Current PhD research students

Name Thesis topic / Research Interests Thesis Supervisor
Alison Allam Older people and individual budgets/direct payments Caroline Glendinnig and Hilary Arksey
Gillian Allan An exploration of the potential barriers to social network formation for adults with learning disabilities with low support needs and how they may be overcome Ian Buchanan
Takahiro Asano Continuing education system for the professional development of social workers Ian Shaw and Juliet Koprowska
Pauline Ashworth Position of the family in the UK in the restorative justice process Robert Gunn
Andriani Athanassiou Program evaluation practices in Cyprus' third sector Ian Shaw
Lesley Booth The impacts of the process of learning on both the individual learner and the learner's family and social networks Christine Skinner
Sarah Brooks-Wilson An investigation into the journey barriers that some young people experience in association with the mandatory activities that are designed to support their social inclusion Robert Gunn
Anna Browning The socio-economic relationships within government subsidised housing policy and consider the social implications of recent changes in policy direction Stuart Lowe
Julie Bruce Participation of parents with disabled children in service development Gillian Parker
Amy Clair Education policy and child well-being: a comparison of OECD nations Kathleen Kiernan
Christopher Clarke Gender inequality in the labour market: a comparative study of the impact of work-family reconciliation policies Naomi Finch and Stefan Kühner
Sarah Czarnecki The impact of human agency on the role of Probation Officers in the management of offender risk of harm Mark Hardy and Ian Shaw
Maria Douka Health and social care and the integration of services Gillian Parker
Adam Formby Job services in the public sector regarding graduate unemployment John Hudson
Emily Forster Pupils with SEN experience of leaving school Bob Coles
Katie Graham Who cares? Rhetoric, relationships and realities of people with learning disabilities and personal assistants in the new individualised welfare state John Brown
Charlotte Hamilton A multidisciplinary approach for supporting an ageing population Gillian Parker
Yong-Chang Heo A comparative historical study of housing policy in Korea and Singapore Stuart Lowe
Hongsok Jeon The diversity of the development of e-government initiatives based on comparative perspective: the UK, Korea and India John Hudson
Min Chul Hwang Immigrant settlement service delivery of ethnic specific non-governmental organizations versus mainstream organizations for migrants' integration Kevin Caraher
Hannah Jobling An ethnographic study on the implementation of Community Treatment Orders and their implications for practitioners, service users and carers Ian Shaw
Davis Kiima Ethinicity considerations and their influence in social workers' decisions when intervening with families of black and ethnic minority background Andrew Hill
Mi Yong Ko A Study on Mental Health Service Delivery Systems Focusing on Integration of Mental Health and Social Care in Korea Pat Walton
Frederick Longino A comparative study of Pentecostal deliverance and healing practices and welfare of African children in Tanzania and England Andrew Hill
Gill Main Wellbeing of children Jonathan Bradshaw
Anthony Mason Do Learn Direct Programmes provide/signpost a route out of poverty for participants/disadvantaged learners in the North East Region and what is it's relevance within the global knowledge economy? John Hudson
Courtney McNamara Trade liberalisation, social policy and health: social determinants of health research Chris Holden
Neil Morris Online communities for people with learning difficulties Ian Buchanan and Andrew Hill
Gregory Neocleous Evolution of the social welfare system for senior citizens in Cyprus Mary Maynard
Tuan Nguyen Vietnam housing policy in the economy transition process: Challenges to an efficient housing market Stuart Lowe
Jo Nicholson Decision processes in the use of technological support for children and young people with degenerative conditions Bryony Beresford
Kate Nnadede Parenting patterns of families from Pakistani origin Kathleen Kiernan
Nurhadi Protecting children from harm: the intervention strategy of government and international agency on the elimination of child labour in Indonesia Nina Biehal and Christine Skinner
Antonios Pentidis Exploration, description and explanation of the need of cooperation between Schools of Social Work in Europe and Third World Countries Ian Shaw
Yeunsook Rho Healthcare marketization and equity of the healthcare system in Korea Richard Cookson
Abigail Rimmer Women who become first time mothers over the age of 35, focusing on the economic and social circumstances Kathleen Kiernan
Ricardo Rodrigues The impact of user choice programmes on social care markets for long-term care services for older people Caroline Glendinning and Richard Cookson
Katie Sworn Methods for accessing ‘voice’ of people with dementia in research - studentship Gillian Parker
Harriet Thomson Qualifying and quantifying fuel poverty across the 27 EU member states using consensual indicators Carolyn Snell
Tian Tian  Parenting style and the status of parent-child maltreatment: a case study on the high intelligentsia family in China Carol-Ann Hooper
Maxton Grant Tsoka Community and individual targeting John Hudson
Beth Watts Comparing the outcomes of rights-based and non-rights based homelessness systems: applying a moral philosophy approach Suzanne Fitzpatrick / John Hudson
Patrick Winter The use of attachment theory in adult psychotherapy Una McCluskey
Wai Kwan Yu Social life of older people living alone in Hong Kong Juliet Koprowska
Lei Zhang Comparative study of Sino-Japanese corporate pensions social security social welfare pension Stefan Kühner