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Dr. Michael Forrester is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Kent's School of Psychology, where he serves as Curriculum Development Chair and Deputy TEF Coordinator. As an Talkbank Data Archive member and contributor to the Centre for Applied Interaction Research, his work bridges theoretical psychology, communication studies, and musicology.
His research focuses on child development, language acquisition, and psychoanalytic developmental psychology, with methodological expertise in conversation analysis, discursive psychology, and qualitative methods. His longitudinal studies of pre-school musicality and interaction have been published in venues like Psychology of Music and Interaction Studies.
Scientific awards include grants from the
- Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (2011)
- Economic and Social Research Council (2003-05)
- JISC/InfoBike (1996-98)
- UKC Social Sciences Research Faculty (1996-97)
- Economic and Social Research Council (1995-97)


