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Dirk vom Lehn

Professor of Organisation and Practice

King’s Business School, King’s College London. Exploring the Practices of Organising in Museums and in Eye Examinations

Research

I undertake ethnomethodological studies of interaction in museums and in eye examinations. The research informs the work of curators and exhibition designers as well as that of optometrists and those teaching and training optometrists.

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Recent books

Cover of Sensing Life

Sensing Life: The Social Organisation of the Senses in Interaction

Gibson, Ruiz-Junco and vom Lehn (eds), Routledge, 2026

Cover of People, Technology and Social Organization

People, Technology and Social Organization: Interactionist Studies of Everyday Life

vom Lehn, Gibson and Ruiz-Junco (eds), Routledge, 2023

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Research areas

Museums and exhibitions

How visitors explore exhibits together

Markets and marketing

Selling, pricing and buying as interaction

Optometry and eye care

Professional practice in eye examinations

Technology and social media

How technologies feature in everyday interaction

Methods and methodology

Video-based research and qualitative analysis

Ethnomethodology and interactionism

Garfinkel, Goffman, Simmel and the study of practice

Opportunities

Summer institute

Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction

The Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute at King’s, for doctoral students, postdocs and early-career researchers.

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PhD studentships

Funded PhD projects at King’s Business School

New studentships are announced here. The 2026 collaborative studentship with the College of Optometrists closed on 31 March 2026.

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