| Staff | Role | Interests |
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Dr Kate Baxter A/B/009 +44 (0)1904 32 1966 kate.baxter@york.ac.uk
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Senior Research Fellow
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- People who fund their own social care
(self-funders)
- Personal budgets
and choice in adult social care
- Social care markets
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Professor Bryony Beresford A/B/110 +44 (0)1904 32 1960 bryony.beresford@york.ac.uk
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Co-Director of SPRU
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- Disabled or chronically ill children and adolescents and their families
- Service provision and multi-agency working
- Developing methodologies for research with children
- Children's experiences of illness and disability
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Professor Yvonne Birks A/B/001a +44 (0)1904 32 1328 yvonne.birks@york.ac.uk |
Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Social Sciences Co-Director of SPRU
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- Adult social care
- Funding of Adult social care
- Dementia
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Dr Joanne Bretherton A/B/114 +44 (0)1904 32 1478 joanne.bretherton@york.ac.uk
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Research Fellow |
- Homelessness and housing exclusion
- Social enterprise service models
- Service evaluation
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Dr Kate Brown A/C/111 +44 (0)1904 32 1241 kate.brown@york.ac.uk |
Senior Lecturer Programme Leader Social and Public Policy and Social Research Chair of the Board of Studies (Criminology)
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- Vulnerable young people
- The concept of 'vulnerability'
- The sex industry
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Dr Kevin Caraher A/B/126 +44 (0)1904 32 1296 kevin.caraher@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer Programme Director (Online MA Social and Public Policy) PGT Social Policy Admissions
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- Labour markets, self-emplyment and welfare reform
- Comparative social policy
- Political economy of welfare states
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Dr Beth Casey A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1264 beth.casey@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- Social work and child neglect
- Gender and child neglect
- Evaluation of social intervention
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Dr Sabrina Chai A/C/227 +44 (0)1904 32 1204 sabrina.chai@york.ac.uk |
Teaching Fellow PGT Social Policy Admissions International Liaison
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- Public policy
- Comparative social policy
- Governance
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Jo Chaplin A/C/018 +44 (0)1904 32 1981 jo.chaplin@york.ac.uk |
Lecturer Practitioner in Social Work
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- Children and Families Social Work
- Children’s Disability and Short Breaks
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Dr Kelly Devenney A/C/112 +44 (0)1904 32 1260 kelly.devenney@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Social Work Programme Leader in Social Work (including MSocW, MASW, MRes and CISW)
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- Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people
- Refugee and Migrant youth
- Care leavers
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Jo Dixon A/B/104 +44 (0)1904 32 1275 jo.dixon@york.ac.uk |
Research Fellow
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- Outcomes for children and adolescents in and on the edges of care
- Leaving care
- Innovative approaches to working with vulnerable young people
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Dr Abigail Dunn A/B/027 +44 (0)1904 32 1987 abigail.dunn@york.ac.uk |
Research Associate
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- Measurement development
- Implementation science
- Assessment of measurement properties
- Service design
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Professor Peter Dwyer A/C/110 +44 (0)1904 32 1229 peter.dwyer@york.ac.uk |
Professor of Social Policy Knowledge Exchange and Impact Lead
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- Social citizenship
- Social inclusion/exclusion
- International migration and welfare
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Professor Nick Ellison A/C/226 +44 (0)1904 32 1265 nick.ellison@york.ac.uk
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Professor of Social Policy |
- Contemporary UK social policy
- The nature and impact of 'globalisation' and the changing politics of welfare in developed welfare regimes
- Citizenship in theory and practice
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Dr Kevin Farnsworth A/C/204 +44 (0)1904 32 1207 kevin.farnsworth@york.ac.uk |
Reader in Social Policy Director of The School of Social and Political Sciences |
- Political economy of welfare state
- The power and influence of business on social and public policy.
- Corporate welfare
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Dr Naomi Finch A/C/215 +44 (0)1904 32 1208 naomi.finch@york.ac.uk |
Lecturer in Social Policy |
- Comparative social policy
- Gender and the welfare state
- Family policy
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Sharon Grace A/B/030a +44 (0)1904 32 1225 sharon.grace@york.ac.uk |
Deputy Head of Department Senior Lecturer
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- Victimisation
- Illicit drug use
- Administration of justice
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Dr Katherine Graham A/C/016 +44 (0)1904 32 1205 katie.graham@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Social Work
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- Adult safeguarding
- Personalisation
- Social care workforce
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Kate Gridley A/B/103 +44 (0)1904 32 1988 kate.gridley@york.ac.uk
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Research Fellow |
- Life story work in dementia care
- Personalisation in adult social care
- Integrated services for people with long-term neurological conditions
- Experiences of disablement
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Dr Julia Hackett A/B/107 +44 (0)1904 32 1977 julia.hackett@york.ac.uk
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Research Fellow |
- Bereavement support for families who have lost a child
- Supporting families of children and young people with life-shortening conditions
- Illness trajectories and service transitions
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Dr Mark Hardy A/C/008 +44 (0)1904 32 1227 mark.hardy@york.ac.uk |
Lecturer |
- Youth and adult offending
- Social work and criminal justice
- Risk assessment and management
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Dr Cheyann Heap A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1975 cheyann.heap@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate |
- Clinical psychology and mental health
- Dementia (personhood and positive approaches)
- Charity, international development and volunteering
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Dr Chris Holden A/C/218 +44 (0)1904 32 1254 chris.holden@york.ac.uk |
Reader Chair of the Exceptional Circumstances Committee Chair of the Research Excellence Framework Committee
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- International social policy
- Global health policy and corporate influence
- Globalisation and trade
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Dr Dan Horsfall A/C/217 +44 (0)1904 32 1206 daniel.horsfall@york.ac.uk |
Senior Lecturer Admissions Tutor (BA Social Policy / Applied Social Science) |
- Comparative social policy
- Political economy of welfare
- The policy process
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Professor John Hudson A/B/008 +44 (0)1904 32 1245 john.hudson@york.ac.uk |
Head of Department Professor of Social Policy |
- Comparative social policy analysis
- The policy making process
- Political economy of welfare
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Dr Zoe Irving A/C/013 +44 (0)1904 32 1247 zoe.irving@york.ac.uk |
Reader Chair of the Departmental Teaching Committee Erasmus Coordinator
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- Social policy in small states and small island states
- Economic crisis and social policy
- Gender, employment and social policy
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Rowan Jasper A/B/010 +44 (0)1904 32 1978 rowan.jasper@york.ac.uk |
Research Associate
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- Adult social care
- Mental health
- Older people, dementia, long-term conditions, self-funders
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Dr Hannah Jobling A/C/012 +44 (0)1904 32 1255 hannah.jobling@york.ac.uk |
Lecturer in Social Work
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- Mental health law, policy and practice
- Social work with young people
- The policy-practice relationship
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Dr Antonia Keung A/C/207 +44 (0)1904 32 1259 antonia.keung@york.ac.uk |
Teaching Fellow |
- Child well-being
- Social exclusion
- Use of evidence in social policy
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Dr Eppie Leishman A/B/116 +44 (0)1904 32 1473 +44 (0)7384 239 012 eppie.leishman@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- LGBT+ health inequalities
- The concept of ‘resilience’
- Gender and sexuality
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Dr Lyndsay M Lindley A/B/026 +44 (0)1904 32 1286 lyndsay.lindley@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate |
- Research involving older people with cognitive impairment
- Conversation Analysis
- Ethnography
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Professor Charlie Lloyd A/C/211 +44 (0)1904 32 1912 charlie.lloyd@york.ac.uk
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Professor of Social Policy and Criminal Justice Director of the Graduate School
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- Criminal Justice responses to drug use: prisons, probation and police
- Drug policy
- Stigmatisation and recovery of people who use drugs
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Jane Lund A/C/121 +44(0)1904 32 1269 jane.lund@york.ac.uk |
Tutor and Elearning Manager (Online MA) |
- Online learning communities
- Information age and policy
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Professor Neil Lunt A/C/206 +44(0)1904 32 1235 neil.lunt@york.ac.uk |
Professor of Social Policy Chair of Departmental Research Committee
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- Health and social services management and delivery
- Welfare policy
- Medical tourism
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Dr Sophie Mackinder A/B/122 +44 (0) 1904 32 1272 sophie.mackinder@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Global Social Policy and International Development Programme Leader Comparative and International Social and Public Policy
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- Social protection
- Social policy in fragile states
- Global governance of social policy
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Jane Maddison A/B/105 +44 (0)1904 32 1989 jane.maddison@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- Using people's experiences of adult social care to guide service improvements
- Innovation in adult social care
- Qualitative research methods
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Jennifer McNally A/C/213 +44 (0)1904 32 1233 jennifer.mcnally@york.ac.uk |
Lecturer in Social Work Admissions Tutor (MSocW Social Work)
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- Mental health social work practice
- Practice education in social work
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Dr Nicola Moran A/C/220 +44 (0)1904 32 1246 +44 (0)7384 239017 nicola.moran@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer Think Ahead Programme Senior Researcher Deputy Chair of the Ethics Committee
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- Youth mental health
- Policing and mental health
- Budgets – outcomes for service users and informal carers
- International long-term care policies
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Dr Suzanne Mukherjee A/B/137 +44 (0)1904 32 1972 suzanne.mukherjee@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- Psychosocial interventions to support people living with a chronic illness
or disability
- Prevention of stress and burnout in health service staff
- Service provision for adults with autism
- Methods for involving hard-to-reach groups
in research
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Dr Louise Newbould A/B/026 +44 (0)1904 32 1962 louise.newbould@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- Long-term conditions
- Older adults
- Mental health
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Dr Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1282 kayonda.ngamaba@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- Long-term mental health conditions
- Social interventions in the community and prisons
- Quantitative and Qualitative research
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Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe A/C/208 +44 (0)1904 32 1991 ruth.naughton-doe@york.ac.uk
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Research Associate
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- Carers, mental health carers and young carers
- Loneliness and isolation
- Co-production of research and social care services
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Dr Lisa O'Malley A/B/118 +44 (0)1904 32 1242 lisa.omalley@york.ac.uk |
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime
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- Veterans and military welfare
- Scoping study methods
- Crime
prevention and community safety
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Dr Gareth O'Rourke gareth.orourke@york.ac.uk |
Home Instead Research Fellow
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- Older people's experience of using health and social care services
- Personalisation in policy and in practice
- Supporting older carers
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Dr Geoff Page A/C/017 +44 (0)1904 32 1670 geoff.page@york.ac.uk |
Research Associate
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- Prisons
- Policing
- Third sector agencies in the CJS
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Dr Ruth Patrick A/C/114 +44 (0)1904 32 1256 ruth.patrick@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Social Policy |
- Poverty, social security and welfare reform
- Welfare conditionality, sanctions and welfare-to-work
- Participatory approaches
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Professor Nicholas Pleace A/B/130 +44 (0)1904 32 1479 nicholas.pleace@york.ac.uk
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Professor of Social Policy Research Champion for Justice and Equality Director of Centre for Housing Policy |
- Interdisciplinary research
- Comparative research
- Housing and social justice
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Deborah Quilgars A/B/117 +44 (0)1904 32 1482 deborah.quilgars@york.ac.uk
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Senior Research Fellow |
- Housing, risk and safety nets, homelessness and support services
- Young people
- European perspectives
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Dr Gwyther Rees gwyther.rees@york.ac.uk
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Associate Research Fellow
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- Child well-being
- Child maltreatment
- Looked-after children
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Dr Enrico Reuter A/C/120 +44 (0)1904 32 1252 enrico.reuter@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Public and Social Policy Programme Leader - MA programmes in Public Policy, Administration and Management Project Lead for Online Transition
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- Labour markets and employment policies, in particular self-employment
- Politics of social policy and democratic theory
- Public management and public service reform
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Professor Ellen Roberts A/C/225 +44 (0)1904 32 1250 ellen.roberts@york.ac.uk |
Professor of Teaching and Scholarship
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- Public management
- The management of change
- Organisational learning
- Project management
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Edward Robson A/C/011 +44 (0)1904 32 1243 edward.robson@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Social Work Admissions Tutor Academic Lead - SUPA Group
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- Young Carers
- Teenage Parents
- Family and Systems Theory
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Dr Antonios Roumpakis A/C/224 +44 (0)1904 32 1298 antonios.roumpakis@york.ac.uk |
Senior Lecturer Chair of the Board of Studies
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- Comparative and International social policy
- Social research methods
- Employment, pensions and family
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Dr Julie Rugg A/B/113 +44 (0)1904 32 1484 julie.rugg@york.ac.uk |
Senior Research Fellow |
- Private renting
- Housing benefit
- The contribution of the voluntary sector to the alleviation of homelessness
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Professor Christine Skinner A/C/109 +44 (0)1904 32 1251 christine.skinner@york.ac.uk |
Professor of Social Policy Senior Admissions Tutor (including PGR admissions)
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- Comparative child support policy
- Family policy
- Non-resident fathers
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Dr Carolyn Snell A/C/212 +44 (0)1904 32 1249 carolyn.snell@york.ac.uk |
Reader in Social Policy Chair of the Board of Examiners Programme Leader: All Postgraduate Research Programmes
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- Sustainable development
- Social inequality
- Environmental policy
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Lucy Stuttard A/B/106 +44 (0)1904 32 1965 lucy.stuttard@york.ac.uk |
Research Fellow
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- Supporting families of children with disabilities
- Providing support services for carers
- Encouraging change in health behaviours
- Workforce development in the NHS
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Polly Sykes A/C/106 +44 (0)1904 32 1267 polly.sykes@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Social Work |
- Practice education
- Learning disabilities including transitions
- Palliative care
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Dr Jenny Threlfall A/C/015 +44 (0)1904 32 1253 jenny.threlfall@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Social Work
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- Parenting
- Academic Achievement
- Racial and economic inequality
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Dr Slobodan Tomic A/B/119 +44 (0) 1904 32 1485 slobodan.tomic@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer in Public Management Programme Director (Masters of Public Administration MPA online)
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- Public Policy and Administration
- Regulation
- Integrity Policies
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Dr Rachel Vipond A/C/108 +44 (0)1904 32 1226 rachel.vipond@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer Programme Leader Criminal Justice
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- Youth Justice
- Risk and Professional Decision Making
- Probation and Youth Offending Team Practices
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Dr Alison Wallace A/B/123 +44 (0)1904 32 1487 alison.wallace@york.ac.uk
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Research Fellow
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- Sustainable homeownership
- Low cost homeownership
- Housing market
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Sara Ward A/C/104 +44 (0)1904 32 1267 +44 (0)7384 239 013 sara.ward@york.ac.uk
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Associate Lecturer Placement Coordinator
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- Mental health social work
- AMHP role and training
- Practice education
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Professor Martin Webber A/C/004 +44 (0)1904 32 1203 +44 (0)7384 239 018 martin.webber@york.ac.uk
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Professor of Social Work Making Research Count Academic Lead Director of the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research
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- Mental health social work
- Development and evaluation of social interventions
- Social capital and social inclusion
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Dr Aniela Wenham A/C/105 +44 (0)1904 32 1236 aniela.wenham@york.ac.uk
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Lecturer |
- Youth and social policy
- Teenage pregnancy and parenthood
- Qualitative research methods
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Dr Mark Wilberforce A/B/029 +44 (0)1904 32 1297 mark.wilberforce@york.ac.uk
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Senior Research Fellow Chair of the Ethics Committee |
- Social care in later life
- Social work and mental health
- Measurement and psychometrics
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