Research Fellow, Social Work
Director Child Wellbeing & Protection, Social Work
Lecturer in Social Work Child Protection, Social Work
Tutor, Social Work
Professor of Social Work, Social Work
Professor, Social Work
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
Lecturer in Social Work, Social Work
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
Research Fellow, Social Work
Research Fellow, Social Work
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
Lecturer, Social Work
Lecturer in Social Work, Social Work
Lecturer, Social Work
Lecturer in Social Work, Social Work
Senior Lecturer, Social Work
Article
First generation migrants' experiences of terminal illness: a systematic review of diasporic dying
Sedgley T, Alexander J & Forbat L (2025) First generation migrants' experiences of terminal illness: a systematic review of diasporic dying. BMC Palliative Care, 24 (1), Art. No.: 152. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01789-0
Article
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
Other
O’Leary D, Alfandari R, Cowley LE, Bertotti T, Gautschi J, Gregory M, Helm D, Killick C, Lwin K, Rölver M, Sicora A, Munkholt Sørensen K, Suarez H, Taylor B & Nirmalarajan LY (2025) Advancing social work research and practice: celebrating ten years of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG). European Social Work Research. https://doi.org/10.1332/27551768y2025d000000051
Article
Hooper J, Buchanan-Smith HM, Robertson T & Lambert P (2025) Social Inequalities in Dog Bites and Strikes in Scotland: Evidence from Administrative Health Records and Implications for Prevention Policy. Animals, 15 (13), Art. No.: 1971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15131971
Article
Macgregor A, Lessard-Phillips L, Alexander J, Sedgley T & Forbat E (2025) The Representation of Migrants in Policy and Parliament: A Bacchian Analysis of the UK’s Immigration Health Surcharge. Critical Social Policy.
Article
Irvine S & Emond R (2025) ‘They feel like another child in care has their back’: An exploration of peer support between looked after children in Scotland. Child & Family Social Work, 30 (2), pp. 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13084
Article
Engstrom S & Krings A (2025) A Framework for Trauma-Informed Climate Research: Interrupting the Relationship Between Climate Trauma and Social Inertia. Ecopsychology. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2024.0065
Article
Carer harm: a challenge for practitioners, services and research
Donnelly S, Isham L, Mackay K, Milne A, Montgomery L, Sherwood-Johnson F & Wydall S (2025) Carer harm: a challenge for practitioners, services and research. The Journal of Adult Protection. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-09-2024-0053
Article
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
Article
Whitmarsh L, Gan YS, Devine-Wright P, Evensen D, Dickie J, Connon I, Varley A, Ryder S & Bartie P (2025) Who is the 'public' when it comes to public opinion on energy? A mixed-methods study of revealed and elicited public attitudes to shale gas extraction. Energy Research & Social Science, 119, Art. No.: 103840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103840
Article
Emond R, Eßer F, Schäfer M, Buncombe M, Burns A, Lucas S & Magee K (2025) Finding traces of everyday life in unusual places: looking beyond case files in German and Scottish residential child care [Spuren des Alltags an ungewöhnlichen Orten: Ein Blick über den Tellerrand in deutscher und schottischer Heimerziehung]. European Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2024.2411283
Book Chapter
Social Work Climate Change And Colonialism
Engstrom S & Choate PW (2024) Social Work Climate Change And Colonialism. In: Baikady R, Sajid SM, Nadesan V, Przeperski J, Islam MR & Gao J (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_330-1
Article
Connon I, Crampton A, Dyer C & Hu RX (2024) Social Disability as Disaster: Case Studies of the Covid-19 Pandemic on People Living with Disabilities. Social Sciences, 13 (4), Art. No.: 203. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13040203
Research Report
Baillot H, Connolly M, Grant M, Palombo G, Shah H & Taylor K (2024) کریکت و ادغ ام افاغ نھ در ا سک اتلند: : یک بررسی مور (Cricket and integration in Scotland: a case study - Dari version). British Academy.
Article
Uny I, Chasima T, Caes L, Kambalame L, Chamba MVM, Kalumbi L, Orina F, Price H, Lucas S, Nyikuri M, Semple S & Meme H (2024) Exploring the use of solid fuels for cooking and household air pollution in informal settlements through photovoice: The Fuel to Pot study in Ndirande (Malawi) and Mukuru (Kenya). Shrestha SL (Editor) PLOS ONE, 19 (12), Art. No.: e0316095. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316095
Developing The UNICEF Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
PI: Professor Lena Dominelli
Funded by: UNICEF
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Permanently Progressing? Phase Two: Middle Childhood
PI: Dr Helen Whincup
Funded by: The Nuffield Foundation and Donors (UK)
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Living Archives in Residential Child Care: using the past to inform the future
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Developing the evidence base for social care responses to children / families affected by domestic abuse
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Governing parental opioid use: a relational ethnography
PI: Professor Anne Whittaker
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Children living with domestic violence – understanding the effects on children’s wellbeing using longitudinal data
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Funded by: The Nuffield Foundation
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From fuel to pot: an interdisciplinary partnership to address the role of solid fuel use in food preparation in the household in Kenya and Malawi.
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Consultancy ECPAT training
PI:
Funded by: University of Kent
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Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
PI:
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Everyday care: what makes it therapeutic for children in residential care?
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: The Sir Halley Stewart Trust
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Evaluation of ‘Parents Involved in their Children’s Learning’ (PICL) project
PI: Dr Hannah Hale
Funded by: Midlothian Sure Start
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Creating better lives? An Evaluation of the Life Changes Trust
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Constructions of children and parents during the reform of family law in Scotland
PI:
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Supporting separated migrant children to thrive during COVID-19
PI:
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Equalities, empowerment and the experience of care: An evaluation for the Life Changes Trust
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Safer Places Evaluation
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Aberlour Child Care Trust
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Domestic Abuse Seminar Series
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Evaluation of Midlothian Sure Start and their Provision for Fathers
PI: Dr Hannah Hale
Funded by: Midlothian Sure Start
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'Vulnerable' families in a time of pandemic
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Covid19 & Community Resilience With A Focus On Preparedness Flooding
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Funded by: Scottish Flood Forum (SFF)
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