Dr Jason Schaub PhD, SFHEA

Dr Jason Schaub

Department of Social Work and Social Care
Lecturer in Social Work

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5732
Email
j.schaub@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@JasonHSchaub
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Address
Department of Social Work and Social Care
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Jason is a Lecturer in Social Work, and Deputy Director of PGR for the School of Social Policy. His areas of teaching and research include gender and sexuality, leadership in social work, and children and families social work. He is co-chair of the UK regional network for International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR) and previously chair of  Sexuality in Social Work interest group, and is a founding member of European Social Work Research Association. His research focusses on gender and sexuality, particularly improving the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ young people, and professional engagement with LGBTQ+ people, predominantly using evidence-based methodologies and mixed methods. His research also examines leadership in social work and child protection practices.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath
  • PG Cert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Buckinghamshire New University
  • MSW (Master's in Social Work) mental health and substance misuse, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
  • BA (hons), Music & Psychology, University of Redlands, USA

Biography

Jason has had research funded by national funding councils, as well as charities and government bodies. He has been an academic for over twelve years. Before entering academia, he practised social work in the USA, Ireland and the UK in mental health and children’s services for over ten years. 

Teaching

Jason teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses:

  • Theories, Methods and Practice
  • Research for Evidence Informed Practice
  • Dissertation

Postgraduate supervision

Jason is interested in supervising postgraduate students undertaking studies in the fields of social work, sociology and social policy, specifically in the areas of:

  • Gender
  • Sexuality
  • Professional practice with LGBTQ+ people
  • Social work education

Research

Research interests

Jason's research interests include exploring gender and sexuality (particularly professional ideas of), leadership in social work and social work with children and families. He has undertaken and led a number of research studies using a range of methods including large-scale quantitative analysis, multi-system case studies and in-depth qualitative analysis. He is keen to improve the engagement of social work with evidence-based research. 

Current projects

AutOnoME: Experiences of information and communicative technologies from the perspective of autistic gender minority youth: A photo elicitation study Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (via INQYR) (estimated cost £46,424 – funded £26,424) October 2020 - October 2021. PI. With Dr. Daragh McDermott (Anglia Ruskin), Dr Sam Martin (University of Oxford), Dr Kate Rimes (King’s College, London), Dr Begonya Grau (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).

This project uses photo elicitation to understand how autistic transgender and non binary young people engage and navigate ICT, particularly gaming and social media. 

PROSPer Study: Supporting survivors of sexual violence: a mixed methods, co-research study of the role, funding and commissioning of specialist services provided by the voluntary sector in England. National Institute of Health Research, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (£820,000) September 2019 – June 2022. Co-investigator.

Other activities

Jason is on the editorial board of several leading journals including:

Publications

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