Child Well-being and Protection

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A Necessary but Not Sufficient Intervention: Implementing Safe and Together in Scotland and England

Callaghan J, Kelly B, Laura B, John D & Hannah H (2026) A Necessary but Not Sufficient Intervention: Implementing Safe and Together in Scotland and England. Child Abuse and Neglect.

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Digital group archives in residential childcare: an investigation into memory responsibility

Lucas S, Burns A, Emond R & Reid L (2025) Digital group archives in residential childcare: an investigation into memory responsibility. Families, Relationships and Societies, 14 (3), pp. 402-418. https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000034

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“You’re a kid, you don’t know where you are”: the voiced experiences of nonbinary youth navigating discursive realms of legitimacy

Ward L, Callaghan JEM & Lucas SE (2025) “You’re a kid, you don’t know where you are”: the voiced experiences of nonbinary youth navigating discursive realms of legitimacy. Qualitative Research in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2025.2579602

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Managing Masculinity When Growing up With a Violent Father: A Qualitative Study of Boys’ Experiences

Callaghan J, Fellin L, Mavrou S, Alexander J, Deliyianni-Kouimtzis V & Sixsmith J (2025) Managing Masculinity When Growing up With a Violent Father: A Qualitative Study of Boys’ Experiences. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241303462

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'Being really confidently wrong': Qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback

Clarke V, Braun V, Adams J, Callaghan J, La Marre A & Semlyen J (2024) 'Being really confidently wrong': Qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback. Qualitative Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000322

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Book Chapter

A Simple Life? Parents’ Early Narratives Of Babies Raised During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bellussi L & Lucas S (2024) A Simple Life? Parents’ Early Narratives Of Babies Raised During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Care and Coronavirus Perspectives on Childhood, Youth and Family. Emerald Publishing. https://bookstore.emerald.com/care-and-coronavirus-hb-9781837973118.html

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The Child Protection Response to Domestic Violence and Abuse: a Scoping Review of Interagency Interventions, Models and Collaboration

Hale H, Bracewell K, Bellussi L, Jenkins R, Alexander J, Devaney J & Callaghan JEM (2024) The Child Protection Response to Domestic Violence and Abuse: a Scoping Review of Interagency Interventions, Models and Collaboration. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00681-4

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Article

Children as Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Spies First, Children Second

Arthur R & Kirk T (2023) Children as Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Spies First, Children Second. Youth Justice, 23 (3), pp. 372-387. https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231154160

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Pre-birth child protection and the reproductive rights of fathers

Critchley A (2023) Pre-birth child protection and the reproductive rights of fathers. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35 (4), pp. 31-44. https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/issue/view/73

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Everyday Care: What Helps Adults Help Children in Residential Childcare?

Burns A & Emond R (2023) Everyday Care: What Helps Adults Help Children in Residential Childcare?. Youth, 3 (4), pp. 1301-1316. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3040082

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Participatory research with women in the perinatal period: Considerations for reflexive, community-oriented and power-sensitive research practices

Frances T & Lucas SE (2023) Participatory research with women in the perinatal period: Considerations for reflexive, community-oriented and power-sensitive research practices. Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250231214203

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"It is like talking to very good robots": experiences of online support groups for parents of babies under twelve months during the United Kingdom COVID-19 lockdown

Lucas S & Bellussi L (2023) "It is like talking to very good robots": experiences of online support groups for parents of babies under twelve months during the United Kingdom COVID-19 lockdown. Qualitative Social work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250231185066

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Policy Document

A Preconception Care Strategy

Clark H, De Barra D, Murray A, Norman A, Schoenaker D, Winterbottom J, Sher J, Kumaran K, Woods-Townsend K, Trevillion K, Murray P, Keynejad R, Bhavsar V, Bayou E & Cassinelli EH (2023) A Preconception Care Strategy. Children's Alliance. Eye View. England. https://childrensalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2-Preconception-care-strategy-report-University-of-Southampton.pdf

Conference Paper (unpublished)

“But one of the best things is, I don’t feel so bound”: how a specialised youth work model can support children affected by domestic abuse.

Bellussi L (2023) “But one of the best things is, I don’t feel so bound”: how a specialised youth work model can support children affected by domestic abuse.. Alexander J (Research Group), Plumpton J (Research Group) & Callaghan J (Research Group) ECDV Reykjavik 2023; Edinburgh Community Psychology Festival 2023., 01.04.2023.

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"You're trying to put yourself in boxes, which doesn't work": Exploring non-binary youth's gender identity development using feminist relational discourse analysis

Ward L & Lucas S (2023) "You're trying to put yourself in boxes, which doesn't work": Exploring non-binary youth's gender identity development using feminist relational discourse analysis. Journal of Gender Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2023.2172557

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Policy Document

The Health And Wellbeing Of Children In The Early Years

Clark H, Revel E, Royal P, Wright P, Teakle A, McIlwrath B, Bradshaw B, Purvey C, McLeod C, Williams C, Norman A, Murray A, Fitzgerald D, Mackay E & Musgrave J (2023) The Health And Wellbeing Of Children In The Early Years. Children's Alliance. 1. England. https://childrensalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Early-Years-Report-Oct-2021.pdf

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Research Report

The Coldest Year of the Rest of their Lives: Protecting Children from the Escalating Impacts of Heatwaves

Barkhof M, Lee S, Slaymaker T, Ballasina M, Henley S, Hornby D, Marcinko C, Mollard J, Sargent K, Watmough G, Connon I, Dominelli L, Hutton C, Rees N & Hutchinson A (2022) The Coldest Year of the Rest of their Lives: Protecting Children from the Escalating Impacts of Heatwaves. UNICEF. New York. https://www.unicef.org/media/129506/file/UNICEF-coldest-year-heatwaves-and-children-EN.pdf

Article

Learning in and beyond the classroom: Communities of practice in education support for separated children

Grant M, Burns A & Lucas SE (2022) Learning in and beyond the classroom: Communities of practice in education support for separated children. Children & Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12644

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Exhibition

Public engagement event - Young people's participation project

Bellussi L, Alexander J & Callaghan J Public engagement event - Young people's participation project [Exhibition] 14.09.2022-08.03.2023

Conference Paper (unpublished)

Enhancing Climate Justice for Children: The Children’s Climate Change Risk Index (CCRI)

Connon I, Dominelli L, Hutton C, Henley S, Watmough G, Bollasina M, Mollard J, Sargent K, Marcinko C, Macdonald F, Rees N, Fassio A & Hutchison A (2022) Enhancing Climate Justice for Children: The Children’s Climate Change Risk Index (CCRI). Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) Annual Science Meeting, Dundee, Scotland, UK, 03.05.2022-05.05.2022.