Dr Chloe Waterman PhD MSc BSc Department of Social Work and Social CareResearch Fellow Contact details Emailc.waterman@bham.ac.uk AddressUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK Chloe is a researcher with experience investigating strength-based approaches to social care and social work, community/neighbourhood health and care support, dementia and socio-legal research. Qualifications PhD in Law, University of Birmingham, 2022 MSc in Psychology of Health and Wellbeing, 2017 BSc (Dual Hons) in English and Psychology, 2016 Biography Chloe is a researcher with experience investigating strength-based approaches to social care and social work, community/neighbourhood care support, and dementia socio-legal research. She completed her PhD in law at the University of Birmingham in 2022, and has since worked on NIHR-funded research, nationally evaluating a strength-based approaches program to social work and social care. She primarily uses qualitative methods and is interested in applying linguistic methods to deliver practical outcomes. Research Her research interests include: Intersections between deathcare and social care The role of the VCSFO sector in social health and care support Mobilising grief and death literacy in society Intersectionality in these spaces, particularly LGBTQIA+ experiences. She has a SSCR career development award and will develop her research knowledge and co-production practice experience.