The contribution of our research students is integral to the academic and community life of the School of Social Policy. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds, some straight from undergraduate degrees, others having worked in social and health care, education, youth work, criminal justice, community work, faith-based organisations, national and local government and the voluntary sector. The School also has a tradition of hosting visiting international research students from the USA and Eastern Europe, as well as an established tradition of supervising research students with a range of disabilities, who are also service users.
Our doctoral researchers
Shaheen Barkat
Evaluation and organisational learning: An action research study in developing evaluation capacity
Amy Burnage
Social Justice in Digital Spaces: Experiences of Digitalisation in Civil Society
Caroline Cresswell
Youth transitions from state care and pathways to adult independence. A cross national exploration of social policies and services relating to preparing and guiding young people ageing out of care
Clare Hill
'Understanding the family in family support'
Ben Paul Kyneswood
'Informal social learning amongst young volunteers: A case study of community radio broadcasters'
Sedouh LeGrand
'Restorative justice and youth crime in Kinshasa: Views from the Congolese Diaspora in Britain'
Roberto Ozman
Success and breakdown of care: The case of unaccompanied migrant children
Raquel Silva
'The armed political struggle in Portugal: the experience of the participants and the role played by the State'
Gareth Thomas
'The political economy of hydrogen energy'
Stephen Forrest
'Regional Planning and Housing 2003-2007
Emilie Whitaker
'Implications of personalisation and children's services'
Sarah-Jane Fenton
'Bridging the gap - Mental health service delivery for adolescents: a comparative study between Australia and the UK'
Larry Ball
'Mental Health Act 1983 and Older People'
Asif Afridi
Effective, equal and fair: models of representation/ community engagement
Simon Bartlett
'Public service single budgets and outcomes for children with low educational prospects'
Sarah Bennett
Black or white? The negotiation of identity amongst Mixed Heritage children who are 'looked after'
Martin Culliney
Rural disadvantage among young people mostly using quantitative approaches'
Chris Damm
The impact of policy on third sector providers of addiction treatment
Tom Daniels
Disinvestment in Health Services
Tracey Davanna
Liz English
'What is the relationship between personalised budgets and safeguarding vulnerable adults? And what implications does this have for social work practice?'
Lee Euncheong
Social Enterprises
Joy Fillingham
Changing needs and perceptions. The experiences of people with impairments negotiating with services
Carla Flores
Understanding and Supporting Families with Complex Needs
Matthew Gibson
What contribution can emotional dedication make to social work
Lillian Huang
'Employment of people over sixty five in Taiwan'
Dharman Jeyasingham
'Social workers use of space and place'
Ki-tae Kim
Publicness and Health Inequalities
Zahira Latif
'The Impact of Domestic Violence on the housing needs of Pakistani/Muslim women'
Changgon Lee
'Probability of Korean Welfare Model'
Cheol Lim
'Welfare Services Delivery'
Mark Llangco
'Second generation Filipinos in Britain'
Gary Manders
'The role of religious faith identities in shaping youth offending behaviours'
John Moss
'Access to Financial Advice'
Rich Moth
'Social models in mental health practice'
Carolina Munoz
'Reframing Chilean Social Care for Children'
Lukano James Omunson
Exploring the Key Factors Influencing the Decision for Assisted Voluntary Returns of Failed asylum Seekers and Illegal Migrants in the UK
Peter Redford
Social policy - poverty alleviation and social mobility
Monica Viviana Pinilla Roncancio
Disability and poverty in Latin American countries
Maureen Smojkis
'Social Construction of Polish Identity'
Colin Watt
'Foster care for children who sexually abuse other children'
Xiaolin Yang
'Internal Migration in China'
Mark Hibbard
'PSI and Social Housing Landlords'
Ken Rayner
'Setting Housing Standards: Does it make a difference? '
Abdul Sarip
'Identifying housing preferences for first time buyers in the urban housing markets'
Fatima Syed
Personal Finance Education
Valerie Sylvester
Generational migration and and African Caribbean Women
Vita Terry
The Third Sector: Adopting an Explicit Economic Interest
Anne Crawford-Docherty
'Working of OD interventions'
Amanda Dell
'An observational study to identify why patients with cancer make certain choices during their end of life pathway of care when commencing second line treatment'
Peter Sant
'The influence of organisational commitment and organisational culture on the attitudes towards organisational change from a centralised to a decentralised system in a Maltese Acute Hospital'
Younglim You
Employment policy and older people in South Korea
Shasha Zhang
Cross-class families and social capital