Tracy Almond
A/C/107
+44 (0)7384 23 9015
tracy.almond@york.ac.uk

Associate Lecturer
Think Ahead Programme

• Adult sexual offending / Harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people
• Risk assessment and management in social work

Director of Research
Co-Director of SPRU

• Adult social care
• Funding of Adult social care
• Dementia

• Poverty and social exclusion
• Comparative research
• Child well-being

• Homelessness and housing exclusion
• Social enterprise service models
• Service evaluation

• Vulnerable young people
• The concept of 'vulnerability'
• The sex industry

Dr Kevin Caraher 
A/B/126
+44 (0)1904 32 1296
kevin.caraher@york.ac.uk  

Lecturer
Programme Director (Online MA Social and Public Policy)
Disability Support Officer for Social Policy

• Labour markets, self-emplyment and welfare reform
• Comparative social policy
• Political economy of welfare states

Dr Beth Casey
A/C/115
+44 (0)1904 32 1264
beth.casey@york.ac.uk

Research Associate

• Social work and child neglect
• Gender and child neglect
• Evaluation of social intervention

Teaching Fellow International Liaison PGT Social Policy Admissions

• Public policy
• Comparative social policy
• Governance

Lecturer Practitioner in Social Work

• Children and Families Social Work
• Children’s Disability and Short Breaks

Dr Kelly Devenney
AC/112
+44 (0)1904 32 1260
Kelly.devenney@york.ac.uk

Lecturer in Social Work
Programme Lead in Social Work (including MSocW, MASW, MRes and CISW)

• Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people
• Refugee and Migrant youth
• Care leavers

Research Fellow

• Outcomes for children and adolescents in and on the edges of care
• Leaving care
• Innovative approaches to working with vulnerable young people

• Social citizenship
• Social inclusion/exclusion
• International migration and welfare 

Professor Nick Ellison
A/C/226
+44 (0)1904 32 1265
nick.ellison@york.ac.uk 

• 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

• Political economy of welfare state
• The power and influence of business on social and public policy.
• Corporate welfare

• Comparative social policy
• Gender and the welfare state
• Family policy
• The Gender division of labour

Deputy Head of Department
Senior Lecturer

• Victimisation
• Illicit drug use
• Administration of justice

Dr Katherine Graham
A/C/016
+44 (0)1904 32 1205
katie.graham@york.ac.uk

• Adult safeguarding
• Personalisation
• Social care workforce

• Youth and adult offending
• Social work and criminal justice
• Risk assessment and management 

Dr Cheyann Heap
A/C/115
+44 (0)1904 32 1975
cheyann.heap@york.ac.uk

• Clinical psychology and mental health
• Dementia (personhood and positive approaches)
• Charity, international development and volunteering

Reader

• International social policy
• Global health policy and corporate influence
• Globalisation and trade 

• Comparative social policy
• Political economy of welfare
• The policy process 

Nicola Howard
nicola.howard@york.ac.uk
+44 (0) 7384 239016

Associate Lecturer 

• Children looked after
• Care planning
• Fostering, special guardianship & adoption
• Child protection

• Comparative social policy analysis
• The policy making process
• Political economy of welfare 

Reader, Chair of Departmental Teaching Committee
Programme Leader: BA Social Policy and BA Applied Social Science
Erasmus Coordinator

• Social policy in small states and small island states
• Economic crisis and social policy
• Gender, employment and social policy

Lecturer in Social Work

• Mental health law, policy and practice
• Social work with young people
• The policy-practice relationship

• Child well-being
• Social exclusion
• Use of evidence in social policy 

Eppie Leishman
A/C/106
+44 (0)1904 32 1268
eppie.leishman@york.ac.uk

Associate Lecturer GTA co-ordinator

• LGBT+ Health Inequalities
• The concept of ‘resilience’
• Gender and Sexuality
• Online Qualitative Research Methods

Dr Lyndsay M Lindley
A/B/026
+44 (0)1904 32 1286
Lyndsay.lindley@york.ac.uk

• Research involving older people with cognitive impairment
• Conversation Analysis
• Ethnography

Professor Charlie Lloyd
A/C/211
+44 (0)1904 32 1912
charlie.lloyd@york.ac.uk

Director of the Graduate School

• Criminal Justice responses to drug use: prisons, probation and police
• Drug policy
• Stigmatisation and recovery of people who use drugs

• Online learning communities
• Information age and policy

Professor of Social Policy 
Chair of the Board of Studies

• Health and social services management and delivery
• Welfare policy
• Medical tourism

Dr Sophie Mackinder
A/B/122
+44 (0) 1904 32 1272
sophie.mackinder@york.ac.uk

Lecturer in Global Social Policy and International Development

• Social protection 
• Social policy in fragile states
• Global governance of social policy

Lecturer in Social Work            Admissions Tutor (MSocW Social Work)

• Mental health social work practice
• Practice education in social work

Dr Nicola Moran
A/C/220
+44 (0)1904 32 1246
+44 (0)7384 239017
nicola.moran@york.ac.uk

Lecturer
Think Ahead Programme
Senior Researcher

• Youth mental health
• Policing and mental health
• Budgets – outcomes for service users and informal carers
• International long-term care policies

Dr Louise Newbould
A/B/026
+44 (0)1904 32 1962
louise.newbould@york.ac.uk

Research Fellow

• Long-term conditions
• Older adults
• Mental health

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime

• Urban renewal
• Crime prevention and community safety
• Voluntary sector

Dr Ruth Patrick
A/C/114
+44 (0)1904 32 1256
ruth.patrick@york.ac.uk

• Poverty, social security and welfare reform
• Welfare conditionality, sanctions and welfare-to-work
• Participatory approaches

Professor Nicholas Pleace
A/B/130
+44 (0)1904 32 1479
nicholas.pleace@york.ac.uk

• Interdisciplinary research
• Comparative research
• Housing and social justice

Dr Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba
A/C/115
+44 (0)1904 32 1282
kayonda.ngamaba@york.ac.uk

• Long-term mental health conditions 
• Social interventions in the community and prisons 
• Quantitative and Qualitative research

Deborah Quilgars
A/B/117
+44 (0)1904 32 1482
deborah.quilgars@york.ac.uk

• Housing, risk and safety nets, homelessness and support services
• Young people
• European perspectives

Gwyther Rees
gwyther.rees@york.ac.uk

Associate Research Fellow
 

• Child well-being
• Child maltreatment
• Looked-after children

Dr Enrico Reuter
A/C/120
+44 (0)1904 32 1252
enrico.reuter@york.ac.uk

Lecturer in Public and Social Policy
Programme Director (Online MA Public Policy and Management)
Programme Leader (Online MA programmes in Public Policy, Administration and Management)

• Labour markets and employment policies, in particular self-employment
• Politics of social policy and democratic theory
• Public management and public service reform

Professor (Teaching and Scholarship)
Director of Online Programmes
Programme Director (Online MPA)
Chair, University Distance Learning Forum

• Public management
• The management of change
• Organisational learning
• Project management
• Governance

Edward Robson
A/C/011
+44 (0)1904 32 1243
edward.robson@york.ac.uk

Lecturer in Social Work            Admissions Tutor ()
Academic Lead - SUPA Group

• Young Carers
• Teenage Parents
• Family and Systems Theory
• Housing and Homelessness

• Comparative and International social policy
• Social research methods
• Employment, pensions and family

• Private renting
• Housing benefit
• The contribution of the voluntary sector to the alleviation of homelessness
• Cemeteries research

Professor of Social Policy        Senior Admissions Tutor (including PGR admissions)

• Comparative child support policy
• Family policy
• Non-resident fathers

Senior lecturer     
Chair of the Board of Examiners
Programme Leader: All Postgraduate Research Programmes

• Sustainable development
• Social inequality
• Environmental policy

Polly Sykes
A/C/104
+44 (0)1904 32 1267
polly.sykes@york.ac.uk

• Practice education
• Learning disabilities including transitions
• Palliative care

Lorna Templeton
lorna.templeton@york.ac.uk

• Substance misuse and addiction
• Children and families 

Dr Jenny Threlfall
A/C/015
+44 (0)1904 32 1253
jenny.threlfall@york.ac.uk

Lecturer in Social Work

• Parenting
• Academic Achievement
• Racial and economic inequality

Dr Slobodan Tomic
A/B/119
+44 (0) 1904 32 1485
slobodan.tomic@york.ac.uk

Lecturer in Public Management
Programme Director (Masters of Public Administration MPA online)

• Public Policy and Administration
• Regulation
• Integrity Policies
• Burecratic Acountability

Dr Rachel Vipond
A/C/108
+44 (0)1904 32 1226
rachel.vipond@york.ac.uk

Lecturer
Admissions Tutor (BA Social Policy / Applied Social Science)

• Youth Justice
• Risk and Professional Decision Making
• Probation and Youth Offending Team Practices
• Gender and Crime (specifically girls and crime)

Dr Alison Wallace
A/B/123
+44 (0)1904 32 1487
alison.wallace@york.ac.uk

Research Fellow

• Sustainable homeownership
• Low cost homeownership
• Housing market

Sara Ward
A/C/113
+44 (0)1904 32 1267
+44 (0)7384 239013
sara.ward@york.ac.uk

Associate Lecturer
Placement Coordinator

• Mental health social work
• AMHP role and training
• Practice education
• Sexual assault of women

Professor Martin Webber
A/C/004
+44 (0)1904 32 1203
+44 (0)7384 239018
martin.webber@york.ac.uk

Professor of Social Work
Making Research Count Academic Lead
Director of the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research

• Mental health social work 
• Development and evaluation of social interventions
• Social capital and social inclusion

Dr Aniela Wenham
A/C/105
+44 (0)1904 32 1236
aniela.wenham@york.ac.uk

• Youth and social policy
• Teenage pregnancy and parenthood
• Qualitative research methods

Angela Chapman
Think Ahead Coordinator
A/C/009
+44 (0)1904 32 1276
angela.chapman@york.ac.uk

Nicola Moody
Research Facilitator
A/B/003
+44 (0)1904 32 1476
nicola.moody@york.ac.uk

Sarah Moore
Administrator
A/B/001
+44 (0)1904 32 1480
s.moore@york.ac.uk

Rachel Parker 
Student Support Administrator - Online Programmes, ECC and Tier 4
A/C/007
+44 (0)1904 32 1234
rachel.parker@york.ac.uk

Sally Pulleyn
Research Support Manager
A/B/031
+44 (0)1904 32 1951
sally.pulleyn@york.ac.uk

Jonathan Stokoe
Student Services Manager
A/C/005
+44 (0)1904 32 1273 
jonathan.stokoe@york.ac.uk