. He has written widely on the use of auto/biographical methods in research. His writing is translated into many languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Polish. Linden co-ordinates a European Life History and Biographical Research Network, and is also a qualified psychoanalytical psychotherapist. Read More Read Less